News Files - Transformers Autobot Commonwealth

Millions of years ago, "Autobot" was a term used by other species to describe Cybertronians. It was derived from "automaton", describing how the species lived routine, monotonous lives, without any change. Orion Pax was the first Cybertronian to lay claim to the name for their own use, saying it could stand for "autonomous" instead.

Following the uprising of the Decepticon movement, the Autobots were fashioned into an army to fight them. However, increasingly ruthless methods and neglect of the civilian populace made them widely unpopular with neutrals. When Orion Pax became Optimus Prime, he convinced many neutral Cybertronians to join the Autobot army for the sake of defeating Megatron.