Cybertron: the homeworld we Autobots have strived to protect from the Decepticons, can no longer sustain us. Eons of civil war have caused the greatest of casualties: our planet's very core has shut down, halting its production of life-giving Energon. Most of of us have abandoned our home, in hopes of finding a new life among the stars.
I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. We do not know how many of our brothers escaped Megatron's blockade. I can only be certain of this...just one transport remains.
—Optimus Prime's opening narration.
Decepticons, as your leader, I STARSCREAM demand absolute loyalty from ALL of my subjects. Onslaught and his Combaticons chose to disobey my order. They chose to break my law. There is no greater act of treason than disobeying MY direct order. I am the leader; all of you serve ME. I will not tolerate insubordination of any kind from any one of YOU. Tonight you will all learn the fate of those who choose to defy me. A fate so terrible, so awful and humiliating that you will never ever want it to happen to you. That is the lesson here; a lesson of EXTREME importance that YOU should commit to memory and RECITE to yourself, FREQUENTLY. Disobedience means treason; treason MEANS terrible fate; TERRIBLE FATE, could mean most anything if it is terrible. I want you to think about that for a moment. Think about the most terrible thing you could possibly conjure up in your PATHETIC minds. Now, double it! NOW, triple it! THAT is the kind of terrible thing I AM TALKING ABOUT!
—Starscream, giving his motivational speech
Metroplex heeds the call of the last prime!
—Metroplex, bringing out the the big guns
No one leaves without my permission!
I wasn't asking.
—Megatron and Optimus, having both a Badass Boast and Snark-to-Snark Combat
After eons of conflict, I finally see the truth of your words, Megatron.
And what might that be, Optimus?
This universe, no matter how vast, will never be big enough for you and I to coexist!
—Optimus and Megatron, shortly before the former punches the latter across the Ark and initiates the final fight.
