

To this end, Arkeville twisted Prime's imported essence to evil with a rewriting program, but the clone still lacked life. It is unknown if Arkeville was aware of the Optimus Prime clone previously created by Megatron, but in any case the doctor's approach was somewhat different, as he wanted a sentient being, not a remote-controlled drone. Arkeville, seeking to create an evil leader greater than Megatron, used a subspace impulse cloner to duplicate Optimus Prime (with a snazzy black-and-teal paint job). While it is clearly based on the Binaltech storyline, borrowing elements with no precedent in English-language canon, it differs from Binaltech's "Black Convoy" bio in some details and may be considered a separate continuity. Note: This is the only known Alternators fiction.
