An altruistic giant alien robot wirh the power to transform into a
truck.
His main rival is Megaton, Decpticon leader, who is obsessed with trying to beat and
kill Optimus.
Prime's
noble traits include playing fair, never leaving anyone behind, never asking anyone to do something he wouldn't do himself, entering the battlefield first and leaving last, fighting for the freedoms of all sentient life, giving fair warnings, preserving
peace and ofcourse giving inspirational speeches.
His abilities wary and whilst he lacks the destructive talents of Megatron he more than makes up for them with his support abilties and particularly his ability to control inanimate parts or drones. His major ability is to combine with his trailer or drones to become Super Optimus. Beyond that he can readily combine with other Transformers to become even more powerful.
As the true leader of the Autobots he is beqeeathed the
Matrix of Leadership which allows him direct access with the very soul of Cybertron as
well as the collective knowledge of all former Autobot leaders.
Such is Primes
awesomeness that he can always rise from the dead and hence he is known as
Jesus Prime.
So great is his ladership skills that even other species
like humans would openly serve him and allow him to become an elected leader because that's how great and effective he is.