Ultra Magnus

Early Life
Magnum was a young bot who joined the Elite Guard Acadamy long before the Great Civil War. He was one of the quickest in his class to graduate. Doing so, Magnum met Perceptor, a professor who worked within the Elite Guard. The two became friends while Magnum was stationed with Alpha Squad. The squad leader, Sentinel Minor, soon grew fond of the young bot. The two even became friends as they fought together.

It didn't take Magnum more than a year until he became the squad leader of Zeta Squad. Magnum later met the gladiator, Megatronus. He offered Megatronus to join the Elite Guard and even become a teacher at the Elite Guard Acadamy. Megatronus accepted the offer and because of that, the two became friends.

Later, Magnum met both Orion Pax and Elita One. The three became friends and worked together for a long while even though they were on different teams. Magnum even saw the rise of the Decepticons and took action in fighting them. It wasn't until he saw Orion of the opposite side he started to question his job. But Magnum kept fighting and changed his name to Magnus when he joined Ultra Squad.

Magnus was one of the first bots to be contacted when Orion Pax was nearly killed by Megatronus who now went by Megatron. This made Magnus fight personal, as Megatron was the leader of the Decepticons.

Civil War
When the rebel alliance grew, the battles became a civil war. During this, Magnus kept fighting and even met Orion who had been remade into Optimus. After a time, Magnus learned Optimus had left Elita One to die. This started a fight between the two friends which ended with Optimus explaining he followed the orders and did wrong in leaving her.

Magnus lead Ultra Squad and even changed his name to Ultra Magnus when his whole team was killed in battle. On a mission, Ultra Magnus was captured and taken to the Decepticon prison in Kaon. There he met Impactor, the leader of the Wreckers. The two bonded when sharing the same cell. They even planned their escape together. When escaping, Ultra Magnus took a hammer from the Decepticon's weapon arsenal. This hammer stayed with him for years to come. The two got out of the prison but was not able to escape Kaon. They hid underground for two months doing their best not to be found. But Wheeljack and Kup found them. Both were part of the Wreckers and because Magnus spent so much time with them, he soon became a member of the group.

In the Battle of Iacon, Ultra Magnus saw how Zeta Prime got killed by Megatron. This fueled his hatred of Megatron. He even fought Megatron this day but was taken out of there by Impactor who wouldn't let Magnus die. Retreating, Magnus joined up with the commander Optimus who were fighting in the frontlines. The Wreckers were later sent to help Sentinel Minor, now Sentinel Prime, but Magnus didn't follow. He saw how the frontlines needed him and therefore, he stayed with Optimus.

After Sentinel Prime's death, Magnus joined the Wreckers again and fought side by side with Impactor when he was killed by Overlord. This made Magnus take the title of squad leader as he took them all to safety. Ultra Magnus even helped Springer as Impactor was his mentor.

In the last days of the war on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus was made into the second in command as Optimus had become the leader of the Autobots. When the Ark left Cybertron, most of the Wreckers were split up, but Magnus stayed with Springer and Kup.