Covenant of Primus - The Artifact

The Artifact

There are only two copies of the Covenant in existence. One was kept aboard the legendary Autobot spacecraft The Ark, while the second was stolen from its holding place on Cybertron by the Predacon secret police agent, Tarantulas and brought with him when he and the other members of Megatron and Optimus Primal's crews were blasted back in time and fought the Beast Wars on prehistoric Earth.

As the Beast Wars began to move towards their conclusion, Optimus Primal and Megatron reviewed the Covenant, for parallels between the book and reality made it seem like Primus had prophesized the Beast Wars. Optimus Primal recited datatrack 7.613, comparing its description of a warrior from the sky and the casting out of the dragon to the recent arrival of Tigerhawk and Megatron's loss of his base. Not long after, Megatron discovered and reactivated the crashed Decepticon spaceship, the Nemesis, comparing its rise from the ocean to the covenant's account of a great mountain emerging. In his glee, he recited the track that spoke of the destroyer, Megatron, and prophecy and history came together as it was finally understood that he was the Megatron the Covenant spoke of.

Uncovering the Ark, which the Maximals were using as their base, in accordance with another line from the Covenant, Megatron was confronted by Optimus Primal, the "great hero" the book foretold—but alas, as the book also said, he did not prevail. Though, as Optimus pointed out, he would not surrender either. Instead, as the Covenant predicted, "the spark of an enemy" held the key to victory, as the clone of Dinobot turned on Megatron and ensured his defeat and capture at the hands of the Maximals.