Veronica sits in with her nerdy friends talkin’ ‘bout Transformers.
A running gag us despite liking the series, Veronica keeps getting the names wrong, constantly calling the factions Autobolts, Deceptitrons, and Quinceycons.
Guardian Prime and Regulus Prime are official G1 characters but Guardian only appeared as a one off Rodimus copy in a flashback. To not have Guardian look like Rodimus directly, I combined some other prototype Transformers that appeared in the cartoon to make him more distinct. He also Transforms into a jet-car here.
Regulus Prime was name dropped in the balls to the walls IDW GI Joe & Transformers but was never given a proper design. I thought of him as a wolf, using a bit of Cyberverse Thunderhowl as a basis. He might be a Triple Changer and turn into a dinosaur also, which is another reason why JD likes him in particular.
Because I feel Hasbro would go back and reinforce the Primes in older cartoons, this AU plays with that. All the Primes Braverman, JD & Specs mention got toys. There’s probably a couple of female Primes too, pre Solus, Orthia Prime and Zerta Prime that Veronica is interested in.