The Quintesson High Commander is the overarching antagonist of Paramount Pictures' 2024 animated film Transformers One. He is the mysterious high ranking commander of the Quintesson Army and was in charge of taking Sentinel Prime's Energon back to the Quintessons home world, Quintessa as part of their bargain.
History[]
Past[]
Years before the events of the film, the Quintessons were one of the many invaders that attacked Cybertron, leading to a costly war that killed the Thirteen Primes after Sentinel, once the Primes' advisor, betrayed them just in favor to become a Prime, save for Alpha Trion, which caused the Matrix of Leadership to vanish from Sentinel's grasp.
After the Quintessons won the war, they struck a deal with Sentinel Prime for a large amount of Energon delivered to them, with the Quintesson High Commander overseeing the transaction.
Transformers One[]
The Quintesson High Commander handled the latest tribute from Sentinel Prime, the leader of Cybertron per their earlier agreement. After Sentinel bowed before the High Commander and presented his offering of Energon, the High Commander quickly noticed the tribute was light and grew hostile, grabbing and restraining the false Prime with his tentacles. Sentinel begged for mercy, insisting that Cybertron's mines were depleted, and the High Commander only begrudgingly spared Sentinel's life and departed when he pleaded for more time to collect the rest of the tribute. The High Commander departed with his forces, and Sentinel vowed to work his miners harder, shaken from the encounter and the Quintessons then got back in their ship and left.
Unfortunately, this was the last Energon delivery, as the altercation was witnessed by a group of four mining bots who managed to frustrate the reign and overthrow Sentinel which also put an end to the Energon auction.
The High Commander and his fellow Quintessons likely heard the message sent out into space by the newly christened Optimus Prime, who warned them that further incursion into Cybertron would be met with strong resistance by him and Autobots.