Australia - UluruSkydive watched as
Slingshot got boarded by Nova Strike and used as a personal craft. This strengthens his idea the Aerialbots needed more training in several different maneuvers. As he watched
Nova Strike go completely crazy almost Wrecker style, Skydive then realized if no one caught him Nova Strike might get one last hit on the Fallen but with his own body. Skydive would have shook his head if he was in robot mode at the idiocy of the ground pounder. Instead of letting a fellow Autobot plummet to his own death by his own insane idea, Skydive dove down and tried to catch Nova Strike. The decent was to quick and with everything around them happening, Skydive couldn't get below him properly. So he instead partially transformed and grabbed Nova Strike around the ankles with his hands.
>>Fireflight, I'm going to need your help here. This isn't the best situation and shows we severally lack in our training but of course you rarely see a nutcase commandeer one of us and use us as his personal craft. We don't want to lose a mech unless we have little choice.<<
Fireflight was lost in watching the fire tornadoes and keeping tabs on the fight below them between Sixshot and the Fallen as well as the positioning of Razorclaw and other Cons. He then noticed the incident Skydive referred to and quickly met up with Skydive. Thanks to the slightly slower decent and awkward angle, Fireflight got underneath Nova Strike which allowed Skydive to drop the mech onto Fireflight. Then Skydive and Fireflight got the message from Silverbolt and barely was able to pinpoint where their leader was at.
>>"Aerialbots, form up on me. We need to rethink our strategy."<< Silverbolt called over his comm line to his teammates while trying to ignore his increasing altitude.
>>Silverbolt, we will meet you there as soon as we drop off a wannabe pilot of Slingshot. Nova Strike decided he wanted to ride Slingshot as his own personal craft and then jump off to be almost suicidal with a lone shot. I and Fireflight had to save his chassis from becoming a stain on this planet.<<
As Skydive and Fireflight was trying to rejoin their squad leader, they noticed the sandstorm blowing away from them. Both of them pushed their limits and was able to barely climb over the wall of sand. However, due to the extra weight of Nova Strike, Fireflight went into a sharp nose dive which turned into a corkscrew. Skydive couldn't do a thing but watch since he was having troubles as well with sand and rocks hitting his engines and intake valves. He was able to keep control better but was also low to the ground.
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Hot Spot heard Prowl's response and was relieved there was another plan. Digging probably would have taken longer but at the current moment it seemed to be the only option. After thinking about it for a few moments, Hot Spot realized things in orbit must have been fixed to where they bounce back. This did give them a few more options but how many would be practical. It also took a nanoclick to realize Prowl had given his team permission to become primary rescue team.
>>Streetwise, we need to disengage the fight. We aren't doing much outside of wasting our resources. Instead we need to get to saving the lives we can and help out Ratchet and First Aid with the injuries. We may not have their extensive training but still can mend the minor stuff. Meet me at these coordinates.<<
Hot Spot transformed and rolled away to the new location. As he went, he got pelted by the new attack the Fallen have thrown at them in the form of the sandstorm. This would bother him but it reminded Hot Spot of the desert location his team was at before the fight. Hot Spot shut as many crevices he could to protect himself from the granules.
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Blades, once you are done doing whatever you are, meet me at these coordinates. We've got search and rescue now since First Aid and Ratchet are going to be quickly overwhelmed. Groove will continue in assisting First Aid and hopefully providing any cover fire if needed.<<
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Octane watched the shuttles and noticed Darkride come out and attack Skywarp. Before Octane could do anything, Skywarp did his teleportation move on Darkride. As much as Octane wanted to join in on the fight the sight was entertaining. Only a few nanoclicks after the incident, Octane saw the familiar beam of a bounce. It seemed some more troops decided to join in on the fun. Once they materialized, Octane was glad to see who it was but for different purposes.
"The coward Starscream finally showed up in order to get himself slagged while trying to steal the show and glory. Time to see how long he will last before he decides to beam back up to lick his wounds. As for Commander Shockwave, maybe he will be able to help me get into the fight."
>>Commander Shockwave, can you find it in your grand strategy to allow me to join the fight? Onslaught believes I would better serve the Decepticons back here as an emergency fueling depot but no one has bothered to come up to me begging for energon. I want in on the fight. I will warn you, Darkride is one of the heralds and he along with Skywarp were around the Autobot shuttles until Warpy teleported them somewhere.<<
Battletrap saw what the Combaticon leader did and tried to follow suit. He flew up along them slowly but was very uneasy getting close to the fire tornadoes again. As he got closer a sandstorm showed up. The buffeting he took forced him to land only a few meters from where he took off.
>>Shadowing, I hope Commander Shockwave know how to defeat two walls. First fire and now sand. Not sure if getting through is going to work. I think Fallen hiding because coward.<<