The Energon Pub

Autobase Nu ~ Command Center

As Kup and Prowl talked through the various possibilities of who was now in Command of the Decepticon's operations in Polyhex, and how they could effectively patrol the Killzone and surrounding area, Silverbolt stood quietly, looking over the information Prowl had brought up on one of the nearby monitors. He had already assumed that Prowl was planning to have he and his team start up patrols as soon as possible, so when the order was given, Silverbolt acknowledged it with a simple nod of his head, before he returned his attention to the screen briefly, until the point at which Prowl removed it.

As Juggernaut arrived, the Aerialbot Commander returned the nodded greeting, before inserting himself into Kup and Prowl's discussion "From what I saw down in the recieving area as I left the transport shuttle, most of those who are largely intact and unharmed from the battle, I didn't even recognise, in fact, the only ones I did recognise were Springer, and one of the Medics.."

Silverbolt paused as he shifted the weight from his more damaged leg to the less damaged one "..Now I don't know if what I saw is indicative of the current depth of active soldiers we have at our disposal, but I believe that if a ground patrol is required, it's going to have to be pretty light on experience. That said, they have to learn at somepoint, and now is probably as good a time as any for them to start"

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(OOC- No probs DC, glad to help out)IC

Autobase Nu ~ Recieving Area

"Ah, thanks guys.." Archangel said to Wheelbar and Sub-Zero as the stretcher was placed next to him "..This is a dear friend of mine by the name of Forte, and she doesn't seem to be with us at the moment, which is....worrying, to say the least.." The young Medic paused, trying to hide his concerns, as he gave the nod for Sub-Zero to lift Forte onto the stretcher "..Ok, I need you and Wheelbar to get her down to the Medbay as quick as you can, then tell Minerva to leave Forte's treatment to me, I'll be down as soon as I'm done here, which shouldn't be too long"

Autobase Nu - Medbay

Air Raid removed the connectors from his power core, after charging himself with fresh energon. "Ah that did the trick. Well I'll catch you later Minerva, to bad we always meet when I am close to being scrap metal." Air Raid said as he ran out of Medbay, transforming into a black cybertroian jet and blasting off towards the Command Center. The rattling sound of engines pumping, could he heard as Air Raid approached the Command Center.

Autobase Nu - Command Center

The the wind picked up and gusted in the direction of the Command Center as the Aerialbot approached, searching for Silverbolt. Air Raid transformed into his robot form his large thick metal leg's striking the ground with a thud, once he had located Silverbolt. "Hey Silverbolt. How's your leg coming? I just got released from Medbay, more like ran out before Minerva could strap me down on the table." Air Raid exclaimed to the leader of the Aerialbot's. He seemed to understand Silverbolt with ease, together they were two components that formed the mighty Superion. "You want to fly some patrols Silverbolt?" Air Raid asked now that he was 100% functional.

Autobase NU~ Recieving Area

WheelBar assited Sub-Zero with strapping the femme Autobot onto the strecher. He nodded to Sub-Zero, showing that Forte was secured on. WheelBar looked up at Arch, acknowledging his order.

"Sure thing Arch, right away." WheelBar turned to Sub-Zero. "Let's go."

Autobase Nu - Command Center

Kup acknowledged Juggernaut with a slight nod as he entered. His mind was on Prowl's analysis of their troop strength, and as such, a slight frown was on his faceplate. Silverbolt seemed optimistic at least about getting the younger hands some experience, but likewise was wary of stretching the soldiers of Autobase Nu too thinly.

"Primus knows I don't want to run out a bunch of rookies who've barely even been shot at, but I'm not sure we have a choice this time," the old veteran frowned further. His expression changed slightly, and he spoke after a moment.

"I volunteer to lead the ground team," he said. "And I suggest we only take volunteers on this mission."

Medbay
“Ah Forte.”
Zero paused for a nano second. Was that not the name of the bot Brewer was asking about? Zero’s optics scanned the area briefly but saw no sign of the other mech. With gentile care he put her upon the stretcher. His optic visor giving off a soft blue glow as he acknowledged Wheelbar, watching as Arch went to attend to the business he needed completed before he would meet them in Medbay. The black and silver autobot looked down at the secured figure of Forte, how long would this war stretch? Would Prime be successful or was it just another delay in the never-ending heartache? He took his gaze from her to look at Wheelbar as they rolled the Wheeled table down the hall at a decent pace. He was glad to have a chance to help even if Medic work was not in his programming. He was sure Wheelbar felt something of the same by the gusto in which he preformed each task.

As they entered the medbay Zero called over to Minerva.
“Archangel will take care of Forte in just a moment. Wheelbar and I need to know where is the best place to put her.”
To Forte he said in a soothing voice, even though he knew she could not hear him.
“Your friends are here to fix you up. You’ll be as good as new when Arch is done.”

Zero took in all the injured bots with a guarded glance. This fighting was taking its toll on his fellow mechs.

Autobase Nu ~ Recieving Area

As Sub-Zero and Wheelbar departed, Archangel quickly set to with the rest of the patients onboard his current shuttle "Ok, priority 2, priority 3.." He mumbled to himself as he went from Autobot to Autobot, marking down where they should be in the order for attention "..Priority 2, and priority 2 again. OK, lets get these to Medbay now" The Medic called to the waiting medbay corpsmechs.

Stepping down the ramp after the last one had been taken, Archangel turned and headed for the last shuttle holding casualties, knowing he had to check it out before he could return to the medbay and begin work on Forte. As he headed up the ramp and into the shuttle, something crossed the young Medic's mind, and as he checked out another priority 1 patient, he opened a commlink to his unofficial bodyguard.

>>Hey Orph, you there? Listen, I need you to do something for me, and don't ask any questions. When you get to the Medbay ask for a 'Bot named Brewer, he's about my height, with green and grey colored armor, and get him to fix you up. Make sure he's fully focused on you and not on who is coming into the Medbay, can you do that for me?>No probs Arch, you can count on me<<

Shutting off his commlink, Orpheus turned and began to scan the room for Brewer, his optics finally catching sight of a 'Bot who matched the description given to him. Marching over to the S&R Specialist, the battered black warrior stared down before asking "Are you Brewer?"

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Autobase Nu ~ Command Center

As he waited for a response from Prowl, Silverbolt's attention was drawn to the loud thud, followed by a familiar voice coming from behind him, which put a smile on his face "Good to see you back to 100% Air Raid.." Silverbolt replied, turning to face his fellow Aerialbot "..and to answer your question, Prowl has requested the Aerialbots assist in patrolling the area between here and Polyhex, once we're all repaired and refuelled, we shall commence patrols immediately."

The Aerialbot Commander paused as he glanced down at his injured leg, realising that he would most likely be the last one to get repaired "Ah yes, I'd best get this seen to before we head out, thanks for reminding me Air Raid"

Medical Bay

Just as Brewer had finished up on his previous patient, a new one came along, seeming to be specifically looking for the green mech. This bot was quite beaten up, his darn painting hid it a bit, though, but the Search and Rescue Specialist had an optic for seeing under the shadows.

"I'm Brewer," he wiped his hands on a rag, trying to get rid of the fluids that had leaked a bit on him. "Need some repairs?" He felt a strange suspicion upon Orpheus, but he didn't let it get to him. "Take a seat on the table and we can get started."

Autobase Nu ~ Medbay

A big smile broke out on Orpheus' face as he had found who he was looking for on his first attempt, quite an achievement... well, for Orpheus anyway. Nodding in response to Brewer, and remembering what Archangel had asked him to do, the Warrior had a masterstroke of genius, and quite proud of himself, took a seat on a table that made it so Brewer would have his back to the Medbay entrance.

Still smiling broadly, Orpheus almost forgot to point out what was hurting the most "Uh, my chest hurts here.." He pointed to the patched up wound he recieved from Rampage "..And my armor is damaged here on my arm.." Again, he pointed to the obvious gash he'd recieved from the Predacon "..Uh, and I think something inside isn't quite right either" He was making things up by this point, but to Orpheus, it sounded believable enough to occupy Brewer's attentions, at least until Archangel arrived "Archangel said I should come find you, so I know I can trust you" Orpheus said, patting Brewer on the shoulder, probably a bit harder than was necessary.

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Autobase Nu ~ Recieving Area

"OK guys, get this one down to Medbay ASAP, priority 1.." Archangel called to the corpsmechs waiting onboard the shuttle. His triage work was almost complete, and he could soon get down to fixing up those he'd prioritised, starting with Forte.

As he moved onto another patient, the young medic's thoughts drifted slightly "If Orph can keep Brewer occupied at least until I can get down there, I can talk to him before I start work on Forte.." Archangel mused as he noted down what the patient needed, and classifying him as a priority 3 casualty "..I hope he won't hold it against me, but I've got to keep him from seeing Forte in her current state, I've just got to..."

Archangel moved onto the penultimate casualty onboard the shuttle, his thoughts drifting over his own experiences of injured friends, specifically, his closest friend, who to this day, he was unable to work on if he was seriously injured. He didn't know if Brewer would react the same as he did, but he wasn't about to take the chance. Archangel almost lost his closest friend because he couldn't handle the shock of seeing him in pain, he didn't want Brewer to go through a similar pain.

Autobase Nu - Command Center

Air Raid glanced down to Silverbolt's damaged leg, taking his robotic hand and rubbing it up and down the side of his own chin. "That look's pretty bad Silverbolt." Air Raid exclaimed. Air Raid transformed into the black, fast, Cybertroian Jet.

"Climb on. I'll give you a ride down to the medbay, hopefully Minvera won't give us to much grief." Air Raid exclaimed, waiting for Silverbolt to jump on before he would escort him to medbay.

Autobase Nu - Command Center

"Juggernaut," Prowl acknowledged the greeting of the larger Autobot distantly. As was often the case when his processors were focused on matters of potentially critical strategic significance, he was not as observant of the usual niceties as he might otherwise have been. Unfortunately, such matters tended to crop up with such frequency that his moments of friendly camaraderie tended to be extraordinarily few and far between.

The last one might have been an orn or two prior to the Great Shutdown, now that he thought of it.

But there really wasn't time for reflecting upon his general state of preoccupation. Not when Silverbolt and Kup were offering their respective appraisals of the readiness of their remaining troops. And, indeed, there was a wide gap in terms of battlefield experience between veterans like the two of them and the relatively untested soldiers who made up the majority of the rank-and-file. Of course, in Kup's optics, it was highly probable that Prowl himself appeared to be a rookie.

"I hear you," he said at last, looking from the Aerialbot to the battleworn veteran. "Both of you. And without knowing exactly how the situation in Polyhex has changed, there's no denying this will be a dangerous assignment. But I have to agree with Kup. We need to establish a greater presence in the border region, or risk losing what ground we've managed to take." And rendering the sacrifices of those Autobots who had given their lives to break the Decepticon frontline moot.

And while Prowl wasn't enthusiastic about giving up Kup's insights in the command center to put him in charge of the patrol team, there was no denying that he was the most qualified candidate for the job. His long vorns of military service would go far in mitigating what could be a hazardous lack of familiarity with Decepticon tactics. Or so Prowl hoped.

"All right," he said after a short, contemplative pause. "Kup, you're cleared to lead the team on the ground. But I want you to keep in constant radio contact with the Autobase and with Silverbolt in the air. You're both authorized to depart as soon as your respective patrols are assembled." Prowl pinched the bridge of his olfactory module in mild exasperation. "And, Air Raid? Please don't go careening through the base in jet mode. You just got out of the repair bay; Minerva's swamped as it is, and I doubt she'd be thrilled to see you again so soon if you wind up crashing into anything."

In spite of himself, Prowl smiled faintly. At least the raucous Aerialbot seemed to remain in high spirits. That was probably a good thing, even if his threat-assessment programming was probably in dire need of an update.

"I'll hold down the fort here, see if I can't get a clearer idea of just how much damage we did--and how much we took." Which would mean tackling the distinctly unappealing task of compiling a casualty list to forward to Autobase Prime.

Autobase Nu - Command Center

Air Raid remained in Jet mode, waiting on his fellow Aeiralbot's response his engines remained on, producing an active engine echoe. "Hey Prowl, will do I'll try not to crash into anyone until we find some Decepticons!" Air Raid exclaimed in his jet mode. "Your looking a little crammed on Data Prowl. I've got the cure for a full memory bank." Air Raid exclaimed. Air Raid's lower left wing flap opened and a small panel extended outward. A small energion cube glowed a vibrant purple color. "I bought you a drink." Air Raid exclaimed with added humor as he offered Prowl a small enerigon cube to recharged his circuits from all the miltary planning he was doing.

"Just don't tell Minerva I smuggled it out of Medbay." Air Raid whispered.

Medical Bay

There weren't too many injuries that Orpheus pointed out. The damage and pain in the dark colored bot's chest is what worried Brewer the most, so such was where he began. "All right, then." Once again, he laid out his tool kit, a bit bothered by the strange smug grin on Orpheus' face, and he glanced a few times before mentally shurgging it off. "First, we'll take care of the outer damage, then the inner. I'll have to run an internal scan before I actually enter to seek out the problems you're having.

His welding torch and miniature hammer were his favorite tools, as Brewer was able to use the torch in more ways than other medics - cosmetic damage, for instance. "It's just a bit of a ding. There doesn't seem to be anything threatening to your chest," he began softening the metal with the torch, getting it ready to be reformed. "There seems to be a few wires cut," with his free hand, the S&R Specialist reattached the wires with his plyers and torch. Small sticks of plastic to protect the wires were melted to the breaks to help hold and close the seems. "Now lets get this closed up and fixed."

It wasn't long until the green mech had finished that, either. Orpheus' chest was the best looking, but it was definately almost new and completely functional. "Too bad I wasn't as skilled as Minerva, but this will have to do."

Medical Bay

Minerva addressed Skywatch
‘I wasn’t at the battle so I really don’t know, you got really messed up though, I wasn’t sure if you were going to make it, you main power core was severed and you were covered in shrapnel, but enough of that, how are you feeling now?’ Minerva looked at her patient in concern. Zero’s voice interrupted her.
‘That’s Forte? Sweet primus! I can’t tell if she’s repairable, put her over here and then go and tell Brewer we’ve found his friend and she’s…stable’ Minerva hated to lie but realised if Brewer saw Forte like this he would probably lose it.
Minerva opened a link to Archangel
‘Forte’s secure but you’d better get here fast, does Brewer know about this.’
Minerva couldn’t wait for the reply, the med team was in danger of being swamped by all the wounded, she moved over to Springer and began to examine his leg
‘How did you pick up these ones then Springer’ she asked the green triplechanger.

Skywatch looked at the medic incredulously "Battle? What battle? There hasn't been a battle since...Primus, I don't know...since the Guardians went online, I htink. Besides who'd want to attack me? I just haul Hazmat stuff. Dihydrous Monoxide, Production waste, Acids...It's not like a guard the energon banks..."

Medbay
Zero cringed at the expression that crossed Minerva's face, and moved the gurney to the place she had indicated. He looked at her again when she told him to go find Brewer. Zero nodded quietly then said to Wheelbar.

“You got this ,OK?”

He paused speaking to Minerva before leaving the room.

“I’ll let him know we have her but …. You want me to stall him until you get a good look at her? I get the feeling from you guys that he won’t handle the news of her status very well.”

Medical Bay

"Oh this little scratch?" Springer asked. He breathed a little more slowly now. "The Decepticons may not be the best-looking scraps of metal out of the production line, at least not compared to yours truly, of course. But they are pretty tough.:

"I had to go up against some squad leader. He was something like that," the triplechanger remembered. A slight tinge of some uncommon emotion went across his face for a second. "No way was there some soldier like that in the Decepticon ranks without some kind of command. He was big, strong. Gave me a run for my money. Adrenagon was up really high for that fight. I finally got him in the end, but he didn't leave me with my paintjob unscathed."

Springer then pulled out a holo-image.

"That robot right there," he said pointing to it, "have you ever seen her? That 'con had it with him. She's a looker alright. But I just wanted to know if you knew her. She looks kind of a like a seeker. Yeah, definitely one. I don't know why this is tying me up so much. So how are you, Minerva?"

Autobase Nu ~ Command Center

It was one of those moments that he'd become so good at dealing with. With Air Raid's offer of a lift to the Medbay came a dilemma that Silverbolt had dealt with countless times before. Still, it didn't stop some of his internal systems freezing for a moment as the thought of flying on the top of Air Raid ran through his processors.

Silverbolt was bought some time before he had to answer as Prowl gave the order for he and Kup to begin their respective patrols as soon as they got their teams assembled. Turning to the military strategist, the Aerialbot Commander nodded before replying "Understood Prowl, I'll head down to the Medbay immediately and assemble my team. I'll contact you when we leave the base"

Turning back to Air Raid, Silverbolt raised his hand before asnwering the black jet "Thanks for the offer Air Raid, but a lift won't be necessary, the Medbay is only a short walk away. Besides, Prowl's right, I can do without you getting injured by accident so soon after you just got fixed up" Silverbolt smiled, the thought of Air Raid crashing seemed unlikely, but it served to help him out of the situation at least.

Turning to Kup, Silverbolt nodded quickly "I'll contact you also when we begin our patrol Kup, and I'll get Skydive to send you our route so you'll know where we are if you need us"

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Autobase Nu ~ Medbay

Archangel was well on his way to the Medbay, transporting his last patient from the shuttles himself. As he reached the doors to the medbay, Minerva's reply came through his commlink. He could see that she was already rushed off her feet, Skywatch was back online, Springer had finally agreed to play nice, and that was just the start of her list of patients.

"I'm back here now Minerva.." The young Medic replied as his patient was taken from him by a pair of Medbay corpsmechs "..I can see you've got enough to worry about, so don't worry about replying, just listen. All shuttles are clear, and I haven't heard of any more casualties, so what you see is we you get. As for Forte and Brewer, leave that to me. Brewer's made of tough stuff, so maybe my concerns over his possible reaction to seeing Forte are unnecessary, but I didn't want to take any chances. Now that I'm here, I'll go talk to him before I start work on Forte, I may be some time with this one, so wish me luck"

As he sent this through his commlink, Archangel had been slowly moving through the Medbay melee towards Brewer and Orpheus. The huge warrior had watched on as the S&R specialist had got to work on his injuries, trying not to chuckle as the torch's flames felt like a slight tickle on his huge frame. As Brewer finished with his work, Orpheus grinned once more, before lifting his arm up and swinging it to test out the work, narrowly missing clocking Brewer on the side of his head.

Nodding his head appreciatively, Orpheus looked to Brewer, but before he could thank him, his optic was caught by the sight of Archangel moving towards him "Hey Arch!! Over here Arch!" The young 'Bot shouted, waving his arm as he did so. Moving over as he heard the shouts of his friend, Archangel gestured for his friend to stop waving, and to quieten down, Orpheus dropped his hand immediately, realising that something must be up.

Archangel placed a hand on Brewer's shoulder, and, trying his best to mask his concern, began to speak "Hey Brewer, I need a word with you, you busy?"

Medical Bay

Springer heard Sub-Zero's and Archangel's comments. Before he could chime in, however, the situation was resolved. He then heard Skywatch.

"Heh, yeah, Minerva here is right," Springer said to Skywatch. "We barely managed to hone in on your signal to pick you up. Details aside, let's just say your lucky we had some good field medics or you would have looked like a fried set of circuits. And honestly, at war, some of those items you were hauling are just as valuable as energon. How you holding up, though?"

The triplechanger now paused and looked up at Minerva's face. It was obvious this was all taking a physical and emotional strain on her. Well, maybe not obvious, but it was at least there.

"You know this injury isn't a big deal as long as I don't move," he said to Minerva. He smiled, already knowing the medic's answer. "If you've got more patients, you could just wait to see me. I know I don't want any more stasis-locked 'bots. But at the rate you're going we might just have an out of commision medic for awhile."

Autobase Nu - Command Center


Air Raid transformed to his standing robot form. Air Raid needed to find Hot Rod, he was always fun to hang around. "Your the boss." Air Raid replied to Silverbolt's comment.

Medical Bay

A cringe formed on the green mechs face as he was almost hit by the clumbsy Orpheus. "Glad you like it so..." he was then interrupted by the black mech, who began flailing his arms in greeting to someone behind him. "Arch? As in Archangel?" Brewer turned only to be met with a hand on his shoulder and a sturn face. The words slipped out of the medic's vocalizers like a horrible drumroll, waiting to signal the ultimate end.

"I'm... not busy. What's wrong?" The worst of thoughts already swam through his mind. No, this wasn't what a medic was suppose to be thinking - he needed to be optimistic - even if a close ally was in trouble, he couldn't risk losing control of stable thoughts.

Autobase Nu - Command Center

"We'll be in close contact," Kup told Silverbolt. "I'll broadcast a priority-two squelch every two and a half breems. If you don't get the squelch on time every time, home in on our position, because it'll mean something's goin' down." It was an old patrol trick, ancient as Kup himself. It meant that even if the team were ambushed and captured - or killed - their back-up could still get to their last known location in a hurry. They used to call it the 'security blanket.' I dunno why, though...and what's a 'blanket,' anyway? Once more it seemed Kup had forgotten more about war than most Autobots even knew about the subject.

"One more request, Prowl. I know that when I ask for volunteers, Springer's gonna be the first to step forward," he began. "I'd appreciate it if you kept him here as your XO for the time being. He could use the break, and the kid needs to learn some patience. I can't think of a better example of 'good things come to those who wait' than you, Prowl. Besides, he needs some more command experience."

The old warhorse hoped Prowl would take him up on his suggestion. He's tough as anyone and bright too, but Springer's still got a lot of growin' up to do, Kup thought. He's nowhere near as bad as Hot Rod...but then again, who the Pit is?

Medbay

Sub-Zero relaxed as he watched Archangel handle the situatiion. His hand still on the gurney. Blue optics looked from Wheelbar to Springer. Zero had heard the triplechanger's comment about no pain as long as he didn't move. The wolf-bot decided he could be of some help.

"Springer, if you have anything that needs doing I can do it for you so you can sit for a while. If it's outa the medbay you can just direct me by com. It will give you guys a chance to settle down a bit. And me something to keep my mind occupied. I don't do well with idle hands."

He grinned at Wheelbar, yep Zero sounded corny but he was never good at making jokes.

[[OOC: sorry I haven't posted in a few days, It's been busy around here! ^_^;]]

Medical Bay

WheelBar couldn't help but laugh a little in Sub-Zero's direction. It didn't take much to lighten his mood. He turned serious again though, addressing Sub-Zero's offer.

"That goes for me to. If anyone needs anything, just point me in the right direction."

Medbay

Minerva listened to Archangel’s response and agreed to his plan
‘Whilst you’re talking to her Arch I’m going to put her on life support just to be safe’
Minerva was saved from trying to explain to Skywatch what had definitely just happened to him by Springer’s timely intervention, she breathed a grateful sigh of relief. When Springer offered to be placed lower down the rota, Minerva looked at him sternly
‘Are you quite sure you’re okay with that. If you are then I would make one further request of you; keep an eye on Skywatch, I think his memory circuits might be damaged.’ Minerva moved away pausing briefly to reply to Springer’s final comment
‘I won’t stop until I have finished my job, you don’t have to worry about me.’
Behind her she heard Sub-zero and Wheelbar offer Springer any help he needed. Before he could take advantage of that situation Minerva stepped in
‘Thanks to you two we’ve got everyone down here now, I’d like you two to get some energon into your system, I’ll call you if we need further help down here. Minerva grinned at the pair whom had worked so hard to ensure no further lives were lost in this war. She turned back to her work; repairing damaged circuits in a poor mech's arm.

Autobase Nu - Receiving Area

Skydive did a couple of small mid-air maneuvers before diving towards the city. When he had been doing tricks earlier, Autobot after Autobot after Autobot had been brought to the city. It was like a flood of the wounded. War was such an ugly thing, but it was something he knew would have to continue being a part of of. He transformed before landing and entered the city. Where to go? I'm not much use as a medical specialist, and I'll bet they've already go a host of them taking care of the wounded. I'm not exactly sure the command center is where I want to be either, but...Oh well, I suppose I can always study.

Command Center

Skydive entered the command center. A few of his fellow Autobots were standing around talking and such, but nothing really seemed to be going on. He looked over the people in the room slowly, his optical sensors taking care to look over several minute details. When he finished, he turned to his fellow Aerialbot.

"Air Raid, what happened?" he asked grimly.