by Davekma » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:57 am
Autobase Tau ~ Backup Power Generators
As his search continued, Roadbuster's attention was drawn to his commlink as it crackled into life "Roadbuster Sir.." Uplink's voice cut through the static "..Ultra Magnus requests a status report, shall I patch you through to him?" Roadbuster came to a halt before replying "Yeah, I suppose I better fill him in on what's going on" The Wrecker replied, waiting momentarily before Uplink confirmed the link was made.
"Ultra Magnus Sir, Roadbuster here, glad you could join us, time is short so I'll give you the quick version of recent events if you don't mind. Aproximately 1 hour ago, the Decepticons launched an attack on the Tagan province, led by 3 mechs, none of whom we've been able to identify, we've come to the assumption that they are prototypes fresh of the production lines. Their current position is the Refinery district, where they are being engaged by the Technobots, Sunstreaker and Stormfire. As of this moment, I'm unsure how the battle is progressing on account of the next part of my report"
Roadbuster paused as he looked back to see where Straightline and Backwing were, but couldn't see them from where he was "Not so long ago, our main power generators were taken offline by what we believe to be a Decepticon infiltrator, don't ask me how the slagger got in, that really isn't high on my list of priorities right now, catching him is though, that's why I'm down in the backup power generators sector, my circuits are telling me this is his next target"
The Wrecker paused once more as a small smile spread onto his face "I don't know where you want to start first Magnus Sir, but as of this moment, the Tagan province is under your command, and you're quite welcome to it. Now if you don't mind, I've got a 'Con infiltrator to slag..er I mean capture, if you need any more info, contact Uplink in the Command Center, Roadbuster out"
Straightline didn't look over at Skyjack as he heard the Decepticon's answer "You really thi....ugghgh" Straightline uttered as the energon dagger cut deep into his internal circuits, severing several internal fluid lines. Slumping forward onto his knees, the young 'Bot's rifle hit the floor with a thud, followed by more strange vocal sounds, but try as he might, Straightline couldn't form the words to warn Roadbuster, and his body soon slumped to the floor and went into stasis lock, leaving Roadbuster alone with Skyjack.
(OoC - Just in case anyone's wondering, Straightline and Uplink are a couple of 'Bots I made up just to help things along when it was a bit quiet, they have served their purpose and now will disapear)
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Approaching Outpost B-13
The journey from Autobase Tau had been a long one, Inferno only hoped he'd made it in time "Sometimes, just sometimes, I wish I had a faster alt mode" The fire truck grumbled to himself as he led his S&R team into what amounted to a disaster area.
"Primus..." Inferno muttered to himself as he saw the remains of the outpost for the first time "3 'Cons did this?" He asked himself, transforming on the move and sliding to a halt "OK team, lets go, those fires need to be put out asap, and we need to clear this rubble and find any survivors, Command said there were 2 Scouts present in addition to the 3 guards already stationed here, lets go!" Inferno shouted, clapping his hands together to install some urgency, as if there wasn't a need for it already.
As the various crews went to their assigned tasks, Inferno could hear a countdown of sorts under one of the piles of rubble. Not sure what it was, his first thought was that it could be a bomb left behind by the Decepticon attackers. Dashing over to the pile, the S&R 'Bot began throwing pieces of mangled permacrete and steel out of the way, until a leg came into view. Pausing briefly, Inferno prepared himself for the possibility of this leg not being attached to it's owner, before resuming his debris removal.
After some frenzied work, Inferno was relieved to see that the leg was still attached to it's owner, along with another leg, and that this 'Bot was Blackstreak, one of the Scouts he was looking for "Medic!!" Inferno shouted "Get over here on the double, we've got a seriously wounded 'Bot here, massive fluid loss and several injuries. Get him stabilised and get the nearest EVAC unit out here to get him back to base, let the Medics back there fix him up.