ITS THAT MOMENT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!
Wait, some of you actually survived?Its finally time to come home.
The battle on Cybertron has gone to hell, as has the future of WarPorn Industries itself, but we've temporarily retaken our network to finish what we started - to get these Strike Teams back and stop these inter-dimensional assholes from destroying our
profit-making enterprise war.
So sit back for a minute, grab a beverage and we'll take you through the story (as it was meant to be) over a month ago...
Your time in the Dead Space has drawn to a close, and not a moment too soon. Grotusque and Sparkstalker scowl at each other as your battle-weary troop make their way to the rendezvous.
Relief washes over you as you take the final step.
The exit portal slams shut behind you as you are again thrown through the energon-like abyss back towards what you hope to still be your home. The journey now a little more familiar, but this time you are not alone - the broken and battered bodies of ancient creatures are in your care, or custody dependent on your outlook, as well as the stasis-locked bodies of your fallen allies, their chassis barely intact after being torn apart by razor sharp teeth having been separated from you upon landing.
With a final glance over your shoulder, you say a relieved farewell to the horrifying Dead Space dimension and look over at your compatriot, cradling the Shard, knowing that this could be the key to finally defeating the Reavers and ridding Cybertron of this menace for good.
The backlash of your arrival, a party almost twice the size of the one that left carrying numerous items of power, sends a pulsewave throughout the antechamber and the previously dark room suddenly takes on a vivid light, emanating from the Throne of Vir itself as if calling out to the Shard, singing a song that begs to lure it home, but this is not its only effect.
Suddenly, the ground beneath your feet falls away and even those able to fly amongst have to grab a desperate hold of whatever you can find. Enveloped in the furious light of Vir, the world turns to black again as the energy overload hits, rocking all those within into stasis lock yet again.
...
Future analysts will claim that the shock of the situation caused a collective neural collapse, whilst those of other more pious trains of thought will claim that Primus himself intervened to keep you all alive, but his presence is so magnificent that your minuscule minds were unable to comprehend, but it is many hours before you awaken from your Cryo-regeneration chambers. Exhausted, war-weary and confused, but alive, you contact your commanders, your team members, anyone you can think of for an update, which comes as you drift in and out of consciousness.
...
An update, near unintelligible, flashes within the parts of you that still recognise consciousness.
...partial success...
...schematics uploaded, bite cured...
...primitives barely survived...
...the rift widened...
...Shockwave's error...
...near the Throne...
...worst nightmare...
...defences failed...
...darkest hour...
...in their thousands...
...Iacon has fallen...
...unstoppable.
...yes,but what of the Shard?
...unknown.
You awake in your safe-houses, reunited with your team and faction and a grim chill grips your spine as you process this intel.
But it also steels your resolve; you have entered the darkness itself and survived, but they followed you back here.
Now it is time to put what you learned there to the test.
There is only one path left before you.
Return to the Throne Room, find that Shard, and drive these mind-stealing demon-slaggers back into the hell they came from...
To be concluded...
And that was it.
Hope you enjoyed it at the start at least - it was meant to be tough, with each completed team making it easier for the next, but circumstances prevented me from completing and posting those updates (and then from posting at all.)
Those of you who persevered truly are the heroes of the HMW, thank you.
I'll jump straight to the rewards for Round 4 now:
For the Strike Teams Any alt modes lost from reformatting for battle will be returned as long as it was previously discussed with me.
As the first commander to complete,
Bun Bun, will gain a 100% unique altmode, of any class he wishes*.
Also, everyone other commander who
completed their tasks will be allowed to chose a single (existing) altmode to be added into their team if they wish, even if it is not on their factions list.
For the FactionsThe Bite schematics captured by the returning Strike Teams have now been uploaded by the Senate, and the process of upgrading the single-tactic beast-era altmodes out there can
finally begin.
This will take time, and as they had the most completed commanders the
Autobots who took part, if they wish, can step forwards and request which
single-tactic beast alt classes they would like to see upgraded to have Bite first.
Please note:
1) Not all the single-alt beast modes are planned to have bite, although many will. You will be advised if they don't (and of why) if you request them.
2) The
Predator and
Sea Monster alt classes are already dual tactic, but they will both be transitioned over to have Bite instead of Ram. A separate update will be made to explain how this will work.
* Custom altmode prize must be in theme with the Transformers and/or HMW, and is subject to both Staff approval (e.g. don't take the piss) and Phasewing being able/having the time to create an alt image she is happy with.
Again, let me apologise for the delay in getting this round ended. I've been without internet (and a home, technically) for far longer than I had expected and as much as I love you guys, my priorities had to be elsewhere.
There is a solid plan for a round 5 still, but there will have to be a little bit of a delay, expect it around June/July time.
- Flying Saucer
