by Cryhavok » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:13 pm
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Autobase Prime ~ Prime's Ready Room
Taking the datapad from the hand of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus saluted both he and Fortress Maximus before turning and exiting the room, heading back into the Command Center, already setting out a plan of what was needed "Trailbreaker can contact those on the mission roster while I make my appointment with Ratchet. By the time I've finished there, Broadside and the Aerialbots should have made their way here from Nova Cronum" The City Commander thought to himself as the doors slid open and he entered the Command Center once more..
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Autobase Prime ~ Command Center
"First rule of comedy: Always know your audience" Trailbreaker thought to himself as his attempted joke with Landfill failed, the new and improved refuse that fell near him didn't go unnoticed by the Defensive Strategist, but he didn't have the spark to mention it to the good natured Transport 'Bot "Don't worry about it Landfill, just put it down to me still being pretty wired from the Tagan withdrawal.." Trailbreaker began in reply to Landfill "We could always gang rush you and clean some of that gunk off of you I suppose.." He thought to himself, though not out loud "..Nah, it would never work, nobody would want to touch him" Trailbreaker concluded.
"..As for what we should do, I'm all for taking a break personally, but I understand that some of you may feel differently.." The Defensive Strategist paused and rubbed his chin as he pondered what there was to be done, only to be interrupted by the return of Ultra Magnus "Well, if it isn't the return of the prodigal Big Blue, good to see you again Magnus, where've you ..."Trailbreaker began, only to be cut off mid sentence as the City Commander held up one hand, and handed him a datapad with the other "I need you to take this and carry out the instructions on it immediately Trailbreaker, it's self explanatory, but time is of the essence. I'm required in the Medbay, I'm relying on you to get this done for me 'Breaker"
Not wanting to stop and answer any questions, Ultra Magnus nodded to all those present and quickly took his leave of the area, heading for the Medbay. Figuring that this must be something pretty important to say the least, Trailbreaker said nothing to any of those around him as he looked over the details of the mission and those on the roster "Looks like I better be a bit discreet with this, if I let any of them in on this, they'll all want to go along probably" He thought to himself as he began preparing a standard coded message to send privately to all those already in Iacon (Landfill, Perceptor, Swerve, Sureshot, Bumblebee, Searchlight and Windcharger)
Attention, Autobots recieving this message, you are required to make your way to the base's main hangar and board the Ark-13 as soon as possible for a soon to depart mission to Planet AC488. You will be briefed once aboard the Ark, that is all
Quite content that his message was as concise as possible, Trailbreaker sent it, and immediately began writing up a message to send to Prowl in Nova Cronum.
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Autobase Prime ~ Medbay
"There, done, now get your big orange aft into CR.." Ratchet ordered as he finally finished his work on Roadbuster "..And before you object, if you don't listen to me, I'm not returning your beloved rifle to you" He added, a quietly smug grin evident as he knew he had the Wrecker beaten. Grumbling quietly, Roadbuster slapped his hand down on the CMO's shoulder, quite hard it had to be said, before returning the grin and heading off for a recharge.
As he wiped his hands off, Ratchet took a look around his Medbay "Looks like we're pretty much do.." He began in thought before he was interrupted by the arrival of Brawn. "Hmm, well, you're in luck, I've got a window open, hop up on the table here and I'll see what's what.." Ratchet replied to Brawn, gesturing to the nearest table "..Just how do you think you have knocked something loose anyway?" The CMO inquired, noting that there were no outward signs of damage to his new patient.
Shrugging his shoulders, Jedishen turned and waited for Stormfire to pass him "Makes little difference to me, I was heading up there with Strafe anyway, seemed kind of rude to ignore you, and Blurr.." The Scout replied sincerely, though quite blunt in his tone. Though he preferred working alone, Jedishen didn't purposely go out of his way to alienate himself from those around him, it made no sense when the possibility of working with others was always there, he knew that a successful mission always came before personal issues.
As Stormfire was addressed by the aforementioned Courier, Jedishen began walking towards the Medbay exit, checking his weapons as he walked, purely out of habit "Hmm, that rifle needs a bit of work.." The Scout thought to himself as he noted that part of the rifle had been melted "..And that pistol needs a complete overhaul as well" He continued, already forgetting he was supposed to be walking with the others.
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by FuzzymusPrime on Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:08 pm
Autobase Prime - Command Center
Perceptor watched as Mirage took Jazz aside before the Operations Commander could answer his observations. He was slightly annoyed at the seeming lax attitude to taking command of the situation. Then again, if we did have a completely rigid command structure with 100% military efficiency, I dare say we would end up much like the Decepticons in short order.
Then Perceptor noticed he'd recieved a message from Trailbreaker, standing not 2 mechanometers away from him. He was just about to launch into another tirade about efficient use of resources when he saw the content of the message. With this, all thoughts of what was happening in the command centre left his mind utterly.
An off-world mission! Extraordinary!!! This is an unparalleled scientific oppurtunity! I wonder what type of planet it is, and how different is is from Cybertron. Will it be rocky or metallic? Liquid-cored or dormant? Will it have life on it? Oh, the possibilities...
Almost bumping into Landfill, Perceptor headed towards the main Berthing Pads, where the Autobots' small fleet of Ark-class vessels lay.
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by *Silverblade on Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:49 pm
“Well well this is unexpected.”
Sureshot said as he started down the corridor towards the hanger. With a brief pause he turned away from his original destination and walked into the armory.
“If I’m going off world I might as well be prepared.”
Selecting 4 weapons almost identical to his own he tossed them into his subspace storage and continued on his way to the Hanger.
Entering the large landing space, Sureshot looked around, spotting the chosen vessel he casually boarded and took a seat inside to await the details of what was to come. Strangely he felt calm about it. When normally something like this would be exciting.
~Hmmm well maybe I’m just tired I guess.~
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by Bluestatic on Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:59 pm
Autobase Prime ~ Medbay
Strafe nods "yeah we were going up there anyhow; ya know to see what's going on and all that. You're welcome to come with us" he pushed aside his own personal paranoia about Stormfire's alter ego for the time being. After all he didn't want to hurt the poor guy's feelings. He grinned as he followed after both Jedishen and Stormfire slightly amused when he noticed the former was somewhat preoccupied. He looked over to Blurr to check the courier was with them.
Strafe couldn't help but feel nervous all the time; though he normally delt with it somewhat well Right now, however; he was doing everything in his power not to jump and seek cover or shoot something as he was prone to do when extreemly nervous. The anti-stormfire's warning had worried him greatly; at the back of his mind the wispering fear that he was not safe and it might harm him kept him on edge.Bluestatic
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by sumowrestler on Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:54 pm
Autobase Prime-Engineering and Research
As Swerve finished off the alloy and tiding up the shop waiting for Perceptor to return, he recieved a very interesting message.
Hmm, maybe I will finally be able to get new metallic samples from this planet hopefully. It will also be nice if it is fairly open so I won't have to worry about running into too many things. Well, I better get going just in case they are in a hurry.
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by Blackstreak on Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:27 am
Autobase Prime: Command Center
"Thats what bothers me, Road Rage," Blackstreak replied to the female Autobot. Tagan Heights got hit unexpectedly because of that. He pointed at the radar screen being blank. Everyone is in here and not out there reporting anything in. I just got out of a stellar-cycle of CR because of the assault and you are the first mech to actually speak to me directly." The scout began to feel frustrated and angry so before he slammed his fist on the console he checked himself. "I'm leaving on a scouting mission to some random place it looks like because no one will tell me where I need to be."
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by Rebel Raven on Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:03 am
Autobase Prime- Command Center
"You're right, Blackstreak. There's stealth units out there. They could be creeping closer and closer as we speak. But odds are they're too busy regrouping, and rebuilding. If the Decepticons aren't steamrolling us, it's for a good reason."
"I am not certain a scouting mission some place random would help, though at the least it'll be good to have that shakedown cruise of your systems. In my opinion it's best to stay here in the command center. Commander Prime will likely finish his talks with Commander Magnus soon, and he may need some trusty bots nearby to run a mission. Personally I'm hoping to be one of those bots."
She continues. " If not? Well, sometimes you just have to take initiative. Go talk to people. See if there's any orders that you could take. Maybe you'll luck out and end up on a series of small things that lead to something big?" She replies sagely. "You may not get what you want, but you may get what we need."She spoke of her situation, looking at a radar screen that was one of the smplest things she could find, the rest being out of her league in technology.
"Times like this are a mixed blessing, comrade. While it's not so exciting at times like this, it's a much needed rest. Time to collect one's self, and prepare for the next battle even though no one knows what it'll bring. If we were fighting constantly, we'd get run down, and whittled away eventually. Enjoy the peace while you can."
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by Light Blade on Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:05 pm
Autobase Prime - Medbay
Stormfire turned his attention back to Jedishen and Strafe
‘Thanks guy’s I’ll join you if you really don’t mind. I think ‘It’ has gone, I can’t detect him anywhere in my systems.’
Stormfire then turned towards the blue mech (Blurr), giving him a long appraising look. He didn’t remember seeing the mech’s faceplate anywhere before, but the mech in question certainly recognised him.
‘I’m sorry’ Stormfire began ‘but I have no idea who you are. The last thing I remember before being in this room is giving a report to Maximus about the Tagan defence. If you helped get me here then thank you, I’m truly grateful.’
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by Blackstreak on Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:40 pm
Autobase Prime: Command Center
"I guess your right," Blackstreak relaxed and let the frustration ebb away as he spoke with the female autobot. "I need to be glad theres no fighting going on all the time. But on the other hand I can't just be idle either." Noticing the post next to Road Rage was empty he sat in the chair and began logging in to the computer banks checking for any reports sent to him. There were none as it would make sense. Who would send him reports when he's been stasis locked for a while.
Then he turned back to Blaster, "Can I get a roster of scouts assigned to this base? I need to get back in the swing of running our own patrols."
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by .op. on Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:56 am
Autobase Prime----Command Center
Scoop listened to all of the discussion and then noticed the big Monsterbot Repugnus storm out. The brute needed to calm down and follow orders and some may talk to him. He sighed and then turned to his screen. This was boring work for him. He wanted to be out there helping his fellow autobots turn the tide on the Decepticons. He had to be patient though. Just like Jazz said. He then turned to everyone who seemed to get mission assignments and said "Good luck and kick some decepticon exhaust." He then turned to his station silently hoping orders were coming for him.
Autobase Prime Observation room
Streetwise heard Hotspot's message and imediatly began to rearrange the furniture while saying to Groove, and Blades "Hotspot is on his way down. It seems he wants to have a meeting of sorts about what Prime and the command staff might have us doing next. Personally I hope we get a little action." Streetwise knew that what he was saying would not make Groove to happy. He was always wanting to find a way to settle the differences without fighting. It seems however that this was not ever going to be an option for any transformer.
Autobase Prime Hallways
Repugnus couldn't stand the nerve of some bots. Having him held up here when he could be scrapping con bodies and doing what he did best. Cause as much destruction as possible. As he turned the hallway heading towards the space port he shoved to nameless Autobots out of the way. "Move runts." He then made his way to the hanger door and went in..op.
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by Ember on Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:51 am
Autobase Prime – Command Center
He had been sitting for nearly half this orn….or so to him it seemed. And then something wonderful, something he had never foreseen….a message, a coded one. A smile grew on his somewhat dour countenance as he spun in his chair. Finally, something other than just inputting data files.
Quickly turning to the keyboard to log off, Bumblebee then, literally, jumped from his chair and began to make his way through the long and winding halls of the base to the hanger bay.
The miniscule yellow mech opened a secure link with Trailbreaker as he swiftly moved through the corridors.
>>”Trailbreaker, this is Bumblebee. I’m heading for the hanger now. I’ll meet you there.”<<
Closing the private link, Bumblebee took a running leap into the air.
“YES!”
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by Rebel Raven on Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:04 am
Autobase Prime- Command Center
"Yeah. I know how you feel. Making progress towards winning the war, and being active in it? We all need that now and again. And we'll get it." She replies to Blackstreak, then leaves him to his business, resuming giving the radar her full attention.
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Re: Cybertron - Iacon
by Kid_Kapatilsm on Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:41 am
Autobase Prime - Energon Bar
Panzer sat at a table polishing his new weapons, smiling brightly. Prepping for batle was something he always did, there was no peace time for the large blue mech. He was a warrior, he had always been one, he would always be one.
At times he thought of what would happen if the war ended and he still functioned, but then he figured mercenary work was a pretty good choice.
He sat there for awhile, drinking an iron laced nuclear shaker on the cubes still polishing and cleaning his weapons. Soon he grew impatient, he needed action. He needed to be needed.
He logged into the local base radiowave signal.
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Re: Iacon
by The J Writer on Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:01 am
Autobase Prime - Command Center/Intelligence Office
"I would sooner lock myself in a closet with Ravage than confine myself to a similarly small space with you," Mirage told Jazz in slightly less than good humor. "But comprimising situations aside, perhaps the Intelligence Office will serve our purpose for now. There's at least a slight chance the Decepticons haven't managed to bug it yet."
Walking toward one of the numerous doors that ringed the Command Center, Mirage placed his hand on a lock to the left of the Intelligence Office's entrance. Text on the lock stated, READING, followed by RECOGNIZED. The door whooshed open to admit the two Autobots, and Mirage entered.
The Intelligence Office was actually several offices clustered around a large main room that hummed with surveillance and monitoring equipment as well as data terminals with access to the countless volumes of Autobot intelligence data that had been collected over the countless vorns of civil war. Mirage went to a table located roughly in the center of the main room, and sat on its edge, crossing its arms.
"We have problems," he began. "The Decepticons have a new piece of technology in the field that turns one warrior into three and is nasty enough to put half a dozen Autobots, including Roadbuster, on Ratchet's operating table."
He laughed bitterly. "And best of all, we didn't see it coming...and have no idea how it works."
Autobase Prime - Outside the Medical Bay
"Wow," Sunstreaker said as Bluestreak approached and began speaking. "That's the most intelligent thing I think I've ever heard you say," he chided his fellow Autobot warrior. "Usually you rattle on about nothing for hours at a time. Not that I hang around to hear it."
Though his words were unpleasant, Sunstreaker actually had something approaching a positive opinion of Bluestreak. The gunner was a talented warrior - though he's no me, that's for sure - and his battlefield interactions with Sunstreaker had been quite positive. Many a time they had routed Decepticons or stormed an enemy position together. Still, the gunner's constant chatter frequently annoyed Sunstreaker. But then again, who wasn't annoyed by Bluestreak's banter?
"Pretty funny, the gunner not knowing where his guns are," Sunstreaker joked. "Well, I need to get some reloads for my surface-to-air missile launcher anyway. I guess you can come to the Armory with me..."
The golden warrior headed off down the corridor.
Autobase Prime - Prime's Ready Room
Optimus Prime nodded thoughtfully as Fortress Maximus expounded on strategy for dealing with the Decepticon presence in the Tagan Heights. The general was quite correct on all the points he made. Air superiority belonged to the Decepticons; a direct assault would be costly and difficult, if not outright unsuccessful; and stealth would be key in any effort to attack the Decepticons in their new territory. And with the Aerialbots headed to AC488, the first point becomes all the more true.
"An all-out assault is the last thing on my strategic processor," Prime agreed. "Besides the fact that we probably don't have the mechpower to pull it off, it would likely leave the Heights in rubble. We'd need to bring in the Protectobots, which would almost certainly mean Defensor. And if Defensor entered play, so would Devastator. The best we could hope for is our gestalt being the one still standing after the smoke cleared."
Prime crossed his arms and sat back down at the large table. After a moment, he pressed a few buttons, bringing up holomaps of the charted tunnels going between the city-states. He studied the projection for a moment before speaking again.
"The Throttlebots sealed primary access tunnels between here and Tagan, but the old secondary and tertiary arterials are still open," he observed. "If we could get a team into the Heights, we could slow down their process of digging in, maybe disrupt it entirely. But we don't want to do real damage to the Heights themselves."
Forty percent of the planet's manufacturing capacity...a big chunk of its energon production, what's left of it, anyway...too valuable. Any military action into the Heights ran the risk of crippling (further crippling, Prime corrected himself) one of the most precious production resources on Cybertron. Were Prime to initate a full-scale assault, it would rapidly become a question of who would blink first - the Autobots, or the Decepticons. Fight on to defend it, you may end up winning a pile of smoking scrap. Withdraw...and you lose the most valuable territory on Cybertron. I somehow doubt Megatron would blink first, but...
"We'll see what Jazz and Mirage can contribute to our thinking on the Heights. But first, we need to figure out what we're going to do about the Maximus Line," he told the Line's namegiver. "In your honest opinion, Maximus..."
He paused for a moment, knowing that the question he was about to ask was not a pleasant one for the creator of the vast defensive edifice in Nova Cronum.
"What is the Line defending us from anymore?"The J Writer
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Re: Iacon
by Depthscream on Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:57 pm
Autobase Prime - Observation Room
Groove frowned a little at Streetwise's response. Everyone always wanted to fight! Why? It didn't solve anything, it always made the problem bigger. But, it seemed he wouldn't have much of a choice. Groove was a Protectobot. He couldn't forget that.
"Maybe we'll get something more helpful to do"
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Autobase Prime – Corridor
“Rattle on?” Bluestreak replied, as he followed Sunstreaker down the corridor towards the armory. “I don’t rattle. I just like to make conversation that’s all. I like communicating with my fellow Autobots, and I find that most like talking to me, as well. They seem very interested in what I have to say and they hardly ever interrupt me. Well, sometimes, but not very often. Some might walk away when I’m in the middle of speaking, but I’m sure that’s only because they have to get back to work or they’d hang around longer. And as far as me not knowing where my guns are, well, I kinda lost them during the attack on the Heights. So, I need replacements. It must’ve happened when I got caught in that explosion that almost knocked me outta commission for good. Rattled my circuits real bad. Thank Primus for Trailbreaker, though. He saved my tailpipe back there, so I know he likes talking to me. I owe him big time. By the way, do you know where Trailbreaker is? I’d like to thank him.”
Bluestreak paused a moment and noticed that the armory was directly ahead. He then continued talking to his golden friend. “Oh, there’s the armory! Thanks for the help Sunstreaker! I couldn’t have found it without you. Well, I probably could have, but it would’ve taken longer.”
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