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Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

The noose around Fortress Maximus' neck tightens. Will the Decepticon 2nd fleet led by mighty Scorponok finally subjugate their old nemesis? And if they do, what will be the fate of the Autobot resistance?

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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Ember » Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:54 am

Motto: "I'm not psycho...I just like psychotic things."
Equatorial Desert

Chuckling to himself Lockdown tugged harder on Strafe’s waist as he pulled/dragged the smaller Autobot along the desert floor headed straight toward the area of where Fortress Tenebrous was located. Once he arrived he would collect his payment and then negotiate with Scorponok as to just how much it would be worth it to the Vice Commander to keep the bounty hunter in his employment.

Lockdown’s musings were interrupted by the slight movements of the aerial gunner. The bounty hunter took a quick look down at Strafe just in time to see him convert his left arm bringing forth his light-pulse blaster. Jaw dropping in disbelief, Lockdown turned his head away from the barrel of the cannon at the same time trying to shove the aerial gunner away from his side.

With Strafe’s statement the Technobot fired the cannon at point blank range sending a searing light pulse directly at the right side of Lockdown’s turned faceplate. Even with his head averted, Lockdown’s optics were still effected by the near blinding light.
Sneering the bounty hunter tossed Strafe to the side and brought his hand around to cover his now offline optics. The pulse beem had caused his eyes to offline in an attempt to reboot and readjust.

“AGH! You pit-spawned slagger! I’m going to rend you limb from limb for that!

The enraged ‘Con lunged out with his hook trying desperately to either grip it around the Technobot again, or to dig the sharp end into him. Thankfully his optics were already rebooting, Cybertronian glyphs were now sprawled over his HUD.

Fortress Tenebrous

Black Shadow flashed Cyclonus a smug smirk as he crossed his arms over his chestplate. The Infitration Commander had been suppressing his ire for the Vice Commander after Scorponok placed him in command instead of himself.

Black Shadow let out a low growl before he lowered his arms and stalked over to the Seeker dragging Spartan’s limp form. Grabbing the flier’s arm, he wrenched him around until Spartan was facing him and let loose with a heavy kick to the unconscious mech’s chest.

From behind him Athena cried out swearing that she would see to it that all of the ‘Cons on the planet would suffer. Black Shadow stalked over to the femme and gently raised her head up by the chin to look up at him.

“No, my dear, you won’t be seeing anything. Not now, not ever again.”

With that the Unit Commander reared back and sent his balled fist into Athena’s face knocking the femme off-line in the arms of the Seeker.

“Get rid of them.”

Black Shadow turned on his heel and made his way back to Cyclonus.

“Let him know then that I succeeded where he failed.”

With that Black Shadow motioned for Blue Bacchus to follow him out of the immediate area.

“Are you sure that was wise? Turmoil is not the kind of mech that should be trifled with.”

Black Shadow quickly turned to face his partner and grabbed Blue Bacchus’ neck, squeezing slightly for emphasis.

“I do not care how Turmoil will react. I do not care whether or not he should be trifled with. What I care about is making an impression on our dear Scorponok. He took command from me; I do not intend to let that slip my mind.”

Black Shadow suddenly lifted his partner and tossed him to far wall where he crashed and slid to the floor; his hand rubbing the slightly bent metal of his neck.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Ember » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:58 pm

Motto: "I'm not psycho...I just like psychotic things."
Deep within the Folassian Forest

Highbrow had finally met up with Roadbuster, who in turn did his best to repair the copter’s wounds. For now the duo was resting deep within the forest, no ‘Cons had been seen or heard from in the time they had arrived. While Highbrow recharged Roadbuster had taken it upon himself to secure a perimeter. When the Wrecker had arrived back to their makeshift camp Highbrow was just coming out of recharge.

“Ro…Roadbuster? Is everything alright?”

The Ground Assault Commander simply grunted at the copter-former before he took a seat on the ground across from Highbrow. He un-holstered his acid rainmaker rifles took out a partially clean polishing cloth, and began disassembling one.

“Everything’s fine. I just ran a perimeter sweep and there were no signs of any ‘Cons. Get some rest. I’ll do another sweep once I finish field stripping my weapons.”

Without taking his optics off of his task, Roadbuster went on.

“Once you’re able we’ll move out to try and catch up with the others. In the meantime get some more recharge. You’re gonna need it.”

Highbrow gave a simple nod and off-lined his optics. Within half a breem the electronic warfare specialist was deep in recharge again. Roadbuster finished cleaning both of his rifles and quickly went back out to perform that next perimeter sweep.

As he moved to the southern end of their camp, the Commander scanned any and all functioning Autobot comm frequencies.

>>”Attention. Any Autobots on this frequency, this is Ground Assault Commander Roadbuster. Highbrow and I are safe. I’m requesting the coordinates to your current location, relay to my private frequency ASAP.”<<

Roadbuster sent the same message over all of the channels his comrades were using on this planet. With any luck one of them would respond.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Mazinman » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:56 pm

Equatorial Desert - Skies Above

"Eh. Kinda hard to get excited about that considering how they can't even dig themselves out of a hole. Ha! Look at Lockdown let himself g[i]et attacked by that insect! They may not know how to dig but they know how to be funny!"[/i]

Snapdragon's laughter was interrupted as Lightspeed began firing at Apeface. He paid little attention to the effects on the attack on Apeface and fully focused on the new target. It was not that Snapdjoragon did not care, the two Horrorcons were practically brothers, but rather that he know such an attack would never terminate his partner. Bigger Autobots with better guns had tried before and none had yet suceeded.

"You want our attention slag head now you got it. I'm going to get the Techno-insect Apey. You keep an eye out for any more."

Snapdragon swooped down into a dive against the Technobot. It has been a mistake to target Apeface first. Once Snapdragon locked on into a target it was not going to escape. He set his guns to laser mode and fired at Lightspeed. He was not trying to him but to destroy any cover he might have. Once he had forced him into the open he switched to his scrambling blast which would leave the Technobot twitching on the ground if they hit.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Smokescreen85 » Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:34 pm

Motto: ""A look can be deceiving; a touch can be lethal.""
Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers
Equatorial Desert / Skies Above

Strafe’s spark almost leapt out of his chest cavity as he felt Lockdown throw him to one side, the light-pulse blaster succeeding where all other options had failed. Holy slag, it actually worked! The aerial gunner thought as he rolled to a stop in the sand and then scrambled to get away from the cursing bounty hunter’s hooked appendage.

“You’ll have to catch me first!” Strafe shouted back as his lightning-fast reflexes allowed him to make it to his feet and quickly transform into his Cybertronian jet fighter mode without being caught again. Igniting his rear retro-rocket boosters, the Technobot flier took to the skies overhead, putting as much distance between himself and his former captor as possible. However, it was only a temporary reprieve in order for the rattled mech to regain his composure from his long ordeal. Strafe knew that things between him and Lockdown were not over with yet as he circled back around and set his sights on the rapidly recovering bounty hunter. I have to move fast. He won’t be blinded for long.

Taking careful aim, Strafe opened fire on the grounded Lockdown, this time with both of his light-pulse blasters. The aerial gunner hoped to take out his one-time captor quickly, eliminating a serious threat to not only himself but to his Technobot brethren, as well. Of course, getting a little revenge didn’t hurt either.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Ember » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:20 pm

Motto: "I'm not psycho...I just like psychotic things."
Equatorial Desert

The pain from the light-pulse blaster the Technobot gunner fired point blank had already begun to dissipate. With the back of his hand covering his optics Lockdown attempted to readjust his sensors’ sensitivity to normal light.

In that short amount of time Strafe was able to transform completely and take off in to the air. Lockdown chided himself for not being more diligent in disarming the gunner. He wouldn’t make that same mistake again once he recaptured the Technobot. No, this time he’d eviscerate him and then deliver him to his employer. As of now, the price for his services has increased.

Finally the effects of the beam wore off enough for the bounty hunter to catch a glimpse of Strafe’s alt. mode shoot into the skies above. Lockdown grit his teeth as he watched almost helplessly as his quarry made his escape.

He had no time to think as Strafe came back around and let loose a volley from both of his light-pulse blasters directly at the bounty hunter. Flashing a wicked sneer up at the flier, Lockdown quickly jumped from his position somersaulting over and came to a halt in a one-legged kneel. Once out of the line of fire Lockdown let loose a powerful EMP blast aimed directly at the Technobot. The wide range of his main weapon would more than likely hit head on, or even hit at least one of Strafe’s wings.

Don’t think you’ll get away from me that easily runt. As of now, you’re mine.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Insidious » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:06 pm

Motto: "Clarity of thought before rashness of action."
Weapon: Oxidating Laser
Melanossus--Supply Depot

Rad had slammed his foot down against the cranial unit of another Insecticlone. Weird, greenish fluid had attached itself to the bottom of his foot as he pulled back.

"Slaggin' gross," Rad spat, turning to aim his weapon at the next bug. A blast so loud that he didn't even recognize it practically shattered his audio receptors before slamming in to one of his comrades-in-arms. Ironside went down in a flaming pile of scrap as Rad turned to see where the blast had come from.

Whoever it was, he didn't recognize the Decepticon offhand. But that gun arm was about the last thing he wanted to get hit with.

And so he started moving. Fast. Anything that would hopefully keep him out of the brutish Decepticon's line of sight. And he fired. They were only going to take this bad boy out by wearing him down before he could get another shot off like the one that had blasted Ironside.
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A big shot. Literally and figuratively.

Then words.

"Autobots! Time of your eradication is at hand! Surrender or die!" the newly-arrived Decepticon warlord had said. From a distance, Pointblank thought it might have been Scorponok himself. It might as well have been.

The weapon that the Decepticon carried--or was part of him--was impressive. In different circumstances, Pointblank would have enjoyed the opportunity to examine it closer. Doing so now would only give the larger Decepticon a chance to put him to the same fate that befell Ironfist. It was a scenario that Pointblank hoped to not repeat if it all possible.

A lot of these Autobots clearly weren't designed with combat as their first function, and here they were being thrown in to the front lines. He thought of trying to find a way to pull them out, but with Sweeps circling in the air, that would be pointless now.

Slag...

A shot from Turmoil's weapon ended up coming way too close for comfort.

Pointblank brought his rifle up, lining up a shot. As good a one as he could get from this angle, and fired at the large Decepticon.

The distraction took his optics off the battlefield and left him vulnerable for a solid astrosecond. He knew it would, but he needed to take the shot. In the next instant however, Pointblank felt himself being knocked off his feet as the ground beneath him erupted in fire as several Sweeps overhead engaged their own weapons' systems.

This was going to hurt...
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Marcus Rush » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:44 pm

Weapon: Automatic Acid-Pellet Gun
Melanossus--Supply Depot

Pyro drove his fist straight into face plate of a rather irritating clone that resembled Chop Shop, or was it Venom? There were too many accursed bugs to keep track of. He resisted the urge to enjoy the feeling of crumpling titanium under the enormous power of his strike, the vibrations as the internal bits and circuitry were jarred loose and in some cases destroyed completely. He expanded his fingers and took hold of the crippled creature and hefted it over head. Spinning around once he lobbed the headless husk into the other two soldiers that blocked his path.

As they fell to the ground, Pyro's internal sensors were immediately triggered to alert status by the arrival of a powerful energy source. Returning his chemical cannon from corrosive acids to shells that were filled with a fluid that immediately triggered incredible friction increases. If the power source was one of the larger Decepticons he had heard rumors being attached to Scorponok's retinue, then he would need to gain some sort of competitive advantage right off the bat.

The final dial was set and he leveled the weapon down on the two clones as they pushed off their dead comrade's corpse. He pulled the trigger twice and shook his head as they began to smolder with each movement of their joints. After a few brief moments of staggering to their feet, their joints were red hot with the friction created and were immediately forced to shut down or invoke further damage. Pyro stepped over the three downed clones towards the intersection now clear of clones and stopped short as a blinding white burst of energy lanced from down the street.

Microseconds later a larger survivor from the Farstar exploded, his torso nothing more than a smoldering ruin. Pyro slammed his back against a tall two story apartment building, again causing the facade to crack and fracture under the pressure. Glass rained upon the ground. The Ranger carefully checked his sensors and re-calibrated them to find the proper profiles in his memory banks. The second shot towards the supply depot confirmed his sensors instantaneous findings.

The announcement over a centralized loud speaker caused the Autobot Ranger do sneer under his face plate. "Turmoil," he spat as if it were an unwanted bit of loose lubricant that had been dislodged into his vocorder. His sensors immediately pegged the battlefield and placed his team into formation around the Supply Depot. He then pinned the Decepticon signals into the map of the city sector. It wasn't a good set up from the beginning and now he could tell their odds were far worse than a few microns ago. They needed to adjust the strategy and finish with objective before moving on to the elimination of the cons who had arrived to thwart them.

Add to the equation, Sweeps were inbound tight and had already begun taking long range pot shots at their position. Pyro had to face it, they were out numbered. Though he also had to admit, they weren't necessarily outgunned.

Pyro finished his plotting and finalized the position of Turmoil on his HUD. Transforming into his fire truck mode, he sped off towards the target that was nearly a dozen blocks away. As he approached, he loaded his chemical cannon with his friction shells and began a pin point bombardment of the Decepticon Vice Commander.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Devastron » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:41 pm

Weapon: Energo-Sword
Tree Line

Repugnus offered a nod to the other two Monsterbots as they joined him in the forest. This was going to be the difficult part. Even under the shelter of the trees they were still relatively exposed. If he were by himself he probably would have taken the time to camouflage himself. A little mud, branches and leaves could go a long way to fooling optics, but he wasn’t going to waste time with doing that now, not with his companions. The ridicule and bad jokes alone would be far too aggravating to bear.

He looked back at Grotesque and Doublecross with his large bug eyes. “Alright, start moving out in that direction along the tree line.” He gestured with one of his massive claws. “I’ll take up duty on the rear, covering us and trying to disguise our trail. None of us are particularly coordinated, but try not to move through the forest like you’re alt mode is a tank. I’ll let you know when we’re near the cave.”

Repugnus’s monsterous face spread into a large grin. “Once we get there I promise ya some action. It’s way past time to start spilling some Con fuel on this planet. We’ll put some fear and terror into ‘em, I promise ya that.”

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Koraja

“Yes, yes, a personal touch would be nice, nice,” Shrapnel replied to Bombshell. The Insecticon transformed to his beetle mode. With a twitch of his antennae he summoned a small group of his diaclones to accompany them as they flew towards their prey. It was disappointing that it was only one Autobot, but that was just for now. They could take this one prisoner, since there was promise of a much bigger meal later. Wherever the Autobots were holed up, they would find them, and the feasting would begin in earnest.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Necessary Evil » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:41 pm

Motto: "Always looking for a new motto."
Weapon: Chomping Rotor Blades
Tree Line

Once Grotusque had caught up with Repugnus, his team-mate told him to continue following the long stretch of trees while he brought up the rear position and eliminated any evidence of a trail they might create. Grotusque simply nodded at that, his first silent response in, well, a very long time. A very long time.

Truth be told, he was thinking just how tedious Repugnus' duties were going to be. Temporary, perhaps, but they could never be defined as fun. Or exciting. Or okay. Or even anything synonymous with the word “good”.

Grotusque chuckled when Repugnus commented on how the Monsterbots were not especially coordinated. What could he say? It was the cold, hard truth. Attempting to oppose the inescapable fact was futile. Might as well roll with it instead.

And rolling was most likely how it appeared to the casual observer. Primus—along with a great number of Autobots and Decepticons—only knew how awkward and comical the Monsterbots were when they travelled on foot at high speeds. As far as he could recall, acceleration, while in his alternate form, had been his arch nemesis.

“You know what?” Grotusque glanced at Repugnus then Doublecross. “I think I'm gonna give the Creature Feature Marathon a miss. I'm walking it this time. This forest limits my, uh, need for space.”

In whichever mode they desired, his team-mates could hop, skip, dance the whole distance to the cave for all he liked. He did not trust his alternate form, not on this particular occasion.

With that, he recommenced his journey to their new hideout, urging the other two to accompany him as he repeatedly waved at them.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Cravex » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:26 pm

Motto: ""I am my business""
Weapon: Crossbow
Equatorial Desert

“Are you coming or what?” Afterburner shouted back to Nosecone after he rounded a bend in the tunnel system. It wasn’t that he thought his fellow Technobot was slow, he knew he was but at the moment he knew he was safe leaving Strafe as his main concern. Lockdown wasn‘t known for his gracious handling of prisoners. “Come on… where’s the opening… AHA!”

Reving his engine Afterburner increased his speed towards the small window of light he hoped, no, was sure Lockdown took Strafe through. If he was wrong… he’d worry about it then. Instead he transferred power to his plasma cannon and activated his missiles’ guidance systems. This was what he was built for. The thrill of the battle, guns blazing, and Cons dying. If only Scattershot could see him in action, the bot needed all the notes he could take.

Bursting through the opening and into the light of the day Afterburner trusted his sensors while his visual systems were compensating. Locking on the Decpeticon, or so he hoped, in front of him he fired both missiles and plasma cannon. “Special delivery from the Technobots, Lockdown.” Yep, things were finally right in his world.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Marcus Rush » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:13 pm

Weapon: Automatic Acid-Pellet Gun
Fortress Tenebrous - Interrogation Room

River pulled against her restraints again and again as she was forcibly coupled to a rather uncomfortable chair. It wasn't the first time she had been restrained, not the first time she had seen the inside of an interrogation chamber, but the last time was a bit more on her own terms. And these were definitely not her own terms. She pulled again at her restraint and cursed at the futility.

She turned her head slightly to catch Vestra, nearly catatonic, being secured to a chair of her own. She had not made a sound since the incident at the falls, had not moved nor had she even acknowledged the world around her. River could easily understand the trauma that her best friend had endured. To see her twin die in her very arms. River shuddered. Would I be that same way if I had to endure the loss of my beloved like Vestra did her brother?

Her train of thought was broken when the main doors slid open to reveal their interrogator. A Decepticon Female that identified herself as Soul Siren. River had heard bits and pieces of the styles of the various interrogators throughout the Con ranks, Vortex being labeled among the more sadistic. But even with that knowledge, she knew they were all vastly unpredictable. And she had limited intelligence on the woman before her.

"My Name, River Primal. Rank Autobot Tourist." She spoke with a hint of humor. Not entirely ready to be forth coming with the group that had murdered two of her friends in cold oil.

Vestra remained silent, staring off into the infinity... some where near the corner of the room.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Mazinman » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:03 am

Fortress Tenebrous - Interrogation Room

Soul Siren made careful note of the answers or lack thereof that she had received to the first question she had made. River's answer was not a strange one to her. She had encountered Autobots attempting to use humor in the past and that had never made an effective defense for long. Vestra's lack of reply was more interesting. Just be looking at her she could tell that this was not merely she remaining quiet as a form of defiance. Her optics suggested some sort of trauma, probably having to do with the encounter that she had before this. There had been two slain with them but if these two were truly Autobot warriors than a couple deaths should not be enough to cause such a reaction. There had to be something else. She opened a private communication channel to Reflector.

"When you have the opportunity, could you confirm for me the identity of the two corpses that were found along with these two and if they have any sort of relationship with the two I am questioning? I believe there is something there."

She turned her full attention back to the two she was questioning.

"I see that you two do not fully understand the situation you are in. Allow me to educate you. Both of you are being questioned for what information you have on the current Autobot operations here on this planet. Co-operation will be rewarded by a stay in one of our finer prisons where you will have the opportunity to earn your released. Defiance will be punished... severely. Useless answers are an annoyance. Silence, is unacceptable."

With that last word she accessed the systems of Vestra's chair and activated a system which sent a momentary but intense electric surge through her body. It would not be enough to kill but enough to cause intense pain for a moment.

"Now, with that point made. Who are your current leaders on this planet and what is their location?"
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Cryhavok » Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:45 pm

Motto: ""It is all about pain.""
Weapon: Fusion-Powered Anti-Gravity Gun
Melanossos, Decepticon supply depot

The successful destruction of Ironside by his particle beam cannon had not gone unnoticed by Turmoil but it had not affected him in any manner either. This was war and the Autobot had been an enemy, Ironside was not worth of his pity. Neither there had been any reason to waste his time to gloat a kill like so many of his subordinates would have done. His only regret was that the shot he had fired at Pointblank had missed its intended target. The Autobot enforcer had even managed to return fire before being swarmed by the Sweeps. However, Turmoil's heavy armor plating had effortlessly absorbed the sonic blast. Quite simply, he and Pointblank were in completely different weight classes. Deciding that the Sweeps were enough to deliver the Autobot war veteran his inevitable fate, Turmoil began looking for other targets through the optics of the numerous Insecticon clones circling the battlefield.

Turmoil did not have to look for a new targets for long. He had the Autobots surrounded between the Sweeps and Insecticon clones. With Horri-Bull and Bomb-Burst protecting his flanks, the large Decepticon commander could easily focus on picking apart the Autobots herded into position by the Decepticlones. And of these Autobots, only one resonated with enough energy to be considered a real threat. Pyro.

Whether Pyro realized it or not, Turmoil had little interest in saving the supply depot if it meant he could remove Pyro himself from the equation. Nebulos was nearly an endless source of energon if properly cultivated. After all, what was one meager supply depot worth if he could remove the Autobot presence from the planet before they were able to organize their spread out numbers? And taking care of Pyro was exactly what he set to do.

His first shot at Pyro's position came just short of punching a hole through the relatively young Autobot officer who had been lucky enough to transform into his fire truck mode just as Turmoil's targeting computer had locked on the Autobot's position. Instead of removing Pyro from the battle, the blast reduced what was left of the building Pyro had been hiding behind into rubble. Then again, despite of the miss - Pyro was not making targeting him all that difficult. The Autobot seemed to be practically suicidal, gunning directly towards Turmoil's position - the friction shells fired by the Autobot being deflected harmlessly away by Turmoil's integrity field. Well, harmlessly for Turmoil at least for his surroundings were certainly taking their toil from the Autobot's firepower.

Locking to Pyro's current trajectory, Turmoil's turret aligned itself for a shot. It would take one blast from his cannon and this charade would be over. And as it was, the Autobot showed no intention of even attempting to swerve away from the direct path towards Turmoil's position. Silently thanking Pyro for making the shot so easy, Turmoil's cannon roared again - sending yet another burst of blinding white energy towards his would be victim.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Smokescreen85 » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:57 pm

Motto: ""A look can be deceiving; a touch can be lethal.""
Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers
Equatorial Desert

Strafe cursed internally as Lockdown easily evaded his blasts and then returned fire with an EMP pulse, this one much wider and more powerful than the localized one that knocked out his beacon and comm line. The aerial gunner quickly banked to his right in an attempt to avoid the wave, but it was no use. The EMP struck his left wing, knocking out his engines on that side. Unable to remain airborne, Strafe had no option but to try and make an emergency landing.

“I hope the sand is soft enough down there!” The nerve-wrecked Technobot quipped to himself as the desert grew larger and larger in his forward HUD. Strafe tried to level out the best that he could, just making it over a large sand dune before colliding with the ground beneath him. As a result, sand was thrown into the air in a wave-like effect. When he finally came to a halt, the aerial gunner was half buried in the dune, but was otherwise all right.

Quickly transforming back to robot mode, Strafe pulled himself out of the sand and took a look around. He couldn’t see him, but he knew that Lockdown was there just on the other side of the dune. It was only a matter of time before the bounty hunter caught up to him. Frantically searching for somewhere to hide, Strafe instead found one of his light-pulse blasters lying in the sand. What’s this? It must have broken off during my crash landing, the aerial gunner surmised as he picked up his weapon. It appeared to be intact and still functioning, but how effective it would be against an enraged Lockdown was yet to be seen.

Strafe then heard the familiar sound of Afterburner as his comrade burst from the ground a short distance away and began firing on the bounty hunter, whom the flier was still unable to see from his current position. “Afterburner, be careful! Lockdown has an EMP weapon!” Strafe shouted, now running towards his teammate’s location. As he moved from behind the sand dune, his former captor became visible to the aerial gunner.

Oh, man, he doesn’t look happy, Strafe thought as he nervously opened fire on Lockdown with his now hand-held light-pulse blaster. With the damage it had sustained during the crash, the weapon’s power cells were not at full capacity. Hopefully, it would be strong enough to ward off the bounty hunter until back-up arrived in the form of the rest of the Technobots. Otherwise, Afterburner and I are fragged!

Tree Line

The two minds of Doublecross listened as Repugnus told him and Grotusque to move along the tree line towards the cave while the bug-like Monsterbot hung back and covered their tracks. It sounded as if it would be a boring trek for the most part with only the promise of eventual action once they reached their subterranean destination.

“I’ll hold you to that promise, Puggy,” the left head growled as Doublecross moved forward, still dragging the hover cart with his tail. The right head snapped at the other, uttering his own low growl of displeasure. It was also a warning to his polar opposite to behave himself.

Don’t antagonize him.

(Don’t antagonize me! I want some action and I want it yesterday!)

Well, unless you can time travel, that’s not going to happen.

(You know what I mean, dipstick!)

Both of Doublecross’s heads glanced over at the sound of Grotusque commenting that he would utilize his robot mode instead of his creature form as a way to maneuver through the forest more easily. The mechanical dragon’s left head could only shake itself back and forth before giving a response even though the right side would likely disapprove again. “You know, ‘Tusque, you’re not very agile, or pretty, in either mode so it doesn’t really matter which one you use now does it?”

“I’m only kidding,” the right head then chimed in, trying to maintain a sense of camaraderie between the two Monsterbots. “Using you robot mode is actually a good idea. I might even do the same.”

(Oh no we’re not!)

Yes, we will if I deem it necessary.

(You’re forgetting that when we’re in this mode, I have partial control of our body. That means if I don’t want to transform, then we don’t transform.)

Fine, but if we cause too much damage to the forest and Repugnus gets mad...

(I don’t care how mad he gets! He’s lucky I don’t just burn a path from here all the way to the cave.)

Don’t you dare!

The left head chuckled as the mouth opened slightly, teasing that a fireball was about to be unleashed. The right head glared back with an infuriated look as nothing happened. There were no flames, no burning trees, and no pissed off Repugnus.

(Gotcha!)

You’re not funny.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Ember » Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:07 pm

Motto: "I'm not psycho...I just like psychotic things."
Equatorial Desert

Watching from his open location, Lockdown watched as the EMP blast he sent toward the Technotbot gunner his Strafe in the left wing rendering its engine useless. However, the bounty hunter was unable to relish in his accomplishment when as Afterburner appeared from, seemingly, out of nowhere and quickly opened fire with both missiles and his plasma cannon.

Lockdown hissed in irritation as he deftly dodged the missiles letting them pass by him, but only by inches. The move wasn’t enough to keep him from the plasma cannon entirely. The bounty hunter was hit in his right abdomen, but the reinforced armor he had acquired several vorns ago was able to shrug off the blast, but he was still thrown back several feet.

The black and green mech was able to still land on his feet. However he still needed time for his EMP weapon to fully charge. The ‘Con had decided it would be prudent to lie low for a few moments before he charged forth at the Technobot. He was able to find a dune that was large enough to conceal his form, and as luck would have it the dune turned out to be a sand covered boulder. Heh, go figure.

Peering over the top of his cover, Lockdown spotted the wave of sand where Strafe had crashed. Knowing that the gunner was grounded for good caused the corners of his lips to curl into a cruel smirk. Now all he needed to do was take out the annoying two wheeled gunner.

With his EMP generator now fully charged, Lockdown took aim at Afterburner, and let lose a wide powerful blast that the Technobot was sure to be caught in. At the same time he fired, Lockdown took off from his position and headed directly for Strafe who was now moving toward his comrade. With his weapon drawn, the aerial gunner began firing his light pulse cannon; the same weapon he had used to escape his grasp.Lockdown was able to dodge the feeble pulse beam with a deft forward flip. The bounty hunter let out a grunt followed by a low bellow to both Technobots as he landed on his feet and kept moving forward.

“Don’t bother getting comfortable Strafe! You’re mine, as is your little friend!”

Once he caught these two he would bring them in to his employer in pieces!
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby #Sideways# » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:28 am

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Six miles out of Koraja

Nightbeat has been walking for miles on end with little to no rest. He was certain the Inecticons were following him, and frankly, he wasn't sure he was up to a fight. He panted for air as he placed the body of Skyhammer next to a tree and he squatted back down to examine the body a bit more, and see if anything was salvageable.

He looked through the hole gouged in the chest of Skyhammer and looked where the Spark should be. It was there, encased with the protective shell showing Skyhammer was still alive, but in stasis.

"Subject is in Stasis Lock, no doubt by the stab wound that probably caused our victim to be deactivated. Projectile in forehead, still unknown. Checking back to see if any claws or teeth remain on the Vic." Nightbeat said in a hushed voice, he didn't know if the Insecticons knew where he was, and he didn't want to give them his location with the sound of his voice.

Nightbeat rolled the deactivated and mutilated form of Skyhammer onto his back and began to scan the back for any foreign materials. Suddenly, a large metal tooth materialized on his HUD, and the location along with it. He lifted the shoulder-blade and pulled out a piece of a tooth, not a large tooth as the HUD made it to be. Nightbeat grunted and pocketed the Tooth.

Nightbeat grew silent for a moment; he thought he heard something. He heard it again, footsteps! They grew louder until they came to a stop behind him, Nightbeat quickly drew his rifle and spun around to reveal-!

"Hosehead," Nightbeat said, still in his hushed tone, with a sigh of relief, "You should announce yourself if you are sneaking around like that."

"To me, at least." Nightbeat said with a smirk encroaching on his faceplate.

Nightbeat pat Hosehead on the shoulder, but the smile faded when he heard a low buzz in the distance.

Scrap. Nightbeat thought as he turned in the direction of Koraja.

"The Insecticons, they're coming. I should know better than kick their nest," Nightbeat said as he turned back to Hosehead, "Is there shelter nearby?"

*****

Equatorial Desert - Subsurface Lava Tubes

Nosecone choked under the dust the rocks caused, his makeshift cavern was substantial enough to withstand the blast and the rocks. Nosecone was characteristically not surprised. He built it perfectly for the time at hand. Perfect.

But now wasn't the time to marvel at his creation, a tunnel at that, everyone was calling him to hurry up and get to the battle. He turned up to the ceiling and activated his Geo-Mappers. He looked around and found the shape of Lockdown moving and writhing about, obviously in a battle with his counterparts.

If he dug up through the ground beneath Lockdown, all the bounty hunter would do is leap out of the way as he did with the cave in... If he caved the ground in beneath him... That could work.

>>Guys, this is Nosecone, keep Lockdown in this vicinity. I will collapse the ground under his feet. Sending the plans to you now.<< Nosecone radioed the Technobots, and with the message came a diagram that showed the area which will cave in.

And with that, he transformed and drove forward, drilling through the soil and stone, he drilled to where the center of his diagram was. He began to drill in a spiral pattern, but keeping supports in areas of high stress. He looked down with his HUD and found an underwater spring. He couldn't go down much further.

He dug around the chamber farther and farther down. It would not be long until he blew out the supports.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Cryhavok » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:00 am

Motto: ""It is all about pain.""
Weapon: Fusion-Powered Anti-Gravity Gun
Equatorial Desert - Skies Above

Evading Lightspeed's attack was simple enough given how far away the Autobot had been from Apeface's position. Of course there was plenty of sand dust in the air which made targeting difficult for the Technobot that had just escaped the collapsing tunnels to the surface. And then there was the little trick Apeface had learnt ages ago; by keeping the sun behind him, targeting him was pure pain for his enemy. Sure, staring at the sun did not cause permanent damage to the optical sensors of a Transformer like it did for organics but the flare was still enough to put Lightspeed in serious disadvantage. Although the Autobot's decision to attack a Horrorcon already bordered insanity.

It was Snapdragon however, who took it to himself to deal with Lightspeed. Apeface certainly didn't need the help but he could understand his bloodthirsty comrade going in for a kill the moment he got a chance to do so. Besides, if the signs were telling the truth - they'd soon have more Technobots to put out of their misery. Namely, Nosecone and Scattershot were still missing from the open.

>>"Fine. Have your fun, hehe."<<

Between Snapdragon going for Lightspeed and Lockdown seeming to be busy with Strafe and Afterburner, Apeface decided to wait for more targets to appear. The bountyhunter no doubt wanted both Autobots for himself, and as far as Apeface was concerned - Lockdown could have both grunts if he was able to take them down. The Horrorcon saboteur certainly didn't care.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Insidious » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:04 am

Motto: "Clarity of thought before rashness of action."
Weapon: Oxidating Laser
The Perdition--Bridge

The optics of the Spyglass unit methodically poured over the data that had been recovered from various escape pod crash sites thus far as Soul Siren's request had come through. The information, thus far, was of minimal use. The majority of the Decepticons in the field were trackers, huntsmen and warriors. Not intelligence officers. Reflector was confidant, however, that between he and Soul Siren, they would be able to provide some useful data to the Decepticon intelligence network.

>>"They appear inconsequential...except for one. That other femme. Identification: Trybium. Spark sibling to one of your present captives. The one identified as Vestra."<<

Reflector's three component faces all formed a slight sneer at this revelation. If anything could cripple a Cybertronian, it was the destruction of a sibling unit. Reflector had long hoped to see either Sunstreaker or Sideswipe suffer the same fate, if only to sit back and observe what happened to the other one. This would have to suffice in the interim.

Six miles out of Koraja

Bombshell was still receiving information from his implanted cerebro-shell, but it was static-laden and endlessly frustrating.

Outside Koraja now, various diaclones crept their their way along the ground and through the trees. All possessed a near-singular mindset, to pursue the Autobot. That was the directive that they had been given by their Insecticon masters. They had no real capacity to obey anything else, unless it was the urge to feed.

If these Autobots proved to be more trouble than they were worth, then Bombshell would have little trouble allowing them to exercise that urge, too.

"Wait....wait.....hmmm, how interesting. He speaks to another," Bombshell hissed, mentally slowing the progress of the diaclones under his command. "A guard maybe. A scout. Their base may be nearby. But this close to Koraja? That would be, ehh, foolish."
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Cravex » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:55 pm

Motto: ""I am my business""
Weapon: Crossbow
Equatorial Desert

While firing his plasma cannons Afterburner watched his missiles cover the ground between he and Lockdown as if they were moving in slow motion. He loved to watch them fly, the beauty and precision devices like them needed to be the deadly instruments they were was awe inspiring. They were halfway to Lockdown and he wished his auto-reloader was working faster. The only thing better than what he was seeing was watching the impact with their target. Seeing Decepticons explode was a pleasant hobby for a mech to have. It should be mandatory for all Autobots as far as he was concerned.

In seconds Afterburner’s dreams of seeing another Con fall disappeared when Lockdown sidestepped his missiles. He dodged them! That scraplet! Afterburner was pleased to see his cannon blasts strike home. The Technobot would’ve smiled if his faceplate were showing. He saw Lockdown aiming at him but what did he have to worry about? That Con wouldn’t get a shot off in time. Afterburner activated the triggering mechanism for his plasma cannon as the EMP pulse struck.

Unfortunately for Afterburner, his plasma cannon was in the process of firing when his systems went offline. His front wheel struck a crevice and, without him in control, he pivoted forward in time for his cannons to fire. The concussion from the point blank blast blew Afterburner into the air for a handful of somersaults before landing in a deafening crash a hundred yards from where he took the EMP pulse.

Laying on his side, stuck in his motorcycle mode and with his tires still spinning, he let out a groan. Still conscious, Afterburner tried to access his systems but everything was offline except for his visual circuits which gave him a static filled view of a large rock. After a few seconds the rock visual began to fade. Blast it Scattershot! This is the last time I listen to your scraplet infested… Was it the EMP pulse or stasis lock? Without his systems working Afterburner remained where he fell in silence.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Necessary Evil » Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:03 am

Motto: "Always looking for a new motto."
Weapon: Chomping Rotor Blades
Six Miles Out of Koraja

Nightbeat?”

Had he finally discovered someone after wandering through town after town, forest after forest? Had his arduous search yielded the result he had aimed for? Was that really an Autobot voice greeting his audio modules? Was this—

“It is you!”

Evidently, his growing collection of questions had been answered simultaneously.

Hosehead trudged through the forest, dodging various trees and overhanging branches decorated with wide green leaves that obscured his vision, sabotaged any opportunity of walking straight no more than twelve paces. It didn't provoke his irritation as successfully as it did once he first trekked through a forest in search of his fellow Autobots, but it was still annoying. He had forgotten all about his difficult surroundings, however, the instant he sighted Nightbeat.

“Do you know how long I've been looking you? Or any of the Technobots? You know, it feels like I've been everywhere, like I've covered half of Nebulos, even. And I've been here! But I couldn't find anyone. Zip! Zilch! Nothing!” Though frustrated and a little stressed, a broad smile pushed passed his negative emotions and formed on his face-plate. “I guess it doesn't matter now. Let's jus—”

"The Insecticons, they're coming. I should know better than kick their nest," Nightbeat said as he turned back to Hosehead, "Is there shelter nearby?"

With an almost blank expression, Hosehead locked his stare on the detective as if somebody had removed his processor and personality component in that very moment. What Insecticons? What nest? He had just discovered his friend in this wooded area and now Insecticons were coming?

“Shelter?” Somehow, he was released from his stupor. “Oh, right! Shelter! Uh, yeah. Follow me, Nightbeat. Not far from where I landed—and sort of not far from here—is a cave. We should be able to hold out there.”

He noticed Skyhammer was lying on the soil, silent. He was devoid of movement. The Autobot's limp body caused anxiety to strike Hosehead, to wash over him like an abrupt downpour. He caught himself before he fixated his gaze on the off-lined Skyhammer.

He threw a glance at Nightbeat. “You look weary. Let me take him.”

Hefting Skyhammer and placing him across his shoulder-plates in the position of a firemech's lift, Hosehead slowly spun on his heel and began to jog. He wasn't especially fast, but if he could reach the edge of the forest, where a clearing virtually led to the cave, he'd be able to employ the superior speed of his alternate mode and drive the remainder of the way to it.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Marcus Rush » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:10 pm

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Vestra's body entered spasm before falling back to its previously motionless position. Waves of electricity coursed over her body before crackling in the smoldering ozone that surrounded the shocked engineer. Her optics flared to life briefly before settling back to the dim glazed form.

"You won't be getting any response out of her." River spoke trying to draw attention away from her catatonic friend. "She's suffering from what you might call, Who gives a scrap." She lightly chuckled, failing to hide the concern from her voice. It wasn't a medical diagnosis, there was no reason to give the con another bit of ammunition to use against her in future lines of questioning.

She had to shift strategies to keep attention on her. Let Vestra process out what had happen and come to terms with her new situation. Again, it would require time, and that was a commodity River was sorely lacking.

"Look Decepticon, we're a couple of passengers on a doomed expedition. The search for Electro-La was doomed from the start." She cocked an instinctive seductive grin towards Soul Siren. "Perhaps you could give us some directions and we'll be on our way."
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Smokescreen85 » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:55 pm

Motto: ""A look can be deceiving; a touch can be lethal.""
Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers
Equatorial Desert

Strafe looked on in horror as the EMP pulse struck Afterburner head-on, sending the cycle flying end over end before finally coming to a rest in the sand a hundred yards away. “Noooo!!” The aerial gunner shouted as he fired off more shots in Lockdown’s direction. Adjusting his path, Strafe ran towards where his downed comrade lay still in his alt mode. “Afterburner, are you all right? Can you hear me?!!”

Strafe finally reached his teammate’s side only to find that Afterburner’s systems were going into shut down. The EMP wave had damaged his circuitry so severely that it was hard to tell whether he was in stasis lock or not. It didn’t matter as, either way, the Technobot motorcycle was unresponsive. “Slaggit! Now what the frag do I do?!” He could have done what Nosecone had suggested, but since Strafe's comm line was not functioning, he never got the message or even knew that his comrade was drilling nearby.

Instead, Strafe turned back to see the bounty hunter quickly approaching his position and stood up to face his former, and quite possibly future, captor. The frantic mech pointed his broken light-pulse blaster directly at Lockdown and opened fire again furiously, hoping that one of his shots would at least stun the large Decepticon for hire. “Come on, Lockdown! If you want me, you’ll have to work for it!!!! No easy payment for you!!”

As he stood his ground and continued to fire at the oncoming ‘Con, Strafe noticed that his blaster was slowing down, not that it had all that much power left to begin with. After a few more astroseconds, the steady stream of light-pulse shots dissipated into nothing more than a small fireworks display before fizzling out completely. “Terrific,” the aerial gunner muttered with a gulp as he lowered his useless weapon down to his side. The bounty hunter was practically on top of him now and he appeared none too happy. The nervous Technobot looked around and quickly realized that he had no where to go and no where to hide in the vast desert.

Well, it was a decent try, at least, Strafe thought as he finally accepted his fate and rushed towards Lockdown in what could only be described as a suicide run that was fueled by the rapidly pulsating spark in his chest cavity. The aerial gunner raised his dead weapon into the air like a club and swung it up at the bounty hunter’s chest plate. At the very least, the ‘Con would be surprised by his prey’s sudden but still futile attack. Perhaps Lockdown would go easy on him for the brave attempt. Although, that was unlikely as Strafe fully expected to end up in stasis like his fallen comrade nearby.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Ember » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:19 pm

Motto: "I'm not psycho...I just like psychotic things."
Equatorial Desert

Lockdown kept moving toward, both the downed form of Strafe and the now unmoving form of his Technobot comrade. Afterburner had arrived guns blazing, but he was still no match for the bounty hunter. A small smirk creased Lockdown’s lips as he began to stride toward his quarry, but there was a sudden tremble just below his feet. His smirk faded into a deep sneer as he quickly took to air. From his vantage point he could see the sand begin to sink below the rest of the desert’s surface. It would seem that the annoying little drillhead was at work.

“Well now. I’ll have to come back to this one once I confiscate my other two prizes.”

Lockdown took off in the location of where Strafe had crashed. The bounty hunter landed deftly on his feet a short distance away from the gunner who was just now making his way to his downed comrade. A devious laugh escaped Lockdown as he watched Strafe.

“HA! Of course I want you ya little slagger! After all you’re all worth a lot of credits. Now how about you come quietly and save yourself a whole lot of pain.”

As the gunner looked around desperately to find a way out of his predicament, the black and green mech let out a hearty laugh.

“No where to hide, runt!”

Lockdown kept on a steady run, the fizzling pulses from Strafe’s weapon not even capable of reaching his location.

The bounty hunter finally stopped in front of the red and white flier as he ran toward him; his burnt out weapon perched high above his head like a club. A deep frown on his face, Lockdown simply grabbed a hold of the barrel and tugged it out of Strafe’s grip.

“Nice try. Unfortunately, I won’t be going easy on you or your little stasis locked friend.”

Lockdown raised his hand and swung down backhanding the gunner. The powerful blow sent him down to the ground in a heap.

“Let’s go cretin!”

Lockdown bent down and snatched up one of Strafe’s wrists in a tight grip. Instead of using his hook to simply guide the Technobot around, Lockdown slapped a pair of stasis cuffs on him, and with the tip of his hook, Lockdown pulled the chain connecting the cuffs moving Strafe along with him toward Afterburner a short distance away.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Insidious » Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:43 pm

Motto: "Clarity of thought before rashness of action."
Weapon: Oxidating Laser
Equatorial Desert

The minimal cover that could be found in a desert setting like this one pretty much erupted all around Lightspeed, as the other Horrorcon--Snapdragon--had now taken a vested interest in destroying him after his attack on that other one. Apeface. Lightspeed hadn't been stupid. he pretty much figured something like that was going to happen, but he didn't have a lot of other options apart from just standing there for target practice.

Maybe another day for that one.

Lightspeed hit the ground, residual flames licking his exterior plating as new sands and grit found their way in to his gears. Compared to less-advanced Cybertronian designs, the Technobots had mostly found ways of blocking out nuisances like that by improving on their design schematics, but they weren't impervious yet. At least Lightspeed wasn't.

Whipping around, he now focused the brunt of his weapon's fire on the other Horrorcon as he streaked back up skyward, likely preparing for another strafing run. Eh, there were worse ways to die.
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Re: Nebulos - Fire In The Sky

Postby Marcus Rush » Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:00 pm

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Equatorial Desert

Scattershot grunted as the initial burst of fire withered the opening he had created with his initial barrage. Sand collapsed from the flimsy ceiling above his head, coating him from head to foot in a thick mound of volcanic ash, glass particulate and polished sand particles. Inwardly he swore as his systems compensated for the extra weight that had been placed on his frame. Lightspeed had dashed into the opening, sending volley after volley at the two Horrorcons and the bounty hunter.

Just by the sounds reaching his audio receptors, the surface had become utter chaos. And Scattershot was busy digging himself out of the mess underground in while it all transpired. It irritated him to the point of no return, his team should not have endured the battle without their leader guiding them into battle.

Finally his knees were free from the thick tonnage that had almost entombed him on this Primus forsaken rock. Scattershot was ready to dive headlong into the fray. He pulled back the bolt on his acid pellet rifle and kicked off the last of the encasing material. A sneer crawled across his plate as he stomped forward up the tunnel where Lightspeed had disappeared only a pair of minutes before.

Over head a jet completed a pass and briefly disappeared in the glare of the now blazing sun. Around him the results of battle boiled at the Technobot Commander's core. Afterburner lay motionless on the sand, waves of electricity pulsing over his torso. Lightspeed was damaged and leaking fluids. Strafe was attempting to make a fight of it as was Nosecone. But the odds were still bad. If Lightspeed and Afterburner were functional, then they might have had a chance to counter these Decepticon agents. But for the most part, Scattershot was keenly aware of his resources now.

He wasted no time and snapped off a second's worth of shot at Lockdown and another at Apeface to create a seperation between the Horrorcon and the bounty hunter. Then with an instant boost, Scattershot transformed into his rocket jet form and shot forward, eating the meters between himself and Lockdown in a matter of moments. He fired his retro rockets then transformed into robot form, his fist carefully being launched forward to beat the hunter off of Strafe and Afterburner. "Collect this Decepticon."
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Transformers Podcast: Twincast / Podcast #346 - Gas Station Jamboree
Twincast / Podcast #346:
"Gas Station Jamboree"
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Posted: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024

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