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currency that will interest Tfs
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:25 pmby Optimus Primevil
a friend is asking my help for a yuusha-tf crossover fic and his plot has a human buying off cybertronian technology from probably swindle but what would swindle want from a mere human to sell him/her transformer tech?
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:21 pmby babylon queen
energon of course.
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Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:07 amby Optimus Primevil
babylon queen wrote:energon of course.
yeah but if humans know how to build an oil/uranium/steam/coal to energon converter then they won't have to buy cybertronian tech on the black market
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Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:15 pmby Scatterlung
Optimus Primevil wrote:babylon queen wrote:energon of course.
yeah but if humans know how to build an oil/uranium/steam/coal to energon converter then they won't have to buy cybertronian tech on the black market
Maybe he'll offer up his services to Swindle? Owe him a favour if he's ever in need?
Or, as a plot device, put the Decepticons in temporary need of some component he's likely to have.
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Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:56 pmby Creature SH
Large quantities of kerosine could be converted into Energon.
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Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:48 pmby Zombie Starscream
Or you could use credits..
In almost any sci-fi I have read they mention them.
Or have some doodad or service Swindle is unable to get that only the human can, and that could be the barter.
What if there was a Cybertronian Virus? Swindle could trade some technology with the human because the human would be able to be near the virus, and he couldn't. But he has to give the human some technology so the human can use it to create a cure. But the human might be able to keep the technology as a return for the favor.
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:30 amby Ramrider
Back in the old comics, I seem to be recallin' 'shanix' bein' a common name for Cybertronian doubloons...
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:33 amby Sledge
If Swindle is on Earth, then Earth currency would surely be fine?
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:07 pmby City Commander
Isn't the universal currency Shanix?
It's used by 'aliens' and bounty hunters throughout the universe.
If it's futuristic Earth, you can use shanix.
If it's season 1/2 style earth, I'd go with energon.
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Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:39 amby Sledge
But where would humans get either of those (and that's assumuing the guy is writing G1 comic not cartoon)? I say go with Earth currency. Swindle is always going to be able to use it to buy goods or services from other humans, especially if he's on ebay.
Oh, and the other problem with energon is it gives humans cancer. Everyone who watched Sealab 2021 knows that.
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Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:35 amby City Commander
Sledge wrote:But where would humans get either of those (and that's assumuing the guy is writing G1 comic not cartoon)? I say go with Earth currency. Swindle is always going to be able to use it to buy goods or services from other humans,
especially if he's on ebay.Oh, and the other problem with energon is it gives humans cancer. Everyone who watched Sealab 2021 knows that.
Now we know who's been buying all the rare figures over the last few years!
The devil!
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Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:07 pmby Sledge
Paying scalper prices feeds the Decepticon war machine. Just say no, kids.
Re: currency that will interest Tfs
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Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:03 amby Auto Bot
Optimus Primevil wrote:a friend is asking my help for a yuusha-tf crossover fic and his plot has a human buying off cybertronian technology from probably swindle but what would swindle want from a mere human to sell him/her transformer tech?
The latest MacBook Pro.
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Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:56 pmby Zombie Starscream
Sledge wrote:Paying scalper prices feeds the Decepticon war machine. Just say no, kids.
Soo thats why some figures have been so hard to find. I wish the higher-ups had told us they were using that means for our funding, it would have been nice and kept me from unneeded aggravation trying to find stuff on E-bay.
