TFARCHIVE FORUMS

The continuing rpg as the Autobots and Decepticons combine forces in a desperate attempt to drive the Quintessons from their home world of Cybertron.

Inside Sky Lynx:

Red's optics bulged literally as he saw Spike doing his trick.

"Well I'll be... But that's perfect! Spike, now you shall be even more useful to our cause than before! Excellent!"

The Autobot Security Director motioned to Hound soothingly:

"It's all right, really - I just wanted Spike to accompany you and Arcee in your diversionary raid! I guess he's going anyway", - Red Alert smiled.

"Well, that's good. No disciplinary measures shall be taken, as your delay had been explained with perfect reason, I'm glad to say.

So, the diversionary team list is complete. It will consist of Arcee, Hound and Spike. Any objections?" - and he smiled again, sure that nobody would object in fact.

Dai Atlas looked around at Skyfall then Speeder:

"Air Support?" he asked with Cocked eyebrow.

Speeder shrugged his shoulders:

"We're not exactly in their good graces right now, what did you expect?"

A puzzled look crept across the Powered Master's face:

"Why are we in the bad books?"

Speeder sighed:

"Well, there'll be time for that later. You go check your orders - and remember, you're not the Supreme Commander here - so go easy on Hot Rod, even if he's a little less than friendly. We'll wait here and see if we get marching orders."

Dai Atlas nodded and walked out of Medbay - not exactly looking convinced.

When he left, Skyfall turned to Speeder:

"We may not get any orders, you know....."

The other Micro Master cocked an eyebrow:

"Well, none of us are exactly on the official roster...." Skyfall continued. "We might be left to our own devices during the assault. And I doubt we're just going to lounge around here while our fellow Autobots get blown to bits."

"Heh," was the first comment Speeder made. "Well then, youngster - perhaps we should plan our actions?"

Sky Lynx

Overdrive turned to Red Alert

"so Sky Garry's going to be in my command? Can never have too much top cover.


Tracks i've got a job for you once we've done the initial recee."

Inside Sky Lynx:

Red eyed Overdrive sceptically.

"You think so? Well, I don't mind it myself, but, if anything comes wrong with assault group, you should expect Ultra Magnus to call for Sky Garry's assistance. We have no gestalts or citybots except him in our force, after all."

Overdrive looked at Red

"don't see that as a problem we'll be supporting the ground forces all the way in. I'll make sure if Magnuus calls he#ll be available."

Inside Sky Lynx

Ultra magnus finished the takeoff procedures, and let Sky Lynx waiting for the order to leave.

The city commander left the cockpit and aproached Red Alert and Overdrive.

He stopped when Quickmix asked him.

" It seems one of the teams - the distraction team, actually- is now complete " Magnus replied. " With the new arrivals, I think it's time for a revision of the main battleplan. Go ahead with the revision" he said, turning to look at Red Alert and Overdrive. " Any thoughts? "

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Scorponock

Camshaft sent a glance towards Octane, telling him how bad idea was to mess with an Omnibot. Then he turned his head, and saw a quiet Prowl entering the citybot. Glad to see an Autobot command officer, Camshaft waved him.

" Hey, Prowl ! " said Camshaft.

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Countdown's bay

" I'm not totally sure " Skids told Hatemonger. " I don't have enough data about them yet. "

" Greatshot seems a six-changer, much as your ninja Sixshot. And Clench ( Skids sighed ), it looks like somekind of heavy duty grunt. "

Skids smiled. " Greatshot will be perfectly adaptable in any battlefield situation, while Clench will be perfect in the tunnel-fight along with Snapdragon and the others. "

"Medical training nothing," Stratus pipped at Ratchet. "I've seen Aero injured so many times, I'm able to recognize afflictions by his behaviors, and attempts to cover such behaviors there of..."

As the two larger bots began to leave for their new location, Ratchet would soon find Stratus ontop of his head. "Just remember, pal, I'm watching you. If you find anything odd while you're looking around in my bot's head, keep it to yourself," Stratus said, his tone low enough that only the doctor would hear him and not Smokescreen. "He'll tell you about it later if he feels like it."

Having said his piece, Stratus then too off, taking up residence on Smokescreen's shoulder for the time being now. He did spare a moment to give Ratchet another warning gesture, before turning back to his typical mood.

Sunstreaker shook his head at Patch and hauled Sideswipe up to his feet. Sideswipe jerked his arm away and glared at his black painted mold brother.

Sunstreaker grinned and turned to the door. "Good to see he still couldn't figure out what is wrong with your logic chips." Sideswipe merely groaned, "You got lucky." Sideswipe was happy Sunstreaker was back, it had to be him. Nevermind the fact he was trying to work with the Decepticons he was back now.

"Seems like they need us." Sideswipe said and Sunstreaker merely shrugged. "Make 'em wait. I have a few things to do before I go running about and getting shot at."

Sideswipe started following Sunstreaker and gave him a quizzical look. "Oh yeah? Like what?"

"I haven't had a good wax in ages." Sunstreaker replied coldly as he got in a lift and turned to face Sideswipe.

"You're serious?!" Sideswipe asked as he sped up to get on the same lift.

"Deadly." Sunstreaker gave a small, impish grin.

"And you said I had a brain problem!" Sideswipe groaned again.

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Sunstreaker, glistening new wax job and all, and Sideswipe finally made their way up towards Countdown.

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Blaster stood up from his chair and turned to face Mirage "So.. you ready?"

Sky Lynx
''No objections Red.'' Hound echoed resolutely. He was relieved that Spike had been so easily accepted by the security director, but at the same time felt a touch of unease creep over him.

Inferno folded his arms and leaned back in his launch chair, doing a very slight bit of pouting. It didn't last long. He smirked at the 'no disciplinary measures' comment and over Hound's internal radio commented, ''lucky he never got to see the boulder in the hall, isn't it.''

Hound settled back in the chair and flashed a weak grin to the firefighter while Spike reverted back. ''Yah. Thanks for the help.''

''Anytime.'' The big autobot paused and then his eyes brightened. Still talking between themselves on the internal comm, he asked, ''say - can you conjure up Metroplex and drop him straight on top of Gigatron?''

''No, doesn't work like that. Unfortunately...'' Hound replied with a light chuckle. ''Takes a huge amount of energy. I think I understand now how Trailbreaker feels.''

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Spike leaned over. ''Hey Ricochet, what're you guys going to be doing?''
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Scorponok
''Hello there Camshaft.'' Prowl gave a quick smile over, also pleased to see the other autobot. Then he nodded to Octane, pretending he was unaware of the developing escalation between the two, yet giving a tactful opportunity for complaints.

''Are you adequately prepared? Is all well?''
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Ratchet sighed as Stratus perched on top of his head and tried to ignore the defiant minicon who was grating on his nerves. He likened it to having to listen to Huffer the many times large repairs needed to be done in the medbay.

Smokescreen smiled easily as they headed to and arrived at the room and opened the door.
He motioned as Ratchet entered and set his supply box down on the room's desk.
''All right Aero Blade, Ratchet came to help in here.''

The doctor nodded patiently. ''You need to let me work with you. This is the last chance I have to help you. I won't hurt you.''
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Mirage nodded to Blaster. ''All set.'' Then the spy waited for the large Autobot to transform to tapedeck mode.

Dia Atlas folded his way through the door-way to the Command and Control section:

"I'm here, Hot Rod."

Inside Sky Lynx
Doubledealer and Skar stared at Megaplex something akin to shock: the similarities were staggering, and the fact he claimed not to have noticed them made them very nervous.

Flattop, meanwhile, was looking out a window at Sky Garry.
"Damn man, look at the size of that guy!" he said to no one in particular...

Countdowns shuttle
Roughstuff made himself comfortable in one of the available seats and awaited orders...

Metroplex City bays
Gripper watched as Lightspeed sat down and tried to behave himself. He gave Flame a discreet signal to keep an eye on him, and left to talk to Scattershot and Silverbolt.
"Hey there! Any idea when this shindig starts?" he said broadly as he approached the pair of Team Leaders.

Cell #101
Nautilus continued to review his memory banks in the minutest detail. When this was exhausted, he pulled out a transformer scale PSP and began playing a version of GTA set in Iacon, where he was the Decepticon Swindle trying to make a name for himself...

Metroplex City bays:

"Not a slightest idea pal", - Scattershot answered to Gripper with a broad grin. "But don't you worry, they won't start without us."


Inside Sky Lynx:

Red Alert pondered Magnus's question for a while.

"With two large transport units as Sky Garry and Sky Lynx, it seems we've lost all potential for stealthy approach we've had. So, I recommend to engage fast and not to detach a recon group at all. Only Crossblades must be deployed earlier from the transport and make a cloaked run, then return and report his results.

Then, when the main force had landed, me and Karrion shall start the missile bombardment. I decline putting Inferno and Hoist into the cover team - they wish to fight, and must be allowed to do so.

Overdrive shall lead the aerial team - Crossblades and Flattop will cover the skies, while Tracks will provide both missile fire and spotting for missile bombardment. Sky Garry and Sky Lynx will provide the close support from the skies for the main battleforce.

Arcee, Hound and Spike will detach and make a diversionary attack from other direction.

This leaves you, Magnus, with a following force - Quickmix, Sandstorm, Hardhead, Stepper, Inferno, Hoist, Megaplex, Gnaw. A numerous, though not extremely powerful, force, but you always can call for Sky Garry's and Sky Lynx's support.

Objections, corrections?"

Inside Sky Lynx

Overdrive responded

"I think we need to keep Hoist and Inferno back they will give us greater missile coverage and form a reserve force. The benefit of their artillery capacity far outways the benefit of them charging in as wheelsoldiers. Missile saturation of the fixed defences is essential and for that we need reconnaisance.

What if we keep the transports in the high orbitals the Quints will know were there but not our final destination and send the recee force down with Sandstorm and Crossblades.

What about sending Sky Garry with the diversion unit that might make it more believable."

Sky Garry (who was still kneeling at the entrance) smiled at Flattop's comment

"You over estimate me, I actually prefer not fighting."

Megaplex looked at Sky Garry.

"Despite the fact you're damn near invulnerable, heck when we re-activated you, you nearly blew up the lab and..."

Megaplex noticed Doubledealer and Skar staring at him, his optics darkened and he lurched forward at the waist attempting to scare them.

(Sky Garry)

"Yes I remember, Ultra Magnus, I have no problem with your plans."

Aero Blade's Quarters, Fort Max

Aero had been laying down, trying to get some reset while waiting for his inevitable fate. For lack of anything else to do, and uncomfortable with the previous silence in the room, Dirge had started to tell the tech about what all had happened to him since their last meeting. Aero probably could have done just as well with the silence, but it sounded to him like it was something Dirge needed to get off his chest, so he let the seeker carry on his story.

When the door to the room openned, thoughthe story stopped as Dirge looked over to see who it was. As Aero sat up to get a better view, he shuddered involuntarily as Ratchet came in. Despite having known that was who Smokescreen was going to get, he still didn't feel prepared for it at all, shrinking back a bit even though he tried to keep himself where he was. Already his processor was replaying the previous incident, and Aero did his best to fight off the urge to escape.

Once their group had arrived, Stratus left Smokescreen's shoulder in favor of perching himself on a shelf in the room overhanging the desk, as though to put himself in a good position to keep an eye on Ratchet, given his previous warning.


Bridge, Fort Max

Wing Saber accepted the datapad from Prime with a nod, briefly glancing at the information before he answered.

"Originally I was sent to Nebulos to investigate the odd happenings there, to see if it didn't have anything to do with having lost contact with the Ark. If nothing came of it, I was to report back and then continue the search, though I am long since overdue," Wing Saber gave a half frown. "I suppose by now they've assumed I've come to a similar fate, if they're still around..."

Wing Saber still seemed mildly unsettled and disheartened, as though still coming to grips with the amount of time he'd been offline, but he forced a weak smile, attempting to put himself in a better mood. "I guess then that means I am jobless for the time being. I don't suppose you might have a possition that needs filling."

Omega Supreme bay:


Omega Supreme: -checking data files, activates commlink- "Crystal City plans: Present. Reliability: Uncertain."

Hot Rod: "Good of you to join us, Dai Atlas. Maybe this time you'll stick around."

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Sky Lynx:


Tracks: -holds hand up- "I can provide particle cannon fire, but not missile fire, Red. The heat from the rocket engines of the missiles was terrible on my finish." (OOC: Actually, I just used what the cartoon did for him, replaced rockets with lasers.....)

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Bridge, Fort Max:


Prime: "Right now, Wing Saber, our priority is retaking our home planet from the Quintessions. We can see about finding something for you to do after we've retaken Cybertron. I need to get back to my launch point. Trailbreaker can escort you to Grimlock's staging area." -turns, starts to head off the bridge- "And Grimlock might sound like he's stupid, but trust me, he's not. And he hates to be patronized."

Inside Sky Lynx:

"But that's useless, Overdrive - can't you see?" - Red Alert answered, a bit angrily. "The missiles wich Hoist is equipped with are short-ranged, less than 5 miles at all. They probably won't reach most of the targets.

And, Inferno" - he turned to the red bot, - "I presume your missiles to be of similar batch.

So, it is only proper that you two should be in the main assault force, providing close support fire, while me and Karrion will execute the bombardment in its strategical sense.

And I decline leaving the transports in orbit or sending such valuable unit as Sky Garry to distraction mission. It's not proper to take bots from the assault team while our forces are limited in the first place! Am I right, Magnus?"

Hearing Tracks, Red sweared to himself.

What a damned fop! We have a war here, not a Cybertronian fashion show!..

"What can I say? Sorry to hear that!.."

Trypticon: Medbay

Stonecruncher glanced over his shoulder at Slicer as he stalked down the corridor of CR chambers and made haste to get into one away from the former Action Master. This was embarrassing enough, but to have someone watching was too much to stand...

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Scorponok: Briefing Room

Octane didn't answer any of the Autobots. He was tempted to jump on Guzzle, but he knew Scorponok had let him off easy. He wouldn't take his chances. It was difficult to sit still and absorb their taunts, but he knew he'd get them back. It was a matter of time until they needed fuel...

Across the room, Gigatron had finished a brief conversation with Scorponok and stepped away from the Headmaster, next approaching Prowl. He positioned himself between the strategist and the soldiers he was addressing to keep their talk secret.

"You have a battle plan prepared for the strike, I wager," he muttered.

Scorponock

" Yes Prowl " replied with enthusiasm Camshaft. " Guzzle and myself are ready and willi... "

Then Gigatron appeared and moved between Prowl and Camshaft.

" Umph... " muttered Camshaft, looking at Guzzle and nodding towards the decepticon leader. " Big boss talk ", he said to the sparkabot.

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Metroplex

Silverbolt smiled at Gripper. " Yes, as Scattershot says, once Grimlock arrives he will explain the battleplan to us. "

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Inside Sky Lynx

Ultra Magnus listened silently at Overdrive's and Red Alert's discussion about the composition of the different battlegroups of his force. Looking at his tactical advisors, Magnus nodded.

" I agree with Red Alert's decision, Overdrive " the city commander explained. " Hound is capable to holo-simulate an army of transformers if necessary, so Sky Garry's prescence in the diversion team is unnecesary. I prefer to deploy this huge flyer warrior under your direct command in the aerial support team. Once we engage in combat, Karrion and Red could join me in the assault team, while you continue to back up the ground forces with your air strikes. "

Magnus turned back, looking at the transformers who were waiting in the shuttle's main compartment.

" If you both agree, I think it's time to explain the plan to our troops ", he said at Red Alert and Overdrive.