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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 1:46:57 GMT
Characters Appearing: Open Location (s): Multiple locations Timeline: Present day Plot Summary: Introduction of the Wreckers
The stolen five-faced bastard ship was on fire and several areas were venting into space. Magnus was putting out a fire on the bridge. "Shot! Get the ship in position for planetfall. We are not burning up, or by Primus I will make sure you suffer before we die. I don't care what it takes." Suddently the ship is violently shaking. A readout nearby was flashing on and off, when it was on Magnus could see a warning for a boarding party. "Rod! Pirates have boarded the ship. Stop them. I'll join you shortly." The fire enxtinguisher ran out. Magnus threw the extinguihser at the fire. He began making his way towards the pirates.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 2:33:37 GMT
Rod was manning the gunning station when the pirates boarded. Before she went to fight the pirates who boarded he made sure to fire everything this rust bucket of a ship had left. To do that he had to reroute several systems to weaponry. The sheer amount of firepower unleashed on the pirate ship destroyed it and caused several explosions on the five-faced bastard's ship. Shortly after the explosions, Magnus called saying to fight off the pirates.
Rod pulled out his rifle and began running toward the pirates. After a couple of minutes, he turned a corner and just barely missed getting shot in the face. He dived into a room and began taking potshots at them from his cover. Magnus eventually showed up and provided cover for Rod to make it down the corridor going from cover to cover. He gave a signal for Magnus to grab a hold of something. Rod used his sword to create something for him to hold on to. He changed his blaster to missile mode and fired at a series of pipes. That caused an explosion and the pirates were sucked out into space. Rod held on to his sword as tightly as possible until the emergency hatch sealed off the damaged section.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 2:49:05 GMT
Shot was barely keeping the ship on course for a crash landing when Rod caused another section of the ship to decompress. That sent the ship spinning uncontrollably. He broadcasted over the ship's internal radio. "We are going down. The ship is out of control. Hold on to your skidplates."
Shot moved away from the bridge toward the center of the ship. He hoped the others did the same. Shortly after reaching the center, he found the others strapped into chairs. He did the same. Magnus began typing commands into a computer. The section of the ship was an escape craft. Shortly after the craft left the ship there was an explosion the five-faced bastard's ship engine went critical and was vaporized in the upper atmosphere. The escape craft crash-landed in a forest.
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Post by Clematis on Feb 5, 2023 14:04:46 GMT
Luckily for the Wreckers, they wouldn't be the only ones in the forest when they crash landed.
Clematis had already been on her way there, not even expecting to meet up with another Cybertronian. It'd become a sort of habit of hers to escape to the forest for a bit as a nice little retreat from Autobot City even if all the nice flora was dead for the winter, but soon it would be over and spring would come. Didn't mean the fauna part of it wasn't there though, so there was always that chance of spotting deer or something until the femme accidentally spooked them away. It wasn't terribly long into her trip when she heard something start to rocket through the sky. Through the trees it was a bit difficult to tell just what was falling, but whatever it was was large enough to create a massive shockwave as it slammed into the ground blow knocking Clematis off her pedes and right on her back. Her hud glitched out for a moment before vision was restored, albeit somewhat staticky at first. Just what in the world had that been?
Hopping back up to her pedes, the azure and lilac femme decided to venture forth to find just what had crashed. Her search efforts didn't take long before spotting a small.. space ship or something of that effect. No not a ship; it was too small for that. An escape pod? Immediately Clematis' azure and crimson optics widened. Someone could be in there, and they could be hurt! It didn't look entirely Cybertronian, but it was too difficult to tell either way. As she approached the escape pod, she did so with caution just incase whoever or whatever was inside wasn't quite as friendly as she'd hoped. She didn't have weapons at the ready, keeping her hands free as she moved. Once she approached, she looked for a way to open the door. Was it only able to open from the inside?
"Hello?! Are you alright in there? I'm here to help if you need it." Clematis frowned a bit, hoping whoever was inside was alright.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 15:22:23 GMT
Shot tried to open the door but it didn't open. Magnus moved him out of the way. He could hear something outside he couldn't make out what it was. In case whatever it was was capable of understanding him he bellowed. "Door is jammed. Get out of the way." He didn't wait for a response but did give the person enough time to move to the side. He backed up and with all his might kicked the door off. He stepped through. He didn't know what to expect from what Decepticons called the new homeworld but what he saw was not that at all. It was all organic, the smells assaulted his olfactory sensors, and the ground was all squishy. This place in his opinion was horrible. He pulled out one of his ion blasters just in case whatever made the sound wasn't friendly. He looked for the source of the sound, he spotted a Cybertronian. He pointed his ion blaster at it. He quickly lowered after seeing the Autobot insignia on the shoulder.
"Ultra Magnus. Leader of the Wreckers." He stepped aside letting Shot and Rod out. Pointing to Shot. "This is Hot Shot my second." Pointing to Rod. "This is Hot Rod." The twins waved at the fembot. Magnus could see the boys were going to cause trouble now. Magnus leaned in and whispered. "I apologize in advance for them. It's been quite some time since we have seen others of our kind much less a female one." He stood back up straight. "Shot you know that alien tech best. Calculate the minimum safe distance and once everyone is clear set the self-destruct sequence. I want nothing left of those five-faced bastards left."
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Post by Clematis on Feb 5, 2023 15:49:51 GMT
Clematis just barely had enough time after hearing that voice to jump out of the way, yelping a bit in surprise when the door came flying off the escape pod. She wasted absolutely no time at all putting her servos up defensively to show she was unarmed when the taller one raised their blaster at her, only to lower it moments later. The action startled her a bit, but she couldn't blame them for raising a weapon at her. She supposed anyone would be a little jumpy after a crash like that, but spotting Autobot insignias on the now three bots was somewhat reassuring as well. Feeling the tension dropping, the azure and lilac femme slowly lowered her arms and let the one known as Ultra Magnus speak.
Wait.. Ultra Magnus?! Wasn't he one of the big names back on Cybertron?
The other two, Hot Shot and Hot Rod, weren't as familiar to her but she still waved back to them with a soft smile. Twins~. Something she could relate to being a spark twin herself. "It's nice to meet you three. My name's Clematis." It seemed these guys hadn't seen another Cybertronian in so long, and that in and of itself was a little concerning. Just how much of the war on Earth did they know about if at all? So much had happened and changed.. Would they be able to accept some of the things that had happened? Either way she didn't get a chance to think about it long as Ultra Magnus requested the escape pod be detonated. Optics widening, the femme sputtered. "Wait, you're gonna blow that thing here?!" She couldn't really argue with them either way though, especially given that she was outnumbered three to one to begin with, and the last thing she wanted to do was start an argument. The explosion would damage the forest, but trees could recover from fires right? She just hoped no one was caught in the explosion.
Though just who were these 'five-faced bastards' though?
"I guess if there really isn't any other option.. In the meantime do you guys need any medical aid? Ratchet's been teaching me first aid if there's anything I can help with."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 16:32:26 GMT
Shot didn't care for this planet either. There was no decent racing terrain. He did like the fembot.
Before Shot entered the escape craft the new fembot questioned Magnus' order. He couldn't remember when that last happened. "Why shouldn't we destroy the ship here? I can set it so we have enough time to get out of the blast range. There are no others around and there are no structures to be destroyed. Just those ugly brown and green organic spikes and this squishy useless road." He picked up his foot and looked at the bottom of it. "Just great it sticks to my feet. Why the scrap would the Decepticons want to come here?" He thought some of the abandoned Cybertronian colonies that they visited returning other captives were far more appealing.
After the question of aid came up Shot laughed. "The only ones who needed aid were the pirates that attacked us. They will die from lack of Energon or burning up on planetfall or a star."
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Post by Clematis on Feb 5, 2023 17:12:53 GMT
As mad as Clematis wanted to be at Hot Shot's comment, all she could muster was the equivalent of an annoyed pout as she reminded herself that they were new here. They didn't know that those 'ugly brown and green spikes' were useful to the life on this planet and they'd all get to learn all about it during their stay. Granted many Cybertronians living on Earth still hated trees and found them to just be in the way, but Clematis herself appreciated the nature and how useful it was when humans actually appreciated it instead of flat out destroying it. Ironic, wasn't it?
Though even she couldn't help but giggle at Hot Shot's frustration with the ground and how sticky it was. "Sorry. I didn't mean to laugh. Trust me, not all of Earth is like this. There's lots of paved roadways and cities too. Autobot City's not too far from here actually, and I'd be happy to take you guys there if you want. I'm sure there's a lot of catching up you need because there's been.. a lot." Clematis raised her arms only to drop them to gesture just how much 'a lot' referred to. "It's alright though. I can help fill you in, but just so you know those 'pointy spikes' you refer to are kinda important to the humans and wildlife, so if you can keep the damage to a minimal I guess that's the best we can do."
Still, when the talk of the pirates came up Clematis couldn't help but feel a little bit sorry for them. Sure they were the ones who attacked, but did that mean they needed to die of energon starvation or by other means? She frowned a little bit, trying to figure out how to best respond; the downside to being the pacifist in the group. "That's.. a rather morbid way of putting it. So.. um.. how's the self-destruct thing going?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 17:29:41 GMT
"Those pirates attacked because we were from Cybertron. They would have killed anyone from Cybertron. Something to do with their colony being abandoned, they declared war on all Cybertronians. Even those from other colonies that were apparently abandoned, we found one planet razed from orbit, and the sole survivors we were delivering were adopted by another colony. They would have no problem burning all those spikes down if it meant killing one Cybertornian. They deserved far worse than they got." Rod took over while Shot went inside to deal with the craft.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 17:36:05 GMT
Magnus stopped Shot. "Hold off on destroying the ship. One of us must stay here and stand guard until we can safely destroy the ship. This ship will be destroyed. Shot you have the first watch. Clematis take us to this Autobot City. You can begin filling us in as we make our way on the state of the war with the Decepticons."
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Post by Clematis on Feb 5, 2023 18:30:32 GMT
When Hot Rod put it that way, things did make a bit more sense for Clematis. It was basically the same way with how the Autobots and GHOST were treating Decepticons at the moment. She didn't agree with it, but she understood the why they had felt the way they had. It was to keep others safe, and if Ultra Magnus and the twins had felt that this was how they could best save the lives of Cybertronians then who was she to argue their viewpoint? It didn't mean she had to agree with the painful end to the pirates' lives, but sometimes it was better to agree to disagree. In the end these three had gotten away with their lives, right?
"Yeah! Of course I can take you there and we can talk on the way." Though Clematis couldn't help but feel a little bad that Hot Shot was gonna be left behind for the time being though. Peeking into the escape pod, she made sure she at least got a say good-bye. That and maybe give him a chance to track her down if he ever wanted to. "Hopefully we can hang out more next time, Hot Shot. It was nice getting to meet you, but if you need any first aid, supplies or just wanna hang out I work over at a pharmacy in Autobot City."
Flashing him a smile the femme waved to Hot Shot before heading back to the dirt road, transforming into her vehicle mode. "When you're ready I'll be more than happy to lead you guys to Autobot City. So I know where to start, what's the last you heard of the war?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 18:55:02 GMT
"Megatron was winning depending on the news source you listened to, none of the news said the Autobots were winning the best news reports said it was a stalemate. At one point I even heard Optimus was dead, didn't believe that pile of scrap for one second. We didn't pay much attention to the formal war effort. Wreckers are guerilla fighters, we fight fast and dirty. We were mostly concerned with doing as much damage as possible to as many Decepticon strongholds as possible, killing as many Decepticons as possible, and freeing as many prisoners as possible. Whatever we could do to hurt the Decepticons we did it. When we were forcibly taken the war in my estimation was not going very well, possibly only a year away from the Autobots completely losing. The fact that Cybertron died and we are now on this squishy planet says way more than I want to know. Since this planet is not a barren wasteland clearly the Decepticons are losing or lost. Do not see how that is possible."
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Post by Clematis on Feb 5, 2023 19:33:09 GMT
As Clematis started her journey back to Autobot City with Ultra Magnus and Hot Rod, she listened as the former filled her in on what he knew about the war. The taller mech seemed to have heard a great deal of many things, but she couldn't help but chuckle as he mentioned the supposed demise of Optimus Prime and how he refused to believe such a thing. Yet at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little bit bad for how the Wreckers seemed dead set on killing as many Decepticons as possible. Her own twin was a Decepticon, and she didn't like the thought of Nightshroud ending up in their crosshairs.. not that she doubted her sister's ability to hold her own. She'd proven that already in the past few weeks with the whole breakout thing.
"Well, I can tell you Optimus is very much not dead. He's alive, though he's been pretty busy as of late. He and Elita-1, along with a few others, are working along with the humans and an organization of theirs named GHOST. They're all about building human and Autobot relationships while capturing Decepticons. That.. kinda leads into my next point." The femme had no way of knowing how the Wreckers were going to take this next bit of news, but they needed to know. "As you probably already know, the war came here to Earth and it went on for some time. Now what I'm going to say next I know is going to sound absolutely crazy, but.. it's what happened. At some point the Allspark was brought into the battle, and Megatron decided to switch sides. Yeah. Megatron. He and Optimus decided that in order to save what was left of Cybertronians as well as the Earth, they needed to join forces and in the end destroyed the space bridge.. our only means home. Megatron is still working with Optimus and Elita-1 to this day and some Decepticons decided to follow suit and have abandoned the fighting, but there's some out there who still insist on fighting and that's who GHOST is working to capture. Unfortunately.. there was a large breakout fairly recently, and many of those Decepticons escaped."
Clematis chose to leave out the part where she had been used as a hostage in that whole thing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 0:44:08 GMT
Magnus had many questions for Clematis but they all went out the window when she started talking about Megatron. He stopped dead in his tracks. "By Primus! You have got to be slaggin' kidding me. There is no way Optimus would allow Unicron's Spawn to just switch sides like that." His hatred for Megatron burned like the fires of the Great Smelter from the very moment he came online. His very only memory from before becoming Ultra Mangus was of a small hand, his hand being raised to defend himself from Megatron in vain. "He will answer for his crimes. I will have my revenge!"
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Post by Clematis on Feb 6, 2023 1:46:34 GMT
Clematis stopped to follow suit, internally cringing at Ultra Magnus' rage. She knew that the news of Megatron's sudden change of spark was not going to go over well but she did not expect such a level of anger. A part of her truly did want to tell him to give the mech a chance, but she was almost afraid to anger him more. It was a strange feeling, but all the femme wanted to do was try and keep the situation under control for the moment. Ultra Magnus and even Hot Rod could be angry if they wanted to be, but she didn't like being stuck in awkward situations of this caliber. "Optimus did. I wish I could give you better news, but that's what happened. Many Autobots either disagree with the decision or are willing to give Megatron a chance even if at a distance. I'm.. somewhere in the middle. I know he's responsible for the deaths of so many.. and I know he's in part responsible for.. my, well.. our situation I suppose. Being stuck here on Earth."
No. Don't bring up Nightshroud. The Wreckers made it clear they didn't like Decepticons and wouldn't hesitate to kill. She didn't want her twin to be hurt.
"If it brings you any peace of mind.. Megatron doesn't venture to Autobot City often. At least, not that I'm aware of. He and Optimus are usually busy with GHOST and can't pull themselves away from their work easily." Moving along once more, Clematis picked up the pace so they could continue on their way to Autobot City. "A lot of us have made homes in Autobot City, or I suppose I should say Metroplex as he's created our new home away from home for us. I work in a pharmacy where I not only make medicine but help to develop cures to ailments we haven't found a cure for yet. That was my job back in Uraya, and it's sorta become something I'm good at."
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