"OC Episode #2"

[Wintersong]

Snow Trix finally spotted Starshadow sitting beside the unconscious mechs, "Man they really took a beating." She said as she reached the panther looking at the damage. It was amazing how one alien being could take out half their forces with not much effort.

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Wintersong smiled, "See you soon then Tigatron and good luck here." She then shifted around and climbed down the ladder jumping down the last few, hearing Optimus. "On it Optimus." She replied before looking up at Ocarnier, "So where to?"

[starshadow]

"Man they really took a beating."

"Indeed." Starshadow let out a sigh.
"You and Waspinator take Terrorsaur. I'll take care of Bats."

[Venatrix]

Hmm.. You're case is rather unique among our kind, and I'm not sure we even had datatracks on a creature with five faces..it might just be a inconsistency due to your memory fragmentation? Or perhaps a dream.. We could investigate the data tracks on any alien life known to cybertronians that might be on the Axalon's computers if you like?

Valkyrie nodded at Rhinox and gave him a smile of appreciation.
"My memory banks or running at optimal efficiency, and as far as i know, i don't dream. Till now, all the memory fragments that getting activated every time i drift into stasis or recharge cycle, more fragments appear. So please, if we could find even a slight bit of information, it would help me a lot."
She activated the console in front of her and stepped out of her chair, offering her friend to take the seat.

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Black Arachnia had been making good time. But being in her beastmode, this trip to the sector Megatron told her to go and assist the other Predacons, didn't make her travel as fast as she would have liked.
But she was close now.

Hey legs, quick question for you. Are you any good as a nurse? I have some men down and need a spare medic.

"Call me legs again, and we all will enjoy roasted squid when we get back at the Darkside. To answer your question, i am skilled enough to work a few kinks out of any system. Just don't think i'll go waste my time putting Waspinator together again....."
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Venatrix watched with great interest when the gorilla vanished.
But even though her eyes couldn't see him, her ears heard him move aside and transform.
The Maximal took its attack with a loud yelp, and fell.
Already the energy field near these energon crystals effected the Maximal fusor and now she was forced to transform.
Her beastmode had more fighting power then the Maximal would've probably recognized.
Maybe she would show it to her momentarily.
Now she just waited to see what the Optimus-clone, she had no better name for the being yet, was going to do with the young Maximal cheeta.
She was gathering more and more intel, while a tactical plan of engagement formed in her head.
She did this, while sending a text message to Glowstick:
"Can't. i'm to close to the Maximals and some kinda stealth unit of unknown origin. When it approached the 2 Maximals, it was visible and looked like the monkey-mode from Optimus Primal.
Any updates on the situation would be very welcome, as i intend to engage the stealth unit the moment i beleave i can track its movements fast enough to counter it.
Venatrix out."

[NaitoKage]

Icebreaker looked towards Primal as he ran off, then set down some of the dirt he was holding and started running after Optimus in a jogging like motion much like a human would. And just how do plan to hit something you can't see? I'm more use to you on the battlefield at the moment then collecting Energon, my specialty is finding bots after all. he then shouted to Optimus while catching up.


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Rhonix looked towards the seat, then nodded sitting down. He proceeded to type in a variety of details into the Axalon computer based from Valkyrie's description, with a variety of results displaying on the screen. Now we just need to narrow it down.. he then said, going over the list.

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"Call me legs again, and we all will enjoy roasted squid when we get back at the Darkside. To answer your question, i am skilled enough to work a few kinks out of any system. Just don't think i'll go waste my time putting Waspinator together again....."

Glowstick snickered at the threat Cute, but no Waspinator hasn't sustained any damage yet. Besides.. alot of his spare parts are floating around in a box in the hanger anyway. Scorponok, Sonar, Terrorsaur are in statsislock, Starshadow is pretty banged up. Now you can save your idol threats for when your in person, but you might regret the results. Star had to take a bath when I was done with her. he then chuckles darkly as the com shutdown.

The squid then raised an eye ridge at the text message from Venatrix. He then let out a sigh as he texted back. "The Maximals are distracted by the stealth Optimus clone, which we are referring to as Ghost.We assume it is of alien origin. We can see everything they and you are doing as well as the creature with our sonar on the Leviathan. If you intend to fight that creature, we have sonar sensor goggles that will enable you to see the target you are attacking. Unfortunately their range is limited to roughly 50 meters and we only have two pairs. Looks like Optimus and Icebreaker are heading towards the Ghost, you should retreat from that position and leave the Maximals to be trashed by it, regroup with us and then you'll be able to fight it better equipped. We'd rather avoid another causality to our group as four Predacons are heavily injured or in stasis lock. Cute pink text by the way, I didn't think you were into such feminine things ^_^ Glowstick out."


Glowstick then responded to Frilla I see, so it's not a diplomatic type. Neither are the alien guns that hit me.. Fitting really. Alright, I've confirmed that is Venatrix on the field, but she doesn't want to return to us. I know she's into that whole lone wolf thing, but attacking that may not work so well, even with her skills.. BlackArachnia said she can do some of the repair work. Since there hasn't been any talk of any Viruses, I guess we don't have any. Oh well. We can still use the radio thing for some things..Ah.. almost forgot.. we should probably recover him..

Glowstick then send out a message to Waspinator and Snowtrix Hey, I see you two found Star. Vena is pretty close by but doesn't seem to want to move from her post. Snow you try dragging Terrorsaur and Star take Sonar.. but don't damage him further, kay? Now for you Waspinator, as you're the strongest one there, if you look to your left about 10 meters you'll find Scorponok, I'd like you to carry Scorponok back.

Glowstick then floated out of the trench again, carefully unloading another pile of crystals into the mine cart, one of his tentacles wiping the top of his mantle as if it was his forehead Phew..

[Alak]

Hearing a lot of commotion through the transport's radio, Orcariner ran outside and towards the energon field. Optimus Primal and Icebreaker were gone which left two miners left. Sighing, the towering Maximal decided to make use of his time in robot form. He proceeded to unsheathe his swords and continued the work that was left unfinished.

"Looks like it's just you and me," he said to Rattrap.

He had to work quickly. Who knew how much time he had in robot form before the radiation got to him.

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: Good points with Icebreaker, NK. I just can't think of everything, you know? And for some reason I thought Icebreaker wouldn't be able to "see" the clone. Maybe I'm starting to confuse him with Glowstick. I don't know. Has anyone else noticed yet that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing? I did forget to add one thing in my post, however. Will try to work it into this one.

Thanks for your insight, Blazemane! I was actually thinking of a large energon blast as well to destroy the alien. I have some other ideas loitering in my little mind. We'll see how the game progesses. ))

"Wait I just..."

The Vok stood there, emotionless, and watched the Maximal squirm a little. Fools.

"b-beast mode."

Arms at his side, Feralnight was pretty much helpless at that point. Actually, he shouldn't underestimate her beast mode's abilities, but he doubted she had enough left for a good fight. Fortunately, the cat returned, armed and ready for battle. He should have kept running, he thought.

"What," "are you going to take me out too? Show me how easy it is to blast someone who can't see you?"

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. Tough words for a cowardly cat who ran and left his comrade to fend for herself. Normally, the clone wouldn't give in to a challenge like that because he just didn't care. He didn't worry about honor or courage. It was all about firepower and knocking these Cybertronians around who shouldn't even be there on the planet. But to amuse the cheetah, the Vok targeted his wrist cannons at him and decloaked, standing there fearlessly and confident. So, was the cat going to try and negotiate like a Maximal would? Or fire first and ask questions later? He was actually giving him the chance to make the first move, but that was merely because he knew he could defeat this opponent.

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And just how do plan to hit something you can't see?

Paintballs, perhaps? Paint grenades? (( )) Even mud might help show the clone to the naked eye. But what were the chances of getting it on him?

I'm more use to you on the battlefield at the moment then collecting Energon, my specialty is finding bots after all.

Optimus glanced over his shoulder as he galloped hearing Icebreaker's voice coming up behind him. So that left Wintersong, Orcariner and Rattrap to mine the energon. If the Predacons attacked them, they would be outnumbered. And if this clone severely damaged Primal, Icebreaker, Feralnight and Cheetor, who was going to salvage them and at the same time defend themselves from the alien menace? Time for some reinforcements, although it would take the other Maximals some time to leave the Axalon and come over there to the energon field. Precious, precious time.

"Optimus to Tigatron," he called over his transmission as he hurried toward Feralnight and Cheetor. "Contact the Axalon. Give them a status update and call for reinforcements. We're going to need backup."

"Understood, Optimus," replied Tigatron from the Nomad's bridge. "Axalon, this is Tigatron. Do you read me?" The white tiger established a link from the Maximal transport to their base.

"Icebreaker, how can you locate the clone?" Primal inquired. Infrared? Some kind of thermal energy detection? He didn't think he had the same echo location that Orcariner and Sonar had, but he needed to know the penguin's abilities with this as they neared Cheetor, Feralnight and the alien, hoping they wouldn't be too late.

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"Looks like it's just you and me,"

Rattrap, in his beast mode, looked up at the much larger Maximal that towered over him and sighed. "Yep. Well, Winter can handle the drill 'cause I need a break. I'll start diggin' with my hands," he said, wiggling his little pink fingers, or toes(?). Watching both Icebreaker and Optimus leave, he honestly thought they were going on a suicide mission. But then again, their comrades out there needed their help. If they couldn't stop that cheating monkey clone, what was going to happen to the rest of them? Frowning for a moment, the small brown rat got to work, picking up where the gorilla and the penguin left off.

[NaitoKage]

Icebreaker tapped the side of his head in beast mode as he looked towards Optimus while moving Being in the search and rescue field required me to have some unusual equipment to deal with the environment. My Tactical visor not only scans for energy signatures, but also sees thermal imaging as a means to see through smoke in case of a fire. My missiles and targeting system also work with thermal lock based from my tactical visor. I noticed before whenever that thing discharges a weapon or uses his thrusters he shows up with the area around him glowing, he can alter his own thermal signature, but he can't alter the effects it has on the air and ground around him. I also still have that rattle can I used earlier to paint the Maximal insignia on the Nomad.. so I could tag him if his invisibility works that way.


(No problem. I understand. And yeah, I probably worded some things on Icebreaker weirdly, but his tactical visor is similar to Tarantulus's thermal sensor(aka Predator vision? ), which is what he uses for lock on as seen in a past event against Steelclaw. but he rarely ever uses lock on as it takes longer to shoot one homing missile when he can just spray and pray with missiles and use splash damage. So Icebreaker can't see the vok Primal directly, but Vok Primal using thrusters and discharging his guns basically makes him look like a massive heat signature with a cold spot in a humaniod shape or.. a shadow in a spotlight if that's an easier analogy. This also means Tarantulus would have the same ability if encountering Vok Primal.

Not entirely sure if spray painting or paint balls would work since TF invisibility usually uses a field that bends light around the user [Thus why Glowstick assumes his prized lasers are useless, and yes Glowstick can't see Vok Primal. Squid have pretty good eyes in the ocean, but they rely entirely on light based sight, smell, or vibrations in the water. He's just been using data from the Leviathan's sensors to pinpoint and coordinate things.] Oh, and if you still want Primal to have that epic battle of sort, I'd probably have him steal one of those Sonar sensors off the Predacons.)

[Wintersong]

Snow Trix nodded at starshadow walking to Terrorsaur but paused hearing Glowstick, "Got it and shouldn't betoo hard to drag these scrapheaps back." She replied before transforming to robot form and moved to Terrorsaur's shoulders, hooking her hands under his arms and lifted him a bit dragging him towards the Levianthan.

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Wintersong came bounding over to Ocarnier and Raatrap in beast mode, saving her energy to use the drill since she could only work the drill in robot form. "Maybe we'll be lucky, Optimus, Icebreaker, and Cheetor together might be able to bring that cheating pile of slag down for good." She commented as she walked over glancing at after Optimus and Icebreaker then looked at the drill. "Maximize." Growling she transformed and moved towards the drill, hoping her dampers would last long enough to allow some mining help to the two. Moving to the controls she started up the drill and went to work.

[New Moon]

"Well least we know it's her out there and these aliens and their devices or clones and what not are beginning to be frequent. Unfortunately those turrets you showed me aren't doing much to give anything away so can't give you much information on this Primal clone either." Frilla responded. "And let's hope the spider gets here quick because that clone just might decide on round two." She remarked.

Gazing up she watched the red marks as four of the Maximals seemed about to confront this alien being. But could four be enough when already half the Predacon forces had been taken out so easily? "Either the Maximals know a better stradegy then us or they are as foolish." She said looking back at Steelclaw.

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Taking a bit to get up Feralnight looked back at Cheetor when he came back, "Careful Cheetor." She warned looking back as the clone revealed itself again, not attacking this time which made her nervous it was possibly planning something. Turning onto her stomach and paws, pushing up to be able to stand. But she wasn't in the clear quite yet, well within risk of being shot again if the clone decided to finish her. Looking back she decided to use this hesitation and flapped her wings to fly, yet pushing up still hurt her already aching chest.

[Night-Hunter]

"Man they really took a beating."

"Indeed." "You and Waspinator take Terrorsaur. I'll take care of Bats."

Waspintor wonder if there was some thing going one between crazed kitty-bot and Bat-bot, but knowing crazed Kitty-bot's temper it would be unwise to ask.

Before Waspintor could grab Terrorsaur Glowstick's voice on his COM caught his attention

Hey, I see you two found Star. Vena is pretty close by but doesn't seem to want to move from her post. Snow you try dragging Terrorsaur and Star take Sonar.. but don't damage him further, kay? Now for you Waspinator, as you're the strongest one there, if you look to your left about 10 meters you'll find Scorponok, I'd like you to carry Scorponok back.

Waspintor didn't know about the strongest part but if Squidbot said it, he must mean it.

"Waspintor will grab Pincerbot and drag him back to Squidbot's ship." He said, before heading in the direction where Glowstick had instructed him to go.

It didn't take him long before he found Scorponok. "Wazzzpintor, Terrorizzze!!" He commanded as he went into his robot form.

Before he grabbed the second in command, he looked around to make sure the maximals or the invisible bot wasn't around before he picked up his fallen comrade and carried him back to the ship.

[starshadow]

Starshadow chuckled put Sonar's arms on her shoulder. "You're heavy AND fat.." she said as she piggybacked him. She pulled out her whip and tied it around batsy and herself to prevent him from falling off her back. It was not easy to carry a mech who's bigger than her, a short biped catbot.
"How I wish you could lose some weight, fat bat..." Starshadow slowly walked towards the direction of the Leviathan.

[Blazemane]

A lot of things went through Cheetor's mind.

First he was surprised by the surreal sight of the alien just re-appearing. His first instinct was to blast at it, but then he noticed it hadn't shot him, and he stopped himself. Then he wondered why the alien had responded to what he'd said. He never had any specific strategy in mind when he was talking- he was just angry and defiant in the face of an all-too-strong opponent.

Sadly, the Ghost didn't seem any less formidable now that it was visible.

As long as it wasn't shooting, Cheetor thought he should try getting Feralnight out of the way of the crossfire that would result from either him or the alien opening up. But she picked herself up and then started flying away.

With hardly another thought, he dashed to his right and fired twice at the Ghost's chest. He didn't know what he could do to it, but the last thing he wanted was for it to take Feralnight down while she was retreating. And maybe his speed could help him avoid it's ammo.

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Either the Maximals know a better stradegy then us or they are as foolish.

"Probably not strategic," Steelclaw remarked. "You said Feralnight got taken out, and from what I can tell looking at this radar, Cheetor went to help. The two units on their way now seem to have moved impulsively. They're protecting each other."

The Predacons could say what they wanted to about the sentiment, but in most circumstances, the Maximals' compassion proved itself to be a valuable tactical asset. There was strength in numbers. But this case was different- Megatron would have liked to see it. They were going against a foe who, in Steelclaw's estimation, was too strong for them, and now their compassion, in drawing them all together to face the Ghost head-on, was going to hurt them.

And that was all fine with Steelclaw, expect for one problem. If they couldn't beat the Ghost, how could the Ghost be beaten? An energon explosion could create a massive amount of devastation, but how hard would it be for the alien to fly away? Besides, the energon could ignite a trail of detonations that would cover the entire field. That was out of the question until the other Predacons could get out of harm's way.

"Glowstick," he thought to ask, "do you want us to lower the ship to take on the stasis-locked and injured?"

[NaitoKage]

Glowstick looked up into the sky towards the Leviathan, he then responded to Steelclaw Yeah, that'd be a good idea. Take her down for now, we have a good idea of the situation at the moment. When they return they can load up and I'll have someone else take my place mining while we repair them. Hm.. I see there is no sign of the cranky little spider yet. Considering all the trouble we went through just to get that bloody stasis pod, all she seems to do is whine.. Glowstick then activated his voice manipulation softwear doing a impression of Blackarachnia on the radio Rwar, don't call me legs or I'll set you on fire. Boo hoo the Predacons don't do anything interesting and Tarantulus keeps leering at me like a dirty old man, I want MORE! Yeesh.. I'm starting to wonder about Tarantulus's programming skills AND his taste in women..We nearly drown getting that pod and that Spider takes his lonely frustrations into his work and somehow still botches the results?! Er.. sorry. Yeah, take the ship down Frilla. You two probably need a break too.

Glowstick then floated into the trench again, starting to actively collect and separate crystals to load up, the cart he'd been working on about 1/4th full.

(Hm.. just realized I make Blackarachnia sound like a Disney Princess. *LOL*)

[Night-Hunter]

When Sonar finally regained consciousness, his entire body felt like he had been used as a punching bag, that and realized that he was being carried and by Starshadow no less.

...lose some weight, fat bat..."

He growled and pushed her away, he used his wings to steady himself and noticed that the life for the Leviathan had lowered.

"Don't touch me. I'll recover without you touching me." He said with a growl as he made his way toward the lift.

The second he reaches the lift, his side suddenly sparked and pained hit him hard, he growled and leaned against the lift, his hand covering his wound.

"We're even." He panted turning his head slightly to look at Starshadow.

(Hm.. just realized I make Blackarachnia sound like a Disney Princess. *LOL*)

((OOC: Don't worry, I enjoyed it. ^_^ ))

[starshadow]

Rwar, don't call me legs or I'll set you on fire. Boo hoo the Predacons don't do anything interesting and Tarantulus keeps leering at me like a dirty old man, I want MORE! (Hm.. just realized I make Blackarachnia sound like a Disney Princess. *LOL*)

((OOC: LOL! Hilarious!! XD))

Starshadow dropped Sonar as he pushed her away. Geez...what's his problem..? she thought.

"Don't touch me. I'll recover without you touching me."

the catbot raised an optic ridge and followed him. She noticed there are sparks emitting out of the side of his torso.

"We're even."

She chuckled and shook her head.
"Mu-uu-ah-ha-haha-ha-haaaa...AAAAHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I've finally have my revenge!!" she laughed evily and sighed. "Just get your aft in the lift.." she walked inside the lift.