"Beast Wars: Part II"

[Tor]

Really, I'm cheating by not waiting for Dalgaroth, but I figure I can kill two birds with one stone if I post; you know I'm still out there and, perchance, Dinobot can meet Orcariner.

Waspinator buzzed his wings together dolefully, looking at Megatron for orders. He was burnt and beaten, low on energy, and his beast form was craving food. And he didn't even know what his beast mode ate. But he kept his mouth shut. Megatron didn't really like it when Waspinator complained. About anything.

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The sound of Icebreaker's entrance, made the warrior tense for another battle, but the blundering ground bird was received by Rhinox. Dinobot had overheard that the ground bird- Icebreaker, he reminded himself, already cataloging his assumptions on the new maximal's abilities- that another ally was scaling the wall.

It was distinctly one of the few soldier-made Maximals, drawing Dinobot's immediate interest, as the raptor leered over the edge of the ship, flashing his teeth at the whale. The whale's grumbling made the ex-Predacon's mind turn dark. This would indeed provide a perfect opportunity to return to the Predacons. He would pass it off as a ruse, saying he had only wanted a closer look at the Maximal base and its security. His muscles and pistons tensed at the mere thought of reclaiming his place as Megatron's second...

[Alak]

Orcariner knew that the security cams picked up a visual on his hard-to-miss presence. Not knowing how to react, the Maximal gave an awkward salute and smiled.

"Greetings!" he shouted, "My name is Orcariner, sentry of the...um...Axalon! I am here to return to duty!"

There were a few nanoklicks of silence but his hand remained at his forehead. It felt strange maintaining his former title when it had been solarcycles since the killer whale had seen his home base. Before his hand fell, an audible hiss came from the base of the ship and the hatch opened.

[NaitoKage]

As the lift lowered, Icebreaker was revealed riding inside of it. He stepped off waving to Orcariner Hey, they're waiting inside. They need you and the other's help. The ship is kinda a mess.. and I'm not very good with tools.. I kinda set myself on fire. So I'm going to get Xzuk and Cerano. See ya soon Big guy.

Icebreaker's visor slid down as he looked around picking up heat signatures, he then looked at the ship noticing Dinobot leaning over the bow Huh.. kinda looks like Cerano..Hey, what are you doing up there Cerano?! he then said waving up at Dinobot.

[Alak]

Looking confused at Icebreaker's mistaking the Maximal crewmember for Cerano, Orcariner stepped towards the elevator and greeted the scowling transformer.

"If there's a lot of you in the bridge, I might make things a bit too cozy with my size. I'm great with repairs and other sorts of things so I'm willing to work in the cargo bay or even outside."

[NaitoKage]

Rhinox turned in his chair looking at the newcomer, as he saw from the cliffs he was rather large, but still within regulation size of a maximal. I don't think it'll be too much of a problem. However the ship is a little unstable due to the crash.. we have some spare metal in the back, if you want you can put up some supports to help steady the base.The name's Rhinox, feel free to ask the others name's when you have time.

He then looked over the data readout on the screen Hmm.. it's going to be a long day.. he then said to himself walking towards a spot and opening a hatch going to the lower level in the ship towards the shield generator.

Infront of the shield generator he opened a panel on it looking inside, then pulled a lever cutting the power to the generator, he pulled out some tools and a few spare parts starting to pull out and replace the fried parts.

[Wintersong]

Wintersong worked in silence for some time until she examined the work she had doen so far, a good number of holes patche up to keep out the elements. But she had been lsitening, hearing the newcomers. They had come from stasis pods it sounded like, and had been intended to come. In the long run the tigeress felt she was intruding on the crew members of the Axalon, not mmeant to be here in th first place,just a dead weight. Finishing the part of the ship she offered ot help with she came tot he main control bridge, setting the tools on the table before stepping onto a platform going down. Outside was as it had been when she had gotten ehre.

"Beast mode." Body shifting Wintersong reverted to tiger form, giving a last glance at the ship. Growling she took off at a full run, shoulder and back no longerin pain or causing her trouble. Even if she wa selaving Wintersong would not neglect to help when she could for the Maximals, if they ever needed it. The tigeress knew she would jsut have to accept the truth that she was stranded here, like the othe rMaximals, and part of the Beast Wars, whther she liekd it or not.

[Blazemane]

Cheetor had finished his one hole. There were many others.

He really should have gotten to them. But he couldn't help himself.

He walked to the hatch Rhinox had gone down and stood over it.

"Do you need any help down there?" he shouted down the hole. He wanted an excuse to talk about the shields. He was still curious.

He noticed Wintersong going down on a platform, but was uncertain whether anything was wrong with that idea, so he just let it go and looked back down the hatch.

[NaitoKage]

Rhinox sighed to himself replacing a few parts in the shield generator, he then looked up hearing Cheetor from the hatch. He looked down flipping the switch to the generator causing it to power up. Yeah, you can help by going to the computer. I need the shield to recalibrate and test it out. You can do that right?


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Outside Icebreaker's infared visor slides up, he then blinks looking at Dinobot Oh, sorry. You look kinda like one of my friends.. except he has horns on his head. he then watches as Wintersong runs off from the base, a bit puzzled but shrugs it off. Pulling out his gun he loads a grappling hook into it, then fires it off between some rocks.

He latches some cord connected to points on his body to the gun, then starts to repel down the side of the cliff rather swiftly. At the bottom the grappling hook folds closed and is seen recoiling back down as Icebreaker catches and puts it away. He then throws out his shield as it unfolds, hopping on and riding off towards his allies in the distance.

(Just to note, Xzuk hasn't posted anywhere in 20 days, Taran tulas almost as long. So... if you guys wanna skip events, by all means say so..)

[Alak]

After obtaining the necessary parts and tools, Orcariner set them in a neat pile outside of the Axalon. Being next to a narrow bridge and a waterfall was an unfortunate place to land a large vessel. Fliers would definitely have good opportunities to knock it right off. Powering up the arc welder, the Maximal began to fuse spare landing gear parts to the belly of the Axalon. The supports would not last long against rocket fire, but quasar and laser projectiles should not be a threat to the ship's balance anymore.

[Blazemane]

Cheetor was already heading down the hatch when Rhinox's response came to him.

"The computer? No problem- I can get the shield ready faster than you can shout 'synchro reactor'."

Cheetor reversed direction and went back to the main level. He had wanted to talk to Rhinox, so back up to the computer was not where he wanted to go.

But there wasn't really any point in arguing, so he got back to the bridge.

"Computer," he commanded, "Recalibrate shield functions. Prepare for test deployment."

Well... something like that.

[NaitoKage]

Rhinox watched as the generator kicked on, he then checked output readouts before closing the machine. He climbed back up from the panel in the floor, then closed it.

Walking to the main computer where Cheetor stands he then sat down typing Thanks. That saved me some leg work. Now as you were saying before. the Shield's protectiveness is not really a constant. It depends on the amount of energy supplied. Usually though it should be able to take a good amount of damage, but since we're a exploration vessel.. we're not meant for ship combat. Each time the shield takes a hit, the energy to supply it is used, making it go down.

Rhinox then typed away at the computer console looking at the read outs for the shield. That's why in situations of battle we divert all the power we can to the defenses.

[Blazemane]

Cheetor was glad when Rhinox came back up, but his explanation gave Cheetor more questions to ask.

"Wow, that sounds like... un-dependable. How long does the power normally last? Does Megatron's crew have enough fire power to use it up? And... even when it's up, can something get through it anyways?"

[NaitoKage]

Rhinox shrugs If that was the scale of Megatron's full power, then it should be able to withstand it for awhile, as long as we have other defenses besides the shield. Which we will be working on. When it's up, there are still tricks around shields, but methods to do that are tricky, however the most obvious weakness would be because we're on the ground which the shield can not go through.. or else we'd have nothing to support the ship.

But because of that limitation we can also use that when designing defenses. he then powers down the shield.

[Alak]

Collecting whatever spare pieces of sheet metal he could find, Orcariner piled them outside of the Axalon. Powering up the arc welder, he took a sheet and placed it over one of the many holes that littered the ship's hull.

"I guess the next step is patching her up," he said to himself.

The power tool shot an electrical charge that welded the metal sheet to the Axalon. The Maximal knew that it was far from adequate in regards to protection, but if he sculpted it well enough, the Predacons would never guess where the Axalon's weak spots were.

[Blazemane]

"So, nothing can get through it?" Cheetor was a bit confused still. "What about from inside? What if we need to shoot at the Preds, but the shield's up around us?"