Both ships have arrived.
Alternate beast modes have been chosen.
We have been introduced to the cannon characters, and plenty of OC's, including:
Skyfire, who has come with the original Maximal crew.
Saber, who has come with the original Maximal crew.
Agui, who has come with the original Maximal crew.
Valkyrie, who has come with the original Maximal crew.
Blaze, a stowaway on the Axalon.
Wintersong, a stasis pod protoform showing Maximal allegiance.
Dagger, a stasis pod protoform showing neutral tendencies (but in my opinion, a demeanor indicative of Maximal allegiance).
Venatrix, who has come with the original Predacon crew.
Steelclaw, who has come with the original Predacon crew.
Starshadow, a stasis pod renegade from neither crew (does that do it proper justice?) showing Predacon allegiance.
This makes a total of 10 Maximals, technically soon to be 11, because Dinobot has been blasted away, but has not yet challenged Primal. This, one might say, makes him unrankable. But certainly not neutral. There are 8 Predacons, and then Dagger.
Cheetor has gone off, found a bug, fought a bug, got saved by a bird, Primal has threatened to swat a bug, Megatron has said yeah right, and basically, we have left off with Primal's post:
Optimus shifted his brown eyes from Megatron to the other Predacons who followed closely in behind him. This could be a problem, he thought. And all they wanted to do was grab Cheetor and return to base.
The Maximal leader in his beast mode studied Megatron's choice for a brief moment. The power and strength in a tyranosaurus rex didn't surprise him one bit, and he would prove to be a difficult challenge in combat. "We don't have to do this, Megatron," Primal insisted. He always practiced negotiation before action. "There has been peace between the Maximals and Predacons for centuries. Why start this up again?" Instinct told him that the Maximals would have to fight their way through their little rescue mission. And it would have to be quick thinking because the energon fields won't take long to take effect on their robot modes.
We wait now on Razorclaw (Megatron).
Unfortunately, Sinead has become extremely busy recently. This means that only will Agui be dropped, but we need someone to take up the mantle of Rhinox (and eventually- hoping we get that far- Tigatron).
On the note of characters where is Jagna (Rattrap)? I'm sending her a message.