<span class="mu-i">“Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons.”</span> —-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your consciousness rises from the empty void of a dreamless sleep. The sensation of feeling rushing into your awakened mind. Your optics open to the brilliant light of a shining star. You crane your head away from the burning gas ball and glance down gingerly to survey your frame. You're greeted with a mess of shiny plates and thick wires, and you can’t help but feel naked like this. You pull your limbs into a cannonball and spin, releasing as you try to orient yourself upwards. You turn yourself from the sea of void pocketed by dots of light and turn to see a big blue sphere in your path. Glowing streaks luster in the planet’s dark, the sun’s radiance illuminating continents of green and tan as unstained white clouds swirl carefree. As you turn to survey the rest of space you fail to make notice of anything of interest, and realize that you don’t have any method of altering your course. With some time left before you hurtle towards the surface of the planet, and the situation of your surroundings solved, you decide to try and remember more about who and what you are. The celestial body in front of you blurs as your processor focuses on recollection. You recall a night of violence, vivid lights of weapon fire and the sparks of metal scraping against metal, nameless voices shouting, bellowing commands and threats to murmuring followers who were trashed in the indefinite brawl. Two symbols dance around in your head, you feel a plethora of emotions but can’t decide which feelings belong with which insignia. You bring a hand to your head, as if a bit of pressure would push the fuzzy memories into something more recognizable. Groaning in disappointment, you consign the issue to be resolved later, mostly out of a hope that your memory will spontaneously sharpen. Gravity pulls both your attention and your body towards the planet you were heading towards. Instinctively you transform. Your limbs and digits twisting and turning as you fold yourself into a more protective shape. As you begin your descent you notice you have some control over your fall.>Steer towards the United States >Land in Europe >Fly into northern Africa >Splashdown into the ocean >Crash into the Arctic
Anonymous
>Fly into northern Africa
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A transformers quest? Interesting. As long as we don’t land in the el generico US of A, I’m happy.
Anonymous
>>5656638 >Land in Europe Is southern America, Mexico, or Canada an option
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sat 06 May 2023 21:54:05 No. 5656654 Report Quoted By:
>>5656649 Only the ones listed, but don't worry they won't be permanent stations.
Anonymous
>>5656641 Supporting. I kinda wanna see what would happen if a cybertronian gets mixed up with some warlord somewhere....
Anonymous
>>5656657 Al Gaddafi and a transformer teaming up would be funny AF.
Anonymous
>>5656638 >>Fly into northern Africa I really am interested in Gaddafi teaming up.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sat 06 May 2023 22:27:28 No. 5656677 Report >>5656667 Well it wouldn't be the first time it's happened
Anonymous
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>>5656677 I'm disappointed QM won't let us start in Carbombya
Anonymous
>>5656638 >Fly into northern Africa 14,000 citizens in total.
Anonymous
>>5656638 >Crash into the Arctic Anonymous
>>5656638 >Crash into the Arctic Covert Soviet/US Submarine warfare over our body, sounds neat.
Anonymous
>>5656638 >>Land in Europe Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sat 06 May 2023 23:36:02 No. 5656716 Report Quoted By:
>>5656641 >>5656657 >>5656675 >>5656693 >Fly into Northern Africa >>5656649 >>5656682 >>5656715 >Land in Europe >>5656706 >>5656708 >Crash into the Arctic Leaving the vote open for about 30 minutes, will lock in after.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sun 07 May 2023 00:04:02 No. 5656741 Report >>5656641 >>5656649 >>5656657 >>5656675 >>5656682 >>5656693 >>5656706 >>5656708 >>5656715 >Fly into Northern Africa The atmosphere coats you as you plummet to the ground. You can faintly feel the heat grow on your metal skin, an enjoyable sensation after feeling the coldness of space. You lurch towards a large, brown tipped continent, flying straight as you speed towards the surface. Smashing into the sand with a crash, you briefly skip along the dunes as you lose momentum. When you finally come to rest you transform, the meteoroid body snapping and locking away to form your bipedal mode. You survey your surroundings; sand, dirt, a few metal towers, a cluster of blocky structures in the distance, and a vast expanse of blue liquid are all you spy. Narrowing your optics at the structures, you see a few wheeled vehicles, some are even moving at fairly fast speeds, kicking up a dust in their wake that obscures more. You feel an odd familiarity in these machines, and instinctively approach them. As you approach the group of buildings, you see a mass of rusted metal and dilapidated machines that was obscured by a dune. You find one hull that you are inexplicably drawn to, and your body moves on its own, a scan covers the….
>Truck >Bus >Van >Car >Jeep >Tank >Jet >Helicopter And your body changes to adapt to this new altmode. You hear a disembodied voice in your head. It speaks with dignified authority in spite of the patchy quality. “Unknown Cybertronian lifeform…..Decept…..identify immediately.”
In conjunction with this, another poor quality transmission graces your mind, though the voice that speaks has a peculiar, almost bubbling speech that makes you think the speaker is submerged in something. “ ….bots….danger….please respond.”
As you mess about trying to get a clearer transmission from either of the two parties hailing you, your receptors pick up some commotion happening inside the array of buildings. A series of pops and bangs sound off without harmony, and the boom and flare of an explosion rises somewhere in the midst of the structures.
>Tune in to the dignified voice >Tune in to the bubbling voice >Approach the fighting in the buildings >Get away from the area and ignore the voices >Write-In Anonymous
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>close my eyes >Embrace the impact
Anonymous
>>5656741 >Jeep Let's be a technical
>Approach the fighting in the buildings Anonymous
>>5656741 >Tank Antique T34-85 or a T55
>Tune in to the dignified voice LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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>>5656741 >Jet Jet transformers are awesome. Sharp angles on our transformer are a must.
>Get away from the area and ignore the voices We don’t know enough about the situation to make a good call, withdraw,evaluate the situation and then decide on a course of action.
Anonymous
>>5656741 >car >Tune in to the dignified voice Classic autobot let's go
Anonymous
>>5656741 >Helicopter Become the Ugandan Air Force. Drop the bomb, man!
>Tune in to the dignified voice Anonymous
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>Helicopter >Get away from the area and ignore the voices We don’t know enough about the situation to make a good call, withdraw,evaluate the situation and then decide on a course of action. Changed my vote, Ugandan helicopters are indeed very funny, and based.
Anonymous
>>5656741 >>Helicopter >Tune in to the bubbling voice Anonymous
>>5656741 >Helicopter >Tune in to the bubbling voice Anonymous
>>5656741 >Helicopter >Get away from the area and ignore the voices Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sun 07 May 2023 01:23:42 No. 5656817 Report Going to leave the vote open for another hour since it's a big one, also another vote I forgot to put into the post is;>Visor/ No Visor >Battlemask/ No battlemask
Anonymous
>>5656817 >no Visor >No mask Anonymous
Anonymous
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I mean, just look at that mask and visor, it looks based, and we can always just retract it when we want to.
Anonymous
>>5656817 >No visor >Battlemask I'm fifty/fifty on visor right now, but those eyes could be friendlier to look at, you know, if we go autobot route. Battlemask stays on no matter what though.
Anonymous
>>5656818 >>5656817 Changing my vote to
>visor >battkemask Anonymous
>>5656741 >Helicopter >Approach the fighting in the buildings >>5656817 >Visor >Battlemask Anonymous
>>5656741 >Tank >Approach the fighting in the buildings >>5656817 >Visor >Battlemask I WANNA KILL SOMETHING!
Anonymous
>>5656817 >No Visor >No battlemask Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sun 07 May 2023 03:05:34 No. 5656931 Report >>5656780 >>5656786 >>5656790 >>5656793 >>5656868 Locking in for Helicopter altmode
>>5656747 >>5656868 >>5656899 >Approach Fighting >>5656751 >>5656766 >>5656780 >Tune into dignified voice >>5656821 >>5656852 >>5656865 >>5656868 >>5656899 >>5656911 Visor: 4
No Visor:2
Battlemask: 5
No Battlemask: 1
Giving another 30 minutes or so to split the tie.
Anonymous
>>5656931 honestly if a vote has narrowed down to just two choices, flip a coin (roll a d2) and no one will mind.
Anonymous
>>5656931 Roll a 1d2 so we can move on.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sun 07 May 2023 03:47:15 No. 5656961 Report Quoted By:
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sun 07 May 2023 04:00:54 No. 5656980 Report >>5656955 >>5656958 >>5656899 >>5656911 >>5656852 >>5656821 >>5656793 >>5656790 >>5656786 You roll your shoulders as you settle into your new altmode. You press your thumb to your head’s side as you try to hone in to the first voice, eventually you find the right frequency and enjoy a far greater crispness to the message quality. “Unknown Cybertronian lifeform, this is Shockwave of the Decepticon forces, identify yourself immediately.”
Decepticon. That word jolts your memory some, one of those insignias you remember, the pointed one materializes above the word. The other symbol gets its name too, Autobot if you recall correctly. Well that’s part of the mystery solved, but you still aren’t sure which feelings you have for which faction. You pause as you ponder if you should answer the Decepticons request, mostly out of an uncertainty if he is a friend or foe.
>Answer the Decepticon >Change frequencies to the other voice’s message. >Write-In Halfway through writing I realized some people might have thought the voice was an Autobot so I'm pretty much restarting the vote in case they didn't want to truck with the Decepticons. Sorry if it's lackluster of a post for the time waited Anonymous
>Answer the Decepticon Deceptibros
Anonymous
>>5656980 >Answer the Decepticon Ayyo, Decepti-bruthas
Anonymous
>>5656980 >Change frequencies to the other voice’s message. fuck the Decepti-creeps
Anonymous
>>5656980 >>Change frequencies to the other voice’s message.\ FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT OF ALL-
Anonymous
>>5656980 >Answer the Decepticon 'decepti bros its our time.
Anonymous
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What can be more righteous than spreading the dominion of the cybertronians?
Anonymous
>>5656980 >Change frequencies to the other voice’s message. Autochads get in
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sun 07 May 2023 06:57:28 No. 5657176 Report Quoted By:
I'm going to bed, but I'll leave the vote up while I'm asleep.
Anonymous
>>5656980 >"WHO THE SCRAP ARE THE BOTH OF YOU" Anonymous
>>5656980 >>Change frequencies to the other voice’s message. I only have surface knowledge of the setting, but an Autobot flyer seems to be a rarity. Also, nothing stopping us from going cold-cooled killer within the Autobots too. It would let us stick out a bit more character-wise. Necessary evil and all that.
Even with the chopper, I'd be game for angling for an ambusher rather than a brawler. Stalking Decepticon patrols on ruined Cybertron, picking them off one by one to expose a weakness in their flank or an overextended commander.
Someone powerful and efficient enough to be respected, but who wouldn't go belly up for random humans like a certain someone...
Anonymous
>>5656980 >Answer the Decepticon Anonymous
>>5656980 >Answer the Decepticon Transformer /qst/, nice. I’m in.
Anonymous
>>5656980 >Change frequencies to the other voice’s message. Anonymous
>>5656980 >Change frequencies to the other voice’s message. Darn, should've been up last night to be one person to vote for a bus
Anonymous
>>5657234 I’m of the mind of saying ‘fuck off humans, I’m not suddenly joining your damn military, you dumb fucks’. As long as this happens, I’m happy. With the Autobots though, by necessity, we probably would be working with them, which is… distasteful. Honestly, if we could be free agent, that would be best, because nothing is locking us in to go one or the other
Anonymous
>>5657316 I would be willing to support a neutral character, but it is a bit late at this point to get a majority, and while we got a write-in option, it often doesn't have the same pull by default.
What we could do is join the Autobots, and build the MC as either prideful or strongheaded. The kind that respects Optimus for his strength and leadership, but wouldn't stoop low enough to work with organics. Which may cause a lot of tension within the Autobots, and could eventually result in us leaving and becoming either a neutral mercenary, or continuing the war on our terms, Rambo-style, consequences be damned.
It'll depend on what the QM wants to write and what the other anons will support, really.
Anonymous
>>5656980 >Change frequencies to the other voice’s message. Anonymous
>>5657320 That sounds good. Damn organics.
Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither and you will beg my kind to save you.
But I am already saved. For the Machine is Immortal."
Anonymous
>>5657404 While I applaud the Mechanicus reference, this does has me curious about whether any part fo the (apparently massive) Transformers lore has ever touched on Cybertronian religion? We get a lot of civil war and old nobility stuff with the Primes, but what about faith, worship, idols? The All-Spark comes to mind, but it seems to just be a tool, not some revered life-giver.
Anonymous
>>5656980 >>Answer the Decepticon Anonymous
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>>5657320 Being a Doubledealer like character would be interesting, working with both sides depending on what they have to offer at the time.
Anonymous
>>5657443 Apparently Primus is the creator god of the cybertronians, and he apparently transformed himself into the planet Cybertron itself. Optimus Prime would technically be the cybertronian pope in this case.
Anonymous
>>5657443 >>5657477 Would that make the All-Spark equivalent to their Jesus then? It does seem to "resurrect" dead cybertronian corpses. Or maybe not, considering it doesn't seem to be a living thing.
Now I'm thinking about how you could equate the holy trinity to this...
Anonymous
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>Northern Africa Dropped. I'll just leave this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tpbp9GXOGU Anonymous
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>>5656980 >"Yeah yeah one sec" >Change frequencies to the other voice’s message. Gotta at least scope out all our options.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Sun 07 May 2023 19:40:11 No. 5657550 Report >>5656984 >>5656992 >>5657071 >>5657236 >>5657237 >>5657444 >Answer the Decepticon >>5656995 >>5657051 >>5657099 >>5657234 >>5657239 >>5657265 >>5657364 >Change frequencies to the other voice's message. It pleases me to see /qst/ is almost evenly divided on the side of Autobums or Decepticreeps.
Also like
>>5657215 feel free to write dialogue, it'll speed up character creation personality wise.
You mull it over, your processor spinning as you try to remember more about the two factions. You decide not to answer this Decepticon, and switch to the other frequency.
“Attention landed cybertronian, this is Seaspray of the Autobots’ maritime forces, there is a great Decepticon danger in the area, please respond!” The voice gargles.
“I read you Seaspray.” You answer, pondering if you should’ve given your words a similar quirk to make sure he understands it.
“Thank Primus, you gotta speed outta there quick! You landed right on the Decepticon’s shore, and they’ll be sending in the big guns to scrap you if you stick around! I’ll send you a sensor ping so you know which way to head.” The Autobot relayed the danger of the situation to you.
After tuning in to the Decepticons frequency earlier there was a very good chance they knew exactly where you were, so there was no time to waste. Leaping into the air and transforming, you cut through the air in your helicopter form. But as you depart, you feel something strike you, it’s almost unnoticeable, but you're still curious as to what’s causing it. Your vision shifts to the cluster of buildings, and the sight is fairly strange. There’s groups of native machines, many with weapons attached, firing at you. Additionally, you can make out small, moving figures that also seem to be attacking you if the flashes from them are any indicator.
>Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind >Return the greeting from your altmodes own weaponry >Ignore them, you have to rendezvous with Seaspray >Write-In Anonymous
>>5657550 >Ignore them, you have to rendezvous with Seaspray Anonymous
>Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind Time to spill some blood. Damn organics.
Anonymous
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But really, we have flight, so we’re fast as hell, and we should be easily able to scrap them and join sea spray in a moment.
Anonymous
>>5657550 >Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind Oh you little shits!
Anonymous
>>5657550 Why I oughta!!!
>Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind Anonymous
>>5657550 >Write-In >fly low over the natives while giving off a quick spray with the altmode's weaponry Not much time to dilly-dally with our position revealed, but not giving some kind of a retaliation leaves a bad taste.
Anonymous
>>5657550 >>Return the greeting from your altmodes own weaponry >>5657563 's write-in is close enough that I'll support it. Speed is key, and staying means inviting much more dangerous levels of firepower on us. Let's get out of here while teaching whoever or whatever the locals are a lesson. Shoot us at your own peril. No need to wade in, we have no clue what's going on or why."Why are these things so small? Some kind of drone swarm, perhaps? Doesn't seem very effective, whatever it is..."
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>>5657574 Thing is, going for the ‘logical’ choice ain’t as fun as beating the crap out of people ;). Going for a more bloodthirsty autobot seems fun, and that’s what quests are all about really. But really, we’re a helicopter transformer, we’re fucking fast, and armed to the teeth. We’ll be able to shake-off any pursuit, and quickly finish off those humans once we transform.
Anonymous
>>5657550 >Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind Anonymous
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>>5657550 I'll support
>>5657563 's write in as well.
Also.. we just got tagged with a tracking chip or something, didn't we?
Anonymous
>>5657550 >Return the greeting from your altmodes own weaponry Anonymous
>>5657550 Oh lord we're talking to seaspray lol hang up we're going neutral
>Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind Anonymous
>>5657550 >>Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind Anonymous
>>5657550 >Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind Humans could use a reality check or two. I don't know too much about the lore, but I'd agree with going neutral until we figure some things out.
anonymus
>>5656638 YES, YES, YES! All my dreams for a Transformers quest have come TRUE! Thank you teletraan Omega, even if this doe side a short death or something like that, I will for ever happy that at least 1 quest for this awesome franchise was made real to me.
>Steer towards the United States anonymus
>>5657673 >>Ignore them, you have to rendezvous with Seaspray whoops, sorry for being late to the new vote, updated cast, sorry.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Mon 08 May 2023 00:13:13 No. 5657752 Report >>5657552 >>5657678 >Ignore them, you have to rendezvous with Seaspray >>5657563 >>5657574 >>5657595 Return the greeting from your altmodes own weaponry + write in
>>5657553 >>5657555 >>5657561 >>5657584 >>5657599 >>5657613 >>5657627 >Transform and give the natives a piece of your mind The damage to your frame is almost nonexistent, however you are deeply upset by the action of the bots on this planet. While your memory is hazy at best, you know that greeting someone with cannonfire is not proper, and you decide to give the ground borne machines a lesson in respect. Transforming back into your walking form you swat aside a few of the locals as you descend, and give another group a good couple of punches to their fronts. To your surprise, you send the machines flying off the ground, crumpling their armor as if they tumble across the dirt or hit the nearby buildings. The drones that were ineffective firing on you earlier are shouting something in some foreign language you can’t decipher as they continue to helplessly pelt you with their weapons. As you see more of them crawl out from the wrecked machines, you see that their bodies are completely alien, and you have a realization. These smaller, non metallic beings are controlling the larger machines, and when they fail to transform to scuffle with you, you come to the assumption that they're unliving. As you pause to decide what to do with this new information the voice of Seaspray fills your receptors.
“What in Vector Sigma’s name are you doing!? I’m detecting at least six Decepticon signatures converging on your location and you’re messing with the humans?! You gotta get out of there now or we both may end up as slag!” The worry that bordered on panic was discernable even from his strange voice.
>Resume your flight towards the coast >Fight the rest of the “humans” >Try your luck with the approaching Decepticons >Fly away from all of this >Write-In Anonymous
>>5657752 >Resume your flight towards the coast Anonymous
>>5657752 >>Resume your flight towards the coast Anonymous
>>5657752 >Fly away from all of this Anonymous
>>5657752 >Resume your flight towards the coast Humans were shit on, let's continue
Anonymous
>>5657752 >Resume your flight towards the coast "Sorry there Seaspray, on my way to your vector with Decepti-bougies on my tail!"
Anonymous
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(tfw no qt north african freedom fighter to be kiss players with)
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>Fly away from all of this Freelancer is still a possibility. This is the option for it basically.
Anonymous
>>5657752 >Resume your flight towards the coast "Yeah yeah I'll be right there, just had to clean up some trash."
Anonymous
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>>5657752 >Try your luck with the approaching Decepticons See if they are friendly.
Anonymous
>>5657752 >>Fly away from all of this joining a Jihad sounds like fun
Anonymous
>>5657752 >>Fly away from all of this Anonymous
votes go the way they go but I want to play a Transformers quest, not a 'robot dicking around in a desert' quest
Anonymous
>>5657879 I just want to play with and be the decepticons since everything is played from the autobots perspective in the shows.
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>>5657879 This is hardly ‘dicking around in the desert’ lmao. We don’t have to join one of the main factions to actually fight other transformers.
Anonymous
>>5657883 and I want to bust decepti-chops, its not like there are any other Transformer quests going. In the end the vote goes the way it goes.
Anonymous
>>5657903 Yeah, no question about that. It’s not like I’d hate going with the autobots, I’m just hoping we’re not a goody-two shoes when we go about it. As someone said earlier, we could be following Optimus prime for his strength and prescence (and our hate of deceptions) and not because we actually like humans. Damn organics.
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Being the ruthless and bloodthirsty arm of the autobots would lead to some interesting interactions with other autobots and the humans we encounter. It sets up an interesting narrative.
Anonymous
>>5657907 we could be the Autobot Wolverine or something, the guy willing to get our hands dirty to the point goody-goodies like Ultra Magnus wonder why we aren't a Decepticon.
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>>5657912 You know what? This is an interesting enough line of thought that I’m changing my vote. I’m all in.
Anonymous
>Resume your flight towards the coast You know what? This is an interesting enough line of thought that I’m changing my vote.
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>>5657918 I'm 200% for an autobot who's there to scrap decepticons and get shit done, typical autobot morals be damned
Anonymous
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(hoping OP shows up soon)
Anonymous
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>>5657752 >Resume your flight towards the coast Anonymous
>>5657752 >Fight the rest of the “humans” I'm not done bullying the meat.
Anonymous
if the OP isn't back by tomorrow, I'm taking this quest over!
Anonymous
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>>5658269 I think we should give OP some more time but I fully support a take over if they're really gone because I'm not ready to let go yet
Anonymous
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>>5658269 Wait a minute, give it at least two or three days instead. Hasn't been too long yet
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Mon 08 May 2023 21:03:30 No. 5658659 Report >>5657754 >>5657791 >>5657803 >>5657812 >>5657824 >>5657918 >Resume your flight towards the coast >>5657802 >>5657847 >>5657870 >Fly away from all of this >>5658238 >Fight the rest of the "humans" Linking up with Seaspray wins, writing now
>>5658269 For conspiring to take over the quest I sentence you to 50 millennia in the energon fields
Anonymous
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>>5658659 We’re so Back Transformer-bros!
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Mon 08 May 2023 22:21:55 No. 5658729 Report You respond to the Autobot, ignoring the humans’ unfruitful attempts at damaging you. “Sorry there Seaspray, I’ll be right there.” You answer. “Just had to clean up some trash.” You say to yourself as you gaze at the totaled human vehicles. Transforming back into your alt-mode and taking to the skies once more, your travel is interrupted by your sensors picking up 3 fast approaching objects. Wagering a guess they’re the welcoming party Seaspray was talking about you give him a call. “Heading to your vector now, I got three Decepti-bougies on my tail.” “Keep on course, we’ll have an easier time shaking them off at sea. I’ll radio for help.” The Autobot responds. Soon enough you reach the coastline, and you spy what has to be Seaspray hovering above the blue sea. You also notice that the three Decepticons that were giving you chase are now visible. Three jets, one blue, one red, and one white are speeding towards you. The bright beams of laserfire speed past you, instinctively you dodge and evade the shots. Seaspray shouts to you over his own weapon fire. “Follow me, reinforcements are inbound!” He shouts as his altmodes fans spin, sending him streaking across the waves. You do your best to avoid the shots of the rapidly encroaching jets as you follow the hovercraft. You see two red jets of different models heading towards you, must be the reinforcements you think. “I heard you bots were having some trouble with the welcoming committee. It’s a good thing ol’ Powerglide is here to save your tails!” The voice of the jet doing a brazen spin reaches your receptors. The far bigger jet seems a bit more serious. “Cut the theatrics Powerglide, we’ve gotta shake off these Decepticons and pull out of here.” The two Autobot fliers open fire on the encroaching trio of jets, breaking their formation. The Decepticons aren’t backing down from that attack, it seems like you and your current allies are going to have to make them leave.>Fire at the blue jet (Roll 1d100) >Fire at the red jet (Roll 1d100) >Fire at the white jet (Roll 1d100) >Take them all out (Roll 3d100) >Write-In
Anonymous
>>5658729 >Take them all out (Roll 3d100) Anonymous
>>5658729 >>Take them all out (Roll 3d100) Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Mon 08 May 2023 22:31:32 No. 5658739 Report >>5658729 Addendum: Roll for the option you choose Best of 3 for the winning choice
Anonymous
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>>5658729 >Write-In: Take out whichever one has been most damaged by our allies Anonymous
>>5658737 Did I forget how to roll dice
Anonymous
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>Take them all out (Roll 3d100) Scrap them.
Anonymous
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Rolled 39 (1d100) Rollin’
Anonymous
>>5658742 Gotta do in options dice+1d100
Anonymous
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Rolled 40, 39, 73 = 152 (3d100) >>5658729 >Take them all out (Roll 3d100) Fortune favors the bold- or something like that
Anonymous
Rolled 89, 83, 93 = 265 (3d100) >>5658742 >>5658754 Thanks, anon.
Anonymous
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Rolled 23, 52, 57 = 132 (3d100) Oops, we were supposed to do 3d100, right. I’ll try it again.
Anonymous
Anonymous
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>>5658759 Holy shit Anon, good rolls.
Anonymous
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Rolled 35, 34, 88 = 157 (3d100) >>5658739 I see
>>5658736 Anonymous
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>>5658759 >these rolls Yeah Deceptitards, you don't fuck with the Ugandan Air Force.
Anonymous
>>5658729 >Take them all out (Roll 3d100) Screamer, Thundercracker and ??? as our introduction. Nice
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>>5658809 Skywarp probably
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Tue 09 May 2023 00:29:27 No. 5658825 Report >>5658759 You turn around and tilt forward, outpacing your comrades to challenge the jets’ charge. The white one takes the first shot at you, booming at a nauseating speed. “I’ll skewer you Autoscum!” he shouts meager meters from colliding with you. With a remarkable deftness you rise above the Decepticon just as he was about to strike you. You pour out uninterrupted laser fire directly into his engines and tail fins. You catch both a billow of black smoke and the shout of a helpless bot tumbling to the ground as you turn to take out the yelling red jet. “You’re going down, Autobot!” He taunts as two missiles fly off his frame towards you. With daunting precision, you snipe the two missiles out of the sky, and use cover of their explosions to fill the Decepticon’s cockpit with plasma. As you watch him streak towards the floor you hear the last Decepticon threaten you from behind. “You’re finished!” And you would be if you were a bit too slow. With remarkable agility, you jolt upward, looping in the sky before stopping right behind the helpless jet. There’s barely time for him to express his bewilderment before the missile you fire slams into his aft and sends him careening down to join his allies. Your audio receptors are filled with the cheers of the other three Autobots.
“Fancy shooting there pal!” Powerglide compliments. “You should’ve told us you could handle them yourself.” The other jet says with a chuckle.
“Just doing what came naturally.” You answer, it was the honest truth. You guess you’ve had some skill in fighting.
“Say, what’s your name pal?” Powerglide inquires.
You pause at the simple question. Your name is among the many things that are stuck in the murky recesses of your incomplete memory. You decide to tell the truth.
“I don’t remember.”
“Don’t remember?” Powerglide asks.
“I woke up in orbit with no recollection, I’ve just been figuring things out as I go after I landed.” You explain to the Autobots.
“Sounds like you must’ve suffered some serious damage.” Seaspray comments.
“We’ll head back to base, they might be able to treat it there.” The larger jet says while he, to your surprise, swoops down to the water and transforms into a ship far larger than his jet mode.
Following Powerglide, you land on the deck and transform into your bot mode.
“The name’s Broadside, feel free to relax, we should be out of the Decepticon’s neighborhood soon enough.”
You take the downtime to check your bot mode’s weapons.
>Wrist blasters/ Handheld blaster/shoulder blaster. >Rotor Sword/ Wrist rotor/ Bare hands. >Write-In. Anonymous
>>5658825 rotor sword and wrist blaster for me
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our guy is an attack helicopter, right? based on where we found our alt-mode it would make sense for it to be some kind of 80s soviet surplus
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this is the Mil Mi-28, NATO codename Havoc the one I posted above is the Mil Mi-24, better known as a Hind, which is a combination gun ship/troop transport
Anonymous
>>5658825 >Rotor Sword >Shoulder blaster Anonymous
>>5658825 >Wrist blasters >Rotor Sword All the options sound pretty cool, but I think these are the most versatile. .
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Which weapons would be the most brutal I wonder… this basically dictates my decision, lmao.
Anonymous
>>5658825 >Wrist blasters And hear me out-HEAR ME OUT
>Pic It would be sooo incredibly cool-and brutal too.
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>Wrist blasters >Rotor Sword
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>>5658825 >Wrist Blasters >Rotor Sword Anonymous
>>5658825 >shoulder blaster and
>>5658857 +1 for pincer blades also Sundowner is a great name
Anonymous
>Wrist Blasters and pincer blades/rotor sword
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Tue 09 May 2023 03:14:22 No. 5658995 Report >>5658829 >>5658841 >>5658843 >>5658857 >>5658858 >>5658862 >>5658972 >>5658974 You adjust your wrists, extending your arm out as you fine tune your weapons. You simulate the firing angles, and eventually adjust your wrist guns to a satisfactory accuracy. After this you withdraw a long blade from your back. You slice the air with it, moving entirely off of instinct. The sword has a good heft and you dare to see if you can wield two. With a blade in each hand, your movements are a bit more awkward. You think you hear a snicker as you move across the deck, swinging the blades without any superb rhythm. You’re unsure if the other blade is simply a backup, or if your skills with two blades have atrophied with your memory. Finished with your adjustments, you decide to speak with the other Autobots about some questions you have.
>So what are the Autobots and Decepticons? >Who were those bots I shot down? >What is this planet? >Are all the natives as stupid as the ones back there? >Write-In Anonymous
>>5658995 >So what are the Autobots and Decepticons? >What is this planet? Anonymous
Dangit, too late for the weapon vote. Ah wells.
>>5658995 >What is this planet? "Exactly *how* backwater is this rock?"
>Are all the natives as stupid as the ones back there? Anonymous
>>5658995 >>Write-In "Why can't I remember anything?"
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>>5658995 >So what are the Autobots and Decepticons? >What is this planet? We're pretty kewl. Time to get some info.
Anonymous
>>5658995 >Write-In 'Something must have scrambled my circuits. I can remember some things, I remember how to fight, how to transform. I remember small details, but at the same time I can't remember nothing. Nothing important. I know you're my allies, I know they're my enemies, but I can't remember who they are or why we're fighting.'
Anonymous
>>5659040 +1 let's get backstory on our memory loss and figure out who we are.
Anonymous
>>5658995 >So what are the Autobots and Decepticons? >What is this planet? Anonymous
>>5658995 I'll support
>>5659040 's write-in
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>>5658995 >So what are the Autobots and Decepticons? >Who were those bots I shot down? >Are all the natives as stupid as the ones back there? Anonymous
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>What is this planet? >Are all the natives as stupid as the ones back there?
Anonymous
>>5659040 I’ll support this as well
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Ok quick question, but what’s our stance on humans? Active stomping or inactive stomping?
Anonymous
>>5659457 Im guessing the latter since we’re sticking with the autobots and we didn’t attack the humans until they attacked us first.
I feel like proactive stomping would just get too boring and edgy after a while so I’d support a more “fuck around and you’ll find out” kind of mentality when it comes to humans
Anonymous
>>5659482 "Don't make me come over there, meatsack" is a stance I can support. I gotta wonder though, if we do end up going for a merc route would we work for humans if they have something useful for us? Admittedly I can't really see what humans could offer for a Cybertronian. My Transformers lore is very surface-level.
Anonymous
>>5659519 Assuming we're a merc, we don't have to even go the "Autobot/decepticon" route we could be a part of the Cybertronian Knights or even a Wrecker.
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>>5659482 yeah, sounds about right. We could also be very derisive of humans and their capabilities, unless proven otherwise.
Anonymous
Thinking about it, what did we do before? We take to combat pretty well, but we weren't recognized by either decepticons or autobots. We could have joined one a long time ago and became MIA, but for now Occam's Razor points to us just not being part of either. It'll be fun to figure out.
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>>5659559 Which is why I brought up Wreckers and Cybertronian Knights. Personally I lean towards Cybertronian Knight because I want to dab on Deciptitards and the insignia is badass.
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Hmm. Now, assuming we were anyone of any fame or renown back on Cybertron, you'd think we'd be recognizable to some of our fellow bots. But-
>>5656638 >You crane your head away from the burning gas ball and glance down gingerly to survey your frame. You're greeted with a mess of shiny plates and thick wires, and you can’t help but feel naked like this. Judging by this we're beat up something fierce - possibly to the point of not having any real identifying markers.
Knight or not, I doubt we'll just meet another Cybertronian that recognizes us anytime soon and I'm all for it.
Anonymous
So guys, any ideas for names? That vote is probably coming up soon.
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>>5659610 Helios, since we are a helicopter
Anonymous
If we’re going with the metal gear references, what about Bladewolf?
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>>5659616 We'll split Megatron in two
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>>5659519 Literally the the only thing they could give us is Cybertribuian that’d been left in earth, that’s it.
>>5659690 Only if we get a wolf alt form.
Anonymous
What about Bladebreaker? Or Hyperion?
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>>5659533 I am goddamn DOWN for a cybertronian knights route
>>5659845 Hyperion sounds cybertrinian knight-like
Anonymous
What about Scourge, or Dreadblade? I kinda want to have a blunter name, a less distinguished one, you know?
Anonymous
If we’re the ruthless fighter of the autobots, Scourge sounds very appropriate, we’d be the scourge of the decepticons, and the rest of those damn traitors.
Anonymous
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>>5659868 there's already a Scourge in Transformers
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>>5659867 What's wrong with Sundowner?
Anonymous
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Hope op turns up soon, this had a lot of promise
Anonymous
>>5659005 >>5659020 >>5659024 >>5659040 >>5659043 >>5659251 >>5659253 >>5659279 >>5659294 “Something must have scrambled my circuits. I can remember some things, I remember how to fight, how to transform. I remember small details, but at the same time I can't remember anything. Nothing important. I know you're my allies, I know they're my enemies, but I can't remember who they are or why we're fighting.” You say as you bring a hand to your head.
“Chances are you were one of the Ark’s crew that got spaced during our fight with the Nemesis.” Broadside explains.
“As for who the Autobots and the Decepticons are, it’s a long story, but to keep it short we’re trying to stop those creeps from turning any planet that isn’t Cybertron or its colonies into a slave world.” Powerglide chimes in.
“It all started when the Decepticons tried to overthrow the Cybertronian Conclave. The Autobots stopped their power-grab and the war’s been going ever since. No one has managed to break the stalemate.” Seaspray gives some needed background.
“The Decepticons wanted to institute a more aggressive, expansionist government with themselves as the head. As someone who stuck with them before the war I can say that most ‘cons are better fit for a scrapyard than a throne of plunder.” Broadside states flatly.
“I can’t say I was the biggest fan of how things were being run, but you didn’t have to be a genius to figure out that everyone would be worse off if the Decepticons were in charge.” Powerglide interjects.
“The Autobot creed is to protect freedom, and the Decepticon’s plan for intergalactic domination led to the conflict.” Seaspray gargles.
“There’s a few bots back at base that can give a more complete detail of the war.” Broadside says.
That is satisfying for now, so you move on to a few other queries. “Who were those three Decepticons I shot down?”
“That was Dirge,Thrust,and Ramjet. A nasty trio of seekers, but nothing that I couldn’t have handled.” Powerglide boasts. “But you did a fine job grounding them yourself.” He slips you a compliment.
“And exactly how backwater is this rock? Are the natives all as stupid as the ones back there?” You jab a thumb at the direction of the land you just left.
“The humans call it Earth among other things, as for where it is we can’t say.” Seaspray answers.
“Most of them prefer to run when they see a Cybertornian, but you’re lucky you landed where you did pal. Some of the humans here are packing serious firepower.” Powerglide cautions.
You’re a bit doubtful that these frail organics really have anything that could cause you serious damage, but you humor the Autobot and only let out a titter smugly.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Wed 10 May 2023 00:21:20 No. 5659891 Report >>5659889 With all your questions answered, you spend the remaining time of the trip trying to see if you can remember more of your past. You find no success, and are soon at another coastline. You bid farewell to Seaspray as you, Powerglide and Broadside transform and fly deeper into the continent. At the foot of a reclusive mountain range Broadside approaches, revealing a large door hidden behind a cover of camouflage. After walking through a series of doored checkpoints you are finally greeted by two other bots, one is tall and red. The other is small and golden.
“Glad to see you made it back unharmed.” He says to the two jets. “And you must be the one we tracked hitting planetside.” He extends an open hand which you grasp and shake instinctively. Seems your etiquette hasn’t been forgotten. “The name’s Goldfire.”
After you finish the red one gives a shake, alongside a pat on the shoulder with the other hand. “That was some fine shooting. I’m Ironhide.” He speaks with a noticeable accent. “Fine job you two, you can head off now.” He says to Powerglide and Broadside. As they move to leave down another corridor Powerglide faces the two and speaks. “You might want to send him down to medical, he’s suffered some pretty bad memory damage.” Ironhide and Goldfire look towards you as you nod in confirmation. “I can’t even remember my name.”
“Best get you to Ratchet then, if anyone can fix ya it’s him.” Ironhide speaks as he motions for you to follow.
You pass by a plethora of different bots on the short walk towards the medbay, the door opens and you see a few bots milling about, a white bot with a cross on his arm turns towards you. “What’s the trouble now?” He asks with a smirk.
“I can’t remember anything, only vague pieces of memory at best.” You answer.
“He’s the one we tracked landing in Africa Ratchet.” Goldfire explains.
“Well let’s see how bad the damage is,” He motions for you to come over and lay down. “Fixit, Red Alert, give me a hand here. You’ll be offline while we operate, shouldn’t take too long to figure out what’s wrong.” Your vision blacks out as you feel something on your torso.
You’re on a ship, floating in the cosmos. Explosions and lasers the only source of light as a shadowed figure charges you, its fist connecting with your face. You watch as you bring your sword down from an overhand swing, cutting across the other bot’s chest as you follow up with a punch of your own. The fight continues to escalate in brutality the both of you tearing pieces off of eachother, jamming your weapons right into each other and blasting. You hit the other bot with a pulverizing punch, knocking him off the ground and sending him floating into space. He twitches, raising his gun. The world slows as it fires, you’re helpless as the blast hurtles towards you, becoming brighter and brighter before your vision fades into black again.
The light soon returns, and you’re looking at the neutral face of Ratchet and the other two bots.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Wed 10 May 2023 00:22:32 No. 5659893 Report >>5659891 >Ask them if it worked >Tell them about your vision >Write-in. Anonymous
>Tell them about your vision
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>>5659893 >Tell them about your vision Anonymous
>>5659893 >>Tell them about your vision Anonymous
>>5659893 >>Tell them about your vision Anonymous
>>5659893 >tell them about your vision Anonymous
>>5659893 >Tell them about your vision Looks like we have something, though it's not much. At least we know for sure
why we were so damaged.
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>>5659893 >>Tell them about your vision Anonymous
>>5659893 >>Tell them about your vision Anonymous
>>5659893 >Tell them about your vision Anonymous
>>5659893 >Tell them about your vision Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Wed 10 May 2023 07:12:45 No. 5660170 Report Quoted By:
>>5659894 >>5659897 >>5659901 >>5659903 >>5659910 >>5659923 >>5659935 >>5659937 >>5660083 >>5660137 “I had a vision, or a memory maybe.” You say.
“What was it?” Ratchet asks.
You recount the vision to Ratchet, who rubs his chin as he listens to you.
“Well that settles it.” He states as he moves away from the table.
“Did you manage to fix it?” You question.
He shakes his head. “No, that vision of yours was likely the last thing you saw before your spark got scrambled.” He brings up a picture of the skeletal frame of a cybertronian, alongside all the machinery and circuitry that fills it. He points towards a warped, box-like part in your center.
“Here is your spark chamber, judging by its appearance it was almost blown apart by whoever you were scrapping with in your memory. Based on all of this and what you told me, my diagnosis is that you were so heavily damaged in that fight you reverted back to a protoform-like state, the alt-mode you have now might not even be your original.” Ratchet concludes.
“So it’s just the damage to my spark that’s causing my memory loss?” You restate.
“Oh no, your brain module’s just as damaged.” Ratchet says with a somewhat disturbing casualness. “But with your spark in the state its in any repairs to it would be useless.”
“Is there any way to fix it?” You ask, the worry that you may be forever stuck an amnesiac.
“With the right tools it’d be possible, but on this planet the only hope would be a wholesale rebuild, and that’s far too risky of a process.” Ratchet elucidates.
Your gaze falls to the floor, and you place a hand on your head, a sigh reverberating from you as you process the info. The good medic speaks up again.
“It’s nothing to worry about, your body has been repairing itself the whole time, and you’re already starting to regain your memory if that vision of yours is anything to go by. It’s only a matter of time before you're back to normal efficiency.” Ratchet tells you something uplifting for once.
“I’d recommend picking a name for yourself to go by until your memory recovers, if you don’t some of the younger bots will and it’ll stick.” He says with a chuckle.
>Write-In (Subject to QM Veto) Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Wed 10 May 2023 07:16:49 No. 5660177 Report Quoted By:
“I had a vision, or a memory maybe.” You say. “What was it?” Ratchet asks. You recount the vision to Ratchet, who rubs his chin as he listens to you. “Well that settles it.” He states as he moves away from the table. “Did you manage to fix it?” You question. He shakes his head. “No, that vision of yours was likely the last thing you saw before your spark got scrambled.” He brings up a picture of the skeletal frame of a cybertronian, alongside all the machinery and circuitry that fills it. He points towards a warped, box-like part in your center. “Here is your spark chamber, judging by its appearance it was almost blown apart by whoever you were scrapping with in your memory. Based on all of this and what you told me, my diagnosis is that you were so heavily damaged in that fight you reverted back to a protoform-like state, the alt-mode you have now might not even be your original.” Ratchet concludes. “So it’s just the damage to my spark that’s causing my memory loss?” You restate. “Oh no, your brain module’s just as damaged.” Ratchet says with a somewhat disturbing casualness. “But with your spark in the state its in any repairs to it would be useless.” “Is there any way to fix it?” You ask, the worry that you may be forever stuck an amnesiac rising. “With the right tools it’d be possible, but on this planet the only hope would be a wholesale rebuild, and that’s far too risky of a process.” Ratchet elucidates. Your gaze falls to the floor, and you place a hand on your head, a sigh reverberating from you as you process the info. The good medic speaks up again. “It’s nothing to worry about, your body has been repairing itself the whole time, and you’re already starting to regain your memory if that vision of yours is anything to go by. It’s only a matter of time before you're back to normal efficiency.” Ratchet tells you something uplifting for once. “I’d recommend picking a name for yourself to go by until your memory recovers, if you don’t some of the younger bots will and it’ll stick.” He says with a chuckle.>Write-In (Subject to QM Veto)
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Wed 10 May 2023 07:22:21 No. 5660182 Report >>5659894 >>5659897 >>5659901 >>5659903 >>5659910 >>5659923 >>5659935 >>5659937 >>5660083 >>5660137 “I had a vision, or a memory maybe.” You say.
“What was it?” Ratchet asks.
You recount the vision to Ratchet, who rubs his chin as he listens to you.
“Well that settles it.” He states as he moves away from the table.
“Did you manage to fix it?” You question.
He shakes his head. “No, that vision of yours was likely the last thing you saw before your spark got scrambled.” He brings up a picture of the skeletal frame of a cybertronian, alongside all the machinery and circuitry that fills it. He points towards a warped, box-like part in your center.
“Here is your spark chamber, judging by its appearance it was almost blown apart by whoever you were scrapping with in your memory. Based on all of this and what you told me, my diagnosis is that you were so heavily damaged in that fight you reverted back to a protoform-like state, the alt-mode you have now might not even be your original.” Ratchet concludes.
“So it’s just the damage to my spark that’s causing my memory loss?” You restate.
“Oh no, your brain module’s just as damaged.” Ratchet says with a somewhat disturbing casualness. “But with your spark in the state its in any repairs to it would be useless.”
“Is there any way to fix it?” You ask, the worry that you may be forever stuck an amnesiac rising.
“With the right tools it’d be possible, but on this planet the only hope would be a wholesale rebuild, and that’s far too risky of a process.” Ratchet elucidates.
Your gaze falls to the floor, and you place a hand on your head, a sigh reverberating from you as you process the info. The good medic speaks up again.
“It’s nothing to worry about, your body has been repairing itself the whole time, and you’re already starting to regain your memory if that vision of yours is anything to go by. It’s only a matter of time before you're back to normal efficiency.” Ratchet tells you something uplifting for once.
“I’d recommend picking a name for yourself to go by until your memory recovers, if you don’t some of the younger bots will and it’ll stick.” He says with a chuckle.
>Write-In (Subject to QM Veto) Anonymous
some thoughts before everyone votes Sundowner: Sidewinder Apache Hotspur Gearshift Ironblood Trickshot Hardfall Jimmy
Anonymous
>>5660182 >"You know what, that might not be such a bad idea." This isn't going to win, but I'm curious what sort of nickname would get tacked on us.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Wed 10 May 2023 08:02:34 No. 5660214 Report As a pre-emptive caution I probably won't use Sundowner. However I am more than happy to use the name of Sundown.
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5660182 >Kamov as a helicopter in northern africa we should either be Apache, which coinsides with the Ungandan thing, Kamov after the Ka50 series, or Hind.
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>Bladewolf Describes perhaps our character (ruthless,bloodthirsty=wolf) and blades because we use blades and because a helicopter has ‘blades’ to propel itself with. Getting a wolf alt-form later on would be pretty snazzy, and it’s very possible, with what Ratchet told us. Also, Metal gear reference ;).
Anonymous
>>5660182 I've got a few names in mind, all relating to the sky due to our alt form, though the last few kind of just rips off sky deities.
>SkyRend >SunSlash >StormHawk >WindQuake >Empyrian >Eos >AetherBlade Anonymous
>>5660195 >>5660214 I can back either Sundown or Ironblood
Anonymous
>>5660270 this is me, by the way, what about Shrike? or Butcherbird?
Also known as butcherbirds, loggerhead and northern shrikes leave a culinary horror show in their wake. Both species regularly impale prey — often still alive — on spikes, thorns, or barbed wire, and leave them there for days or weeks.
Anonymous
>>5660391 I really am starting to feel ‘Butcherbird’ to be honest.
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>>5660270 Butcherbird
Changing my vote
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>>5660270 Changing my vote
>Butcherbird Changing my vote
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>>5660270 >Butcherbird Switching my vote
Anonymous
>>5660182 Stormraid
Windrift
Breakfire
Jetbird
Helikill
Starcast
And of course:
Twinkle
Anonymous
>>5660340 Same with me
im >>5659624 if my id changed due to phonefaggotry Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5660392 Shrike sounds cool but Butcherbird sounds too decepticon-like
Anonymous
>>5660438 Is that a problem? I personally want us to be the more ruthless/bloodthirsty arm of the Autobots, where we follow Optimus because of his strength and leadership, and our hatred of decepticons.
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We’re a butcher for decepticons and their cronies, you know?
Anonymous
>>5660448 Not everyone wants to be a totallyNot! Decepticon. The idea feels like a cope from decepticon supporters who lost the previous vote. Like, don't get me wrong, white kinght paladins can go fuck themselves, but edge is overdone too.
Anonymous
>>5660448 i would not be for hating them, i would say that autobots are hypocritical and would be okay with having things be the same as before with the hierarchy
>>5660195 >>5660340 may i suggest Red Sun.
Anonymous
I'm down for either >Sundown Or>Shrike Both sound neato
Anonymous
>>5660472 that’s your opinion, but that isn’t ‘edge’, lmao. Edge would be us being a lone wolf and hating everyone.
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Plus, people hating ‘edge’ (whatever it means to you) is super fucking overdone. Edgy is fine in proper doses, lmao.
Anonymous
>>5660473 >may i suggest Red Sun. Nah that's the name of one of our swords.
The other is Over Paradise :^]
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>>5660410 Seems like shrike is the preference for the name, so I’ll switch over to it. I don’t want to make a reference to Sundowner of all people.
>Shrike Anonymous
>>5660478 i mostly just disagree with autobots politics and there upper class mentality, they are the ones who are fine with slaves and worker bots working to death to then be harvested for parts entirely ignorant of it or willfully ignoring shit.
>>5660182 so decepticons aggressive in what way?, expansionist is that not just growing and becoming larger Bigger is better, and them self being the head of the government is pretty much how governments work
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>>5660482 what about Cazador
or Brigador for something metal gear unrelated
Anonymous
The decepticons did nothing wrong. Billions must die
Anonymous
>>5660486 Yeah, agreed. I just want us to be more decepticonish (not actually a decepticon) because it’d make for interesting interactions with other more naive/goody-two shoe autobots. Be Batman or Wolverine, instead of Wonder Woman and Superman, get it?
Anonymous
>>5660391 Shrike is what I'm voting for.
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>>5660491 its also bit of actually looking into the actual stated beliefs other then fight decepticons as like what does the autobots even do other then restore cybertron but restore it to what? just return to the old ways? making a government headed by themself? will they just have one planet to live on or will there be colonies again still be directly subserviant and reliant on cybertron?
Anonymous
>>5660448 I wouldn't mind watching this go down with a more anti-hero like bot. I also don't mind a little "edge" in my stories and characters, but my main concern is like what the other anon mentioned, where it feels like it's treading a line between "cool antihero gets shit done trope" and "decepticon cope for the guys who lost the decepticon vote" and I just didn't want to see this devolve to the latter. But, it's not seeming that way anymore so I've got no issues.
It would be interesting to see the contrast between the typically goody-two-shoes autobots interacting with a bot who's not afraid to delve into the grey zone to accomplish what needs to get done.
Anonymous
Since we're on the topic of our bot's character creation, I'm wondering if QM has anything in mind for how our bot looks past the earlier vote of "visor with mask". I think I'll have some free time this weekend and I've been meaning to dust off my drawing tablet, so maybe I'll draw us Shrike/Sundown/Whatever his name ends up being as a neat little thing for the thread as thanks to OP for reigniting my love for Transformers.
Anonymous
>>5660515 Cool. Any idea for colour schemes guys?
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>>5660519 Pink and neon green.
Anonymous
>>5660515 i like to wait not setting anything in stone and laying details as we go
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>>5660528 Fair enough, I'm probably just getting ahead of myself from hype for the quest...and also just looking for excuses to get myself to draw again.
Anonymous
>>5660391 I like that
>>5660182 >Shrike Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5660182 >Shrike While I'd rather make it pun like say ThunderShrike, keeping it simple works too.
>>5660505 >It would be interesting to see the contrast between the typically goody-two-shoes autobots interacting with a bot who's not afraid to delve into the grey zone to accomplish what needs to get done. We'd probably get along with the more unsavory autobot subgroups like the Dinobots or Monsterbots going down this route.
Anonymous
>>5660505 We're locking ourselves into the Cybertronian Knight route so we can dedicate ourselves to dabbing on Decepticreeps
Anonymous
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Thu 11 May 2023 00:12:07 No. 5660747 Report >>5660195 >>5660209 >>5660219 >>5660270 >>5660315 >>5660340 >>5660391 >>5660424 >>5660430 >>5660436 >>5660472 >>5660473 >>5660477 >>5660486 >>5660488 >>5660495 >>5660557 >>5660597 >>5660730 Votes seem to be highest between Sundown and Shrike, narrowing the choices down to those two. Also if Shrike wins its going to be a bit before the PC picks the name because he doesn't know what that is yet.
Anonymous
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>>5660746 changing to Sundown just to get this over with
Anonymous
>>5660747 Just combine them. Sunshrike.
Anonymous
>>5660750 You know what? Yes. Is everyone fine with that?
Anonymous
>>5660750 its fine. if enough people support it I'll support it.
(I personally don't like name votes because unless a great one comes up right away they always take forever)
Anonymous
Anonymous
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>>5660737 >We're locking ourselves into the Cybertronian Knight route so we can dedicate ourselves to dabbing on Decepticreeps Perfect, absolutely perfect.
>>5660747 >>5660750 This works for me too.
Anonymous
Anonymous
So what are your guys on taking trophies from our enemies to adorn ourselves with?
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5660861 I don't think the autobots will put up with our bullshit for long if we start collecting decepticon skulls.
Anonymous
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>>5660889 Didn’t mean skulls, more like weapons, to store at base.
Anonymous
Had a free hour so I thought I'd try to whip together how I imagine our dude looks. I'm not much of an artist but maybe it can be handed off to someone better to flesh out. Transformers are tricky to draw (I traced the hind)
Anonymous
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>>5660747 I'll go for Sundown, I prefer that over Sunshrike.
Anonymous
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Thu 11 May 2023 07:05:50 No. 5661028 Report >>5660182 >>5660747 >>5660750 >>5660751 >>5660752 >>5660753 >>5660767 >>5660797 >>5660802 >>5660862 “I’ll come up with something.” You answer to Ratchet before turning away. You see Ironhide talking with one of the other medics. He walks over and says something to Goldfire before the two of them approach you. “Sorry the docs weren’t able to repair ya.” Ironhide says. You shrug “I’ll be back to normal eventually, no point worrying about it now.”
They both nod in acknowledgment before Goldfire speaks. “Well if there’s nothing else wrong with you, Commander Optimus is going to want to speak with you.”
“I’m ready.” The name is familiar, and you wonder why the Autobot commander would want to meet you personally. You follow the two bots around the base. While walking you overhear one bot yapping to another about bats or something.
As you pass the doors into what you assume is the Command Center, you catch sight of tall, imposing bot, who turns to face you. “Greetings, I am Optimus Prime, Supreme Commander of the Autobot Forces.” He extends an open hand. You shake it, and introduce yourself, feeling spurred on by the Autobot laying his full title on you. “I’m Sunshrike.” You promptly name yourself. “Excuse my asking, but why did you want to see me?”
“Any Autobot survivor we manage to find is a victory worthy of my attention, and the report Ratchet sent tells me that you could use my help. I imagine you have a multitude of questions, and I’m willing to answer whatever I can.”
>Ask what the Autobots and Decepticons are doing on this planet >Ask for more information about the Autobots and Decepticons >Ask about this planet and the humans >Write-In Anonymous
>>5661028 >Ask what the Autobots and Decepticons are doing on this planet Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5661028 >>Ask about this planet and the humans what are these disgusting little gremlin creatures
Anonymous
>>5661028 >Ask what the Autobots and Decepticons are doing on this planet >Ask about this planet and the humans Anonymous
>>5660960 Unironically based.
>>5661028 >Ask what the Autobots and Decepticons are doing on this planet >Ask for more information about the Autobots and Decepticons >Ask about this planet and the humans Hey he said he'd answer whatever he could.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:u3mqPyIb Thu 11 May 2023 07:45:21 No. 5661048 Report >>5660960 Excellent drawing, though I pictured the rotor blades forming a sort of cape like Blackout's robot mode, and the altmode is something closer to an Apache.
Anonymous
>>5661028 >Ask for more information about the Autobots and Decepticons must know what they are even fighting about
Anonymous
>>5661028 >>Ask what the Autobots and Decepticons are doing on this planet >>Ask about this planet and the humans >>5660960 That's really cool! I was planning to draw him when I had some time this weekend too, I might use yours as a base and add further details if you don't mind. I really like the cockpit chest.
>>5661048 Did you have any other details you pictured him to have that you could share with us? Rotor blade cape will look real nice.
Anonymous
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>>5661122 >That's really cool! I was planning to draw him when I had some time this weekend too go right ahead dude
Anonymous
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>Ask for more information about the Autobots and Decepticons
Anonymous
>>5661028 >>Ask what the Autobots and Decepticons are doing on this planet >>Ask for more information about the Autobots and Decepticons >>Ask about this planet and the humans In this order of importance
Anonymous
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>>5661181 Changing my vote to this. He did say he’d explain as much as we wanted.
Anonymous
>>5661181 do we even know what humans are yet only having seen them and i dont think even heard there name?
Anonymous
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>>5661181 +1
>>5661364 Seaspray yelled at us for messing with them before we went to his location
Anonymous
>>5661028 >Ask what the Autobots and Decepticons are doing on this planet Anonymous
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>>5661028 I'll change my vote
>>5661122 to +1 >5661181
Might as well get all the infodumping out of the way so we can keep the story moving a a good pace
Anonymous
>>5661028 >Write-In "How do you know I'm an Autobot? The symbols of both the Decepticons and Autobots are familiar to me, but neither resonate.
Anonymous
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Trying to push the cybertronian Knight angle, people seemed interested and I personally want to see if we can work it in more, now seems like a good opportunity.
Anonymous
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>>5661684 OH THIS IS A GOOD ONE
neat if we dont have a symbol
Anonymous
>>5661028 You know what I'll back
>>5661684 too, that's a good one
Anonymous
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>>5662011 thank you for backing, also hoping this doesn't die lol. I'm getting pretty invested, might be worthwhile for OP or someone to setup a discord server for all the active players and him to co-ordinate?
Anonymous
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>>5661684 >support like the idea
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Sat 13 May 2023 01:59:21 No. 5662525 Report >>5661031 >>5661036 >>5661037 >>5661041 >>5661065 >>5661122 >>5661181 >>5661590 >>5661684 “What are the Autobots and Decepticons doing on this planet?” You start off with the most immediate question.
“The Ark departed to make contact with the colony of Caminus in the hopes of finding troops and resources to break the stalemate on Cybertron; somehow the Decepticons discovered the plan and attempted to destroy us. We landed on this planet millions of stellar cycles ago, following a battle between the Ark and the Nemesis that left both of our vessels in critical condition.” Optimus answers as he inputs something into the nearby computer, showing a simulation of two very impressive battleships firing at each other, pulling right up to each others’ broadsides, and then separating and crashing into the Earth.
“We’ve both been in stasis until around one orbital period. Since then we have both been engaged in trying to construct a space bridge back to Cybertron while sabotaging the other.”
As you suspected, coming to this planet was something the Cybertronians didn’t do deliberately.
“What are the Autobots and the Decepticons, I don’t understand the reasoning behind the animosity.” You ask, broaching the deeper meanings of this conflict.
“It is a story that stretches back to the beginning of our history, but it is only more recently that our two ideologies have come to blows. In the time of Nominus Prime, the Cybertronian Conclave was created in an attempt to resolve hostility that had been mounting between various groups concerning the future of Cybertron and its colonies. Unfortunately, it was not as effective as Nominus hoped, deadlock plagued the colonies’ and the Conclave, and unrest only rose. It was around this time that the Decepticon faction proper was created, led by conclave member Starscream. They were not an openly hostile group, though I’ve had reason to believe they were behind many illicit actions, and they were most likely behind Nominus’ assassination and the attempt on Xeon and Xaaron’s life. It was only after Megatron became their leader that they made an open attack on our Government. Megatron and the Decepticons marched on Iacon. My predecessor, Sentinel Prime, and an army of Autobots stood in their way. Neither side would yield, and the confrontation came to an exchange of weapon fire. The fight spread to the rest of the planet, and the Great War began. Sentinel was gravely injured in these early battles, and he passed the Matrix, alongside command of the Autobot cause to me. I have led the Autobots against the Decepticons for well over one hundred million meta-cycles. Both of our sides have been locked in a stalemate.” Optimus Prime explains.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Sat 13 May 2023 02:00:52 No. 5662526 Report >>5662525 “And what’s with this planet and these humans?” You finally inquire.
“The humans are the sentient species of this planet. Organic beings that have constructed machines similar to many of our alt-modes. They are a fractured race, with many different sub groups that have varying relations with each other. Their view on our arrival is equally as varied, but most of them have an understandable aggression towards us…”
“Understandable?” You interject.
“We have brought our war to their world, they have every right to treat us with hostility. I know your encounter with them has made for a poor first impression, and I do not blame you for your actions, but the humans are far more dangerous than you might think.” Optimus Prime presses a few buttons and brings up an airborne view of what seems like a human base. A car, a truck, and a helicopter ride past a checkpoint, transforming and firing with reckless abandon across the base. You see a few of them recoil from being hit with explosives, but what really shocks you is when one of the human tanks fires, a brilliant blue flash sending a similarly colored streak into one of the bots, tearing their arm right off. It fires again, ripping off the leg of another bot. Now the bots are in a retreat, straggling away as they’re rocked by explosives, evading the shots of more tanks as they rumble in pursuit.
“There is more to the humans than meets the eye. We must exercise caution and subtly when interacting with them. If you are to join our forces, you must obey this rule.”
“I’m starting to doubt if I even am an Autobot or Decepticon.” You reply skeptically.
“The Ark and the Nemesis were the only way a Cybertornian could have reached this planet. You responded to an Autobot message when the Decepticons were broadcasting a similar signal, you didn’t attempt to negotiate with the Decepticons when they were pursuing you, you shot down three seekers by yourself in spite of the presence of Autobots moving to engage them. While I will make no assumptions on your past, your actions speak of a bot who is no friend of the Decepticons.” Optimus rationalizes.
“I understand that you are likely still confused about what to do with so much of your memory gone, as such you are free to stay here with us. I cannot force you to fight for the Autobot cause, but I ask that you consider standing beside us. You may leave now if you please.”
>Ask Optimus additional questions >Leave the room (Canteen? Medbay? Archives? Back outside?) >Accept Prime’s request and join the Autobots >Write-in Sorry for the long delay, I spent most of last night hunkering in a storm shelter, and some bad news has been impeding my writing speed. Anonymous
>>5662526 >Accept Prime’s request and join the Autobots then leave and look for some kind of mess hall. let's hit the energon and get transformer drunk.
Anonymous
>>5662526 >Accept Prime’s request and join the Autobots Anonymous
>Accept Prime’s request and join the Autobots
Anonymous
>>5662526 >Thank Prime for his hospitality, it really does mean a lot. >Leave the room (Canteen) We did sorta just get here, it makes sense to wait a minute and
make some friends regain our bearings before jumping into the Civil War.
Anonymous
>>5662526 >>Accept Prime’s request and join the Autobots >Leave the room Canteen sounds good.
Hope you're okay enough over there OP, hang in there. Anonymous
>>5662526 >Accept Prime’s request and join the Autobots Anonymous
>>5662526 >Leave the room (Canteen) Anonymous
Couldn't really fall asleep tonight for whatever reason so I decided to kill time and make a sloppy insomnia induced concept sketch of Sunshrike while I try and get the hang of a new drawing program. Pretty curious what our bot's colors will be.
Anonymous
>>5662538 +1 to this reasoning
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5662538 Support we got no reasons to join either side other then wanting to
>>5662525 >" I must say that pretty much explains nothing about why you fight other then that you are simply fighting beacuse you have diffrent unspesified opinions and that you where expanding the war effort to try and win, what sort of future was either side trying to make real? Why do you fight" Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5662526 >Thank Prime for his hospitality, it really does mean a lot. >Leave the room (Canteen) >>5662637 Props to you and
>>5660960 for doing the rare quest fan art.
Anonymous
>>5662526 >>Leave the room (Canteen) Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5662526 >Accept Prime’s request and join the Autobots bolt
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Sun 14 May 2023 20:14:16 No. 5664060 Report >>5662529 >>5662530 >>5662534 >>5662538 >>5662539 >>5662547 >>5662596 >>5662642 >>5662680 >>5662689 >>5662746 >>5662876 >>5662973 >>5663067 >>5663806 “Thank you, I appreciate the generosity.” You reply earnestly.
Optimus nods in response, turning to speak with Ironhide as you depart the room. Goldfire exits with you and gives you a layout of the base before going back inside.
You vocalize the smattering of words, and begin to move towards the mess hall.
As you stand in the doorway you see that the room is fairly crowded, bots clustered together at tables all conversing with each other. You spot Broadside approaching a table filled with a diverse group of bots, one of them even seems to have a helicopter alt-mode like you. There's a dim turquoise bot that you passed by before narrating something to a group of far brighter colored bots. There’s a group of bots that seem to all have jets as altmodes discussing something. A table filled with smaller, wheeled bots are snickering amongst themselves. Two conjoined tables hold a group of bots that are all engaged in conversation, You see Powerglide talking with a bot that seems to have a gun built into his torso among the group. There’s one shadowy bot who’s leaning against the wall, arms crossed as he eyes you. Another bot is simply standing, a sour look on his face as he takes sips from a canister in his hand. Over at the counter, there’s a bot who’s slouched over and seems to be offline.
>Who do you talk to? Anonymous
>>5664060 Let's go see Broadside and our brother-in-rotors
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5664060 >that one shadowy bot Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5664060 >You see Powerglide talking with a bot that seems to have a gun built into his torso among the group let's talk to our boy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3vWkqfX9fY Anonymous
>>5664060 >get some "food" then >Over at the counter, there’s a bot who’s slouched over and seems to be offline. give us some time to think and get our bearings and try to figure out a way to remember our past as it is obviously important considering that bot we fought is most likely alive considering how we miraculously lived dispute our opponents attempt
I know with time we will remember but would like to find a way to speed up the process
Anonymous
>>5664060 >grab something to eat >Talk with Broadside and the other helicopter Anonymous
Ursus
>>5664060 AHH I was hoping for dinobots eh what are you gonna do, they are probably still a while off
Ursus
Anonymous
>>5665174 In the cartoon at least Powerglide was introduced after the dinobots
Anonymous
>>5666092 I think what they mean is whether or not the dinobots exist yet, which wil depend on the QMs interpretation of them. Are they built by Wheeljack or something else.
Ursus
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>>5666120 Eh let’s not talk about other continuities only this one the dm is making
Anonymous
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>>5667706 Yeah, this is a pretty good one. I'd hate to see it die.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Fri 19 May 2023 21:35:58 No. 5668158 Report >>5664065 >>5664069 >>5664081 >>5664147 >>5664151 >>5664319 >>5664353 >>5664466 >>5664653 >>5665175 Before deciding to sit down with anyone, you decide to sate the welling urge to recharge.Moving past the slumbering bot and empty stand, you approach a large dispenser of some sort. A multitude of words are written on a series of buttons. You press the one that says liquid energon, and a small cube plops out of the machine. You grab it and look it over, trying to figure out what to do with it. You gaze back and notice another bot with a battlemask tilting some cylindrical container onto his face. You mimic the action and let some of the cube’s contents pour into your mask. You feel a bit more re-energized.
Satisfied with the cube you move to sit with Broadside and the other helicopter bot. Broadside welcomes you to the table. “Here’s the bot I’ve been telling you about.” The jet says.
The cycloptic bot extends an open claw in greeting, you shake it with your own digits. “Nice to meet another helicopter, the name’s Whirl.”
“Sunshrike.” You introduce yourself. This prompts Broadside to speak up.
“Did they manage to fix your memory?”
You shake your head slowly. “No, Ratchet said that it’s a problem with my spark, says there’s no way on this rock to repair it. Only good news is that he says it’s coming back with time, just have to wait it out now.”
“I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose my memories.” Whirl speaks.
“With the way you fly I’m surprised you haven’t already.” Broadside jokes.
“You’re just jealous that you can’t pull off any stunts like I can. Speaking of…” Whirl’s unmoving red optic settles on you.
“Broadside here told me you downed three seekers all by yourself. Pretty fancy flying for someone who just landed planetside.”
“Just going off of instinct.” You reply.
“You must have some experience then.”
“Do you think he was with us?” Broadside asks Whirl.
“I think I would’ve remembered if there was another helicopter in the Wreckers.” The mono eyed Autobot answers.
‘Well Ratchet said this alt-mode may not even be my original form. Are the Wreckers some subgroup?” You question.
They both nod.
‘Toughest of the tough.” Whirl states
‘Highest success rate of any permanent Autobot taskforce.” Broadside adds.
“Wreck and Rule.” The two of them say in unison with a noticeable pride in their voices.
“So you think I might’ve been a member?”
“It’s possible, but I’m not sure if rejoining is the best idea if you’re still recovering.” Whirl says.
“I’m not even sure if I’ll be joining the Autobots.” You say to the two.
“Going to wait for your memory to get better before throwing yourself into anything?” Broadside asks, to which you nod.
“Are you just going to sit around the base then?” Whirl asks.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Fri 19 May 2023 21:36:59 No. 5668159 Report >>5668158 >What are your plans? >Focus on recovery >Try to find someone you might remember >Learn more about Cybertron’s history >Write-in >What do you do next? >Continue talking with the two Wreckers >Talk to another one of the bots in the canteen >Explore the base >Head outside >Write-in Anonymous
>>5668159 >Learn more about Cybertron’s history >Try to find someone you might remember Try to find out about all the groups, and meet their members. We could have been part of any of them.
>Talk to another one of the bots in the canteen Powerglide and the gunbot
Anonymous
>>5668159 >Focus on recovery We won't git gud unless we get better. Best to give our full attention to this now before it bites us in the ass.
>Talk to another one of the bots in the canteen >Powerglide and the gunbot Anonymous
>>5668159 Welcome back OP, glad you're alive.
>>Try to find someone you might remember >Talk to another one of the bots in the canteen >Shadowy bot leaning against the wall Hey, if he's eyeing us, might be because he recognizes us
Anonymous
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>>5668159 >Learn more about Cybertron’s history >Explore the base Anonymous
>>5668159 Glad to have you back OP
>Try to find someone you might remember >Learn more about Cybertron’s history Seems smart, finding familiar faces might jog our memory, and relearning our history is a smart idea. Who knows, we might've been there for something.
>Talk to another one of the bots in the canteen (the shadowy bot) Got a starin' problem m8
Anonymous
>>5668159 >Learn more about Cybertron’s history >Explore the base Anonymous
>>5668159 >What are your plans? to scrap decepticreeps
>Head outside time to lone wolf it for a bit
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>>5668159 ayy, OP’s alive!
>Focus on Recovery and
>Continue talking with the two Wreckers Could probably provide some healthy stability while we’re compromised like this
Anonymous
>>5668159 >Learn more about Cybertron’s history >Explore the base Sage
>>5668159 >Learn more about cybertrons history We have the opportunity to learn about the Knights of Cybertron, cybertronian knight route incoming boys
>Try to find someone you might remember > Talk to another one of the bots in the canteen (Shadowy bot) Anonymous
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>>5669160 It keeps auto putting sage in the name field, from when I saged some threads on /x/ I didn't actually sage this one.
Anonymous
Ursus
>>5669160 While I would love to explore the base i would suggest we try to find at least someone we remember
>support Anonymous
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I thought you were made of sterner stuff.
Ursus
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Bump to keep this thread alive
Anonymous
So guys, who's your favorite transformer?
Anonymous
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>>5672243 Generation 1 Autobots? Cliffjumper and Grimlock
I don't know why I like Cliffjumper since he's just 'red Bumblebee' but kids get weirdly attached to different bots. My nephew is obsessed with the Stunticons, who aren't even the best combiners.
Grimlock requires no explanation.
Generation 1 Decepticons? Starscream and Soundwave.
Anonymous
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>>5672243 I'm i'm not allowed to say Optimus and megatron? Grimlock and soundwave.
Maybe zeta gundam. Better question is, how long do we wait, before we turn this into a... community project?
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if there's no word from Teletraan Omega by tomorrow I'm hijacking this quest
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Thu 25 May 2023 07:10:57 No. 5672340 Report Quoted By:
“I’ll try to find someone who remembers me. As well as trying to relearn Cybertorn’s history.” You answer. “If you’re looking to study up you should head to the archives, Teletraan 1 should be able to help you.” Broadside offers. “If you bump into Rewind you should ask him about it too, he probably knows the most about that kind of stuff than anyone else on this planet.” Whirl adds on. “Thanks, it was nice talking with you two.” You say as you down the rest of your drink before getting up to leave the table. “Seeya.” Whirl says as Broadised gives a wave farewell. Following the example of another bot you ditch the empty container in a nearby chute. You approach the shadowed bot, who shifts his gaze from one of the tables back to you. His dull red armor is visible now. “I haven’t seen you before.” He starts the conversation “I just landed on this planet, the name’s Sunshrike.” You introduce yourself, hoping the info might bring some revelation to the other bot. “Sideswipe.” He introduces himself. “So you’re the one they’re talking about.” His gaze shifts over to the tables holding the various groups of bots. “So what are you doing here, not much use for a neutral in this base.” Sideswipe says as he gestures to your unmarked shoulder. “My spark was damaged before I landed, I’m staying here until it recovers and I get my memory back.” “Memory problems huh? “ “I’m hoping to find someone here who might remember me.” “Shouldn’t be too hard, though I don’t remember a bot with your name and altmode.” Sideswipe says casually. “The medics say this might not even be my original altmode,I’m not even certain if my name is my own either.” “I wouldn’t bet on anyone recognizing you by your face alone then. Maybe you should look for alternative forms of remembrance.” “Like what?” You ask. Sideswipe stands from his relaxed lean. “They say motor memory holds as much as any brain module, and you seem to be a martial bot…” His gaze narrows at the blades on your back. “Maybe some fighting could help recover your memories, or atleast whatever skills you had before you got trashed. There’s a couple bots here who might be willing to spar with you.” He gestures towards the table filled with the brightly colored bots.>Continue talking with Sideswipe (about what?) >Talk to one of the other bots in the mess >Head towards the archives >Write-in
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Thu 25 May 2023 07:12:41 No. 5672342 Report >>5668167 >>5668173 >>5668184 >>5668206 >>5668211 >>5668234 >>5668256 >>5668262 >>5668309 >>5668569 >>5669160 >>5669164 >>5669589 “I’ll try to find someone who remembers me. As well as trying to relearn Cybertorn’s history.” You answer.
“If you’re looking to study up you should head to the archives, Teletraan 1 should be able to help you.” Broadside offers.
“If you bump into Rewind you should ask him about it too, he probably knows the most about that kind of stuff than anyone else on this planet.” Whirl adds on.
“Thanks, it was nice talking with you two.” You say as you down the rest of your drink before getting up to leave the table.
“Seeya.” Whirl says as Broadised gives a wave farewell.
Following the example of another bot you ditch the empty container in a nearby chute.
You approach the shadowed bot, who shifts his gaze from one of the tables back to you. His dull red armor is visible now.
“I haven’t seen you before.” He starts the conversation
“I just landed on this planet, the name’s Sunshrike.” You introduce yourself, hoping the info might bring some revelation to the other bot.
“Sideswipe.” He introduces himself. “So you’re the one they’re talking about.” His gaze shifts over to the tables holding the various groups of bots.
“So what are you doing here, not much use for a neutral in this base.” Sideswipe says as he gestures to your unmarked shoulder.
“My spark was damaged before I landed, I’m staying here until it recovers and I get my memory back.”
“Memory problems huh? “
“I’m hoping to find someone here who might remember me.”
“Shouldn’t be too hard, though I don’t remember a bot with your name and altmode.” Sideswipe says casually.
“The medics say this might not even be my original altmode,I’m not even certain if my name is my own either.”
“I wouldn’t bet on anyone recognizing you by your face alone then. Maybe you should look for alternative forms of remembrance.”
“Like what?” You ask.
Sideswipe stands from his relaxed lean. “They say motor memory holds as much as any brain module, and you seem to be a martial bot…” His gaze narrows at the blades on your back. “Maybe some fighting could help recover your memories, or atleast whatever skills you had before you got trashed. There’s a couple bots here who might be willing to spar with you.” He gestures towards the table filled with the brightly colored bots.
>Continue talking with Sideswipe (about what?) >Talk to one of the other bots in the mess >Head towards the archives >Write-in Anonymous
>>5672342 >challenge Sideswipe to a sparring match also TO, you really need to let us know when/if you're going to be around. A couple of days is no big deal but a week of complete silence makes people think you've dropped the quest. And if you do want to drop the quest, that's ok. This is time consuming free entertainment, if you don't want run it anymore or you can't make the time just let everyone know, its ultimately not a big deal.
Anonymous
>>5672342 >>Head towards the archives Anonymous
>>5672342 >ask who wants to fight Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5672342 >Challenge Optimus Prime a a sparring match. Anonymous
>>5672342 I'll back
>>5672351 And I also agree with his sentiments.
I would also back
>>5672356 since it sounds funny to just yell out "So who wants to FIGHT?"
I'm sure Whirl would be one of the first to raise his hands.
Challenging Optimus would be interesting but he'll probably just say no since he probably has important Prime duties
Anonymous
>>5672342 >Head towards the archives Anonymous
>>5672342 >Head towards the archives Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Sun 28 May 2023 03:37:52 No. 5674575 Report Rolled 63 (1d100) Updates should be more common from here on, sorry for the silence I lost track of time after moving back home.
Anonymous
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Sun 28 May 2023 19:52:51 No. 5675139 Report >>5672351 >>5672355 >>5672356 >>5672363 >>5672367 >>5672460 >>5672470 >>5672956 “I’ll keep that in mind.” You say to Sideswipe as you leave the mess.
The walk towards the archives is uneventful, with the exception of passing by a bot with a visor and fins on his head rushing down the corridors with a crate, and soon you enter the archive room.
At its center is a large screen, surrounded by many smaller ones displaying various data. There’s a few tables with chairs neatly organized. You approach the screen and notice a vast array of buttons marked with different letters, symbols and numbers.
You press one and a monotone voice flows out of the machine.
“UNIDENTIFIED CYBERTORNIAN, PLEASE PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION.”
“Sunshrike.” You blurt out your name as you type it in.
“SUNSHRIKE. NO DATABASE MATCHES FOUND, ACCESS LIMITED TO GUEST LEVEL.”
You slump from the news, it sounds like there’s no record of your past self in the machine, a discomforting truth that gives you pause, letting your processor spin as you try to come up with something else to put into the search.
>List votes in order of preference >Search about Cybertorn’s earliest history >Search for deeper details about the Great War >Search for more about the Autobots and Decepticons on this world >Search for more information about this planet and the humans >Write-in Anonymous
>>5675139 >>Search for deeper details about the Great War Anonymous
>>5675139 >Search about Cybertorn’s earliest history >Search for deeper details about the Great War Anonymous
>>5675139 >Search about Cybertorn’s earliest history >Search for deeper details about the Great War >other cybertronian factions than autobots and decepticons. no way everyone is a part of one of them >Search for more about the Autobots and Decepticons on this world >Search for more information about this planet and the humans Anonymous
>>5675139 >Search for deeper details about the Great War >Search for more about the Autobots and Decepticons on this world >Search about Cybertorn’s earliest history >Search for more information about this planet and the humans Anonymous
>>5675139 >Search about Cybertorn’s earliest history >Search for deeper details about the Great War >Search for more information about this planet and the humans >Search for more about the Autobots and Decepticons on this world Anonymous
>>5675139 >Search about Cybertorn’s earliest history >Search for deeper details about the Great War Anonymous
>>5675139 >Search for more about the Autobots and Decepticons on this world >Search for deeper details about the Great War >Search for more information about this planet and the humans >Search about Cybertorn’s earliest history Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 30 May 2023 03:14:36 No. 5676220 Report Quoted By:
>>5675142 >>5675174 >>5675201 >>5675369 >>5675429 >>5675503 >>5676180 >1.Search about Cybertron's earliest history >2.Search for Deeper details about the Great War >3.Search for more about the Autobots and Decepticons on this world >4.Search for more information about this planet and the humans. Writing
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 30 May 2023 07:42:15 No. 5676309 Report >>5675142 >>5675174 >>5675201 >>5675369 >>5675429 >>5675503 >>5676180 Deciding to start with the basics, you ask the computer for a history of Cybertron.
“CYBERTRONIAN HISTORY BEGAN ROUGHLY 100 MILLION KILOCYCLES AGO.”
A video of an ecumenopolis orbiting a single yellow star appeared on the screen.
“HOWEVER THE ONLY REMAINING RECORDS OF THE NATIVE POPULACE ARE SCATTERED ARTIFACTS AND ERODED ENCRYPTIONS IN THE DEEPEST BOWELS OF CYBERTRON. SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE SENTIENT TRANSFORMERS ARE A BYPRODUCT OF NATURALLY OCCURING SERVOS, JOINTS, AND CIRCUITS COMBINING TOGETHER TO CREATE MECHANICAL LIFE. OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSFORMER RACE WAS DIVINELY CREATED BY THE GOD PRIMUS. THERE IS ONLY EVIDENCE THAT CONFIRMS THAT THERE WAS MECHANICAL LIFE ON THE PLANET ROUGHLY 90 MILLION KILOCYCLES AGO. PROPERLY RECORDED HISTORY BEGINS AT WHAT HISTORIANS DUB THE DARK AGE OF CYBERTRON, WHEN THE QUINTESSON RACE HAD SUBJUGATED THE PLANET AND FORCED THE NATIVE CYBERTRONIANS INTO SERVITUDE.”
A serpentine figure with a skull face was shown on a chiseled piece of metal, below it are some tentacle armed figures, below them are humanoid figures, and below them a series of beasts.
“THE QUINTESSONS ARE BELIEVED TO BE A MECHANICAL SPECIES THAT OPERATED ON A CASTE SYSTEM, AND HAD TRADE WITH OTHER SENTIENT RACES.”
“SCIENTIST BELIEVE THE LACK OF PRE-DARK AGE RECORDS IS A RESULT OF DELIBERATE DESTRUCTION BY THE QUINTESSONS. THE QUINTESSONS PURSUED A PATH OF MODIFICATION ON THE NATIVE CYBERTORNIANS, MODIFYING THEIR BODIES, THEIR MINDS, AND ALT-MODES TO BE USEABLE BY OTHER SPECIES.”
Two very simple looking cybertronians are shown on the screen, they quickly morph into much more detailed and distinct forms, one seems to have gained a tank altmode and the other that of a truck.
“THE EXISTING POPULACE WAS MODIFIED INTO TWO GROUPS; MILITARY HARDWARE AND CONSUMER GOODS.”
The screen showed a simulation of transformers toiling away in great factories, or tearing eachother apart in arenas.
“THESE TRANSFORMERS WERE FORCED INTO SERVITUDE ON CYBERTRON ON BEYOND, AND WERE ENSLAVED FOR MILLENIA.”
The early scenes are disrupted by laser fire and explosions, armed figures leading their compatriots against their alien overlords.
“BUT THE QUINTESSONS HAD UNDERESTIMATED THE CYBERTRONIANS’ INTELLIGENCE, AND ONE HAD MANAGED TO ACQUIRE THE MATRIX OF LEADERSHIP.”
The five bots that had led the attacks in the videos were shown standing at each others’ sides.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 30 May 2023 07:43:20 No. 5676310 Report >>5676309 “THIS TRANSFORMER FOUNDED THE RESISTANCE ALONGSIDE HIS COMPATRIOTS A-3 AND SP-2, WHO THEMSELVES BROUGHT B-0 AND U-4 INTO THE YOUNG REBELLION. DUBBING THEMSELVES MUTUS PRIME, ALPHA TRION, SPARKTICUS, BETA, AND UPSILON TETRAD THE FIVE EXPULSED THE QUINTESSONS FROM CYBERTRON.”
The video showed the five leading an army of transformers against fleeing Quintessons. The five folded themselves into limbs, attaching to form a far larger bot which rocketed into space, being followed by four gargantuan cybertronians that transformed from the planet’s cities, crushing the orbiting ships.
“AFTER THE LIBERATION OF CYBERTRON SPARKTICUS AND UPSILON TETRAD ARGUED WITH ALPHA TRION AND BETA OVER THE FUTURE OF CYBERTRON. THE FOUR DEBATED WHETHER TO PURSUE THE FLEEING QUINTESSON FLEET OR TO REMAIN ON CYBERTRON AND REBUILD.”
The video screen showed the four transformers arguing before Mutus Prime entered the picture.
“MUTUS PRIME MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE TWO TO REMAIN ON THE PLANET. ALPHA TRION AND BETA REBUILT THE PLANET, WHILE SPARKTICUS AND UPSILON TETRAD PREPARED FOR WAR.”
The video screened showed various transformers reconstructing cybertron, manufacturing various tools and equipment, and others training.
“AFTER 200 MEGACYCLES MUTUS PRIME WENT INTO EXILE, AND THE MATRIX OF LEADERSHIP PASSED TO ANOTHER BOT, ZETA PRIME.”
The screen showed a large, intimidating figure.
“ZETA PRIME USHERED IN WHAT MOST HAVE CALLED THE GOLDEN AGE OF CYBERTRON. HE CREATED THE GUARDIAN TRANSFORMERS AND LED A CRUSADE AGAINST QUINTESSON FORCES ON THE FURTHEST PARTS OF THE SECTOR, SOLIDIFYING CYBERTRON’S INDEPENDENCE AND BRINGING AN END TO THE QUINTESSONS.”
The video shows a new fleet of various ships firing on Quintesson vessels.
“WITH CYBERTRON’S SAFETY SECURED, ZETA PRIME TURNED HIS SIGHTS TOWARDS COLONIZATION, AND STARTED THE SEEKER TOURNAMENT TO ENCOURAGE TRANSFORMERS TO DISCOVER NEW LANDS TO SETTLE.”
Various flyers of different shape,size and color blasted off the surface of Cybertron, venturing into deep space.
“THE GUARDIANS BECAME COLONY SHIPS, LEADING TO MASSIVE GROWTH AS THEY SETTLED THROUGHOUT THE SECTOR.”
The screen showed a map of space, with Cybertron as its center. The various colonies lit up and were labeled.
“ON CYBERTRON ZETA PRIME OVERSAW IMMENSE DEVELOPMENTS OF CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC SECTORS OF THE PLANET.”
The video zoomed in on Cybertron, showing the thriving urban planet bustling with life, one of the cities sparkled with a brilliant light.
“LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, ZETA PRIME RETIRED INTO EXILE AFTER TEN KILOCYCLES, AND THE MATRIX WOULD COME INTO POSSESSION OF NOMINUS PRIME.”
The screen showed the imposing figure of Zeta Prime fade away into the visage of Nominus Prime.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 30 May 2023 07:44:21 No. 5676311 Report >>5676310 “NOMINUS PRIME’S LEADERSHIP WAS BESET BY BOTH POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TROUBLE. HOPING TO STAY THESE ISSUES, HE CREATED THE CYBERTRONIAN CONCLAVE AS THE GOVERNMENT FOR CYBERTRON AND IT’S COLONIES.”
The lone figure of Nominus Prime was joined by a group of other bots, all of varying appearance.
“WHILE THE CONCLAVE ENJOYED A BRIEF PERIOD OF SUCCESS IN RUNNING THE CYBERTRONIAN REPUBLIC, THE RISE OF THE AUTOBOT AND DECEPTICON FACTIONS AS MAJOR POLITICAL ENTITIES EVENTUALLY CAUSED DEADLOCK IN BOTH THE CONCLAVE AND THE COLONIES.”
Now the Autobot and Decepticon logos appeared behind the bots, leaving Nominus as the only one without a banner.
“THE RISING ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE TWO FACTIONS CAME AT A HEAD DURING THE ASSINATION ATTEMPT ON XEON AND XAARON’S LIFE, AND THE SUCCESSFUL ASSINATION OF NOMINUS PRIME. DESPITE HIS INJURIES XAARON WAS ABLE TO COME ONLINE TO MOVE THE VOTE OF SUCCESSION INTO THE AUTOBOTS FAVOR. SENTINEL MAXIMUS WAS GIVEN THE MATRIX AND THE RANK OF PRIME.”
The screen shows the gruff figure of Sentinel Prime, shield and cannon drawn.
“SENTINEL PRIME ESCHEWED THE ROLE OF CONCLAVE MEDIATOR TO PURSUE ACTION AS THE HEAD OF CYBERTRON’S POLICE FORCES. SENTINEL’S ACTIONS WIDENED THE GAP BETWEEN THE AUTOBOT AND DECEPTICON FORCES, BUT HIS ACTIONS PREVENTED THE DECEPTICONS FROM SEIZING PLANETARY CONTROL.”
The screen showed two lines of bots facing off against each other, all armed.
“THE FIREFIGHT THAT BROKE OUT SPILLED OVER INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE PLANET, RAPIDLY PLUNGING THE ENTIRETY OF CYBERTRON INTO WAR.”
Teletraan-1 showed the planet being engulfed with explosions as millions of bots scattered about, firing at each other.
“NEWS OF THE CONFLICT SPURRED WAR IN THE COLONIES AS WELL, AND WITHIN SOLAR CYCLES CYBERTRON AND HER COLONIES WERE ISOLATED.”
There were videos of satellites and space bridges being destroyed as the map of the colonies dimmed.
“SENTINEL PRIME WAS GRIEVOUSLY INJURED DURING THE FIRST VORNS OF THE GREAT WAR. HE PASSED THE MATRIX ONTO ORION PAX, ONE OF HIS STUDENTS.”
The screen now showed the figure of Optimus Prime.
“AS OPTIMUS PRIME, HE HAS LEAD THE AUTOBOTS AGAINST THE DECEPTICONS FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILLION META-CYCLES IN THE GREAT WAR, A CONFLICT THAT IS STILL ONGOING.”
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 30 May 2023 07:45:22 No. 5676312 Report >>5676311 Well that gives you an idea on what Cybertron is, though it still leaves you with bigger questions about this war. You ask Teletraan-1 to provide more about the Great War.
“THE GREAT WAR IS AN ONGOING CONFLICT THAT EXTENDS THROUGHOUT SPACE, WITH THE AUTOBOTS AND DECEPTICONS AS THE MAJOR FACTIONS OF THE CONFLICT. THE PRELUDE CAN BE SAID TO HAVE STARTED AFTER THE LIBERATION OF CYBERTRON, WHEN ALPHA TRION AND SPARKTICUS ARGUED OVER WHAT TO DO AFTER THE EXPULSION OF THE QUINTESSONS. THE SENTIMENTS OF THE TWO BECAME THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE AUTOBOT AND DECEPTICON GROUPS THAT ROSE TO PROMINENCE DURING THE TIME OF NOMINUS PRIME. THE EARLY AUTOBOTS HELD TO THE PHILOSOPHY THAT THE FREEDOM THEY HAD ACQUIRED WAS A UNIVERSAL RIGHT, AND THAT TRANSFORMERS MUST PURSUE A PATH OF CAUTION AND RESTRAINT LEST THEY BECOME ENSLAVERS THEMSELVES. THE DECEPTICONS BELIEVED THAT THEIR FREEDOM WAS ACQUIRED THROUGH THEIR STRENGTH, AND THAT THEY MUST STRIKE DOWN ANYTHING THAT COULD THREATEN THEIR HARD EARNED FREEDOM. THESE BELIEFS WERE REFLECTED BY THE FOLLOWERS, WITH MOST AUTOBOTS WORKING TOWARDS REBUILDING AND MOST DECEPTICONS FOCUSED ON TRAINING. AS CYBERTRON AND ITS COLONIES BEGAN TO GROW DURING THE GOLDEN AGE, RISING LEADERS BROUGHT THEIR FACTIONAL BELIEFS WITH THEM, AND THE AREAS UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION CHANGED TO REFLECT THEIR BELIEFS, FURTHER SOLIDIFYING THE TWO FACTIONS’ IDENTITIES. THIS WOULD HOWEVER LEAD TO CONFLICT AFTER ZETA PRIME’S EXILE. THE ESTABLISHMENT DECEPTICONS AS AN ORGANIZED GROUP WAS DONE BY CONCLAVE MEMBER STARSCREAM, ALONGSIDE OTHER NOTABLE FIGURES SUCH AS THE SCIENTIST SHOCKWAVE AND THE RULER OF CHAAR STRAXUS. THE DECEPTICONS FOUND SUPPORT IN PRIMARILY WEALTHY CYBERTRONIANS HOPING TO PROFIT OFF OF A ZEALOUS EXPANSION POLICY. LATER ON THEY WOULD RECRUIT FAMED GLADIATOR AND FORMER WRITER MEGATRON INTO THEIR RANKS, AS A WAY TO GARNER SUPPORT AMONGST THE COMMON TRANSFORMER. THE DECEPTICON CAUSE CONTINUED TO GAIN POPULAR SUPPORT, WITH ONLY TOKEN RESISTANCE FROM THOSE WHO CONSIDERED THEMSELVES AUTOBOTS. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE ASSINATION OF NOMINUS PRIME AND A RISE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT THE AUTOBOTS BECAME A DISTINCT FACTION, THROUGH BOTH THE ACTIONS OF SENTINEL PRIME AND CONCLAVE MEMBER TRAACHON. THE AUTOBOTS FOUND SUPPORT AMONGST LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RANK AND FILE TRANSFORMERS, AS WELL AS SEEING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FORMER DECEPTICONS JOINING. THE WAR AT ITS OUTBREAK SAW FIGHTING RAPIDLY SPREAD FROM THE OUTSIDE OF IACON ALL THE WAY TO POLYHEX. THE WAR INTENSIFIED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF CRYSTAL CITY, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE PROMPTED THE MASS NEUTRAL EXODUS FROM THE PLANET.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 30 May 2023 07:46:24 No. 5676313 Report Quoted By:
>>5676312 IN SPITE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY BOTH AUTOBOT AND DECEPTICON FORCES, A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF THE POPULATION TOOK NO ALLEGIANCES AND WORKED AS MERCENARIES. AN ESTIMATE OF THE POPULATION SIZE AT THE HAD THE AUTOBOT AND DECEPTICON FORCES AT 35% OF THE POPULATION, NEUTRALS 10%, AND MERCENARIES CONSTITUTED THE REMAINING 20%. DESPITE THIS MERCENARY CONTRACTS WERE SHORT FOR MOST MERCENARIES, AS THE AUTOBOTS AND DECEPTICONS SUPPLANTED THEIR FORCES WITH AIR WARRIOR AND AUTOTROOPER DRONES RESPECTIVELY. THE DESTRUCTION OF VARIOUS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND SPACE BRIDGES ON BOTH CYBERTRON AND THE COLONIES HAS LEFT ALL THE PLANETS ISOLATED, AND THE LAST TRANSMISSIONS RECEIVED FROM MOST COLONIES POINTS TO A SIMILAR OUTBREAK OF WAR OCCURING BETWEEN THE LOCAL AUTOBOTS AND DECEPTICONS. AS SUCH THE PLANET WAS LOCKED IN A STALEMATE, WITH THE AUTOBOTS HOLDING THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF CYBERTRON AND THE DECEPTICONS THE NORTHEASTERN HALF. EFFICIENT RECYCLING AND REPAIR MECHANISMS PRESENT IN BOTH FACTIONS HAVE MADE ATTRITION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THE LEAVING OF BOTH THE AUTOBOT AND DECEPTICON’S COMMAND HAS LIKELY LED TO A CEASEFIRE ON CYBERTRON. THIS LEAVES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR EITHER FACTION TO RETURN AND LAUNCH AN ASSAULT ON THE OTHER WEAKENED FACTION. AS SUCH THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR MAY DEPEND ON THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY EITHER FACTION ON THIS PLANET.”
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 30 May 2023 07:47:26 No. 5676314 Report >>5676312 A sweeping overview of the conflict, with greater knowledge of the conflict it was time to see who the combatants were. Asking Teletraan-1 for a list of the Autobots and Decepticons you are denied.
“AUTOBOT ROSTER AND INTELLIGENCE REPORTS CONCERNING ENEMY NUMBERS ARE RESTRICTED.”
Well. it’s not too surprising. At the very least it should be able to tell you about this planet and the humans crawling on it. Asking Teletraan-1 for information about the Earth, it begins.
“EARTH IS A SOLID PLANET WITH A GREAT VOLUME OF WATER TRAPPED IN AN ATMOSPHERE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING CARBON LIFE. THE ONLY SENTIENT SPECIES ON THE PLANET ARE THE HUMANS, OR HOMO SAPIEN, WHICH MEANS WISE MAN IN ONE OF THE MANY LANGUAGES THEY COMMUNICATE IN. THEY LIVE TO AN AVERAGE OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY STELLAR CYCLES, THOUGH THIS IS ONLY A RECENT AVERAGE, AND THEIR LIFESPAN HAS VARIED VASTLY DEPENDING ON TIME AND REGION. THE HUMANS HAVE SIMILAR OUTLOOKS ON FACTIONAL ALLEGIANCE AS THE CURRENT CYBERTRONIAN, BUT THE EARTH IS SPLIT BETWEEN HUNDREDS OF VARIOUS FACTIONS, WITH VARYING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. IN SPITE OF THIS DIFFERENCE HUMANITY IS TECHNOLOGICALLY COMPETENT, THOUGH THIS IS CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE PLANET.”
Teletraan-1 displayed a screen that showed a map of the Earth, marking the base’s location somewhere in “United States of America.” and you can see the continent that you landed on.
>Ask Teletraan one for further details on a subject (what?) >Search for someone who can pull up the Autobot and Decepticon roster >Leave the archives (to where?) >Write-in BEHOLD THE EXPOSITION DUMB, IN ALL ITS HIDEOUS GLORY Anonymous
>>5676314 >Ask Teletraan one for further details on a subject (what?) >How many Cybertronians are there on average? >Do any of the factions have a way to get back to Cybertron? >What happened to the Quintessons after they were expelled? That's a big ass exposition.
Anonymous
>>5676339 can we stop with the fucking exposition choices? this shit is getting boring.
>>5676314 find someone to fight/spar with or fuck off out of the home base to scout Decepticon forces personally.
Anonymous
>>5676314 >>Search for someone who can pull up the Autobot and Decepticon roster Anonymous
>>5676314 >>Search for someone who can pull up the Autobot and Decepticon roster Anonymous
>>5676314 >Search for someone who can pull up the Autobot and Decepticon roster Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5676314 >Search for someone who can pull up the Autobot and Decepticon roster Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Thu 01 Jun 2023 03:13:04 No. 5677493 Report >>5676339 >>5676382 >>5676395 >>5676430 >>5676585 >>5676657 >>5676799 You still want to know who’s on the roster. Heading out of the archives, you start to ask some nearby passing bots if they could help you. Unfortunately they all refuse, you decide to head to the medbay, hoping that one of the medics could see the value in seeing a familiar face. Once you get there one of the medics that assisted Ratchet greets you.
“Is there a problem?” The female bot asks.
“I’m trying to see if there’s anybody I recognize on this rock, but the roster is locked.”
She hums as she stares at you. “ I suppose there wouldn’t be too much harm in letting you see a limited list.”
“Thanks…” You pause trying to remember what her name was.
“Red Alert.” She answers as she starts heading back towards the archives.
She stands at the front of the computer, rapidly typing away, letting a heavily censored list appear on the screen, she stands aside as you get closer to have a better look.
You don’t recognize any of the faces on the list except the bots you’ve already talked to, and there’s even bots you know missing from the list, like Broadside and Whirl.
The Decepticon list is far less incomplete but none of them pique your interest either. You groan in anger.
Noticing your frustration, Red Alert speaks up. “The roster is damaged, not everyone is listed on them.”
“And you’d censor them if they were on here anyways.”
“Security is a serious matter, you aren’t even an Autobot, letting you see what’s on the screen now is more than generous.” The medic retorts before leaving.
You bring a hand up to your head as you try to decide what to do next.
>Keep searching things with Teletraan 1 >Head back to the mess >Go towards the training facility >Wander around the base >Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
>>5677493 >Leave the base and do some flying anything but more fucking exposition
Anonymous
>>5677493 >Go towards the training facility Anonymous
>>5677493 >Head back to the mess Anonymous
>>5677493 >Keep searching things with Teletraan 1 Did someone say MORE exposition?
Anonymous
>>5677493 >Go towards the training facility Anonymous
>>5677493 >Keep searching things with Teletraan 1 Anonymous
>>5677493 >Go towards the training facility Maybe a little violence will help.
Anonymous
>>5677493 >Go towards the training facility Violence always helps with frustration
Anonymous
>>5677493 >Keep searching things with Teletraan 1 E X P O S I T I O N
Anonymous
>>5677493 >>Go towards the training facility I'm enjoying the quest so far and I love transformers so I'm grateful that you're writing this quest, but if I could offer some input, it would be to maybe do a little more with each post. Maybe I'm just a bit impatient, but so far it kind of feels like we wait for updates only for nothing to happen.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Fri 02 Jun 2023 19:41:05 No. 5678465 Report >>5677495 >>5677498 >>5677501 >>5677509 >>5677512 >>5677615 >>5677616 >>5677662 >>5677776 >>5678272 You need to get your mind off of all this. You head off to the training facility, prepared to occupy yourself with the only thing you know you have some skill at. You are surprised at the size of the facility and how occupied it is. There’s rows of firing ranges, all filled with bots blasting various targets. You spy that one bot near the end is having trouble hitting anything with his wrist guns. There’s couple of fighting circles where Autobots are dueling with either their hands or melee weapons. You see a blue transformer instructing two other bots in a swordfight. In another section of the base there are a few Transformers practicing against groups of training drones. There’s one pink female who just finished trashing a horde of drones idling by. There’s a video screen showing a blue Transformer with a resemblance to Optimus Prime running through a training course with dizzying speed, taking out the targets with superb accuracy. Another viewscreen shows to your astonishment, a bot maneuvering around the course while swapping between six different altmodes. You ponder how he could have gotten that many. Finally you see a small “rest” zone where most of the Autobots are checking over their equipment before getting up to train. There’s one white bot who seems to be thoughtfully sharpening his sword. Sideswipe’s suggestion of fighting to recover your memory plays in your mind, now the only question is who do you ask.
>Try to help the bot at the range (Roll 3d100) >Talk to the sword instructor (Roll 5d100) >Ask the pinkbot if she’d like to spar (Roll 5d100) >See if the white bot would care to cross blades (Roll 5d100) >Try your hand at one of the training courses (Roll 10d100) Anonymous
Rolled 81, 8, 71, 73, 21 = 254 (5d100) >>5678465 >Talk to the sword instructor (Roll 5d100) if anything a sword instructor would most likely know of other sword wilder's on the ship if we where on it
Anonymous
Rolled 72, 3, 73, 70, 80 = 298 (5d100) >>5678465 >>Talk to the sword instructor (Roll 5d100) Anonymous
Rolled 71, 36, 73, 80, 91 = 351 (5d100) >>5678465 >See if the white bot would care to cross blades (Roll 5d100) Something Something practical experience!
Anonymous
Think we should be like Punch/counter punch.
Anonymous
Rolled 56, 78, 9, 32, 63 = 238 (5d100) >>5678465 >Talk to the sword instructor (Roll 5d100) Anonymous
Rolled 34, 55, 2, 48, 63 = 202 (5d100) >>5678465 >>Talk to the sword instructor (Roll 5d100) Anonymous
>>5678465 >>See if the white bot would care to cross blades (Roll 5d100) If this is Drift, I'd be interested to see how a spar between sword wielders would go
Anonymous
>>5678500 You know how silly that is? Also yeah, i'd support having an alt identity by just twisting around.
Anonymous
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>>5678622 Hey he was one of my favorite toys as a kid.
Anonymous
Rolled 98, 96, 13, 85, 84 = 376 (5d100) >>5678465 >>Try your hand at one of the training courses (Roll 10d100) Anonymous
Rolled 74, 75, 70, 44, 94 = 357 (5d100) >>5678465 >Talk to the sword instructor (Roll 5d100) Anonymous
Rolled 61, 20, 18, 29, 67, 31, 13, 4, 43, 32 = 318 (10d100) >>5678465 >Try your hand at one of the training courses Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 06 Jun 2023 08:26:47 No. 5681357 Report Rolled 13 (1d100) >>5678472 >>5678479 >>5678499 >>5678525 >>5678558 >>5678567 >>5678668 >>5679020 >>5679703 Seeing someone who has experience with swords grabs your attention. He may be able to recognize a fellow swordsman even if your appearance has changed, and while you feel comfortable with your blades practicing with them might be a good idea. The instructor congratulates the two Autobots as they leave the fighting circle. The masked bot turns to face you.
“Hail Cybertronian. I haven’t seen you before, come to learn the finer points of swordsmanship?” The Autobot speaks with a prideful voice as he eyes your weapons.
“That and a bit more about myself. The name’s Sunshrike.”
“Thunderhowl.” He introduces himself. “So you must be the new arrival, I’d be honored to help your recovery if you’d allow me.”
Seems your story is starting to spread, saves you the trouble of describing your problem with every bot you meet.
“I’d appreciate it.”
“Then follow me, the circle is open.”
You step into the small depression, the Autobot on the opposite side with sword and shield drawn. You’re still not completely sure if you still have your sword skills, so you only draw one blade from your back as you wait for one of the other Autobots to give the signal.
“Go!”
You take the offensive, bringing your sword down on Thunderhowl. He blocks, but it does nothing to stem your assault. Carrying your momentum you continue to strike forcing the Autobot to block and parry your unceasing advance. With how well you’re doing, you withdraw another sword and swing overhead and at Thunderhowl’s side.
The Autobot finds a weakness in your double attack, blocking your side strike with his shield and using his sword to disarm your blade. Surprised, you are forced to the defensive. Thunderhowl’s quick strikes prevent you from making any retaliation impossible as he takes control of the flow.
But you find an opportunity when you evade one of his thrusts, countering with an attack of your own, getting back into the same rhythm you made earlier, though you find yourself making defensive swings and parries more often then when you had started.
With your fight starting to stalemate, you take a gamble and, after diverting one of Thunderhowl’s slashes, dash forward and grab your other blade. Learning your lesson from your mistake, you attack with greater caution, applying the blades to the same target and separating them to break the Autobot’s concentrated strikes.
With this Thunderhowl begins to strike back with his shield, while throwing some powerful swings that require you to divert both your blades to intercepting. Eventually he outmaneuvers your defense and strikes your side, making him the victor.
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 06 Jun 2023 08:27:49 No. 5681358 Report >>5681357 “You fight well.” He compliments.
“You too. Got any other comments?” You ask hoping your style might be recognizable to him.
“Your style is similar to some of my compatriots, especially with just a single blade. Though some of your techniques are closer to some other martial arts, especially Metallikato. You might want to train with Drift, if anyone would recognize another practitioner it’d be him.” Thunderhowl points toward the white bot, who is now examining two different swords. Most of the other bots you saw when you entered are also in relatively the same spot as well.
>Talk to Drift (roll 5d100) >See if the pink bot would like to fight (roll 5d100) >Give the bot at the range some assistance (roll 3d100) >Try out one of the training courses (roll 10d100) Anonymous
Rolled 65, 83, 85 = 233 (3d100) >>5681358 >Give the bot at the range some assistance (roll 3d100) Usually the best way to get a buddy.
Anonymous
Rolled 50, 78, 31, 31, 25 = 215 (5d100) >>5681358 Talk to drift
Anonymous
>>5681358 >>Talk to Drift (roll 5d100) Anonymous
Anonymous
Rolled 81, 61, 89, 18, 86 = 335 (5d100) >>5681406 I'm a dumbass
Anonymous
Rolled 32 (1d100) >>5681358 >Talk to Drift (roll 5d100) Anonymous
Rolled 65, 26, 89, 49, 47 = 276 (5d100) >>5682040 screwed the dice roll
Anonymous
Rolled 98, 77, 95, 10, 84 = 364 (5d100) >>5681358 >>Talk to Drift (roll 5d100) guess we should drift over there
Anonymous
Rolled 18, 3, 50, 27, 60 = 158 (5d100) >>5681358 >Talk to Drift Anonymous
Rolled 93, 14, 61, 35, 50 = 253 (5d100) >>5681358 >Talk to Drift (roll 5d100) Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Fri 09 Jun 2023 11:41:30 No. 5683664 Report Rolled 97 (1d100) >>5681366 >>5681368 >>5681407 >>5682042 >>5682070 >>5682199 >>5682222 “Thanks for the help.” You say as you leave Thunderhowl.
“May you find fortune in your quest for recovery.”
Approaching Drift, he speaks without facing you, wiping one of his swords.
“Come to spar?” He asks, looking over his sword before sheathing it.
“So you were watching my match with Thunderhowl? Then you must’ve seen that I’m a user of Metallikato.”
He stares at you as he stands up.
“You have some skill with a blade, but if you are a Transformer of Metallikato is something we can only discover through combat.”
The white armored bot moves to an open circle.
You move into it and stand opposite of him, he has already withdrawn the large sword from his back. You mirror the action and hold a single blade in your two hands.
One of the bots gives the signal to start and you rush forward, meeting Drift’s strike with your own, causing him to stumble back as you slash at his side. He twists his sword, meeting yours. You push him back with more and more of your strikes. But you stay with your single sword, not wanting a repeat of your last duel.
Parrying one of your strikes, Drift sheaths his sword and draws his other two blades. You pull another sword from your back and start matching his blows. The sound of the clashes echoing throughout the building as neither of you manage to seize the advantage.
Then Drift’s strikes begin to disorient you, defying your optics, gliding through your attacks, forcing you to make hasty, sloppy changes to your stance to defend yourself. Slowly you start to sense the Autobot’s movements, your defense solidifying against his assault.
But it is too late, already on of his blades passess through your defenses, maneuvering with your evasion, marking your side.
“You have a history with Metallikato, though I can not be sure if you were trained in it or trained against it.” Drift speaks as he returns his swords to their scabbards.
“With more time I could have a clearer idea of your skill, but I have other promises to keep.”
You want to ask for more from the Autobot, but you yield and depart the circle. You see the pink fembot enter the circle with Drift.
The training facility is still active. You spot an opening in the shooting range. The six-changer who was running one of the courses is standing around the rest area, checking over his two guns.
>Talk to the Six-Changer >Do some shooting (roll 5d100) >Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) >Wander around the base >Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
>>5683664 >Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
>>5683664 >Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
Rolled 33, 37, 73, 1, 92, 56, 38, 81, 18, 16 = 445 (10d100) >>5683664 >Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) Anonymous
Rolled 84, 96, 51, 57, 79, 1, 70, 74, 33, 98 = 643 (10d100) >>5683664 >Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) Anonymous
>>5683664 Talk to the six changer
Anonymous
Rolled 19, 94, 91, 75, 41 = 320 (5d100) >>5683664 >>Do some shooting (roll 5d100) Anonymous
>>5683664 >>Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
Rolled 93, 8, 43, 92, 84 = 320 (5d100) >>5683664 >>Do some shooting (roll 5d100) We've seen how good we are with a sword, I'm curious how good we are with a gun, too.
If that one struggling bot is still at the range, maybe we can help them out now too.
Anonymous
So, how many of you guys saw Rise of the Beasts today?
Anonymous
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>>5683915 Heard the ending was a letdown
Anonymous
Rolled 98, 47, 33, 44, 21 = 243 (5d100) >>5683664 >Do some shooting (roll 5d100) Anonymous
Rolled 20, 59, 96, 12, 84 = 271 (5d100) >>5683664 >Do some shooting (roll 5d100) Anonymous
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>>5657482 What origin the Transformers has varies from different continuities.
In several of them there are various religions, which just like in irl offer overlapping and contradictory versions of the events (for example, Primus, Quintessens, the Thirteen, the Guiding Hand etc)
The Allspark since the concept was introduced in 2007 (related and later conflated with the earlier "Well of All-sparks")
Is closer to the Great Spirit from Shaman King. It is the ultimate source of all souls that (depending on the Canon) all souls return to when they die.
>>5657443 >>5657477 Anonymous
>Leave the base and do some flying Would it be feasible to act as a mercenary?
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Mon 12 Jun 2023 21:13:01 No. 5686365 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 2 (1d2) Roll
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Tue 13 Jun 2023 02:40:52 No. 5686560 Report >>5683665 >>5683697 >>5683701 >>5683812 >>5683819 >>5683824 >>5683844 >>5683905 >>5684034 >>5684174 >>5685991 With only your sharpshooting untested, you walk towards the range. There’s a small console with buttons on the platform you’re behind, and a list of instructions telling you how to input which sort of scenario you want to practice. You input a targeting exercise that ramps up in difficulty. Readying your arm, you start firing as holograms of Decepticons appear across the range. You hold your arm as you snipe the targets, releasing your grip to snap your guns towards the ones that appear nearby. The targets start to get trickier, running around, transforming and blitzing across the range. But you remain unintimidated, hitting ‘cons as soon as they show their ugly mugs. You are however startled when the bright purple flash of laserfire rockets towards your head. You reflexively put a hand up to your face, but luckily the target's gunfire is as fake as them. Your shots are intangible among the light show of lasers as it seems like the range is throwing the entire Decepticon army at you. After the faux-firefight is over the terminal gives your score. An 87% accuracy rating. Not bad for a first try.
“Are you finished?” A young voice asks politely. You turn to face the bot that was having some difficulty shooting when you first came in.
You nod as you exit, he thanks you as he quickly types something in, causing a solitary hologram to appear at the furthest part of the range. You stand there as you watch him miss his shots, your attention shifting from the target towards the bot, noting his awkward firing angle.
“Try aiming with your wrist instead of your hand.” You blurt out at him.
“My hwuh?” The younger Autobot babbles as he turns his head towards you.
To emphasize you curl your digits into a fist, extending your arm with it held down.
He copies you, and misses his shot, though it was closer than the last few.
“Your gun doesn't have the vent power to brace from the top, support it from the bottom.” You lecture him.
He heeds you and the next shot strikes the target, causing it to fade away. He tries again on a few more, experiencing the same success. He then tries a few moving targets at a far closer range. Before he even readies himself to fire you start telling him how to hold his guns.You stand there for his entire session. At the end he gets a rating of 72%. He seems very ecstatic about it.
“72%! The best I’ve ever had has been a 48! Thanks…” He pauses.
“Sunshrike.”
“Sunshrike, thank you. You don’t know how much I’ve tried at this. Sometimes it seems like the other Autobots don’t even want me... Oh, yeah my name’s Novus!” The young Autobot stops his rambling to introduce himself.
>Do some shooting (roll 5d100) >Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) >Wander around the base >Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
Rolled 16, 7, 65, 78, 75, 10, 60, 87, 19, 95 = 512 (10d100) >>5686560 >>Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) Anonymous
Rolled 53, 24, 13, 69, 67, 10, 75, 70, 60, 24 = 465 (10d100) >>5686560 >Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) Anonymous
Rolled 29, 26, 45, 68, 79, 49, 50, 36, 75, 60 = 517 (10d100) >>5686560 >Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) Anonymous
Rolled 62, 3, 17, 74, 96, 63, 50, 50, 49, 78 = 542 (10d100) >>5686560 >Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) Anonymous
>>5686560 >Wander around the base >Leave the base and do some flying Any one of these is fine
Anonymous
Rolled 6, 7, 8, 17, 71, 71, 17, 19, 12, 73 = 301 (10d100) >>5686560 >Run through one of the training courses (roll 10d100) Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Wed 14 Jun 2023 02:26:54 No. 5687323 Report >>5686641 >>5686666 >>5686677 >>5686716 >>5686770 >>5686837 “Nice to meet you, glad to have helped.” You reply as you move towards one of the courses.
Novus returns his attention to the range as you stand at the entrance, reading a leaderboard with the top 10 clear times. Stepping inside you find a simple series of walls and barricades, obviously meant to be overcome in your bot mode. There’s a clock to your left that sits idly at 0.00. You get yourself ready and sprint forward. You throw yourself over the obstacles, climbing up walls and deftly jumping down and over anything in your way. You pass by an arch and slow as your foot sinks into a pit of sand. Pulling it out you transform into your helicopter altmode, passing over the terrain with ease. You’re greeted with the face of a large wall, and quickly transforming you cling to its face, scrambling to the top. There’s a plethora of jumps, and you’re too close to the ceiling to try and fly over them. With skilled agility you hop across the chasm, gliding down a ramp to the next room, where you’re greeted by a couple of holographic Decepticons. Swiftly slicing and shooting the targets you proceed to the next area, where a variety of obstacles wait for you to scale them, and a few holograms wait for your attack. You finish the room with ease, and confidently move on to the next. You are surprised and quite literally shocked when a hologram fires on you in the next room, the spherical projectile it fires numbing you as you move to return fire. While you silence one of the holograms, the other continues to fire, your slowed movements doing little to prevent getting hit again. Eventually you blast the last of the drones. The next rooms are similar to the last few, but the staggering fire hampers your speed. You’re either losing time tanking shots or losing it clearing out the drones. Eventually you reach the end, your name doesn't appear on the leaderboard, but you see a few Autobots talking and giving you a thumbs up. You take a closer look and find yourself in the 49th place in a 100 bot list. You look around and notice the facility is far emptier than when you had entered, and decide it’s probably about time for you to leave as well.
>Wander around the base >Leave the base and do some flying >Write-in Last vote for the thread.
Anonymous
>>5687323 >>Wander around the base Anonymous
>>5687323 >>Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
>>5687323 >Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
>>5687323 >>Leave the base and do some flying Anonymous
>>5687323 >Wander around the base Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Wed 14 Jun 2023 23:17:54 No. 5688016 Report Quoted By:
>>5687328 >>5687364 >>5687430 >>5687459 >>5687690 You leave the facility, walking through the corridors out to one of the large doors making up the entrance.
“Where do you think you’re going neutral?”
You turn to face a white and black Autobot with a car altmode, he gives you a contemptuous stare as you turn to face him.
“Heading out to do some flying, is that a problem?”
“Only if you make it one, we have to protect this base’s secrecy. If you start trouble don’t try to bring it back here. Prime’s allowed you to leave the base, but that’s it, you’re on your own out there.”
You scoff in acknowledgment as you turn towards the opening doors.
It’s night on the planet, the sun has set leaving only the crescent shine of a single moon and the sparkle of a few lonely stars in the sky. You see a sea of light rise above the horizon of trees in the form of a city. Transforming you take to the cool air, wind pushing past you as you fly across the land into the unknown.
[b:lit]END OF THREAD 1[/b:lit]
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Wed 14 Jun 2023 23:20:59 No. 5688018 Report Quoted By:
>>5687328 >>5687364 >>5687430 >>5687459 >>5687690 You leave the facility, walking through the corridors out to one of the large doors making up the entrance.
“Where do you think you’re going neutral?”
You turn to face a white and black Autobot with a car altmode, he gives you a contemptuous stare as you turn to face him.
“Heading out to do some flying, is that a problem?”
“Only if you make it one, we have to protect this base’s secrecy. If you start trouble don’t try to bring it back here. Prime’s allowed you to leave the base, but that’s it, you’re on your own out there.”
You scoff in acknowledgment as you turn towards the opening doors.
It’s night on the planet, the sun has set leaving only the crescent shine of a single moon and the sparkle of a few lonely stars in the sky. You see a sea of light rise above the horizon of trees in the form of a city. Transforming you take to the cool air, wind pushing past you as you fly across the land into the unknown.
[b:lit] END OF THREAD 1 [/b:lit]
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw
Teletraan Omega !8X1pt0G9yw ID:AJZRX/2R Wed 14 Jun 2023 23:26:49 No. 5688022 Report Quoted By:
With the thread finished I'd like to use the rest of the time it has before it slides off the catalog to ask for your input. I'm going to be a lot more active about when to expect posts in the threads from here on out. Next thread will probably happen a week from now at the least. Any advice, complaints, or suggestions are very welcome.
Anonymous
Thanks for the thread, Teletraan. It's been fun, and I'm pretty curious to see what you've got planned for Sunshrike and the story. If I had to say something though, I'd suggest working on pacing a bit and give us more impactful choices, maybe. We had a strong start with plenty of great choices that felt like they really mattered, like choosing where we landed and seeing how that went, choosing our alt mode, choosing which side to interact with first, the fight with the seekers that showed off what we could do with our alt mode, you had me at the edge of my seat for a while and every choice felt like it went somewhere with substance and it felt rewarding and important. But once we got to the autobot base, it felt like it bogged things down and a whole lot of nothing just happened for a while. It was definitely neat giving us so many of the 'bots to interact with and choices on what to do in the base, but a lot of it felt kind of hollow. We interacted with a bunch of autobots, but it didn't feel like we really made any connections. It's like playing a video game where I press X to talk to an NPC and hear two or three generic voice lines before walking away and completely forgetting the interaction even happened. Maybe it would be better to let Sunshrike spend more time with the 'bots he interacts with so it feels more substantial than just "press x and walk away"? There were a lot of things to do on base, but most basically ended the same way of "nope, no clues about who you are", which got tiring after a while and made it feel like it dragged on since the same message was repeated over and over. The training grounds were interesting because we learned more about what Sunshrike is capable of through it, though. Anyway, I hope I don't sound to whiny, just my two cents. No matter where or how you take the quest though, I'll definitely be sticking around since it's still a fun ride and I'm grateful that someone's finally doing a Transformers quest.
Anonymous
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>>5688934 Anon but you gotta take into account most anons consistently voted for staying in base.
Anonymous
>>5688934 I also wasn't that much into staying in base (liked the lore dump tho) but you gotta take into account most anons consistently voted for staying. Not really QMs fault.
What I disliked tho was a choice for a continent to land into which seemed pivotal but it got railroaded into US in just a few choices later. The travel time from Africa to North America also seemed unreally short. Traversing distances should feel more impactful.
Anonymous
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>>5689059 Fair point about the voting. Admittedly, I also voted to stay in the base, but just because I thought we'd find some kind of clue about who we are as a next step in the breadcrumb to follow.
I agree with getting railroaded to the US being a bit disappointing. I thought we'd stay in Africa a while and make some kind of impact. Maybe we would have if we chose to interact more with the humans rather than go to Seaspray, but eh. At the very least I thought the trip would be a thread-long journey of discovery, both in terms of discovering more about Earth and the humans/cybertronians we meet along the way, and learning about Sunshrike himself. Instead we kind of just "skipped to the next scene" of being in the base and just fucked around doing nothing of importance or consequence. I'll chalk it up to QM just getting a feel for the story, the readers and the writing though and I'm sure we'll have a more refined story in thread 2.