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Megatron, the Tyrant of Chaar
>the only spawn of the Liege Maximo
>the dark Prime names his progeny after his favourite sibling
>placed in secret amongst the newborn Cybertronians as a long-term gamble
>immediately distinguishes himself by “absorbing” the other protoforms in his spawning pool
>given the designation “P-38”
>emerges, goes through mentorship and enlists in the army
>doesn’t tell anyone about horrific reoccurring nightmares, telling him to “do things”
>these nightmares give him a proper name, an already forgotten name.
>Megatron
>goes though basic training under Kup, gets made an example of for being uppity and is called a “slag-sucking scrapheap” and is beaten by the other cadets
>Completes basic and is deployed against the Waruders, getting his first squad. Makes a lifelong friend in his squad’s comm officer
>Soundwave
>in between tours Megs frequents Maccadams
>one night a civvie and his annoying friends are celebrating something
>a small yellow bot spills drinks on Megatron
>the leader of the group, the one being celebrated tries to smooth things over
>Megatron starts a bar fight
>later that night after getting arrested him and the other guy start talking
>Orion Pax
>guy is a dock worker who got a new fancy job in the Archives, they were celebrating
>the two bond
>Megatron makes a habit of hanging out with Dion, Orion and Ariel.
>the constant, unending and seemingly pointless campaigns start to fuck with Megatron.
>really hates seeing his friends die to save worthless organics, vents his aggression in the fight pits
>every ship has one for settling disputes
>when he isn’t fighting he’s reading, and he starts to find discrepancies
>forms a plan
>gets Orion super-drunk one night, steals his keypass to the Archives
>Megatron not only rips everything he can out of those databases but he also leaves a virus, cooked up by Soundwave
>used a digital mask, the cameras registered him as Orion
>Orion, loses everything.
