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Post by TG-GriefAura || TG-Summoner on Aug 5, 2015 3:23:45 GMT
In the Black Hills of Wyoming, USA, an ancient, fallen ship is hidden in the Drown Canyon. Embedded in the very stone walls of the canyon and hanging roughly thirty feet from the stream of water flowing at the canyon's floor, this ship appears to have been sitting here since the beginning of the last millennia.
The canyons of the Black Hills are difficult to access, and are no picnic to travel to. Only the bravest, most daring of hikers could traverse Drown Canyon- or would even attempt to. The small stream flowing through it runs into underground caverns, one of which contains a former make-shift Cybertronian outpost. This is Torchlit Cavern.
Although whole, the ancient ship is badly damaged. Its sides have been crunched together, compacted from the pressure of having been lodged between the canyon walls. Nothing in the ship is salvageable; it seems that everything that might have been has either been sabotaged, or stolen, and is otherwise missing. Only the ship's long-range communication module is still intact, and can be used by anyone who knows how to operate a communications device. {A courage stat of five {5} and an endurance stat of four {4} is required to reach the ship.}
In Torchlit Cavern, the rocky cavern walls are littered with different manner of lighting fixtures. Though some are electrical, others simple mantles with lubricated sticks and branches where a fire can be lit, none of them are on. In large, Cybertronian scrawl is written "Torchlit Cavern" on a cavern wall between a fork in the cave's pathway. Taking the right path will lead you to more winding tunnels going deeper underground, some leading to openings in another part of the Black Hills of Wyoming. Taking the left path will take you to a dead-end where a former bot outpost is located.
Here, you'll find a few essentials. A couple old cubes of refined energon and several unrefined energon crystals, some basic lighting equipment, a few repair tools, and some nondescript damaged armor pieces from a grounder-type frame. All of this equipment is salvageable, though most of it seems like it's not worth the effort of collecting.
Also in the small outpost lies a damaged, nearly broken data pad. Inside, all files have either been erased or transferred. Only a single message remains, left there for whoever is around to pick the data pad up and read it. The message is in old Cybertronian scrawl of the Terracostan dialect, making it unreadable for anyone who isn't familiar with Terracostan or lower caste writing.
The message reads as follows: "If you've found this, then that means you're probably worthy of praise. Fragging congratulations, half-byte, but there's nothing here for you to find. Oh, there is one thing, though. My old wrench and repair tools. It's a bit rusty, so I had to ditch it. Well, slagger, have fun with what's left. The rest of us trinkets have moved on from this place. Help yourself to the energon. Already had too much to carry, so that's fraggin' fine.
"By the way, if you're interested, this is an ancient ship. I wasn't able to decrypt the coding in their communications module, but it seems like there might be some interesting messages left behind if you're able to do it. Just don't tinker with the frequency settings, or it'll screw it all up.
"GriefAura was here."
Upon leaving the cavern and going into the stream flowing freely at the canyon's floor, one might find a sizable amount of debris broken off from the ship above. Directly below it is a build-up of scrap covering a very unique, very strange ancient device that the saboteur had missed.
This device is intact, much like the ship's communication module, and has a unique chemical content that makes it a powerful piece of equipment that can easily be used to adapt another specific form of technology into a transportation device. {A tech skill stat stat of ten {10} and an intelligence stat of ten {10} is required to create the transportation device.}
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2015 1:42:43 GMT
After some hours of flying, a pyramid would stand above the place, some kilometers from the location of the cave. Some marks made by some rockets and bullets can be seen on the surface of the geometric flying object. everybody in the place would think it was an UFO, but since it is a abandoned place only inhabited by wildlife, nobody would pay attention to that unknown entity.
Catetron needs a hiddeout to fix himself, and maybe to rest after the last meeting with the leaders. The purpose of that event were fruity, but it was a price too, his servos. To find the perfect place to think about his next plan he uses his serie of scanner. He wandered for hours until get something interesting in his scanners: The location of a lonely cave.
The pyramid flies some meters from the ground, following the signal that were indicated in his scanners. It was a questrion fo timne before to get the location of the subterraneal formation. Once he found it, Catetron flies slowly at the entrance of the cave and turns a red light to see everything in front of him.
A ship...
The appearance of the ship was baddy destroyed, but after some seconds of visual analysis maybe some minds would guess how the ship was when functional. Maybe, to another cybertronian the access to the ship would a dificult, but since he can float, the way through the abandoned installations is a bit easier, but it causes some problems to Catetron too.
He transformed into his robot mode after some years without transform. That geometrical shape now is a skinny green cybertronian with a mask aside a faceplate. Such mask contains 5 optics, four of them are circular and the las one is triangular. Some of his engines are a bit rusty by the lack of use and one of his servo is missed and the other one look damaged, without a digit on it. The mech continues his way walking, something unusual on Catetron since he tends to appear like a pyramid almost the whole time. The mech was a bit affraid to go inside, maybe in there is something that would kill him, a bounty hunter, a predacon, even a EMP would hurt him, but in there was no option. The mech gives small steps inside the cave, trying to dont alterate the silence.
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Post by TG-GriefAura || TG-Summoner on Nov 12, 2015 19:32:50 GMT
The bowels of the crashed ship gurgled with springs, hidden from sight, likely running through the course of the Black Hills and the ship itself; or, perhaps, it was the ship's empty hull, projecting the vibrations a larger body of water was making in the cliff side from the other side. There was no water in sight for Catetron to investigate, and the ship sat as still as the grave, as did the cavern he was doubtless to enter.
With the new mech's arrival, however, something within the ship was triggered. Iridescent armor flashed, shifting in a strange array behind him as he walked into the cavern. The sudden spark of activity in the still vessel triggered the activation of the data pad GriefAura had left behind, down the left passageway. The faint, blue glow of the data pad could be seen even from far down the corridor.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 5:39:03 GMT
The silence is disturbing, even to a scientist like Catetron. The footsteps were a way to break the silence, but every echo made is more disturbing that the silence itself. Catetron once he got a way to go inside the abandoned installations. Wandering around some small halls and rooms, he would notice the lack of artifacts and the ones which were left look insignificant. Even if in there was nothings to investigate aside some forgotten stuff inside that abandoned ship, Catetron knows in there is something deeper than know the name of every artifact. In there is a reason of everything, and knowing the causes of the ship's crash would catch the mech attention. Catetrod leaned his face some degrees to look at the dangerous entrance. Without say any word, the mech's choice moves him to the ship's insides. Catetron was so close to move his panels into the pyramid formation, but before to change his configuration, he stares at the blue light for some seconds. The cold light reaches his 'faceplate'. It would hurt his optics temporally by the sudden change of illumination. Using both arms to block a portion of the light. Catetron deactivated his optics partially. Once they get activated again, the light would be friendly with his sensible optics. That datapad looks suspicious to him, but his curiosity is begging to run for it. Turning his head back, Catetron would activate his cameras located in those red spots of his armour before to steep slowly at the datapad. (( TG-GriefAura || TG-Summoner hello?))
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 1:11:42 GMT
After spend some hours, maybe days inside the ship ans inspect it, Catetron found some small tolls to fix his damaged servos, With meticulous moves, the cybertronian put every engine on its right place, with a minimal error since he was alone and the distractions were away from his sigh.
Once his servos are fixed, he transforms into his pyramid mode and leaves the place slowly, maybe he wont visit the place again until make some stuff first. The geometrical shape gets out form the cave and continues his fight towards a location, looking for the next victim, or test subject.
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Post by Osprey on Dec 23, 2015 19:32:22 GMT
A black Autobot arrived in car mode, then transformed. He had been moving a lot lately. Because he was unstable day by day. The virus inside him grown strong enaugh to cause random anger issues. The mech walked towards the canyon and jumped down. He landed safely with using his jetpack and almost lost his balance, but managed to stay on his foot. His red optics on the visor face showed anger and disappointment. This mech titled himself with the name of Outlander, but his true name were Genorix...
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Post by Sparkflare on Dec 24, 2015 19:18:29 GMT
((Before anyone asks "how can Sparkflare be in two places at once?" This is liquid time rp that took place after everyone is fixed up from the virus outbreak in Carbombya.))
A ground bridge burst open a couple of feet away from Genorix. Sparkflare exited the green portal as it soon closed after him. The mech looked around, scanning the area. The mech had been tracking Genorix for a long while. Only regret now was that he never got round to do something about Genorix's condition. Sparkflare then looked down at the ground. There was tracks, tracks that he could see with ease when for others it would be like trying to find a super spark underneath a hotspot. Sparkflare followed the tracks up to a ledge. Sparkflare looked down and there he was, Genorix.
Sparkflare simply jumped down from the ledge and hit the ground with a thud onto his peds. The mech shook a little, but managed to keep his balance as he stood up to his full height of 25 feet. It was a good idea that he installed better shock absorbers into his legs.
"Genorix."
Most would usually continue on from there, but Sparkflare couldn't think of anything else. At least he would try to get his attention. That was something.
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Post by Osprey on Dec 24, 2015 19:37:03 GMT
Genorix turned around, looking at Sparkflare with his crimson optics. I knew that someday, I will be tracked even with my signal being turned offline. But as for Genorix, I dont use that name, until I am cured. I'm the Outlander now. He didnt got any closer to Sparkflare. Instead, he started to circle around him. I suppose you would offer your help now. Let me tell you, that I'm about to finally hunt down Skyblade, then... torturing her untul she gives the antidote... he said with a nasty, evil tone. However, while I was away, I planned something. Something that unites both Autobots and Decepticons, in order to end the war and all differences forever. The name of this new faction is... Autocon. Tell me, do you support my plans in building the future?
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Post by Sparkflare on Dec 24, 2015 20:10:09 GMT
Not the most original name, but I guess all the best names are taken. Sparkflare thought immediately as Genorix brought up the name. Sparkflare didn't turn his helm as Genorix circled him. How come people circled around other people when they are trying to convince someone of something? was also another thought that popped into his mind. Then Genorix popped the question.
"Well, it depends on how your plan is carried out in all honesty."
Sparkflare said as he turned his helm around to see Genorix get into his line of sight. Sparkflare grimaced. He knew the war would end one fateful day, but he knew it wasn't going to end as Genorix envisioned with his faction of the Autocons. Genorix was unstable. It was more than likely that his faction would steer off-course from it's main goal just like the Autobots and Decepticons had switched roles from "good guys and bad guys".
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Post by Osprey on Dec 24, 2015 20:24:18 GMT
I see it in your optics... You doubt me and I understand. Being a leader isnt easy. But someday I will be experienced enaugh to lead this new faction into peace and democracy. He converted out the armblade as he almost lost balance. I... need energon... And you will give me.
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Post by Sparkflare on Dec 28, 2015 0:53:08 GMT
Sparkflare looked at Genorix blankly as he whipped out an armblade and almost lost balance in doing so. Sparkflare felt pitiful for Genorix. If Sparkflare had the enrgon on him to give Genorix, he would. But he didn't. Hopefully Genorix wasn't ready (and insane enough) to result to cannibalism. Either way, Genorix had an armblade, he had two arms, each one held his triple barrelled gauntlet blaster. So at this point Sparkflare had the upper advantage. When Soarkflare replied back to Genorix, he merely shrugged with a crooked smile on his faceplate.
"Yeah... No can do. I don't have any on me."
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Post by Osprey on Dec 28, 2015 8:41:00 GMT
Genorix started to walk towards Sparkflare, pointing the blade at him. You say you dont have any energon... We both know that is a lie... He charged at him, with ready to strike with the armblade. However he threw a lightning sphere towards Sparkflare. You are going to die, Autobot scum!
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Post by Sparkflare on Jan 4, 2016 0:36:39 GMT
There was not much he could do to avoid the orb of lightening. Standing where he stood Sparkflare took the hit. His body went limp as it projected backwards. As Sparkflare simply lay where he was unconscious. At least he looked unconscious. Sparkflare's chest plating shown clearly where Genorix's attack hit: scorched paint, steam rising into the air and the few sparks of electricity that came into life and then just disappear in a second.
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Post by Osprey on Jan 5, 2016 10:30:11 GMT
Genorix stopped next to Sparkflare. He looked over him and raised the armblade. Just to be sure... I take your spark... As he was about to strike, his arm was lowered. He was getting too weak without energon and with this, he barely managed to stay on his feets. His vision was getting blurred. However he tightened his hand into a fist and managed to summon some strenght. Before I die from the lack of energon, Autobot, you will die first. And with this, he striked...
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Post by Sparkflare on Jan 5, 2016 13:00:42 GMT
Just before Genorix attempted to strike down Sparkflare, the mech saw an oppertunity to attack. Flicking his arm up, aiming at Genorix's chest and fired. Even if Sparkflare missed it would be likely scare Genorix to jump back.
Rolling onto his front and getting onto his peds. Sparkflare swore under his breath as he did so. Genorix's attack really hurt.
"Honestly Genorix. I do not wish to fight. We can get you help. But only if you agree to let us help you."
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Post by Osprey on Jan 5, 2016 15:24:05 GMT
Genorix only barely managed to dodge somehow, but Sparkflare's attack still got him. He fell to his knees, supporting himself with one hand. He also looked at Sparkflare, right in his optics. Very well then Autobot... But as soon as we're done... I am returning to hunt down Skyblade.
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Post by Sparkflare on Jan 5, 2016 23:14:31 GMT
It was really that easy? Shoot a guy once and tell him that he could help him find a cure only if he co operated. Sparkflare was unsure if there was anyone else that knew of Genorix's situation other than himself, Flameman and those humans. And frag knows when a cure would be made. Who even said that this Skyblade had the antidote in the first.
"Okay, if we were going to find a cure for your condition it may take some time."
Sparkflare paused for a moment. That was probably going to reverse the work he done on negotiating him to come along peacefully.
He really had to learn on how to not speak out loud as he was thinking.
"You would at least be given energon to keep you online."
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Post by Osprey on Jan 6, 2016 11:29:21 GMT
Unknow to Sparkflare, Skyblade hid behind a rock wall and instructed Genorix to agree on the offer. However she converted out the sniper from her rigth arm and aimed on Sparkflare's head. One wrong move Autobot and you are dead. she whispered. Tell him to open a bridge to the Autobot base. Open the bridge to the Autobot base, Autobot. he said with a suspicious tone. We need to go.
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Post by Sparkflare on Jan 8, 2016 7:15:45 GMT
Sparkflare raised an optic ridge at Genorix. The suspicious tone was... off putting. Sparkflare could understand why Genorix wanted to go now. Being deprived of energon wasn't fun. Yet he would never succumb to cannibalism.
Sparkflare turned around facing away from Genorix with his digit raised to his helm and spoke through a comm. After he sent the comm link, he spun round to face Genorix again.
"The bridge will take some time. So I guess we got some time to chat."
Sparkflare said as he took a few steps back, leaning on the canyon wall with his arms and legs crossed.
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Post by Osprey on Jan 8, 2016 18:02:08 GMT
What do you want to speak about? Genorix leaned against the rockwall as well, to stay on his foot. Skyblade now aimed at Genorix. Gave me away and you are dead. Genorix just glanced on Sparkflare. To be honest, I have a voice in my head. A voice of a femme. She speaks to me and gives orders.
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