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Post by Backbeat on Oct 10, 2017 19:04:25 GMT
Backbeat nods at Kick-Start.
' You... Really don't get out much do you? '
He then hears Tarn and he loses it... He encouraged independent thought from his subordinates. It was clear he was about to murder someone.
' You... IDIOT. Considering Soundwave the communications and intelligence officer never mentioned this fact and my clear lack of information on the subject... I have to ask how long you were going to hide vital intelligence from the Decepticon war effort? But then I remember I don't care... What I do care about is what you sources know... '
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Post by Kick-Start on Oct 10, 2017 21:07:17 GMT
"Well, the budget just didn't stretch to the proposed 200 foot Nibzilla model," Kick-Start replied blithely.
As Tarn revealed he had bugs installed already, she turned slowly, then ripped her remote out of the ship's control panel.
"First off, why are we learning this only now? And second off, why can't we see your 'private' footage, Tarn? Third off, as Commander Backbeat asked, what's it picking up?"
She knew why she hadn't brought up the Nibblets and their utility as roaming video cameras just yet. They just weren't optimised for bugging specific places and people and it was something to be discussed privately. She was very interested in Tarn's excuse.
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Tarnation
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Post by Tarnation on Oct 11, 2017 19:40:53 GMT
Tarn growled at the display of anger, and in his opinion foolishness and stupidity, from his fellow decepticons. He had just arrived, when would he have been able to tell anyone prior to this? Sometimes these people ddin't think further than how to waste their time with pointless endavours. "Don't call me an idiot, Backbeat, when I'm not the one who has done anything wrong. In fact, I seem to be the one who has done anything right in these times. None of you knew about it because, if you didn't know, I just arrived and I have not had the time to report it. Not to mention you didn't disclose your plan until now, meaning I did not know you planned to install bugs in their communcation lines. Don't blame me for your lack of communication regarding the subject at hand." Tarn said, and if voices would have bben able to be cold, this one would have been freezing.
He could see Kick-Start move in the corner of his eye, not having paid too much attention to her before she began speaking. He felt like he had answered some of her questions, and he would answer the rest of them too. He swung out his sword casually, and if Kick-Start didn't move out fo the way, there was a chance she would get whacked by the flat side of the blade. "My, my, little femme. You know, you can't see it, because cooms are invisible. They are messages, transmitted via sounds, not text or images. That means that no matter how hard you try, you can't see them. I thought you knew these things already. Lastly, last I heard, he wasn't called Commander. He might be the commander of this ship, but not withing the decepticon army, unless i missed that memo. Another example of poor communication, if that is the case. Now, as to what they say, it isn't that much. I only have the outgoing signals from one source, but it is better than nothing. Let's see..." He stopped talking for a while, while going through old audio files. "It seems like they have a lot of wounded soldiers, and that a general confusion is dominating. Some bots are missing, and they are having the help of neutrals. That is all for now."
Tarn now walked over to a chair, taking it and sitting down on it, resting against the back of it. Behind his mask, he was smiling. He hadn't done anythign wrong according to protocol, he was in the right. He did not like their tone though and he hoped that would change later. Now they needed to stay unified as one force, not divide themselves as cons were doing very frequently after Megatron's disapperance. "So are we going to attack or has the plan changed? I don't have unlimited time, there is justice to be uphold too."
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Post by Backbeat on Oct 12, 2017 2:30:28 GMT
Backbeat chuckles... His tone making it clear he had little if no respect for Tarn's attitude.
' You keep telling yourself that Tarn 2 Electric Boogaloo... I'll talk to Soundwave about it... '
He listens to Tarn's report. Ignoring the complaints and whining, he focuses on the scraps of info Tarn provided. He waits for the rest of the info, then realizes that was it. Tarn was trying to play to the room, banking on his mask to carry him. This meant Backbeat had to deal with this new Tarn trying to assert himself. ' That's it? I as expecting... More. Now then, putting aside this interesting diversion. The plan will be proceeding. Anything else to add Tarn? Or shall we discuss additional targets... One never hits and runs without taking anything not nailed down. '
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Post by Kick-Start on Oct 12, 2017 9:17:37 GMT
"So you plan to use the Nibzillas?" Kick-Start asked Backbeat, "Or the boxes with organs signalling for a rescue party? Since one of them is an Autobot, I can replicate the Autobot signal. I can have them claim the presence of a wounded officer. The Autobots may well come running."
She paused.
"Or again there's the four Nibzillas. I can send them into Iacon and tell them to start eating anything that can't actually run away."
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Post by Soundwave on Oct 12, 2017 15:50:00 GMT
Soundwave glanced up from his work to stare at the gathered collective of bickering bots before him. "The infighting accomplishes nothing, and wastes valuable time."
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Tarnation
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Post by Tarnation on Oct 12, 2017 16:32:36 GMT
"As you wish, Backbeat. And yes, that was it. As stated, my source is not something that I can control, just use whenever it decides to activate. More can be needed, but I don't need more for my own personal uses. The rest are all yours." Tarn said calmly as he sat there, observing, calculating, planning. He wasn't quite done yet, but there was no need to further destroy the relations with the rest of the cons this early. No, it was better to wait this out.
"There's nothing else that I'd like to add at the moment, except the urgency that we act fast. From the information we have it tells us they have, or had, wounded, thus making their forces weaker. We better use this window of opportunity that Primus has given us. Any additional targets might just slow us down, it is better to stick to the plan, and kill the bots in our way." He added this later, when Backbeat asked for more information. Once Kick-start began speaking about her little distraction, Tarn once again was reminded on why he wasn't too happy to be serving alongside her. But, she did bring up something that he had seen earlier.
"Actually, instead of using what should be corpses, why not use an actual autobot? Or a neutral, it doesn't really matter. What matters is, I saw a jet fly past not too long ago, and it did not send out any decepticon signals, so I have reason to believe that it wasn't a decepticon. It can't have reached too far from here. I can track it down and I am sure I can... Persuade it to help us with this little adventure. Or am I needed somewhere else?" He then paused and pointed at Soundwave as the mech spoke. "See, he gets it. We are wasting time."
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Post by Kick-Start on Oct 12, 2017 19:46:42 GMT
Kick-Start sniffs pretentiously, "Why would I keep corpses in my laboratory? Nobody dies on my lab table, Tarn," she presses her lips into a straight line, "Not even when they ask. As to your question, there's a very good reason why. That way, we won't risk sacrificing prisoners that still have legs to get up and fight on. Also, there's nothing for dampening morale like a rescue that ends in failure. Apart from that, the... *ahem* 'bodies' I'm using will have tracking devices on them, so we can watch where they're being taken to try and reverse the procedure and follow them. In fact, you know what would be a waste of time? Going out and capturing living Neutrals and Autobots when I've got five of them packed up and ready to shift to wherever they're needed already."
Indeed, in the laboratory nearest Iacon, the boxes were ready to go. None of them had seem the boxes that Tarn alleged to be should-be-corpses. Depending on your attitude, it might be disturbing that the doctor spoke of her living experiments on a level with cargo.
Kick-Start moved to stand next to Soundwave instead of near Tarn.
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Post by Backbeat on Oct 13, 2017 19:40:25 GMT
Backbeat nods at Tarn. Folding his arms behind his back he steps forward towards the other Decepticons.
' I'm so glad to hear that Tarn... '
He pauses as he passes Kick-Start. He turns to look at her.
' I want your monstrosities ready... But those sparks? No I think I have another use for them... Thanks to our indisposed leader's actions not only are we low on troops... But with Starscream's sect splitting over a little assassination attempt... We cannot afford to waste useful pawns.'
He throws his right arm into the air in a dramatic flourish.
' Not only will we have a back door in the Autobot systems... But the damage we cause to their rebuilding efforts will give me the game. I'll let them live for a few turns... It's only fair. But ultimately it will not save them. It's the realization of their predicament that makes it all the more sweeter to stick in the knife and... Twist... '
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Tarnation
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Post by Tarnation on Oct 15, 2017 20:12:47 GMT
"I never said they were corpses, but that they should be. While it takes a little more time to capture living ones, it also is perfectly withing the Cause to do so. Your little experiments aren't exactly that. We are not using them." Tarn said slowly, so that maybe Kick-Start would understand that she was really pushing the edge this time. He now decided to rise up from his chair, rising up to his full 35ft once more. His energon levels were decreasing again, he'd have to stock up before going into the field. He looked around for more energon, seeing the vehicon who had offered some earlier. It wasn't the best, but it would have to do for now, as there was a lack of anything better.
He simply took the energon cubes offered and poured the energon into his own empty injector until it filled up fully. Now he once more had two full injectors, as should be. Once the little deed was done, he turned back to the rest, once more giving them his attention. The plans were being developed, but they still hadn't started anything yet, They would have to do so soon, or their advantage would be wasted. He was getting a little impatient, to say he wasn't would be lying.
"Let's just start this so we can get this over with, and focus on rebuilding our faction again. Unless I am needed for something special, I will be leaving now, chasing down that bot I saw earlier, giving you that distraction which you need." Tarn explained as he moved towards the door, preparing to leave. He was still in the room though, so he would hear what the others said. After all, why would he leave quicklywhen there might be information that was beneficial for him?
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Post by Kick-Start on Oct 15, 2017 22:43:27 GMT
Kick-Start turned away dismissively. Suddenly something began ringing in her pocket. "What now?" she asked herself, taking out a small alarm, "Hmmm... I don't know if this is good news or bad news, Commander..." she told Backbeat, "An intrusion has been detected near my Iacon laboratory. This leaves two options - first, I need to get back there and monitor the situation... or alternatively that's as good a place as any to start a distraction."For Backbeat's benefit she held up the alarm. On a small screen, there was a blurry footage of Whirl and the Eukranian ambassador Feenixfire, as a Nibblet scurried along behind them. The sound quality was low and they could only hear mumbling. There was some more beeping, she switched to another feed, and an image of Diamond came up.
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Post by Backbeat on Oct 16, 2017 6:48:48 GMT
Backbeat chuckles darkly. Tossing his drink to the side as he moves towards Kick-Start.
' Well it seems that we have our stage... Soundwave! Ready the project... Tarn! I do hope you'll be joining us for this performance? Iacon eh? History repeats... Now then Kick-Start... I require a location to open a gate... '
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Post by Kick-Start on Oct 16, 2017 11:36:46 GMT
(OOC: we still can't travel without Bridges. Fortunately I came prepared.) "A simple matter. I have Bridges in all my labs," Kick-Start types in the co-ordinates herself, "It makes it easy to transport experiments."
"Iacon is one of the places I'm working on the Ground-Bridge," she continues, "Currently you can't open a bridge to places that don't have functional bridges. And you can't open a portal without a bridge, and they're not exactly portable... but with the tech I'm working on, the portals won't need Bridges to function. With the Ground-Bridge, you'll be able to open a bridge from anywhere, to anywhere, as long as you know the co-ordinates!""And... how much Energon does it waste?" Soundwave asked suspiciously. "None at all!" Kick-Start replied cheerfully, "It's fuelled by the Sparks of the dead! Much more efficient."
There's an awkward silence. This may or may not be a joke. "The problem with the portable Ground-Bridge is that it still destroys whatever comes through it almost 30% of the time," Kick-Start continued, "I'm ironing that out."The large bridge swirls into existance. It will take them to Kick-Start's secret Iacon lab. She steps through. transformersgalaxyrp.freeforums.net/thread/2278/kick-starts-iacon-laboratory
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Post by Backbeat on Oct 16, 2017 20:25:27 GMT
Backbeat shrugs.
' Screw it... I'm practically immortal at this point... Let's go. '
He causually steps through.
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Post by Tarnation on Oct 17, 2017 19:14:33 GMT
Tarn stopped at the door as he heard they were moving out. Finally. It didn't seem like they needed to travel much either, Kick-Start, that was her name apparently, had bridges they could use. That was convenient. From the sound of it however, it didn't sound like the safest means of transportation. The death risk was quite the flaw, and he once more wondered who had made this femme into some sort of scientist. She belonged in the testing grounds, not someplace like this, with these powers. He turned around once more and nodded, indicating that he would indeed come along.
He walked back to the portal, taking out the energon injector on the way there. He placed on the same spot as he had last time and once more injected the blue liquid into his systems. He felt the energetic rush as his systems powered up more than before, allowing him to function fully again. Ah, it felt good. He put the empty injector back where it belonged and closed the compartment. It was quite the hassle to do this so much, but he had to to keep functioning. Without it he'd fade away, slowly but surely, and he wasn't sure of that would ever be fixed. Probably not, considering how things were going currently.
He glanced at the portal once more, it didn't exactly look freindly. Though aestetichs came second in design, he could vouch for that himself. Effectivity before looks, those were words to live by. He remembered something about the 30% chance of death, but it was too late to worry about that. If he was to die, then he was. Then it had been part of Primus' plan all along. He closed his optics for a split second before he walked through, his blade sharp and ready to slice. It was time to get messy.
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Post by Soundwave on Oct 18, 2017 15:11:36 GMT
Now that the distractions were finally gone, Soundwave was able to focus on his part of the plan without the abundance of distracting noise. He laid down the data pad he had been using and pulled his work up on a proper terminal. It's more of a curse sometimes. The thought drifted through the back of his mind, not his focus, but a wayward musing as he worked. He can hear things practically no other bot can, indispensable in gathering intel, but at the cost of it being so powerful he can even pick up some of their thoughts at times. Very good at causing headaches, or at least irritation, when the air waves are filled with worthless prattle.
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Post by Backbeat on Oct 20, 2017 4:55:34 GMT
Now that the distractions were finally gone, Soundwave was able to focus on his part of the plan without the abundance of distracting noise. He laid down the data pad he had been using and pulled his work up on a proper terminal. It's more of a curse sometimes. The thought drifted through the back of his mind, not his focus, but a wayward musing as he worked. He can hear things practically no other bot can, indispensable in gathering intel, but at the cost of it being so powerful he can even pick up some of their thoughts at times. Very good at causing headaches, or at least irritation, when the air waves are filled with worthless prattle. A secure message from Backbeat is received. ' The attack has begun... Sending you co-ordinates now. ' Enclosed are co-ordinates and details for where the attack was and how to avoid the locations of most fighting.
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Post by Soundwave on Oct 23, 2017 15:48:41 GMT
Now that the distractions were finally gone, Soundwave was able to focus on his part of the plan without the abundance of distracting noise. He laid down the data pad he had been using and pulled his work up on a proper terminal. It's more of a curse sometimes. The thought drifted through the back of his mind, not his focus, but a wayward musing as he worked. He can hear things practically no other bot can, indispensable in gathering intel, but at the cost of it being so powerful he can even pick up some of their thoughts at times. Very good at causing headaches, or at least irritation, when the air waves are filled with worthless prattle. A secure message from Backbeat is received. ' The attack has begun... Sending you co-ordinates now. ' Enclosed are co-ordinates and details for where the attack was and how to avoid the locations of most fighting. Soundwave actually had to stop working and repeat the message. It had barely been the better part of a day, and Backbeat seriously expected him to be prepared already? An amusing idea at best, tragic at worst... Nevertheless, he was creating a distraction. Soundwave might be able to accomplish something, prevent it from being a total loss. Soundwave exited the room, thinking over what actions he could take.
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Post by Backbeat on Oct 23, 2017 19:30:14 GMT
Sometime later an battered and bruised Backbeat would appear in the ship's medical bay, vehicon medics worked to repair him as he sat and planned for the future...
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Post by Kick-Start on Oct 24, 2017 0:07:00 GMT
First Nibbles, then Kick-Start entered the Faithless Looter through her portal. Having spent the battle in her lab, controlling the Nibzillas from a distance, she didn't have a scratch on her. "So, how did we do?" she asked Backbeat . There was a dry tone to her voice.
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