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Post by Backbeat on Apr 10, 2015 3:40:01 GMT
Nevermore then leaves the lab to check on other things. She transforms, splitting into the flock of birds as she flies down the halls.
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Post by Kick-Start on Apr 11, 2015 23:14:32 GMT
Once again Kick-Start enters Shocwave's lab. This time she is accompanied by two vehicons.
Between them, she starts pointing out research and fun things to take.
It's all regarding Backbeat's cloning project.
Shockwave has a lot of data on how to create clones - but what Kick-Start is especially interested in is the mechanics of cloning, not the design. It is some time before she has gathered all that she wants, but eventually she leaves.
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 7, 2015 1:50:19 GMT
Backbeat and Nevermore walk into the room, Vehicon guards salute as they walk by.
' Your sure it's here... '
Nevermore nods
' Good... What will this be... The sixth or seventh plan I have started against the Autobots? '
Backbeat opens up a secure section of the lab as Nevermore shrugs. They walks past rows of unfinished weapons and stasis pod filled with test subjects. The stop once they get to certain pod. Backbeat looks at Nevermore
' This it? '
Nevermore nods... Backbeat hits a few buttons on a console to begin awakening what ever was inside the pod.
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 9, 2015 22:34:04 GMT
The pod opens and a silver robot steps out. It was a tall sparkless drone with a sword blade for a hand, and a missile pod on it's back...
Backbeat looked at Nevermore as more pods began to open
' Soon the hunters will become the hunted... Poetic yes? '
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 10, 2015 21:18:59 GMT
The robots step out of the pods, each one identical. That was then they stopped moving, lights going out as motors freeze. Nevermore checks her datapad
" No power. Your plan for not. That must cause you pain? Pain pain go away, Come again another day. "
Backbeat laughs
' Nonsense... They just need a little jump start! A simple matter for one as powerful as I... '
Backbeat channels the power of the cyber key in his possession and blasts the drones with an arc of energy. Each drone springs to life... Bowing before Backbeat thanks to Nevermore's "additions" to their code
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Post by Kick-Start on Jun 10, 2015 23:34:52 GMT
((Goddammit, Backbeat! You beat my cue! I was just about to finish creating Vehicons! The delay was because of Straightedge, the lazy little-))
Kick-Start walks into the lab. She looks at the two Vehicons bowing to Backbeat.
"You started without me, Lord Backbeat? I don't care how good they are. I have something better."
She slams her own design on a table, then looks at one of the Vehicons, "As Commander of Medical... things... I order you to return to that pod... and carry this," she pushes a large quantity of scrap metal towards him. He looks at her questioningly, then obeys.
Kick-Start downloads her design into the computer. It includes an obedient, but rather passive personality. Somebody who will do as they are told and never question orders, while having just enough free will to make decisions of its own. It is programmed to be loyal to Backbeat, of course.
It is a design stronger, faster, and more durable than the previous strain of Vehicons. The weaknesses stamped out, the strengths enhanced.
It lacks a Spark, of course. Ultimately it is just a robot. Which means that as long as you have the materials, you can make infinite quantities. What it posesses is a programmed simulation of one; coding that gives out a signal that simulates a Spark and almost does the job of a Spark - like Pepsi Cola vs Diet Pepsi. So it can be tracked by the Decepticons, but since the difference is subtle, not by Autobots.
"This will be only the first. Stronger. Faster. More intelligent, but more obedient, too. I have programmed it so that no matter what, the personality lacks the capability to develop. And since it will lack a Spark, there are no ethical issues. Like a well-programmed RNG, it is a simulation of free will."
She pulls the lever herself and it starts chunking along.
"I actually used an Autobot to partially develop the loyalty coding, which is mostly the dedication to the Decepticon cause. Which is, in fact, whatever the leader says it is. Additional motivation is through the knowledge of the war crimes of the enemy - crimes that distress we Decepticons as a whole, regardless of how they affect. And further coding ensures they serve the present leader of the Decepticons until his death - which is you, of course. Therefore if there are attempts to overthrow you, they will serve you throughout..."
She continues smugly.
"If you were to be both successfully overthrown AND offlined, only then would they serve your successor, which would mean the Decepticons would not be divided even in the event of a successful coup. Don't take it as a threat. One does have to think of the future, Lord Backbeat."
She pauses, and grins at her triumph.
"Incidentally, they have been programmed to know they are clones, and to not mind, because they serve the Decepticon Cause and the leader of the Decepticons much better that way. So we won't have problems with uprisings even about that. Oh, and keeping in mind Megatrons infamous... misunderstanding, they will ALL be triple-changers."
The machine goes *chunka chunka chunka* for a while. Then it stops, and the Vehicon steps out. He looks MUCH cooler than the one Nevermore came up with. He falls to one knee before Backbeat.
"Lord Backbeat," he grinds out, "I serve you, and then the Decepticon cause, and all who serve the Decepticon cause, as shall my brothers. My goal is the Decepticon's domination of the Galaxy, my reward your approval."
"Behold, Lord Backbeat! Fully ethical perfection!" Kick-Start tells Backbeat, "I call them, the Vee-Twos."
"Commander Kick-Start's approval pleases me, Lord Backbeat," the Vehicon tells Backbeat. What's really impressive is that as Kick-Start said, the Vehicon doesn't mind knowing he is a clone, "But your approval would please me better."
"Isn't he wonderful?" Kick-Start asks Backbeat proudly.
What she doesn't mention is the subtle personality coding of the idea that as she is their designer, every Vee-Two will identify with her as a 'Mother'. And though their loyalty to the Decepticon cause and Lord Backbeat is guaranteed... in the eyes of a child, Mother is God.
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 11, 2015 1:56:12 GMT
Backbeat notices Kick-start walk in
' I got excited... Besides they serve a different purpose than your vehicons... '
Nevermore glares at Kick-start for interrupting play time... Backbeat listens intently
' You planned for that which will not happen... I applaud your foresight... But am appalled at your lack of faith... '
Backbeat laughs as he hears the vehicon speak
' Good to hear... Serve me well vehicon and you will be rewarded... Fail me... And I'll cut off your head and use it to play catch with Nevermore... '
He then looks at Kick-Start... As Nevermore smiles at the thought of killing Kick-start's vehicons
' Your an artist Kick-Start... With your troops serving as foot soldiers and Nevermore's new toys taking out the Prime... I will finally possess the Matrix of Leadership... '
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Post by Kick-Start on Jun 11, 2015 12:22:10 GMT
"To be worthy of my function of serving you and the Decepticon cause is a great honour, Lord Backbeat," the Vee-Two replies.
"That's not just mindless flattery, Lord Backbeat," Kick-Start reassures him, "Praise of one is praise of all. That means they work perfectly as a team."
She pats her creation on the head proudly, "Like soldier ants in a nest," she concludes her presentation, "Only smarter. They also have the potential for solo scouting missions. Shall we begin the reproduction process now?"
((Anybody can play as a Vee-Two, whether commanding them or fighting them. There are three very simple prerequisites. Think of it in terms of Asimov's Laws:
1: A Vee-Two may not injure Lord Backbeat or, through inaction, allow Lord Backbeat to come to harm. 2: A Vee-Two must obey the orders given it by a Decepticon, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3: A Vee-Two must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
And of course, Rule Zero, super-coded and irreversible...
0: Mother Is God))
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 11, 2015 22:14:21 GMT
Backbeat looks at Kick-Start
' Of course! I want them to out number our foes three to... '
He pauses
' No, wait... A HUNDRED to one! '
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Post by Kick-Start on Jun 11, 2015 23:23:38 GMT
"Numbers take time... so let's get on with it!" Kick-Start grins, "Vee-Two, you have been fully approved by Lord Backbeat! Do step back into the cloning pod..."
The Vee-Two returns to the pod, and the cloning begins. It takes about 10 seconds for the first clone to be made, but once that happens, there are two to clone. Then four. Then eight. Then 16. Then 32. A basic squad is designated at 32, and she nods. They march to the Skydeck, where they will assemble in squads to follow directives and go where their orders take them, whether in groups or solo on smaller scouting missions. Almost any enlisted Decepticon is authorized to give them orders, such as providing support for whatever battle they go into.
Now getting 32 Vee-Twos every 10 seconds, it will be only a few hours before they will have thousands of foot soldiers ready.
"As long as we have one, we can always make more. And if we DO run out, I suppose I'll just have to make a third!" she crunches her knuckles noisily as the initial 32 continue to be cloned, "And if we construct more cloning pods, we can replicate even faster. Now, you mentioned Nevermore's drones had some purpose..."
She tilts her head in curiosity.
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 12, 2015 1:33:37 GMT
Backbeat motions towards the line of sliver drones
' My... Archenemy... Despite her best attempts, is nothing more than an animal pretending to be a leader... And I have noticed something quite interesting thanks too... THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL! '
Nevermore shakes her head in embarrassment... Backbeat continues
' Animals protect their young... And travel in packs... Which is why she seems to hang out with predicons and freaks of nature... '
He points at the drones
' These drones will hunt... And kill the Prime... Using improved tactics, weapons, stealth and a boost from my limitless power... To buy you and Chaff enough time to finish preparations for operation DOOMSDAY! '
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Post by Kick-Start on Jun 12, 2015 17:30:20 GMT
"It is amusing when Predacons pretend to be Cybertronians and do their utmost to fight their instincts," Kick-Start chuckles, "In fact, it's more-so when they fail-"
She stops, the latter part of Backbeat's sentence registering.
"Wait, Operation Doomsday?" she frowns, "That sounds... rather abrupt."
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 12, 2015 23:07:49 GMT
Backbeat looks a Kick-Start, amused at her shock
' One would hope the end of the world would be abrupt... Yes? '
He looks at the screen showing different points of the world
' Few Decepticons know the intricacies of strategy... No, they would rather worship a dead revolutionary... Spitting in the face of the ideals of that very revolution... You know, I once worked directly under Megatron once... It was a LONG time ago... He showed the one failing of the Decepticon forces... Rather than embrace the revolutionary... They only see the gladiator... '
He laughs
' So I think ending the world will convince them to finally stop acting like I murdered their dog or something.... Unless I did do that... Meh... '
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Post by Kick-Start on Jun 12, 2015 23:45:40 GMT
"True... but this planet is rich in resources," Kick-Start points out, "Energon and many lower fuel sources, almost all of the metals in close-to-workable forms, it's curiously high abundance of H2O, so marketable on other worlds... a rapidly reproducing slave supply..."
She taps her chin, looking up at the screen.
"Anything that can only be done once should be given serious considerations. Like deliberately missing somebody's funeral. Or the neutering of a pet."
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 13, 2015 3:34:01 GMT
Backbeat looks at Kick-Start
' No... We do not do slavery.... Like I said before... We evil tyrants must draw the line somewhere... '
He adds
' Besides, that would prevent Avengers Infinity War.... '
Nevermore sighs
" Tell him to read a classic book. Reads Batman."
Backbeat shrugs
' Worth it... '
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Post by Kick-Start on Jun 13, 2015 12:45:14 GMT
"Pft... evil tyrant? You?" Kick-Start waves a hand dismissively, "Have you even seen what the Autobots have been doing lately on Cybertron? They've been branding criminals with the Decepticon symbol before they ship them to the prison planets! They're deliberately turning our symbol," she raps her chest, "Into something directly associated with violence and destruction! And murder and violation and torture... regardless of whether those criminals would choose to become Decepticons or not! It's slander, is what it is!"
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 13, 2015 13:59:45 GMT
' Megatron would just rip out your voice box for a remark like that... '
Backbeat grabs one of the Vee-Two clones by the head and crushes it in his hand
' But I don't want to just read your reports... For now... '
Nevermore laughs... Backbeat then pauses
' Prison ships? It's a source of new troops... One worth investigating yes? Besides... Any side with the DJD has past the point of being ethical... '
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Post by Kick-Start on Jun 13, 2015 16:07:33 GMT
"The DJD are... unreliable," Kick-Start looks at the crushed head disapprovingly. The Vee-Two has, as programmed, done nothing to defend itself against the kill.
"It wasn't an insult, by the way," she adds, "Anyway, as I was saying many of those criminals are simply that - criminals. Dangerous. Unreliable. Stupid. Weak. And the Autobots want other factions to associate us with them!"
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Post by Backbeat on Jun 14, 2015 3:40:42 GMT
Backbeat continues, not paying the dying Vehicon any attention
' Agreed... Tarn has had too much freedom these days... '
Nevermore crouches down next to the dead vehicon and smiles... Nothing was better than a free lunch. Backbeat looks at Kick-Start
' Dangerous? Unreliable? Stupid? Weak...? I hope so... Don't want anyone important dying... Do we? '
Nevermore splits into the flock of birds which surround the dead vehicon... Ripping and sounds of birds are heard behind Backbeat and Kick-Start
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Post by Kick-Start on Jun 14, 2015 10:13:01 GMT
Kick-Start doesn't approve of the unnecessary wastage of one of her creations, but she has no emotional connections to it. After all, there are already hundreds of identical Vee-Twos on the Skydeck.
"A point fairly made, Lord Backbeat. In any case no small number will be getting what was coming to them," she gestures towards the Vee-Twos still marching out, squad by squad, "Perhaps you would like to make your first deployment of a few squads now?"
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