"OC Episode #4"

[Blazemane]

Dinobot came walking towards the bridge, and was just about to set foot in it when Cheetor jumped in front of him at top speed and transformed to robot mode before landing.

Dinobot allowed himself a small growl at the unexpected action, but Cheetor seemed oblivious.

"Hey 'Big Bot," he asked, "what's the situation?"

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Steelclaw came to hangar just in time to catch Glowstick's response to Tarantulas, and then Tarantulas' unhidden snicker.

He couldn't know what exactly Tarantulas was thinking- sowing seeds of distrust, technology theft, murder- but it was something unsavory. He didn't much like the guy.

He suppressed a shudder and stepped in further, merely looking to Megatron, knowing his commands would come soon.

[starshadow]

Starshadow sighed and growled with impatience. Her ship was waiting for her and here the predacons are wasting their time waiting for the others.

"Rrrr...I am tired of waiting for bots who are nothing but slowpokes..." she growled as her ears went back.

Blackarachnia rolled her optics and leaned her back against the Leviathan. "Then get a cat toy while waiting, Kitty."

Starshadow hissed at the black widow, baring her fangs. The catbot clenched her fist and went inside the Leviathan. Looks like I have to be a lil more patient or the others will find something fishy about me... she thought.

[NaitoKage]

( Alrighty, I think all that's left is Nem, she'll be posting soon.[talking to her on msn]

Tarantulus could have a mission with Sonar, they're both nefarious though having different objectives.

And I'm sure everyone is suspicious already Star, your character is never excited about those type of missions. )


Rhinox looked towards the quickly assembled group(assuming Tigatron is probably not in this mission or following either stasis pod.), Rhinox moved out of the way of the holographic display then raised a hand in gesture to it. A spaceship of Cybertronian nature has crashed into the ocean, in it's wake knocking two stasis pods free from orbit. Here.. and here. he then pointed towards the highlighted points on the map. The ship we have no idea on status of, it could be destroyed or simply sunk to the bottom off the coast of a island chain. So it shouldn't be so deep that the ship implodes. Those who will be looking for that should take caution, we've never seen this model of ship before but the ascetics clearly seem Predacon..it's size is estimated to be around the size of a Starhopper and may have transwarp capabilities.

Icebreaker crossed his arms watching as Rhinox spoke Hrm.. If it's in the ocean we'll need the Nomad to get it out.

Rhinox nodded That's right.. Because of the dangerous nature, all crew members on that mission will be required to be able to operate the Nomad as well as be well skilled at ranged combat. Because of that, and your capabilities Orcariner, I'd like to ask you assist me with the Stasis pod instead of going on the ocean mission. Your knowledge and strength will be of great value if the stasis pod has complications.

Rhinox then spoke up again Because the ocean mission will require Icebreaker.. Frilla, I think you'd be best suited for taking care of the other stasis pod.

Icebreaker rubbed the back of his head That's probably for the best anyway, she is better at programming and things.

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Glowstick watched as Starshadow started to tantrum raising an optic ridge, then activated his comlink If you want to do something while waiting, go try that outfit on.

Glowstick then looked towards Blackarachnia with a snicker I have an outfit you can try on later as well.. he then laughed.

[starshadow]

((I'll play BA for THIS episode. I can't play her well with 2 OCs running all over the place. So...who wants to take her??))

Starshadow went to the Leviathan's quarters and opened the closet. The armor looked fantastic. The catbot smiled and started changing. After that, she looked at the mirror and did a pose. "Still beautiful as ever~"

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Blackarachnia raised an optic ridge. "Don't even think about it. I love the way I look." she said and looked at her claws(or pincers I don't know... =X )

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Cerulia woke up a few cycles later after the crash.

"Where..am I?" Her ship was in the ocean. Luckly, the cockpit's glass didn't break from the crash. "Hmmm...better get a perfect alternate mode from this planet..Computer, activate long ranged scanners."

Acknowledged

A red ray was scanning the area around the ship with the scannedl life forms appearing on the screen. Cerulia was rather picky on choosing modes. "No no no no no...AH HA!!" the blue and gold femme selected a blue-ringeed octopus. After selecting her beast mode, she looked at herself in the mirror.

"Waaaaaauuuu!!(Wow) Eight arms! I'm a multitasker!" Cerulia sat on the pilot seat and activated the ship's thrusters, bringing the ship back to the sky. Then, she maneuvered the ship to a a small island with a large space for her to land safely. "I should start searching now.." she told herself and locked the ship's systems including the storage and the quarters with a password using an alien language. The cockpit's glass moved backwards and Cerulia was ready to begin her search for her lost commander.

[Phoenix]

(You guys picked a hell of a weekend to start this episode. :p I have been insanely busy the past days.)

Nemesis sighed upon hearing the troops getting summoned. Under normal circumstances she would merely ignore such a request, but as she had hopes of getting off this rock of a planet relatively soon, she decided to keep her opinions quiet..for now.

"Acknowledged..," she responded and proceeded to meet up with the others.

[New Moon]

Surprise showed on Frilla's face for a moment before she nodded, "If we can get to it before Megatron does." She said quietly hoping they could get to the pod long before the Predacons. Yet the thought of facing her former leader made her inwardly cringe, doubting he tolerated treachery and there was no doubts Scorponok would want revenge for what she did on the last mission.

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: I thought I might have Tigatron join later. He was part of Inferno's episode, right? I'll probably throw him in that mission.

Starshadow, if you don't want to play BA, I can take her off your hands. I doubt I'd be any better with her but playing a Pred and a female would be a nice change for me, even if it's just temporary. ))

"Slag it, that hurt,"

Rattrap glanced over his shoulder at Saber-Fang and snickered. "Hey, uh, watch out for dat wall there."

"On my way, Optimus,"

"What's the problem, Optimus?"

"Hey 'Big Bot," "what's the situation?"

Optimus felt like he was suddenly pulled in ten different directions, glancing at Cheetor and his antics that clearly bothered Dinobot. However, before he could answer his curious crew, Rhinox stepped in.

Those who will be looking for that should take caution, we've never seen this model of ship before but the ascetics clearly seem Predacon..

"Oh, goodie. More Predhead friends to play with," Rattrap commented, his tone oozing in sarcasm. His attention was diverted back to Wintersong's voice over the ship's comm.

"On my way."

"Yeah, you better be," the vermin said with his side of the transmission muted so 'Song couldn't hear him, "unless you want the boss monkey to peel you like a banana."

"Hey, Optimus, Wintersong's on her way. Should be here shortly," he informed the leader.

Primal nodded at Rattrap before thoughtfully looking back to the hologram and listening to Rhinox and Icebreaker's discussion.

Hrm.. If it's in the ocean we'll need the Nomad to get it out.

If it's a Predacon ship, and it's in the ocean, what's the point of even chasing it? thought Optimus. What happened the last time we went diving for trouble? It's a Predacon vessel, so let the Predacons risk their lives for it. Frowning for only a moment, he realized he didn't really mean that. It could have just as well been a stolen ship with helpless or injured 'bots on board. They might drown if they don't try to at least find them and see if they needed their assistance.

That's right.. Because of the dangerous nature, all crew members on that mission will be required to be able to operate the Nomad as well as be well skilled at ranged combat.

"Whoa, guys," Rattrap interrupted. "Uh, explain ta me why we're gonna waste our time runnin' after a Predacon ship? Let it sink to da bottom of a trench, an' let the Preds drown themselves tryin' ta reach it. Less hassle fer us in both long and short terms."

"Just because the ship appears to be Predacon doesn't necessarily mean it's carrying any. There could be an innocent life on there," the Maximal commander told him, his optics briefly glancing at Wintersong who entered the room.

"Yeah? Well, that's highly unlikely. I say we let it go and make a run for the pods."

"It's worth checking out, Rattrap," Optimus said, slightly narrowing his optics at the smaller Maximal. "We can't just stand by, watch it fall and do nothing."

"I can," the rat said, leaning back in his chair and folding his arms across his chest with an intentionally loud sigh.

Growing intolerant of his attitude again, Optimus told Rattrap in a colder voice, "All right. You just volunteered."

"Volunteered fer what?"

"Rattrap, you'll be taking the Nomad to that ship with Icebreaker, Saber-Fang and Feralnight."

"No way! I ain't goin' to rescue that Pred, and I ain't taken the lead neither."

"You are and you will because those are my orders. End of discussion!" Primal thew at him with a firm and loud voice. If he was smart, he'd keep his mouth shut. They didn't have time to argue. "Frilla, Wintersong and Dinobot, you're with me. We'll head for the other stasis pod. Tigatron's location shouldn't be too far from there so we can meet up with him either before or when we reach our destination," said Optimus, pointing to the location on the three-dimensional map ((Inferno's pod)). He knew it probably wasn't something Frilla wanted to participate in, but they might need her help with the pod in case it was damaged. He'd ask her about it before taking off. "Whitegrazer and Cheetor, you're with Rhinox and Orcariner." ((Airazor's pod.)) If Primal didn't know any better, he thought the cheetah and equine might like to stretch their legs over that territory.

Rattrap gave a glare and sat up in his chair. It was his own fault and punishment. He had no choice but to get ready to move out. Slag it!

"You have your teams and missions. Move out!" the leader announced. There was no time to waste.

(( OOC: Does that work for everybody? It took me a while to decide where to place everyone according to beast modes and functions in robot modes, not getting stuck with the same characters all the time, and accomodating other requests. Of course, this also means that the Axalon will be unguarded, except for Sentinel being activated. Did the Maximals ever leave it unguarded before for a long period of time on the show? I can't remember. If someone wants to volunteer to leave their character behind at the base, then speak up now! I just thought everyone might like to get a taste of action and exploration in this episode with their characters. ))

[una]

((OOC: We can't leave the Axalon unguarded XDDD I guess my character can stay. Who would dare attack a ship with a tall femme in it? XDDDD And oh we have Sentinel already? Cool! XDD))

She gave Optimus a salute, smiling, "Yes sir!"

From the map, it looked like some wide open terrain she could run in. Also, she could use this time to work with the others. She was glad she did those warmup excerises she was going to need them.

[Wintersong]

Wintersong watched quietly feeling Optimus' gaze on her briefly before glancing at the others, glancing up when hearing she'd be joining his team. She nodded but remained a bit quiet, usually something she did now since arriving on the planet. Turning she headed towards the hanger to wait for them though her thoughts were still distracted.

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"This will be a fun trip." Snow Trix muttered under her breathe watching the other Predacons and rolling her optics at Starshadow's reaction to having a new suit. She never understood the big whoop about a new suit or armor but just pushed it out of her thoughts, waiting for orders.

[NaitoKage]

(That works fine. And yes, they did have episodes were they left the base guarded by sentinel only. Who would attack with a tall woman in there? Oh I can think of a few..I'm sure Glowstick wouldn't mind stealing more information from the Axalon sometime and traumatize some more Maximals..)

Rhinox nodded listening to Optimus, then moved towards Rattrap You know, if you can get that ship intact.. it's possible we could send someone to pilot it back to Cybertron. Rhinox then said, walking past Rattrap and heading towards the Hanger, Icebreaker following in line after him.(That should motivate him. )

Icebreaker then stopped looking towards Whitegrazer and Wintersong I'm sure Sentinel can handle it ladies, besides the Predacons will probably be cut more thinly then we will since they have less members.


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With the arrival of all the Predacons, Megatron finally spoke up Ahem.. Attention! A Spacecraft has crashed on our planet and graciously knocked loose two Stasis pods from orbit, because of this we will be forming into three groups. Tarantulus, Nemesis, Steelclaw, and Snowtrix, You will be under my command. Terrorsaur,Waspinator, Blackarachnia you three shall be working under Scorponok.. Starshadow and Sonar shall be working under Glowstick. Now then.. Scorponok, come with me to the bridge, as for the rest of you proceed into the Leviathan now.

Megatron then turned walking into the Leviathan. Strangely, it was his first time entering the craft. His optics gazed over the Cargobay interior Hm.. Not as shotty as I thought it would be. he then said to himself, walking to the stairway and heading up into the bridge. The Bridge furnishing was also rather surprising to him, though he disliked how brightly lit it was, it was rather clean and everything looked far too well made. At the Center was a strange long pod with two computer consoles at the head of the ship and a chair at the left in front of a radio console. At the rear center sat a fairly large chair which clearly was the captain's seat. He sat down looking at the large main monitor which had yet to be powered up. That's strange.. where is the craft's helm?

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Glowstick then raised a tentacle pointed towards the transport Alright, you heard him. Lets go. he then looked towards Nemesis Oh, Bird girl. We'll need you to fly as escort in case the Maximals send some of their fliers. he said, then floated into the transport. He had no desire to let her back inside the Leviathan, but also assumed she had no desire going back into the machine. Making his way to the bridge, he stopped in front of one of the computers at the front of the ship, his limbs then started to type rather swiftly the coordinates and estimated landing point, the main monitor coming online with the world map and coordinates displayed for each stasis pod, the landing point, and the estimated crash area of the spaceship in the ocean.

[New Moon]

Feralnight followed after Icebreaker and Rhinox, "Guess we get to go pred-fishing." She said, looking forward to doing something other then patrols and was also quite curious about the crashed ship, wondering if it really was a Predacon. Hopefully not.

Frilla couldn't help but feeling some relief to not be going with the annoying rat, even his complaining now was annoying. Yet she didn't know why he just followed the order without arguing. Glancing towards Dinobot she was a bit surprised to be going with the other former Preadcon yet at the same time knew it might be needed, both him and Optimus were good fighters, even if Optimus didn't want to be. Shifting to beast mode Frilla began to head to the hanger but paused, "Hey Rattrap heads up!" She said and spat ink at him, though missed just inches and hit the floor near his chair. If anything it was amusing to her to almost hit him with the ink, he always found it gross.

[Alak]

Orcariner nodded during Rhinox and Optimus Primal's briefing. This would be the first time that a marine mission was available that he was not a part of. The Maximal had no reservations, however, since he was more than glad to join a senior scientist on this mission. He and Rattrap did not always see eye-to-eye, even though everyone feels this way too, but the rodent had a point. A Predacon ship is likely to carry a Predacon pilot, who would pretty much side with any Predacon within the vicinity. The Maximal team would fight and quite possibly defeat it, but in the end they would just be traveling thousands of kilometers just to shoot at Predacons.

"I'm ready to deploy, sir," he told Rhinox with a smile.

Another neat thing about this mission was that he and Rhinox traveled around the same speed on land. Orcariner felt bad for all the times he had to slow the others down because of his mobility limitations. It was nice to have someone go at his pace for once.


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Scorponok snapped straight up as Megatron beckoned him to the Leviathan's bridge.

"You stay here!" he barked at his three squad-mates, walking up the vehicle's ramp.

Terrorsaur rolled his optics and shrugged.

"What are we supposed to here? Twiddle our thumbs?" he cracked back.

Looking at Waspinator, Terrorsaur sighed at their idling behavior. Flyers were not meant to sit still and wait for things to happen. They took pride in being the fastest transformers on the planet. They took pride in initiating the first strike. Sitting around waiting for the "big boys" to talk paled in comparison to the dynamic nature of their jobs.

"We're wasting time," Terrorsaur told Waspinator, "You and I should be at the pod by now. By the time they're done making their fancy plans and all, we could have picked up both pods and a glass of energon."

[Optimal Optimus Primal]

(( OOC: Just a quick fixer-upper post here. Wintersong, my deepest appologies to you. I had Winter listed in one of the groups prior to moving everyone around and I forgot to reassign her. She can join OP's team. I'll edit my previous post.

I didn't think anyone REALLY had to stay at the base because they have Sentinel to protect it. Anyone who stays behind will be bored out of their minds. It's going to be a long episode. That's why I wasn't really considering anyone who's playing only one character, and those who have new ones who recently joined the game to waste a entire episode not doing anything but watching everyone else post. I'd rather everyone be out and about this time. We don't have to follow the show to the extent of always leaving one or two people behind at the Axalon. I'll catch up tomorrow again! Getting late here now. ))

[Wintersong]

((Quite alright OOP^^Edited my post accordingly.)

[una]

((OOC: Oh yeah. It would be boring, wouldn't it? XD Well, Whitegrazer will go then. I will edit my post like Wintersong did. Whitegrazer will go help get Airazor's pod. ))


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