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Post by Bomblast on Apr 30, 2010 15:41:10 GMT -5
Deadbolt and Roadtrain put their weapons away and made their way to the shuttle. As they passed Tomboy, Roadtrain gave her a concerned look, but continued moving. Deadbolt noticed this, but decided not to say anything, not after seeing how quick Roadtrain was to pull out his gun. After a couple of paces, Deadbolt spoke without thinking.
"She'll be fine, you know. I wouldn't fancy a scrap with her. I might lose something.....Vital."
Roadtrain couldn't help himself. He chuckled.
"What's the matter? Big bad Deadbolt scared of a femmebot?" Roadtrain laughed.
Deadbolt grinned.
"Nah, just wanted to try and brighten things up. I'll be back in a moment."
With that, Deadbolt jogged on ahead to catch up with some of the others.
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Post by Hoist on Apr 30, 2010 15:52:43 GMT -5
"is it - A natural reaction..?", asked Driverby, finally speaking for the first time, "It's just that hot-headedness that causes mistakes, next thing you know you'll end up cold and lifeless on a slab.... Drivebay spoke firmly but Cooley.
Hardstrike meanwhile, stood back and tried not to get involved, he had enough to deal with without this trigger-happy brigade. And these were the type he had to work with? Rely on with his life?
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Post by Highram on Apr 30, 2010 15:55:44 GMT -5
Hypershot had found the speech boring and did nothing to stop his expression showing it, so he had simply half listened as he waited for her to finish.
When he was done he hardley noticed for a while. He'd spent alot of the last solar cycle practicing his aim and hadn't rested much so he was feeling a little slow.
But all the commotion caused by the APF helped him to come round again, and he noticed that everyone had gone already. So he headed towards the other Renegades.
When he got there he went and stood next to Computic. Stareing at the scene of interest.
"So uh.... What's going on exactly?"
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Post by Jazzman Crothers on Apr 30, 2010 16:45:27 GMT -5
Computic was shook out of his funk by Hypershot's voice. 'Oh Hypershot! There you are, ummm, nothing. Come on.'
All the Renegades finally got on board the ships. After everyone was secured in, some more then others, the ship began to rise into the sky.
Off in the distance, Blaster and Perceptor watched as the ships began to fly away one after another. 'Do you think that this new generation has what it takes Perceptor? I'm not so sure the job should be left up to the unexperienced.'
'Flying through space, engaging the enemy is a game for the young my old friend.'
'But how well will they actually perform?'
'Each one to according to his and her gifts.'
Silently, Optanic Prime also watched as the Renegades took to Cybertron's heavens. Must of what had transpired today was because of her. She just prayed, that after seeing the earlier commotion, that she had entrusted Cybertron's fate to the right ones.
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The flight up in to Cybertron outer atmosphere was uneventful, except for a few bumps alog the way. The Renegades were free to walk around the ship, except Phasmatis and Tomboy who were kept away from the others and each other.
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Post by Highram on Apr 30, 2010 16:58:19 GMT -5
Hypershot quickly went into sleep mode as he was unable to stop himself.
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Post by Bomblast on Apr 30, 2010 17:08:42 GMT -5
Roadtrain sat himself down as close to Tomboy as he was allowed. He contemplated stripping down his rifle, cleaning it and re-assembling it, but decided against it. Instead, he re-opened the panel on his left forearm and took out the I.D. chip he stored in there.
"Two people arrested and the rest of us ordered to leave. Your kind of celebration, Hyperdrive." Roadtrain muttered to himself.
Deadbolt had left Roadtrain and headed off to another part of the shuttle.
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Post by Onix Solo on Apr 30, 2010 17:57:30 GMT -5
Onix found dark storage room with a decent view through an exterior window and kicked back. So far the day hadn't been half bad. Getting an intellectual worked up and a show as two of his "comrades" started a fuss resulting in their arrest. He laughed too himself at today's antics.
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Post by Hoist on May 1, 2010 11:14:35 GMT -5
Hardstrike resided in the main part of the shuttle, wondering just where they were headed. He pulled out his blasters and checked them - fine, and returned them to their storage place. After a brief while he went to find Incendius. He had been worried about the bot's pryo tendencies in training, something that still bothered him but at least Phasmatis wasn't going to be constantly by his side, surely only a bad influence.
"How you doing?", asked Hardstrike when he finally found Incendius.
Driveby meanwhile was loitering on the bridge, he always liked to know fully of what was going on, what they were doing, where they were headed. Information was everything, knowledge mandatory.
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Post by Bomblast on May 1, 2010 15:23:46 GMT -5
Roadtrain lowered a visor over his optical receptors and went into sleep mode.
Deadbolt had somehow made his way to the bridge where he saw Driveby.
"Pity you were late. Missed quite an exciting graduation ceremony."
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Post by Hoist on May 1, 2010 16:46:24 GMT -5
"I head the best of it over my comms", replied Driveby drolly, "But lemme guess, some sort of air show, fireworks and long boring speeches? Not for me. Been there done that. Besides, I had far more important to business to deal with."
The bot uncrossed his arms, "So, you think you've got what it takes to make it in this trigger-happy brigade?"
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Post by Bomblast on May 1, 2010 19:19:32 GMT -5
Deadbolt chuckled.
"Yeah, there was the usual fireworks and so on. But there was a different kind of fireworks as well. A couple of our squad have been detained already. So far so good."
Deadbolt looked at the main viewscreen before turning back to Driveby.
"I've got what it takes. I used to pretty high risk missions. Black Ops, actually. And I'm good. Maybe too good...." He trailed off.
Deadbolt had always regretted finding out how easy it was to pull the trigger. He wished he hadn't found out.
"What made you sign up then?"
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Post by Hoist on May 2, 2010 10:16:01 GMT -5
"Your very sure of yourself, maybe too much, but to answeer your question - I always play for the winning team", Driveby replied dryly, not giving an inch. "If the Autobots are meant to be protecting Cybertron and restoring peace, then why is it they seem to cause just as many deaths as the Decepticons? Hmmm?"
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Post by Bomblast on May 2, 2010 18:56:44 GMT -5
"When you look at the number of successful missions I've done, compared to the number of failed missions, the figures speak for themselves." Deadbolt replied. "And as for causing as many deaths as the Decepticons, the Autobots do so in order to prevent future wars. At least, that was the reason given to me whenever I was sent on a mission. Anyway, the Decepticons haven't been around for a long while, before I was brought online. Being sent to kill, doesn't that make you worry you'll become one of them? A Decepticon. After all, there is only a thin line between killing in the name of good and the name of evil."
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Post by Aqualec on May 2, 2010 21:36:17 GMT -5
Meanwhile Metalingus made sure everythign was running smoothly from the co-pilot's chair. He checked the speed of the ship and the co-oridnates and made some minor adjustsments.
He hoped he would get a chance to speak to his fellow Renegades some time soon.
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Post by Jazzman Crothers on May 3, 2010 0:57:08 GMT -5
As Deadbolt and Driveby were having their philosophical discussion, Computic came on the bridge and recognized Metalingus. 'Metalingus! I was wondering where you were. hey do you guys know Metalingus? This is Driveby and Deadbolt. Metalingus was the 5th unofficial member of my group during the Tronbayashi Maru trails.'
(ooc: The team of Hardstrike, Incendius, Incognito and Computic were the only group in the Tronbayashi Maru test where all members remained intact during the whole trail. Metalingus joined them when his team was taken out. See Regeneration for details)
Incognito was walking about the shuttle and saw that Hardstrike was trying to engage Incendius. He decided to leave the two alone. He continued on and found Hypershot in sleep mode. He pulled up a seat and sat next to the young robot and tapped on his shoulder. 'Hey young spark. I ain't meet you before, names Incognito. You seem to know my buddy Computic. What's your story?'
One of the crew members of the shuttle came over to Roadtrain and tapped on his shoulder to wake him up. 'Pardon me sir, but your friend Tomboy has asked for you. We can allow you to speak to her as she only needs to be on the other side of the force field for the duration of the trip. That and your rank demands that I make this request known to you.'
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