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Post by Jazzman Crothers on Sept 5, 2023 9:08:08 GMT -5
RENEGADES REACTIVATE, CHAPTER THREE: BROKEN PROMISE LANDWith a slow descent through the upper atmosphere, the hull of the ship maintained its integrity though the rough journey downwards. Gravity had returned to the ship, allowing the crew to regain their footing as well as any object that wasn't strapped or nail down. The scanners maintained a lock on the space ships they had picked up earlier until they were no longer detectable. The Renegades weren't followed, at least as far as they could tell. Passing through dark clouds, everyone in the cockpit could see the surface far below. As they got closer, each one of them tried to make out what the surface looked like. "Indelible, can you intensify the long range viewer so we can get a image of what were approaching?' Without a second wasted, the terminal projected a three-dimensional image of what they were approaching. Indelible's instruments picked up no energy readings, low life readings and no movement on the ground. "Hoist, was Earth always like this?"
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Post by Bomblast on Sept 6, 2023 17:35:08 GMT -5
Roadtrain shook his head as he piloted the ship.
"What is it with our race and this planet? No matter what we do, or how long it's been, we always seem to end up back here."
Warning lights began flashing up on the control panel.
"We might want to set down somewhere, make repairs and try to scavenge up some fuel. I don't know how much longer I can keep this thing in the air."
Down in the cargo hold, Bomblast was about to make a come-back to Buckshot's comment when Earth's gravitational field took effect. Bomblast landed on his feet as everything else fell to the floor. The cargo container pushed towards him slammed to the ground just in front of Bomblast.
"Woah, that was close!"
Then he looked down.
"ARGH! IT'S ON MY FOOT!!"
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Post by reddtherage on Sept 9, 2023 10:06:26 GMT -5
"Translation" Air-Fang spoke "This ship is dropping a like a rock, and I don't know the gravitational force of earth, but I am assuming its heavy enough to be a concern" he jerked a thump at the controls near road train. as he took a toy shark from the control console and place it in the air with the other hand. the goal was to us the shark as a way to measure how hard gravity of earth was, faster the shark dropped the ground the loose grip that Air-Fang had.
of course, Air-fang completely forgot about the ships own on board gravity device.
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Post by Hoistwave on Sept 11, 2023 3:50:00 GMT -5
"This isn't right..." Ponered the Renegade in response "LWhere's all the greenery? The atmosphereis a lot more polluterd than I remember, an by these reading that's not just natural or man-made. Why's erverything so scarred and burnt out? Indelible can you magnify?".
The fellow Renegade twiddled a few contols as orderd making the view more intense. "Whatever happened here looks like we missed it, I hope... You know more about this planet than most, could this be one of there human wars?"
"I'm not sure, the damage to these buildings, I didn't think Earth technolgy had developed to that level of advancement to do this much damage." replied the mech. "You .. You don't think?... This wasn't us was it? Our ancestors I mean, or even recent, where there any Transformers even stationed on Earth? Being incarcirated kind of keeps you out of the loop. I'd need to know more data history, records, archives about the interveining years..."
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Post by Jazzman Crothers on Sept 16, 2023 17:42:08 GMT -5
Latyrx7 was about to say something when he heard running. Bursting into the cockpit came Knockout, looking very displeased. "Is this your idea of a joke? Why did you turn off the gravity? When you did that I bounced all around the medical hub and now look at me. I'm dented and scratched all over."
Latyrx7 shook his head as he said, "Physician, heal thyself!" and made for the cockpit's exit.
"Is that all you have to say?" Asked Knockout in disbelief.
"Actually, no. Indelible, Hoist said something about history archives. See if this ship has any data on in it's hard drives. Its an Autobot ship so they might have that information. Roadtrain, find us a area where we can hide. Air Fang, I want you in the air to do a little scouting before we land, get to it now. Hoist, you're with me. Let's check out the rest of this ship and see what's useful and needs fixing. Oh, and Knockout? You're really letting yourself go there. Go fix yourself up. You look like slag." Latyrx7 left the cockpit with Hoist.
Knockout crossed his arms and began to sulk. 'Hmph! Typical."
Down in the cargo hold, Buckshot couldn't help but laugh as Bomblast complained about his foot. He walked over to the purple mech as Bomblast freed his foot from the container that fell on it. Standing just in front of the container, Buckshot continued making fun of Bomblast. "Big bad ex-con like yourself, letting a metal box get the drop on you. I thought you were made of sterner stuff. HA!
Unseen by Buckshot, the container began to vibrate and shake, as if something was inside trying to get out.
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Post by Bomblast on Sept 24, 2023 17:38:55 GMT -5
Roadtrain examined the NavCom as he struggled to keep the ship in the air. He quickly found somewhere large enough for the ship to land that was outside of the city they had observed.
"I've found somewhere to land. Taking us in. Can't promise a smooth landing, everyone might want to hold onto something." Roadtrain warned.
Down in the cargo hold, Bomblast growled and squared up to Buckshot, towering over him.
"Box like that would'a been the end of you."
Hearing the banging coming from the cargo container, Bomblast slammed his fist into the container.
"Knock it off in there! We are trying to have a moment out here!"
He turned his attention back to Buckshot, but then paused.
"Wait...You think there's something in there?"
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Post by Hoistwave on Sept 25, 2023 13:09:55 GMT -5
Whilst Hoist accompanied Laytrx, Indelible tried to pull the records up on the ship's computer, but not only that they were getting low enough to land that Indelible also tried to tap into the earth's world wide web searching for any new articles, media and any information on the planet's media as well as to what went wrong here, jusdging by Hoist's comments about Earth.
"Looks like the pilot's looking for a raise!", quipped Indelible, still keeping his attention on what he was doing.
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Post by Jazzman Crothers on Sept 26, 2023 1:07:10 GMT -5
Air Fang followed Latyrx7 and Hoist as they made their way of the cockpit. As he made his way down the corridor, Air Fang found an airlock. He opened the inner doors, entered the small room, locked the doors behind him then activated the outer doors to open. With a loud swoosh, the air outside rushed in, informing Air Fang of how windy it was outside. Transforming into helicopter mode, Air Fang flew out of the ship and took to the skies of this alien world. He began his scouting mission, eager to return with some information about this planet.
Indelible found what he was looking for. The computer brought up several data files about what had happened on Earth. Much of it was about how visitors had come to Earth and attacked without warning. The armies of the world were unable to stop them, even with the combined might of the Autobots and Decepticons. News reports claimed that much of the planet's population had perished and how what was left went underground.
Roadtrain could see the ground rushing up to him quickly. He was low on fuel and needed to land. All he had to do was extend the landing gear. If they still worked.
Buckshot had no idea what Bomblast was talking about until he looked at the container and saw it shake. He jumped back and armed himself. What the frag is going on? Stowaway? Turbo foxes? I say we shot it now and ask permission later! But maybe I better contact L7 first."
Latyrx7 and Hoist made their way around the ship "I don't know how we're going to get this ship space worth again. We might not even want to. Its a cargo ship, not a war vessel. We need a ship that's fast and that packs a punch. What do you think?"
The familiar tone of the comlink beep got Latyrx7 attention. [***COMLINK***]"Hey, L7? We got a problem here. Possible stowaway inside one of these containers. Can I perforate it?"[***COMLINK***]
"What? No, you idiot. It could be an Autobot or someone from the prison. Hold on, Hoist and I are on our way."
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Post by Bomblast on Oct 4, 2023 16:39:38 GMT -5
As the banging from inside the cargo container continued, Bomblast pressed his head against the side of the container, trying to hear inside. As the knocking continued, he tried knocking back.
"Whatever it is, I think it's trying to communicate."
Bomblast tapped on the side of the container a few more times with a complex rhythm. The response he got was a very hard, very loud BANG, the force of which was enough to dent the container close to his head.
"How rude."
In the cockpit, Roadtrain hit the controls to lower the landing gear. He then did something he hadn't done for years, and started praying silently to the Guiding Hand that the landing gear still worked.
+++SHIP COMM+++ "This is it, I'm taking us in for landing. Grab onto something, this isn't going to be a gentle landing." +++COMM+++
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Post by Jazzman Crothers on Oct 19, 2023 1:09:21 GMT -5
As the ship began to slow down, the craft vibrated and shook everyone inside. Anything not strapped down fell to the floor. The lights flickered on and off and alarms began to sound off. Knockout sat down in the co-pilot seat next to Roadtrain and held on tight to the console. "Geeez! I figured they would of at least placed a actually pilot in front of the joystick to fly this thing. Do you even transform into a aircraft? If not, there's your problem."
The landing gear touched the ground with a sickening crunch. Metal creaked as the hull of the ship sounded as if it warped it's self out of shape. Latryx7 held himself up against the wall of the corridor he and Hoist were walking down as the ship landed. "That could of been better. Come on, let's see whats going on in the cargo hold."
Buckshot and Bomblast managed to stay in their feet. However, much of the containers in the cargo hold fell and scattered across the floor. "I ain't cleaning this mess. Uh oh, Bomblast look."
Buckshot pointed at the container the two were investigating earlier. It's doors were now wide open.
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Post by Bomblast on Oct 19, 2023 17:52:35 GMT -5
The ship touched down a lot harder than Roadtrain would have liked, but it was still intact and they hadn't exploded, so Roadtrain chalked that up as a win. He powered down the ships engines and silenced the multitude of alarms that were going off. He patted the main console.
"Any landing you can walk away from is a successful one."
Roadtrain stood and glared at Knockout.
"Think you can do any better, 'Con, be my guest. Heavily damaged, half the systems offline, we're lucky we made it through the atmosphere. Or do you not want to get your paintjob dirty? Either way, let's get down to the cargo hold."
Down in the cargo hold, Bomblast got to his feet and dusted himself off.
"Not the roughest landing I've survived, but it's definitely up there."
Bomblast looked over as Buckshot spoke up, seeing that the cargo container was now open.
"Something tells me that's not good."
He deployed one of his Bomb-Blasters and moved cautiously towards the open container.
"Helloooooo? Anyone or anything alive in there? Preferably someone or something that doesn't enjoy the taste of metal."
As Bomblast stepped in front of the container and peered inside, there was a sound of thrusters and a flash of red as Bomblast was tackled and knocked to the ground by the container's inhabitant.
With her hands pinning Bomblast down as best she could, D-Fib deployed her Arc-Welder Rifle over her shoulder and pointed it at Bomblast.
"Who are you?! Where are we?!" She demanded.
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Post by Hoistwave on Oct 28, 2023 18:47:35 GMT -5
Hoist made his way to the back of the ship with Latyrx, this was the last thing they needed, they were back on Earth, that wasn't quite Earth - at least the one Hoist remembered, and now there was a possible sotwaway of who knows what. He just hoped it wasn't another Decepticon, it was bad enough having Knockout with them.
Readying his weapons just in case, they were nearly there now. "I think if it's something hostile on board, our only way if OFF the ship not using this hunk of junk to get way" replied Hoist.
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Post by Jazzman Crothers on Oct 31, 2023 22:30:09 GMT -5
"Don't move, stranger! Your out of your element!" Shouted Buckshot as he aimed his weapon at the robot on Bomblast. He didn't know what was going on and hated the fact that he had to take sides with a former Decepticon against someone who could be an Autobot or at least not as bad as a Con. Did he really want to kill someone just before they might kill Bomblast? Not really, but he had no choice it seemed.
Seeing Hoist arm himself and walking in with him into hanger and seeing Bomblast and Buckshot in a awkward stand off with a mech he'd never seen before, threw Latyrx7 off. "Whoa, whoa, whoa whooooa! No shooting! Everyone calm down." Latyrx7 stood in front of Hoist, hoping it would stop him from shooting anyone. Latyrx7 wasn't sure if he could trust these new comers to the Renegades. And if he couldn't, he wasn't sure he and Buckshot could take them down in a fight. They did more than hold their own back on the prison moon and Latyrx7 figured from Hoist's body, he was stronger then he was. Maybe even stronger than Buckshot.
But enough of that, he had to trust them. They were all he got. Especially now if Heavy Assault ever found them. Latyrx7 knew their leader had a bad habit of not dying when it was better off that he was. So if Latyrx7 couldn't stay off Heavy Assault's radar, he'd need a team as bad ass as the Renegades ever been.
Approaching Bomblast slowly, Latyrx7 kept his hands in the air. "Ok, hopefully no one is going to shoot you. I know, that doesn't sound reassuring but at least it's honest. I can really only vouch for myself when I say I mean you no harm. And maybe him." Said Latyrx7 as he pointed towards Buckshot. "You see, were on the dodge but ain't looking for trouble. We're a mix of former residents who decided to leave when we weren't allowed to so the landlord is looking for us. And it's not because we skipped out on the rent. So, if you're like us you can join us or we'll let you go. After all, if you torch my friend their you're not going to leave the ship in one piece. My name Latyrx7."
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"You know what? I'll just stay here while you go to the hanger. I don't need any to dirt myself with whatever filth has collected there." Knockout said to the Roadtrain as he watched the much bigger mech leave the cockpit.
Before Indelible could make a decision on what to do next, terminal screen in front of began extremely active. The ship's computer automatically joined an open access network as it connected to the internet. The computer had used the promote entered earlier about gathering information of Earth's current predicament. The screen was flooded with data links, old new casts, video footage and images of the last few years of what had happened on the planet.
>>> CURRENT YEAR: 2078 >>> BIOLOGICAL SCAN OF PLANET: OXYGEN LEVELS ON DECLINE. CARBON MONOXIDE INCREASING 0.0004% DAILY RISING. >>> ANIMAL LIFE: 78% OF ALL KNOWN LAND ANIMAL SPECIES ON DECLINE. >>> POLLUTION LEVELS: 87% OF EARTH'S OCEANS SCAN AS TOXIC, UNABLE TO SUSTAIN LIFE >>> HUMAN POPULATION: THE LAST KNOWN NUMBER OF HUMANS WAS 8.1 BILLION IN THE YEAR 2023. THAT AMOUNT HAS DECEASED BY 62% >>> CIVILIZATION: CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO GOVERNMENTS IN PLACE AT ANY LEVEL. ALL MAJOR CITIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR CRIPPLED. EARTH DEFENCE COMMAND NO LONGER FUNCTIONING.
The images and footage contained the violent imagery of Earth being ravaged by war. Indelible would be able to see cities on fire, armies fighting aliens he had never seen before and the ruins of what was left after each conflict. Also in the visuals, both Autobots and Decepticons seemed to be fighting together against the aliens. From what one could assuming by looking at the evidence was the aliens were a formidable fighting force. They're were groups of them who were different from one another. Some were the group troops while others could fly who spouted tentacles from their bodies. Some were massive, almost as big as Cybertron's Guardian robots, who charged into battle running on four legs. And the most disturbing of all were the aliens who seemed more like beasts than intelligent beings. Groups of monsters with large mouths full of sharp teeth who's image was captured as they torn into the whatever they hungered for.
The data links the computer collected began to play was could be assumed were old news feeds. One video was of a reporter speaking into the camera as they lived the event as it happened.
"They just appeared in the sky. They began to comes down to the surface but they didn't just land. They dug there ships into the ground! And when they came to a stop, they started shooting at everyone. Their weapons began tearing into everything, collapsing buildings like they were nothing. And if that was bad enough, when their doors open, out came what looked like an army of robotic creatures, They began tearing into anyone who was left behind and it was as if they were in a hunt. The entire city is on fire...."
The next video feed was just as bad.
"As you can see behind me, people are running. They are running scared, trying to get out of the city. Were going to leave in just a moment as the military has advised us to do so and... if you look up there you can see the ship that was just moments before in the ship now on the group releasing what we believe to be a robotic army of some kind. I have it on good authority that this isn't further Decepticon reinforcements but in fact, the Decepticons have been fighting then, even protecting humans form these awful creature and...."
The news man was cut off as what looked like a Decepticon Seeker land behind him.
"Foolish humans! Run while you have the chance. The invaders can't be held back!"
As the Decepticon turned to re-engage in battle, a blinding flash was seen followed by the sound of an explosion ending the video.
Another video showed a bridge running from a city over a large body of water to the mainland. The bridge was full of vehicles unable to move due to the amount of cars and trucks blocking the way. Soon, a series of explosions shook the bridge, destroying cars and causing people to panic, Then from the water, climbing up the support beams of the bridge, came the monsters seen earlier, preying on the humans as they ran from their lives.
More videos showed how utterly powerless Earth's military were against the invaders. Tanks were out maneuvered on the battlefield, combat jets were brought down by the massive alien spacecrafts. Chemical weapons were useless and worst of all, even with the combined strength of the Autobots and Decepticons fighting together, it wasn't enough to make a difference against this enemy and it's number.
Then one video, different from the others, began to play. It was of a lone person, standing at a podium as they made a emotional speech. "To whom ever may hear this out their in the outer regions of our galaxy, the Earth is doomed We have been invaded by a force by which we have never seen the likes of. We are in a state where the extinction of the human race is inevitable. But his is not a call for help or of rescue. This is a warning. Do not approach Earth. Stay away from our planet if you value your life. Our time has come, Do not approach Earth."
Over Indelible's shoulder, Knockout had watched the entire thing. "And now they tell us! Listen, Indelible. We can't let the others know what we just watched. All those former good-natured, high-horse Autobots we do something stupid like joining the fight against these creatures. I say we keep it to ourselves, help fix the ship and we find a quiet corner in the next galaxy over and but this mud ball on the opposite side of the after burner. What do you say?" Asked Knockout as he placed a 'friendly' hand on Indelible's shoulder.
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Post by Hoistwave on Nov 1, 2023 5:59:53 GMT -5
Latyrx7 's ploy worked, Hoist naturally lowered his weapon as the on going situation unfolded
Up frontIndelible was exasperated at by Knockout's intial response"Are you kidding me?! Telling them is exactly what we should do!", replied the mech looking over his shoulder, "However, your sentiment is right no matter how much my overwhelming logic dictates otherwise. They WILL notice sooner or later, it's not like we can keep them from leaving the ship. Can we?.."
The former prisoner leaned back in his bridge chair, "With such little chance of life, the humans are pretty much done for anyway. If I could just smuggle one of these aliens back to examine, disect.." Nervously without thought of actually doing it he found his finget tapping the edge of the console. "There's another problem, even if we don't tell them; we have to convince them that we could simply take off and leave. With all this flying junkship has been through that isn't going to be easy, physically or verbally given the state of the craft.."
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Post by Bomblast on Nov 1, 2023 19:11:14 GMT -5
Bomblast tilted his head back and looked at Latyrx7 as he spoke.
"We're friends?.....Cool!"
After the Renegade leader finished speaking, Bomblast turn his attention back to D-Fib's weapon pointing at his face. Effortlessly, Bomblast lifted her up, sat up, then placed her on the floor next to him before standing up.
"She's feisty. Can we keep her? Canwecanwecanwecanwecanwe? Pleeeeeeeaaaaaase?"
D-Fib got to her feet and glared at Bomblast, but turned her attention back to Latyrx7, Buckshot and Hoist.
"Let me go? This just happens to by my ship. You want to keep it in working order, you're going to need me around. I can guarantee the nobody in the 'verse can keep this ship running as well as I can."
For the first time since exiting the cargo container, D-Fib got a chance to look around the cargo hold.
"What. The. FRAK have you done to my ship?! Did you let a blind Chaosteros pilot my ship? I demand to know who wrecked my ship!"
"That would be me." Roadtrain said as he entered the cargo bay.
Roadtrain was carrying his weapon, but he was cradling it rather than holding it in a ready position. He walked casually over to where everyone was stood. D-Fib stowed her weapon and stormed over to Roadtrain, angrily pointing her finger in his face.
"You! You will personally be paying for every single repair my ship needs!"
She then wheeled around to face Latyrx7.
"You need a mechanic. I'm D-Fib. Now can someone please tell me what the frak is going on?"
Roadtrain looked over to Latyrx7 and Hoist.
"She's got a point. We need a mechanic."
"Ah! Shhh!" D-Fib said, pointing at Roadtrain again. "You have lost all talking privileges until my ship is fixed."
Hearing Roadtrain getting told off, Bomblast began to laugh, which resulted in him being on the business end of D-Fib's finger.
"Same goes for you. Just...Just stop talking."
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