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[1] [Video] [Speak to Optimus here.]
[Well everyone, after that interesting little event at the power plant, there are now three transforming alien robots at Sakihama base. The leader of them now making an announcement.]
Members of the Unity Group. It is a pleasure to meet all of you, though admittedly I wish that your first encounter with my species could have been under better circumstances. My name is Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. I had mentioned before during the battle that there was a war involved between the Decepticons and ourselves. What I had not mentioned was the scale of it...
[Prime sounded more than a little severe.]
This conflict consumed our entire planet and divided our species in two and had spanned across millennia. A conflict that has spread here when I led a failed attempt to find others willing to assist the Autobots as our numbers... and the energy available across our planet dwindled. It is because of this mistake that I swear that my troops and I will do whatever we can to assist mankind and all its allies in defending itself - not just from the Decepticons, but from all those who seek to cause you harm.
As such, all Autobots present on Earth will make themselves known to ESUN officials and provide assistance whenever possible. A small contingent of which will be arriving to support the Unity Group directly.
I hope that our people can continue to work together. Even after our battles are over.
[2] [New Arrivals] [Speak to the other Autobots here]
[It wasn't long before a contingent of vehicles bearing the Autobot insignia stopped off at Sakihama. There was a lot of cheery talking and jabbing at each other for the most part, Optimus looking happy at the arrival of his soldiers-... no. His friends. After that the Autobots were getting acclimated to their new surroundings.]
[There were the two that appeared with Optimus of course. Blaster was smiling the whole time after getting to see Zwei Wing in person and was laying out a few beats. Admittedly it'd be hard NOT to hear the music if you wander through there. He was nodding to the beat as his chest compartment opened up and launched out a few cassettes that transformed into human sized robots that assisted in his work.]
[Cliffjumper was dragging several crates to what he has claimed to be 'his place'. Note that when he opened the crates he was soon unpacking a frighteningly huge arsenal with the biggest smirk. The way he unloaded every weapon from their containers with something approaching destructive reverence was nerve wracking to say the least. Is he really one of the good guys?]
[Ironhide and Kup, the old timers out of all of them were joking with each other as old soldiers are wont to do as they unloaded more material. The former would shake his head with a wry smirk as he kept working while the latter lapsed into talking about past campaigns in which he had to cooperate with alien species.]
[Ratchet, the medical officer of the Autobots was getting a handle for the equipment and materials the Unity Group has, given his technical know how he would be supplementing the mechanics. He's quite impressed at the level of robotics expertise that humanity has reached and believes there's a lot that can be shared in terms of knowledge.]
[Bumblebee was busying himself by conversing with some of the techs and other personnel around the base. Now that the Autobots were working with humanity rather than simply supporting them from the shadows, he was taking the chance to get to know people.]
[Red Alert on the other hand was looking jumpy as he looked around, muttering comments about potential security breaches and that there was no way that everyone on the base could be trusted. He internally ponders doing a triple-over background check on all personnel when he has the chance, if he can get the chance. He's busy setting up a makeshift security area for himself to work from and occasionally snapping away from his set up to look around randomly.]
[Wheeljack was setting up a makeshift lab/workshop. Be afraid. Be very afraid.]
[And then last but not least was the MASSIVE figure of Grimlock. The only Autobot who rivaled Optimus in terms of sheer size. He wasn't doing anything to help the others but merely set up his own little area, lay a massive sword against the wall and sit down, glaring at everyone else and daring them to approach. Something about him felt different from the others, but you can't put your finger on it.]
[Feel free to speak to any of them.]
[Well everyone, after that interesting little event at the power plant, there are now three transforming alien robots at Sakihama base. The leader of them now making an announcement.]
Members of the Unity Group. It is a pleasure to meet all of you, though admittedly I wish that your first encounter with my species could have been under better circumstances. My name is Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. I had mentioned before during the battle that there was a war involved between the Decepticons and ourselves. What I had not mentioned was the scale of it...
[Prime sounded more than a little severe.]
This conflict consumed our entire planet and divided our species in two and had spanned across millennia. A conflict that has spread here when I led a failed attempt to find others willing to assist the Autobots as our numbers... and the energy available across our planet dwindled. It is because of this mistake that I swear that my troops and I will do whatever we can to assist mankind and all its allies in defending itself - not just from the Decepticons, but from all those who seek to cause you harm.
As such, all Autobots present on Earth will make themselves known to ESUN officials and provide assistance whenever possible. A small contingent of which will be arriving to support the Unity Group directly.
I hope that our people can continue to work together. Even after our battles are over.
[2] [New Arrivals] [Speak to the other Autobots here]
[It wasn't long before a contingent of vehicles bearing the Autobot insignia stopped off at Sakihama. There was a lot of cheery talking and jabbing at each other for the most part, Optimus looking happy at the arrival of his soldiers-... no. His friends. After that the Autobots were getting acclimated to their new surroundings.]
[There were the two that appeared with Optimus of course. Blaster was smiling the whole time after getting to see Zwei Wing in person and was laying out a few beats. Admittedly it'd be hard NOT to hear the music if you wander through there. He was nodding to the beat as his chest compartment opened up and launched out a few cassettes that transformed into human sized robots that assisted in his work.]
[Cliffjumper was dragging several crates to what he has claimed to be 'his place'. Note that when he opened the crates he was soon unpacking a frighteningly huge arsenal with the biggest smirk. The way he unloaded every weapon from their containers with something approaching destructive reverence was nerve wracking to say the least. Is he really one of the good guys?]
[Ironhide and Kup, the old timers out of all of them were joking with each other as old soldiers are wont to do as they unloaded more material. The former would shake his head with a wry smirk as he kept working while the latter lapsed into talking about past campaigns in which he had to cooperate with alien species.]
[Ratchet, the medical officer of the Autobots was getting a handle for the equipment and materials the Unity Group has, given his technical know how he would be supplementing the mechanics. He's quite impressed at the level of robotics expertise that humanity has reached and believes there's a lot that can be shared in terms of knowledge.]
[Bumblebee was busying himself by conversing with some of the techs and other personnel around the base. Now that the Autobots were working with humanity rather than simply supporting them from the shadows, he was taking the chance to get to know people.]
[Red Alert on the other hand was looking jumpy as he looked around, muttering comments about potential security breaches and that there was no way that everyone on the base could be trusted. He internally ponders doing a triple-over background check on all personnel when he has the chance, if he can get the chance. He's busy setting up a makeshift security area for himself to work from and occasionally snapping away from his set up to look around randomly.]
[Wheeljack was setting up a makeshift lab/workshop. Be afraid. Be very afraid.]
[And then last but not least was the MASSIVE figure of Grimlock. The only Autobot who rivaled Optimus in terms of sheer size. He wasn't doing anything to help the others but merely set up his own little area, lay a massive sword against the wall and sit down, glaring at everyone else and daring them to approach. Something about him felt different from the others, but you can't put your finger on it.]
[Feel free to speak to any of them.]
From:
no subject
You guys are so cool! How far did you come to get here? How do you change shape like that? Do you really even come in human size too?
From:
no subject
Not everything, but I'm doing my best to get there!
If you want the exact numbers I could get a couple of my friends to send over data from the ship we came in, and we've always been able to - it's been built into us for as long as we can remember.
And it isn't that common but we've definitely got a couple of bots that are human sized, they're partnered up with Blaster.
From:
no subject
We're not quite there yet ourselves, and if we were we definitely couldn't handle changing shape like that. I'd love to be able to fit in to a body that size! Are you guys bound to your bodies, or can you switch between them?
Hey -
[Something seems to hit her.]
- how come you're all guys?
From:
no subject
Well it is possible to transplant a Cybertronian's spark from one body to another.. but Ratchet probably knows more about that than I do, its more of a medical thing for us and-
[Now at the question about gender, Wheeljack actually paused.]
Aah... we don't exactly- its kind of a... thing. Gender didn't exactly exist with us for a while, and when it did its all a matter of Chassis in the end.
From:
no subject
So it's like, you decide your gender like you change your shapes? That's cool! Did you develop it after you met other species? How many other species do you know? Are many of them machines too?
From:
no subject
Well that's what I heard, and we've seen a lot of species - organic and mechanical just like us, course... most of them figured its best to keep away and all. The War and everything.
But I'm betting one day we'll be getting back out there and making up for lost time!
From:
no subject
Well if you want to meet new species, you've come to the right place. Lots of them seem to really like Earth, so much so they want it for themselves.
So... where did your people come from, originally? Did you evolve like this? Did another species create you? Did you change yourselves long ago?
From:
no subject
Now that's a seriously theological question. We've got a lot of theories about that - but the one everyone really believes in is Primus - the first Cybertronian.
I wouldn't call him a 'god' but he was really important to us. He made the first thirteen Transformers, and then we came from them. Some figure that Primus became the heart of our planet, the Super Computer Vector Sigma... or even our planet itself.
There used to be a lot of discussion on that, but most agree that if we go? We'll head to him through the Matrix.
From:
no subject
[Oh come on! If anyone should be able to give a straightforward, unambiguous answer about their origins, it should be an apparently artificial race - right? Still, the very fact of the uncertainty is fascinating in its own right, not to mention the mythical sound of what Wheeljack says is commonly agreed on.]
The heart of your planet is a supercomputer? Is your whole planet artificial? How big is it? How many of you are there?
So what's the Matrix? Something to do with sparks?
['Go'? Is this some kind of robot afterlife? How does that work?]
From:
no subject
Yup! Course its closed off to almost everyone. I don't think there's been a cybertronian who's set foot in its chambers for a long time now.
And depends on what you mean by artificial... if you mean like us?
[Wheeljack knocks on himself.]
Then its definitely that. Can't really talk about the whole number of us though... that's not a really pretty picture to talk about. Depressing stuff you wouldn't wanna hear about it and-
[Wheeljack pauses.]
Could you give me a minute on that last one? Just a little bit.
From:
no subject
Of course! I haven't... um, asked something inappropriate, have I?