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Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: December 21, 2013, 12:55 pm
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Episode 26 – Let it Snow
Airdate: Saturday 21st December 2013
Synopsis: The Dawn Katana is resting on the surface of Fothai,
its surface ever-so-slightly iced over. Waspinator, Snapjaw,
Prophecy, Mirage and Wildfire are in the ship’s bridge, awaiting
the return of the others. The ship’s A.I. notes that the
planet’s temperatures are at their lowest of the solar cycle –
if they remain here for much longer, the ship will be frozen up
and unable to leave.
Cross-Shot leads her team through the dark caverns of the
planet, the four obviously suffering from the temperature
(although Scale notes that it should be even colder on the
surface). As they continue down another forked path, Paladin
chats with Swingback, who responds with her usual upbeat (and
rather flirtatious) manner.
Paladin: So what did you specialise in, as an athlete?
Swingback: A lot of running, bit of gymnastic stuff, some
ball-sports…
Paladin: You keep fit, then.
Swingback: Don’t you just know it. I’ll have to show you how
flexible I am some time, huh?
Scale is baffled by the two, while Cross-Shot tries to out-right
ignore them. They enter a wide space, and Scale notes the
hundreds of creatures high above at the cavern’s ceiling.
Cross-Shot suggests that they make no loud noises, and they make
their way across the space. Aboard the ship, Mirage has returned
to her quarters, star-gazing via her celestial holo-map.
Wildfire bounds in, and the immortal fembot disinterestedly
scolds him for not knocking. He starts to question the various
constellations on the holo-map, as well as the objects in her
quarters, irritating her to the point of snapping. She stalks
out of her room, with Wildfire following apologetically.
Prophecy tackles him from behind, squeezing him and calling him
cute, which flusters him and gives Mirage the chance to head
elsewhere. Waspinator talks to the Arcrise egg, questioning her
decision to grant Dinobot an ounce of her power; pondering it,
he proposes that she may actually want to side with the
Archaicons when she returns.
Waspinator: Why did you give him power? What could lead you to
thinking that was the right thing to do? Prophecy was there too…
*pause* I… suppose that you’re not truly a Maximal. You could
join the Archaicons, couldn’t you?
Obviously hurt by this thought, he leaves, encountering Mirage
in the hallway. He greets her, but she tells him that she has no
time for him. Annoyed, Waspinator points out that she is not the
only person with troubles or who has suffered loss. Mirage
concurs, adding that she simply does not care about the pain of
random people, and heads off, leaving Waspinator angry. Heading
along, he finds Prophecy tickling a desperate and flustered
Wildfire; chuckling a touch, he moves Prophecy away from him,
stating that he needs the chance to breathe. Wildfire thanks the
departing Waspinator as he catches his breath.
As the fragment-hunting team reach the other side of the space,
Cross-Shot congratulates them, only to realise that the fragment
is no closer now than when they were on the other side of the
space… meaning it is somewhere within it. Scale transforms and
starts to ascend the wall, hoping to find a sign of the fragment
amongst the nesting creatures, while the other three split up to
cover the ground. Snapjaw, bored, researches methods for
preventing freezing, while the ship’s A.I. notes each drop in
core temperature.
Dawn Katana: 203 Kelvin… 202.5 Kelvin…
Snapjaw: Can’t you list in your head?
Dawn Katana: But then how would you know what- 202 Kelvin- the
temperature is?
Snapjaw: Who knows how much a Kelvin is?
Dawn Katana: Kelvin is defined as the fraction 1⁄273.16 of
the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water-
Snapjaw: Die-cast ships, now brought to you with no concept of
rhetoric…
Mirage stalks past, carrying a box full of guns; Snapjaw asks
what she is up to, and she remarks that it is none of his
concern. She heads outside, even as the A.I. warns her that the
temperatures are extremely low. Scale carefully weaves through
the nesting creatures, which he identifies as quadrupedal bats,
and locates the tip of a fragment embedded in the ceiling.
Cross-Shot attaches the fragment extractor to an arrow and fires
it up to him; he catches it, and discards the arrow, which
Swingback catches before it hits the floor. The former-mercenary
carefully extracts the fragment, but once it is removed, the
bats awaken – he quickly leaps down to the ground, landing
expertly, as he and the others make their way out, the disturbed
bats following. Wildfire enters the bridge, and starts asking
Snapjaw questions about his time as a Predacon, but Prophecy
catches up and starts tickling him again before Snapjaw can
answer any questions. The hyena-bot, obviously annoyed, attempts
to ignore them as he continues researching. Waspinator then
enters, separating Wildfire and Prophecy again, and asks if
Mirage has been through. Snapjaw notes that she went outside,
and Waspinator heads out too – the ship’s A.I. complains
fruitlessly.
Dawn Katana: But the temperature is at 196.5 Kelvin, and still
dropping! If you- wait, Waspinator! You’ll freeze!
Snapjaw: *patting the console* That’ll do, ship. That’ll do.
Mirage is stood in the midst of the snowy expanse, testing and
exchanging various guns, combining them into her arm as she
does. Elsewhere, Cross-Shot, Scale, Paladin and Swingback charge
out of the cavern, rushing towards the Dawn Katana with the
quadrupedal bats following. Snapjaw notices, and grumbles as he
opens the entrance to the ship; the four board, and Cross-Shot
mans the ship’s weaponry as the alien creatures draw close.
Waspinator finds Mirage out in the snow; shrugging off his
surprise at her use of the upgrade’s abilities, he tells her to
stop moping, but she insists that she is not, and that she
simply needs time away from him and his crew.
Waspinator: … this is why Constant needs to include manuals with
his upgrades… Mirage, knock it off. Stop moping about out here.
Mirage: I’m not moping. I’m giving myself room to breathe.
Spending time with you and the others is exhausting and
demeaning.
He points out that, if she is so bothered by being on a team,
she should never have joined, and Mirage calls him out on his
hypocrisy, as he was the one who insisted she join them. She
fires on him, damaging him, and he assimilates another weapon,
firing back, and the two continue to damage one another as they
argue and approach one another. Mirage assimilates a huge
weapon, too big for her frame to support, and heavily damages
Waspinator upon firing while blowing the gun and her own arm to
pieces. As the two reach one another, their heated words
suddenly and surprisingly turn into passionate kisses, and they
tumble (or collapse) to the snow.
Waspinator: I’m ordering you to stand down!
Mirage: You’d be better off falling down, in that state, you
useless hunk of scrap!
Waspinator: You will listen to what I say!
Mirage: Ha! The arrogance!
Waspinator: You’re the arrogant one here!
Mirage: And what’re you going to do about it?
*a beat, and then they suddenly embrace, kissing each other
deeply, and after a moment, collapsing to the floor*
The other Maximals fire warning shots from the ship’s weaponry
to try and ward the bats off, although some still approach.
Cross-Shot switches to a lower setting, and stuns the creatures,
knocking them back until they all start retreating. The Maximals
are relieved, only for the ship’s power to vanish. The A.I.
explains that power is too low, and he is having to reroute
almost all of it to his core to prevent fatal freezing. If the
Maximals do not leave soon, the ship will become totally frozen
and they will never be able to escape.
Cast:
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Scale – Ron Perlman
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Paladin – Paul Rudd
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Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: December 28, 2013, 12:33 pm
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Episode 27 – Chill Factor
Airdate: Saturday 28th December 2013
Synopsis: Waspinator and Mirage sit back-to-back amidst the
strengthening snow-storms, not talking. After a moment,
Waspinator tries to contact the ship, to no avail. Mirage
suggests they brave the blizzards instead of awaiting pick-up,
and struggles to her feet; she heads off, as Waspinator follows,
irritated.
Aboard the Dawn Katana, the other Maximals are gathered in the
bridge, contemplating what to do now. Cross-Shot suggests some
of them head out to find Waspinator and Mirage, but the ship
notes that the temperature is too low for them to be able to
tolerate it for long. Though Wildfire suggests that Prophecy
chronoskim outside and spend the time looking for them, Prophecy
points out that even she cannot bear the cold for too long.
Cross-Shot instead posits the idea of detecting the two, and
then waiting until they are close enough to easily retrieve. The
ship’s A.I. adds that the two, being immortal, should be able to
function longer in the low temperatures.
Cross-Shot: I could try and detect the two of them. Once they’re
close enough, we could head out to retrieve them.
Dawn Katana: Waspinator and Mirage are both immortal, so they’ll
be able to withstand the cold longer than the rest of you. It’s
a good idea.
Scale reminds them that they cannot wait too long, or the ship
might lose the ability to leave; thinking over this, Cross-Shot
sends Scale, Wildfire and Swingback to work out a way to keep
the ship going, while she, Snapjaw, Prophecy and Paladin will
ponder the rescue of Waspinator and Mirage. All the while,
Paladin sits in silence, eyeing his team-mates with an air of
unease. Waspinator and Mirage continue through the volatile
weather, with Waspinator pointing out how it is somewhat similar
to their first adventure in the desert. Mirage turns to him, and
explains that their ‘entanglement’ is not to be considered
anything more than an accidental incident. Waspinator bluntly
agrees, and continues on ahead of her.
Mirage: Listen. Our… our entanglement… it means nothing. It WAS
nothing. It was an accidental incident that needs no more
consideration.
Waspinator: Agreed.
With that, he stumbles, falling to the ground, and Mirage eases
him back to his feet (as best as possible with one arm). They
stare into each other’s eyes, before turning away from one
another, at which point Waspinator, without support, falls
again. Mirage eases him up, and promises to support him as they
continue on. The snow is falling more heavily now, the winds
blowing stronger, and the light is fading.
Scale, Wildfire and Swingback are sat in the common room,
discussing the ship’s dropping internal temperatures. Wildfire
suggests they light fires around the engines, but Scale points
out that it could cause the fuel to ignite and destroy the ship.
Swingback jests that at least they will stay warm; Scale sighs.
He notes that they could potentially start the engines up and
route the resultant heat throughout the ship, but they do not
have enough fuel to waste. Wildfire asks if they cannot simply
use something else as fuel, and Swingback suggests she run on a
treadmill to generate power – Scale asks her to take it
seriously.
Wildfire: We could always use something else as fuel, though,
right? That way we can still use up what we have AND make it to
a fuelling place?
Swingback: Hey, we could attach a treadmill and I’ll run on it!
Scale: Could you take this seriously? It’s our lives at stake.
In the bridge, Cross-Shot is focusing on locating Waspinator and
Mirage, while Snapjaw, Prophecy and Paladin ponder how to
quickly retrieve the two. Snapjaw asks Prophecy if her energy
bubbles are insulating, and she claims that it could be
possible, but it would be different to her normal types and
require figuring out. Paladin enquires if there are any thermal
suits or insulating materials on the ship that they could use,
but Snapjaw points out that if there were, they would not be
pondering this. At this point, the ship’s A.I. interrupts,
noting that the temperature is now too low for any power to be
wasted anywhere else; he wishes the Maximals luck, and shuts
down, rerouting all power to the core except for a single
reading of the temperature. Outside, Waspinator and Mirage can
just about make the ship out through the blizzard. They continue
on, slow now, as Waspinator notes that they may not even make
it. He scolds Mirage again for having left the ship, and she
states that she had to have some time to herself. Waspinator
slyly suggests that she come to him if she wants time to
herself, at which she threatens to leave him in the snow.
Waspinator: … if you want time to yourself, you could always
come and see me…
Mirage: I’ll leave you out here. I seriously will.
The leader clarifies that he is only considering her apparent
feelings for him, and she snaps back that he was the one who
initiated the kiss.
The Maximals have all re-gathered in the bridge, with Prophecy
creating swirls of light to keep the room illuminated with the
power gone and the sun all but set. The bots are still
contemplating what to do; Snapjaw proposes they depart without
Waspinator and Mirage if they do not come within range in the
next few minutes, although the others disagree, especially
Cross-Shot, who states that she could not lead the team well
enough (though the other Maximals seem to think otherwise).
Snapjaw: If we still don’t see them in another few minutes, I
say we go without them. The mission is more important than-
Wildfire: You’re kidding, right?
Paladin: We can’t just leave them.
Scale: Mhm…
Swingback: That’s just harsh.
Prophecy: We need them!
Cross-Shot: The others are right. And anyway, it’s not like I
could really lead us as well as Waspinator.
Paladin: I think you could.
Swingback: Yeah. I mean, it’s beside the point, but you’d
manage.
Snapjaw says that he does not wish to freeze to death on this
planet, and Prophecy’s lights touch her painting, causing it to
light up and further illuminate the room. Seeing the images of
the journey still to come, the Maximals gain determination anew,
and Swingback ponders aloud if the new fragment will help. The
others are surprised at the obviousness of this, and Paladin
suggests that the bats had been roosting around it as it
supplied heat. He takes the fragment extractor and rushes into
the ship, while Cross-Shot notes that Waspinator and Mirage are
now within a safe distance. Snapjaw takes her hand and phases
them out of the ship; they rush over to the two, who are still
bickering, while Paladin reaches the ship’s core and implants
the fragment into it. Waspinator, Cross-Shot, Snapjaw and Mirage
enter the bridge, and Cross-Shot immediately suggests they go to
the CR room, just as Paladin enters too, giving Waspinator a
darkly concerned look. The power starts to ebb back on. Later,
the ship is heading through space. Waspinator and Mirage are
healing in CR chambers – they come to an agreement that their
fraternising means nothing, but can continue, when Paladin
enters the room, asking to speak with Waspinator in private.
Mirage: Okay. So. We don’t… love each other.
Waspinator: Of course not.
Mirage: No way in the Pit.
Waspinator: And it’s because of that that we can mess around all
we want.
Mirage: Totally.
Waspinator: Because we don’t love each other.
Mirage: Exactly.
Waspinator: Why would we?
Mirage: True.
Waspinator: You’re a pain in the skid-plate.
Mirage: Well you’re a moron.
Waspinator: And no one loves a moron.
Mirage: You said it.
Waspinator: But the other stuff, that’s fine.
Mirage: Yeah, that’s totally fine.
*a knock at the door, and Paladin enters*
Paladin: Erm, if it’s not too much trouble, I’d like to speak to
you, Waspinator. Alone.
Mirage leaves, saying that she is restored enough anyway, and
Paladin explains to Waspinator that he has been picking up stray
thoughts amongst the crew. He adds that he chalks it up to
events with Sawblade. Waspinator presses him, and he explains
that, although he is unsure who… someone is considering joining
the Archaicons.
Cast:
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Scale – Ron Perlman
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Paladin – Paul Rudd
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#Post#: 386--------------------------------------------------
Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: January 4, 2014, 1:07 pm
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Episode 28 – Role Model
Airdate: Saturday 4th January 2014
Synopsis: A pitch-black prison cell – inside, Sawblade bemoans
his fate, asking what he did to deserve imprisonment. The cell
door opens, and Dinobot stands in the light, explaining that
Sawblade defaced and disgraced the Archaicon faction. However,
he has made preparations for the anarchist to learn… and offers
for him to join them.
An alien city, at night. A young alien woman, Haravas, is
travelling in the back of a vehicle; it comes to a stop outside
a hotel, she’s escorted inside past a mob of people. Reaching
her room, she lies down, chuckling to herself, before a call
comes through. It’s from reception – the receptionist informs
her that she has special visitors. Sighing, Haravas heads back
down, and finds the Dawn Katana crew waiting in the lobby.
Waspinator introduces them, and explains to Haravas that,
several weeks ago, she would have wound up with a fragment
embedded in her. Smirking, she informs Waspinator that the
fragment has given her more than she could ever desire, and
walks away. Snapjaw comments that he does not like her. As
Lacerator explains the basics of the faction to Sawblade,
Dinobot and Huntdown watch on. The latter asks if having
Sawblade join them – especially as part of the inner circle – is
a wise idea, but Dinobot notes that Sawblade has the potential
to be a powerful ally.
Huntdown: You’re really thinking of putting him in the inner
circle? Are you sure that’s a good idea?
Dinobot: Positive. Given the chance, and a push in the right
direction, he could become a powerful ally for us.
Giving him responsibility amongst the faction will grant him
purpose. Huntdown is evidently unconvinced. The Maximals, back
onboard the Dawn Katana, investigate Haravas. The ship’s A.I.
explains that she is presently one of the most successful
pop-stars on the planet, Righ. The peak of her success coincides
with the Matrix destruction, and the A.I. adds that waveform
comparisons between her performances before and after indicate
that she previously used pitch correction software. Wildfire
declares the fragment to be ‘auto-tune in crystal form’, though
Scale muses if it is perhaps more about advancing potential or
realising ambitions. Waspinator realises that Haravas will be
unwilling to surrender her fragment, and Mirage proposes using
subterfuge to get it, before suggesting they discuss it further
in his quarters.
Waspinator: If it’s the foundation for her career, she won’t
give it to us just from asking.
Mirage: So, subterfuge, then?
Waspinator: I assume so.
Mirage: Okay, then. Let’s head to your quarters and, you know,
discuss it.
Waspinator agrees, and he tells the others to prepare for a
morning strike while he heads off with Mirage, leaving the group
a little bemused.
The next morning, Haravas wakes up to a news report on her
fraternising with another celebrity, which it treats lightly and
casually – the singer is pleased with this, and calls for her
chauffeur. As she heads outside, she finds the usual baying mobs
absent – instead, only the Maximals are stood there. Paladin
explains that he used the telepathy granted by his fragment to
send an impulse to leave across the crowd. Waspinator adds that
each of them have fragments too – and they need to gather all of
the other fragments for the sake of reality. Haravas expresses
her lack of concern, and Waspinator informs her that she is
being given one chance to surrender it willingly, or else they
will take it from her, by any means.
Haravas: Aww, that’s nice. Now look at my face and try to figure
out if I give a damn.
Waspinator: This is your one and only chance. You can let us
take the fragment from you, or we’ll find a way to without your
permission.
Haravas responds with a laugh, as two bodyguards flank her and
she enters her vehicle. It drives off, and Mirage remarks that
it is time for the subterfuge to commence. On Maradon, Sawblade
is being toured around the Archaicons’ base by Sickleclaw and
Airazor – who, of course, are flinging insults at one another
all the while. Sawblade starts to fan the flames between them,
eventually causing Sickleclaw to very nearly hit Airazor;
Huntdown holds her fist and tells her that hitting him is not
worth it. Chuckling, Sawblade thanks the two for their tour, and
heads off on his own.
Sawblade: Well, that sure was educational. Thanks for the tour,
guys!
The Maximals head through the city, as Cross-Shot tracks
Haravas. Prophecy rambles about none of the keys being here,
before pouncing at Wildfire again. Paladin and Swingback
continue their semi-flirtatious chats, while Snapjaw and Scale
try to ignore them. Trailing behind, Waspinator and Mirage
discuss their plan to get Haravas’ fragment – Wildfire
(struggling in Prophecy’s hold) notes how they seem closer since
Fothai, which flusters both of them. The younger bot is confused
by their response, and the two emphatically deny anything.
As Sawblade explores the base, he encounters Scorpinax in a
corridor, watching the courtyard. The new member insinuates that
Scorpinax is a stalker, but the mysterious bot notes that he has
things on his mind. He then asks Sawblade if he has any
comprehension as to what the Archaicons stand for yet, to which
the shark-bot responds that it is tension, in-fighting and
eccentricity. Chuckling, Scorpinax states that it is all about
forging a new path, but Sawblade comments that they will only
dig themselves into a pit at this rate as he walks off. It is
now evening on Righ, and Haravas is rehearsing a routine; her
dancers make a mistake, and she snaps at them, telling them that
they are pathetic. One of them quietly comments that she has let
her ‘miracle’ vocal ability go to her head, and she responds by
kicking him.
Dancer: Just because some ‘miracle’ gave you an amazing voice…
doesn’t mean you have to treat everyone like dirt…
Haravas: Then try not to act like dirt, loser. *she kicks him*
Her manager informs her that she has two minutes, and that she
has a visitor. Waspinator approaches her, and states that he
admires her. The singer explains that, since the fragment
granted her a strong singing voice, she has grabbed her dream of
fame with both hands. Waspinator tells her that he has no
interest in her fragment; he was testing her passion and drive.
Haravas adds that she hates her fans, but loves the attention
and the allowances for any misdeed.
Haravas: I can’t stand the fans. They’re mindless hordes who’ll
eat any old rubbish as long as it’s done to a beat. But they
give me a stage and they lap up every word I sing. And I love
it. They let me get away with anything, too. I’m everyone’s
little darling.
The two share a deep kiss, before she heads out on stage… only
to find the entire crowd booing her. Turning, she sees that the
screen behind the stage is linked to a hidden backstage camera,
and Waspinator waves at her, fragment extractor in hand.
Distraught, Haravas tries to sing, only to find her voice poor.
The crowd starts to leave as Haravas curses at them. The
Maximals, in the crowd, applaud Waspinator’s work, only to
notice that Mirage is missing. At that moment, Waspinator and
Mirage, kissing passionately, tumble into shot on the stage’s
screen. The team are shocked, and Waspinator and Mirage
continue, blissfully unaware. In the Archaicons’ base, Sawblade
sets up his new quarters, smirking.
Cast:
Sawblade – Nolan North
Dinobot – Scott McNeil
Haravas – Ashley Roberts
Receptionist – David Leisure
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Scale – Ron Perlman
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Paladin – Paul Rudd
Lacerator – Erin Cahill
Huntdown – Corey Burton
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Sickleclaw – Tiffany Grant
Airazor – Tom Kenny
Scorpinax – Brian Drummond
Dancer – Tom Kenny
Manager – Ron Perlman
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Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: January 11, 2014, 11:42 am
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Episode 29 – The Lives Left Behind
Airdate: Saturday 11th January 2014
Synopsis: Dinobot and Lacerator are holding a strategic meeting
as the other members of the inner circle watch on outside the
room. Suddenly, an alarm goes off; the five rush off, heading to
the front of the base, where they find a lone fembot, breathing
heavily and snarling, stood amidst the base’s sensors. She tells
them that she heard their message – she is here to join them.
Sawblade goes to approach the new arrival, but she snarls at
him, pouncing and slicing his outer layers with her claws.
Angered himself now, the Archaicon uses his circular saw to try
and slice her hands off, but Huntdown steps between them before
any more damage can be dealt. The Lycaenops-bot informs her that
they do not mean her harm, and introduces himself; the fembot
says her name is Toxiclaw (at which Airazor suggests to
Sickleclaw that they adopt the name ‘the Claw sisters’), and
adds that she wants to speak to the leader. Huntdown explains
that he is otherwise occupied, but that the bots present are
most of his inner circle and can answer any questions. All the
while, Sawblade starts to writhe about on the ground: Toxiclaw
remarks that her claw-tips are laced with cyber-venom, and that
her own mech-fluid contains the antidote (this is, of course, in
case she scratches herself accidentally).
Toxiclaw: Ah.
Huntdown: Ah?
Toxiclaw: That would be the cyber-venom. On the tips of my
claws… if he needs an antidote, it’s in my mech-fluid. Easiest
place to keep it, and if I accidentally scratch myself, it
doesn’t affect me.
Without help, Sawblade has ten minutes to live. Huntdown orders
Scorpinax and Airazor to carry Sawblade to the med-bay, while he
and Sickleclaw escort Toxiclaw there. As Scorpinax and Airazor
lift Sawblade up, Airazor asks his secretive ally what his life
was like before he joined the Archaicons. Upon prompting, he
adds that he is (begrudgingly) gathering data for Lacerator.
Scorpinax asks in turn what Airazor’s back-story is, and the
flier explains (‘narrating’ as we see it) that his home colony
was in constant disarray due to a coalition Maximal/Predacon
government. Street fights would often strike up, and Airazor,
already conflicted, wound up in the crossfire of one fight.
While recovering, he swore to find a new path.
Airazor (as narration): They’d fight. Like, all the time. You’d
just be walking down the street, and BOOM! Fight! Maximals and
Predacons, spilling fluids and shooting each other to scrap.
Thing is – and I’d know, because I’m amazing – when you fight,
you don’t care about collateral. I actually pondered if I should
change my name to that. ‘Collateral’. I only got shot once, but
it seriously messed me up. I was recovering for ages. Stuck on a
med-slab… it gave me time to think. I knew there was a better
way, somehow. It was up to me to find it.
Scorpinax chuckles, and notes that his reasoning is much simpler
(again narrating flashbacks): he saw the fallibility, the
weaknesses, in every bot he saw, and aspired to meet others like
him and find perfection. He isolated himself, bar his computer
systems, until the day he located allies. Airazor ponders aloud
if Scorpinax has a superiority complex, although Scorpinax notes
that he too is flawed, but unlike others, he is aware of it.
In the med-bay, Sawblade is writhing in agony on a med-slab
while an Archaicon medic goes to extract a sample of Toxiclaw’s
mech-fluid. The fembot, however, states that she can do it
herself, as she is a trained medic.
Archaicon medic: Okay, I’m just going to take a sam-
Toxiclaw: I’m a medic. I can do it myself. Don’t touch me, or
you’ll find that there’s pain that even a medic can’t handle.
Airazor enquires about her past, although he notes that, as she
is not amongst the inner circle, he does not need to learn about
her. Snarling under her breath, Toxiclaw explains that she was a
member of a Maximal team who dealt with Predacon threats. As she
continues her explanation, we watch events unfold: while
confronting a venomous Predacon, she was infected with
cyber-venom which fused to and mutated her CNA, warping her into
her present form. The Predacon was killed, but she lashed out at
her allies in a disoriented and enraged state, and thinking that
she was now a monster, they abandoned her on the planet, unable
to kill her. Toxiclaw explains that she despises both factions
for what they did to her, and has steadily made her way from
planet to planet, refining her skills and killing members of
either faction. She finishes her story, as well as the
mech-fluid extraction, and injects it into Sawblade, who starts
to relax. He comments weakly that he likes her story, and
explains (as we see) that his is far less interesting – he has
no concern for factions, and is simply an unaligned and
intelligent bot who grew restless on his home colony. He found
pleasure in anarchy, and joy in the pain of others.
Sawblade: That’s a good story. It’s interesting. No, really.
Mine’s got nothing on that-
*we start to see his past, as he continues explaining*
Sawblade (as narration): I’ve never really cared about factions.
It’s just two fixed ways of looking at things, when in my
opinion, each individual should act as they want. That’s what
they call anarchy, I guess. I just call it being smart. I was
always too smart. The world was passing by and I was stuck at
everyone else’s pace. So I took their advice, and became an
anarchist… and it’s actually pretty fun. Nothing matters, no one
matters; crush them as you please. It feels so good to hurt
people… like being a god. You control their fate. I guess that’s
why I could use that memory-alteration power so well – I’ve had
experience in playing god.
Toxiclaw counters that aimless rage is utterly futile. Scorpinax
notices as Hatchet enters, speaking to the medic about an injury
he had sustained a few days ago. As Sawblade notes that he is
feeling better already, Dinobot and Lacerator enter.
Dinobot and Lacerator talk with Toxiclaw off in the corner of
the med-bay, while the other inner-circle members talk amongst
themselves. Airazor asks Huntdown about his past, and the bot
explains that his ideas contrasted with both the Maximals and
Predacons. We see his past as he elaborates; he was against the
discrimination towards Predacons, which put the Maximals
(especially the Gogaxian Maximal Council) at odds with him, and
when he suggested that the Predacons put themselves at the
Maximals’ mercy, to which the Predacons took exception.
Aggravated with both factions, Huntdown warmly welcomed
Dinobot’s offer. He adds that both Dinobot and the Maximals
seemed to recognise him, though he is not sure why, and it seems
as though they were not expecting him (noting that Dinobot had
muttered something about ‘Havoc’).
Huntdown: Strange thing is, Dinobot kind of… recognised me. The
Maximals, too, or at least their leader… like they knew me. I’d
never met them, but I think they’d met me, somehow. Then again,
it was more like surprise. I don’t think they were expecting me.
When we left – me, Dinobot and Sickleclaw – I heard Dinobot
mutter something about ‘Havoc’.
Airazor turns to Sickleclaw, who sighs before he even asks, and
tells him that she was simply not welcomed by either faction.
There was no betrayal, no injury, no restlessness or hatred. She
simply chose to live without faction, and the Sherellan
colonists, of both factions, treated her with vitriol. Happy
with this answer, Airazor brazenly approaches Dinobot, and asks
him his back-story. The Archaicon leader explains his past in
the briefest of terms (without flashback), and leaves Airazor
stunned.
Airazor: Hey! Hey, Lord Dinobot of Maradon; what about you?
What’s your story?
Dinobot: Predacon. Maximal. Honour lead me down darkening paths.
Then I destroyed the Matrix.
Airazor: … well… that’s different.
With that said, Dinobot turns to the others, and explains that,
as with Sawblade, he is appointing Toxiclaw as a member of the
inner circle. Hearing this, Hatchet becomes angered, snapping
that brand new members keep being appointed to the inner circle
for no discernable reason, while long-standing members such as
himself have been constantly ignored. He storms off, stating
that he is done with the faction, and Dinobot scowls while
Scorpinax seems concerned. The leader notes that he and
Lacerator have mapped out major areas of conflict that they
shall intercept, and orders them to head to the meeting room. As
they head off, Airazor informs Lacerator that he has gathered
all the back-stories, but is curious as to hers. In response,
she touches a spine to his forehead, and he witnesses flashes of
mass-slaughter, solitude and grief. She heads off, leaving
Airazor reeling.
Cast:
Dinobot – Scott McNeil
Lacerator – Erin Cahill
Huntdown – Corey Burton
Airazor – Tom Kenny
Sickleclaw – Tiffany Grant
Sawblade – Nolan North
Scorpinax – Brian Drummond
Toxiclaw – Jennifer Hale
Archaicon medic – Scott McNeil
Hatchet – Frank Welker
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#Post#: 394--------------------------------------------------
Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: January 18, 2014, 12:30 pm
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Episode 30 – All in the Mind
Release date: Saturday 18th January 2014
Synopsis: Waspinator is being taught by Paladin, both wielding
swords, all while quietly discussing the traitor in their ranks
as Cross-Shot trains alone nearby. She misses one target,
cursing under her breath, before noting to Waspinator that she
can sense a fragment.
The Dawn Katana flies into the airspace of Trasda, which the
ship’s A.I. starts to explain to the gathered Maximals is a
major Cybertronian colony in the outer regions, when the ship is
rocked. It starts to plummet to the ground, as the Maximals
struggle for control; Wildfire attempts to use his telekinesis
to slow their descent, to little effect. A Maximal ship appears
beside them, which helps to break their fall, and they land down
roughly but safely on the planet’s surface. The other ship
leaves before the Maximals can contact them, and they quickly
realise that they have landed down amidst a major conflict
between Maximals and Predacons. Cross-Shot notes that the
fragment-bearer is close, and the team heads off; as Waspinator
and Mirage walk side-by-side, the others give them awkward
glances. The Archaicons are heading through space in their ship;
Sickleclaw trains with her sword by herself in the main hall,
when Dinobot and Lacerator walk past. The young fembot tries to
talk to Dinobot, but he notes that he is busy, leaving her
rather sour. Airazor teases her, and she draws the sword
dangerously close to his neck.
Airazor: Awh, Big Bad Feathers hasn’t got time for his baby
girl-
*Sickleclaw spins her sword at him, halting it an inch from his
neck*
Sickleclaw: Shut your mouth or I’ll carve it wide open.
The Maximals locate the fragment-bearer, lying stiff on the
ground. Waspinator approaches him with the fragment extractor,
only for the body to explode with colour and light. When their
eyes readjust, they find their surroundings altered, vastly more
vibrant and surreal, and the bot is now stood atop a pillar,
arms raised, welcoming the Maximals to the perfect world. At
that moment, he loses balance, falling from the pillar, only to
bounce back up. Waspinator states that this is likely to do with
his fragment (Snapjaw points out how obvious that is), and
bounces his way over to the strange bot, who introduces himself
as Backyard (he insists that it is yard as in the unit of
measurement).
Waspinator: Okay… well I imagine that’s something to do with his
fragment…
Snapjaw: We’re so lucky to have you here, Nightbeat.
*Waspinator bounces over to the fragment-bearer*
Waspinator: My name’s Waspinator.
Backyard: Named after a bug-spray. I’ve heard better. My name’s
Backyard – that’s yard as in the length, I’m not named after
someone’s garden, so don’t bother with all the jokes, I’ve heard
‘em all before.
The Maximal leader explains that they need to take his fragment,
but Backyard states that they will have to catch him first,
before rocketing off in a burst of flames, leaving Waspinator
covered in scorch marks.
Backyard lands down in a large field of flowers, which start to
yell at him for disrupting their serenity. The fragment-bearer
starts arguing with them, which ends with him transforming (and
mass-shifting quite notably) into an industrial combine
harvester, ploughing through the flowers as they scream. The
Maximals trek on, in the direction that Backyard took, with
Mirage proposing that he has not re-written reality, but simply
drawn them into his own illusion. To illustrate this, she
attempts to use her natural illusion-casting abilities, and
finds that they are heavily suppressed, only good for making
reality faintly appear. A group of birds start to attack the
group, although the (non-diegetic) music remains the same; Scale
finds a dial on the wall, which he turns to change the backing
music to an action piece. The Maximals fight off the birds, with
Paladin saving Swingback from a close call, for which she thanks
him with a flirty tone.
Paladin: Keep your eyes peeled.
Swingback: If that’s what you want me to do.
Paladin: I might have to write a list.
Eventually, Prophecy manages to trap the birds in energy orbs,
which float off like bubbles, much to the peculiar fembot’s
amusement. Snapjaw starts to realise that they can potentially
shape the world too; he takes a nearby leaf, rolls it up, and
uses it as a telescope, locating Backyard in combine harvester
mode. The Maximals continue on their way. After a quick
faction-turn transition ala Generation 1, we see Huntdown,
Scorpinax and Sawblade patrolling the Archaicon ship. Sawblade
trails behind, and notices Toxiclaw experimenting in the ship’s
lab; entering, he remarks that he forgives her for trying to
kill him, but finds it fascinating that she would make that her
first reaction.
Sawblade: Well, I suppose it needs to be said… I forgive you.
Toxiclaw: Hm?
Sawblade: For the ‘almost killing me’ thing. I mean, it’s
amazing that that’s the first thing you tried when you saw me,
but I don’t mind.
Toxiclaw looks up at him, and informs him that she has no
personal investment in him living, and that she will kill him if
given the opportunity. Sawblade laughs at this, and leaves.
With the flower field now empty, Backyard transforms back into
robot mode, and finds a door within the soil; opening it, he
finds a bar located below the ground. As he enters, he witnesses
a bar-fight occurring, although the fight naturally avoids him
as he makes his way to the bar. As Backyard orders a drink, he
watches a television screen, which depicts the Maximals above
ground, looking into the bar, before heading down and finally
reaching Backyard. He turns around, and Waspinator explains that
they need his fragment to save all of reality. Backyard asks
offhandedly if that includes Trasda, before the bar shifts into
a stage, and the fighting bots start performing the can-can. The
Maximals are kicked about as Backyard rushes off; recovering
themselves, the bots rush after their target, heading out of the
theatre and into a bustling city. As the door to the theatre
slams shut, the city-goers all stop, and turn, revealing that
they are all facsimiles of the Maximals. Waspinator orders the
group to split into three to make things easier and cover more
ground, and they fan out, searching for Backyard.
Waspinator: … right. This is going to be tough. Let’s split into
groups, cover more ground and make it less likely that we get
confused by the facsimiles.
Waspinator, Cross-Shot and Prophecy attempt to track his
fragment, but the building they enter is full of Mirage
facsimiles, who surround Waspinator and flirt with him as he
bashfully tries to make his way through. Scale, Mirage and
Wildfire end up trapped in a closed-off space as the surrounding
facsimiles morph into walls. Snapjaw, Paladin and Swingback
scour the area from atop a building, and locate Backyard, garbed
in a red and white striped cloak, shuffling through the crowd of
dupes – Paladin and Swingback’s talk turns to flirting, and
Snapjaw shoves them off of the building in annoyance, before
following; they proceed to float off after Backyard, who starts
to run more frantically.
Paladin: Got him.
Swingback: What’s with the cloak?
Paladin: A disguise, I guess.
Swingback: He could’ve made the facsimiles himself…
Paladin: Guess he though it would be better to confuse us with
ourselves…
Swingback: Or thought we’d get distracted.
Paladin: Yeah, a hundred versions of you, I dunno where to look.
Swingback: Awh, and I thought I was all you’d ever need.
Paladin: Well-
Snapjaw: ‘Got him’ leads to getting him, idiots.
*he shoves them off of the building, before jumping after them*
He enters the town hall, with the trio following him, and stands
before a large red button (encircled by the phrase ‘In the name
of Hilarity and Not Giving a Carp’). Waving at the trio,
Backyard states that they can spend forever in fantasy, before
hitting the button.
Cast:
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Paladin – Paul Rudd
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Scale – Ron Perlman
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Sickleclaw – Tiffany Grant
Dinobot – Scott McNeil
Lacerator – Erin Cahill
Airazor – Tom Kenny
Backyard – Seth McFarlane
Flowers – Tom Kenny
Scorpinax – Brian Drummond
Huntdown – Corey Burton
Sawblade – Nolan North
Toxiclaw – Jennifer Hale
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#Post#: 396--------------------------------------------------
Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: January 25, 2014, 12:17 pm
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Episode 31 – Virtual Insanity
Airdate: Saturday 25th January 2014
Synopsis: In the town hall, things seem to remain the same, with
Backyard stood at the button and Snapjaw, Paladin and Swingback
ahead of him. The fragment-bearer notes that the Quantum Reset
Button – or rather, the Big Red Button – should have done
something after the cliffhanger. At that, the whole building
falls away, and unveils a fantastical world; after a grand
pan-out, Backyard declares it ‘sweet’.
The facsimiles all vanish, and the other Maximals are able to
see the trio with Backyard. They start to walk towards them,
only for their first step to shunt them straight over to their
team-mates. Backyard informs the gathered Maximals that they
will never rob him of his world, before spinning rapidly and
burrowing into the ground like a drill.
Backyard: You’re never going to take this world away from me,
losers!
Swingback notices that the button itself has gone, and
Waspinator wonders if Backyard has managed to integrate it into
himself… or otherwise make it appear wherever he wants. He
reminds his team that they must retrieve the fragment, quickly,
and they head down into the tunnel made by Backyard. They manage
to pop almost straight out of the other side, upside down, as
flaming birds ‘fall’ to the ground, exploding as they do. The
Maximals climb out of the hole, looking around, to find Backyard
running along the sky ‘above’ (or below). Waspinator flies off
after him, while Mirage breaks the illusion for herself and
‘falls’ into the sky, with a love-heart encompassing the two as
they move. Prophecy suggests to the others that they just need
to let themselves fall, and they do so as she leads the way.
Snapjaw: And we follow them how?
Prophecy: Just let yourself fall. We’re clinging to the idea
that this is down, right? But it’s not! So just let g-
*she ‘falls upwards’*
As Backyard runs, he witnesses the Maximals ‘falling’ towards
him, and brings out the full Big Red Button pillar from a small
pouch on his waist; he hits it, and the entire sky cracks. As it
shatters, the void of space replaces it, and the Maximals’ fall
turns into directionless drift. Waspinator attempts to use the
fantasy’s logic against Backyard, using the fragment extractor
from a distance, but Backyard utilises an Anti-Extractor Tie to
prevent it from having an effect. He then hits the Big Red
Button again, and after a blinding flash of light, the Maximals
find themselves back on-board the Dawn Katana… and chibified.
Paladin notes that he feels half-way to violation, while the
ship’s A.I. asks what is happening. Cross-Shot suggests that the
button grants Backyard access to power beyond what he can
consciously obtain, and that he has drawn the ship in too. If he
continues, the universe itself could be absorbed.
Backyard wakes up in a dusty plain, surrounded by the
unconscious Maximals, and is confused, as the location does not
seem outlandish enough. As he witnesses conflict, he quickly
realises that he is outside of the fantasy. Becoming frantic, he
tries to draw out the Big Red Button, only to naturally find it
absent. He picks up a rock and, reluctantly, lets it drop on his
head, knocking him unconscious and back into the fantasy. He
finds himself in a large aquarium… so large that he is in a
small chamber, surrounded by glass and water beyond. After a
moment, he comes to the conclusion that he is in the sea.
Backyard: Wow, this is one hell of a big aquarium.
*he looks around*
Backyard: Wait a minute…
*he looks around again*
Backyard: Something tells me this isn’t an aquarium… too big and
sea-like.
He draws out the Big Red Button, and goes to press it, only to
notice a plug at the base of the chamber. He pulls it out, and
the water outside starts to recede... slowly, of course, and he
taps his foot in impatience. The (chibi) Dawn Katana floats over
the sea as it lowers, and Cross-Shot confirms that Backyard is
under the water. Half an hour later, the water is still
lowering; as the top of Backyard’s glass chamber becomes
visible, the Maximals drop down from the ship, landing on top.
Backyard laughs at their chibified nature, and slams the sides
of the chamber, causing it to contort and warp erratically.
Backyard declares that everyone shall be paired off, and the
bots become trapped in blacked-out boxes, floating on the sea.
Waspinator and Mirage are in one box – Waspinator awkwardly
suggests that the other Maximals may be aware of their
‘dynamic’, which Mirage agrees with. Prophecy hugs and squeezes
Wildfire, much to his alarm. As Paladin and Swingback lament
their situation, he kisses her, only for her to inform him that
she is a lesbian. The mech is shocked, and Swingback admits that
she just finds it fun to flirt with people; Paladin awkwardly
apologises, as Swingback chuckles.
Paladin: Well… this could be better.
Swingback: Could be worse, though.
*they stare at each other, and Paladin kisses Swingback for a
moment, before pulling back*
Swingback: Wow.
Paladin: Yeah.
Swingback: You realise I’m into fembots, right?
Paladin: … huh?
Swingback: I’m a lesbian.
Paladin: But… the… huh?
Swingback: I guess I was kinda flirting, huh? I get told that a
lot. It’s just how I like to chat with people. It’s fun.
Paladin: I-I see. Well then… erm… sorry…
*Swingback chuckles*
Cross-Shot and Snapjaw discuss that, if there are only nine of
them, there must be one Maximal alone. Scale finds Backyard in
his box with him; as the water fully vanishes and the boxes land
on the sea-floor, one box rattles about as Backyard yelps.
Scale forces Backyard to press the Big Red Button again, at
which point the boxes vanish, the environment shifts to an open
white expanse, and the bots all find themselves in stop-motion.
Wildfire notices that the Dawn Katana has shrunk, and the ship’s
A.I. notes that it is only available in the Cyberverse range.
Wildfire: Erm… why did the ship shrink?
Dawn Katana: Well I’m only available in the Cyberverse range.
Wildfire: What?
Dawn Katana: If I knew what I was talking about, I’d put it in
words we could all understand.
Waspinator approaches Backyard, who is being held by Scale, and
asks why he is so insistent on keeping his fragment. Backyard
sighs, and allows the fantasy to end… the bots all awaken in the
dusty plains, and Backyard watches the conflict nearby.
Cross-Shot is the first to realise that he is trying to escape
the conflict, and Waspinator informs him that there is no true
way to avoid the chaos of war. Backyard explains that he is
tired of watching the conflict, and took the way out that the
fragment granted him. Warmly, Waspinator assures him that the
conflict will end, one day, and until then, he has to hold on.
He removes Backyard’s fragment. Off in the distance, a new ship
lands down – the Archaicons. Dinobot leads them out, and has
them spread out across the battlefield, to halt the conflict and
save the non-combatants… by any means. Waspinator wishes
Backyard luck, and starts to lead the team back to the Dawn
Katana, but Cross-Shot stops him, asking why they cannot help
the citizens. Waspinator points out that they need to gather the
fragments, but Cross-Shot reminds him that it is their duty as
Maximals to help those in need.
Waspinator: We need to find the fragments. Quickly. All of
reality is depending on this.
Cross-Shot: I know, but we’re Maximals. We’re supposed to help
people in situations like this, not just abandon them.
Paladin agrees with her, but Waspinator remarks that they must
continue on, and that the conflict will resolve itself. Mirage
backs him up, and kisses him in front of the others, surprised
when none of them bat an eyelid. Paladin glances at Swingback
all the while, as she wraps an arm around him, asking if they
are cool. He claims that they are, although she seems
unconvinced (yet continues on chirpily). As the Maximals board
the ship, Prophecy looks over at the Archaicons in the distance,
boarding last.
Cast:
Backyard – Seth McFarlane
Paladin – Paul Rudd
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Scale – Ron Perlman
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Dinobot – Scott McNeil
Lacerator – Erin Cahill
Airazor – Tom Kenny
Huntdown – Corey Burton
Sawblade – Nolan North
Sickleclaw – Tiffany Grant
Toxiclaw – Jennifer Hale
Scorpinax – Brian Drummond
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#Post#: 399--------------------------------------------------
Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: February 1, 2014, 12:56 pm
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Episode 32 – The Silent Secret
Airdate: Saturday 1st February 2014
Synopsis: Wildfire and Swingback enter the recreation room, only
to find Prophecy sat in there; Wildfire is immediately
apprehensive, until Prophecy calmly explains that she is in one
of her moments of clarity. She apologises for her usual actions
towards him, though does add that he is cute. As he and
Swingback sit down, Prophecy tells them she is sorry for what
she believes is coming.
The Dawn Katana approaches a planet, which the ship’s A.I.
identifies as Robus, one of the few planets in the known
universe entirely covered in one huge library. Waspinator notes
the total lack of traffic around the planet, and as the ship
lands, it explains that the main method into the library is
teleportation – Snapjaw points out the irony in the ship saying
this while landing down.
Waspinator: For a library planet, there’s very little traffic…
Dawn Katana: The main method of access to the planet is
teleportation. There are terminals across the library.
Snapjaw: Yeah, which is the reason why you just landed down
rather than letting us teleport in.
The rest of the Maximals gather in the bridge; as Prophecy,
Wildfire and Swingback arrive, Prophecy returns to her usual
state, and dive-tackles Wildfire. Waspinator relays the ship’s
information on the planet, and Cross-Shot leads the way outside…
into a library devoid of people. The shelves reach tens of
metres high, and continue on for miles, all the books still in
place… but not a single being in sight. Swingback deems it
creepy, but Mirage points out that it is none of their concern
if something has happened. Cross-Shot disagrees, heading to the
nearest teleport terminal and finding it deactivated. Scale
wonders if the planet may be under quarantine, but Waspinator
reminds him that the ship’s A.I. would have informed them if it
were. Mirage insists they head to the fragment, suggesting that
this emptiness could even be an effect it is having on the
planet, and Cross-Shot reluctantly leads the way.
Mirage: We should find the fragment. That’s what matters.
Besides, it could be why the library is so empty.
Cross-Shot: … this way…
*she leads them off*
The Archaicons return from another battlefield, with many of the
bots injured. Dinobot congratulates them on another successful
venture, and states that their faction’s presence is becoming
greater with each passing day. He informs the inner circle that
he would like to see them all shortly, as they head off across
the base. Lacerator is the only one to stick by his side; she
informs him that she has more suggestions for locations to
intervene at. Dinobot suggests she elaborate after using a CR
chamber, but she states that it can wait, and that their
progress is more important.
The Maximals continue their trek through the library;
Waspinator checks over the fragments gathered so far, and
informs Mirage that he suspects they may have nearly all of them
now, including those embedded in themselves. Mirage suggests
having the ship analyse the fragments when they return. She asks
Waspinator what they shall do once they have all the fragments
gathered, and he states that they shall return to the rebellion
and give the Matrix back to the rightful Prime. The
former-pharaoh is unsure if she wishes to be involved in such
dangerous conflict; Waspinator points out that she has little
choice.
Mirage: Hm. That’s the war against a great big empire, right?
That doesn’t sound like something I want to be a part of.
Waspinator: I’ll be honest with you… you don’t have much of a
choice.
Prophecy excitedly heads down another pathway, with Snapjaw and
Wildfire heading after her. This leaves Scale, Paladin and
Swingback at the back of the group. Swingback makes flirtatious
conversation, which Scale does not reciprocate and Paladin
evidently finds awkward. Cross-Shot tells the group that they
are close, as a chamber with a domed roof becomes visible in the
distance. Prophecy, meanwhile, locates a certain book, which she
starts to read. As Snapjaw and Wildfire approach her, she
immediately insists that she keep the book, clutching it tightly
and avoiding the two.
Prophecy: No! I need it! I need the book! I’m gonna keep it!
Snapjaw, annoyed, asks what the book is, and she shows him the
cover – it reads ‘The Life-Cycle of Stars’. The former-Predacon
points out that she can easily find the same information on the
ship, but she insists on the book… and then drops it and runs
back in the direction of the others, with Snapjaw and Wildfire
following. The others reach the domed chamber, and enter,
finding books lining the walls and one at the centre, on a
pillar. Cross-Shot notes that the fragment is within the book.
Waspinator approaches it, but as he does, the book flies open,
and something materialises from it… the Maximal watch on as a
pitch-black, distorted image of Waspinator appears and greets
the original. Waspinator states its name grimly – the Shadow.
On Maradon, the Archaicon inner circle is holding another
meeting. Lacerator is showing their next destination on a
holographic map, although the others seem to be at various
levels of interest. Once she finishes, Dinobot notes one more
point of interest – the absence of Hatchet. While he left of his
own accord, Dinobot is still concerned for him, and he asks the
others if they have any idea where he might be. Scorpinax pauses
for thought, considering the Vok, before answering no. As
Snapjaw, Prophecy and Wildfire join the others, the Shadow
explains that it is Waspinator’s darkest thoughts personified,
which he previously fought when they were actualised via a
darkness seed. He is Waspinator’s biggest secret.
The Shadow: You all look so surprised… don’t worry. I’m him. I’m
Waspinator. Well, I’m one part of him… his darkness. Rage,
bitterness, self-loathing, all blotted together and personified.
Not the first time, either. You fought me before, didn’t you,
Waspinator? You accidentally got a darkness seed in you during
the Total Conflict and I managed to sprout out of you. You still
remember the blood on her lips, don’t you? Her last words, and
that last breath.
*he turns back to the others*
The Shadow: Oh, where are my manners… I’m Waspinator’s biggest
secret. I’m what he hides from everyone, made real. It’s a
pleasure to meet you all.
Waspinator attempts to approach the book, but the Shadow strikes
him back, and they start fighting. The other Maximals watch on,
daunted by the idea of having their biggest secret revealed,
until Mirage steps forward, informing the others that she does
not care if they learn her biggest secret. Another version of
her appears, dying on the floor, and Mirage comments that she is
sick of immortality. She takes the fragment extractor,
approaches the book, and adds that she is happy enough living
for now, before removing the fragment.
Mirage: But right now – like this – I’m fine with living.
The Shadow vanishes, and Waspinator recovers himself. Mirage
looks at the blank pages of the book, and finds text returning –
people’s secrets, written down. She observes that the fragment
must have started actualising people’s secrets. Paladin suggests
that this is why the planet is abandoned. Waspinator gives the
team a disappointed look, and leads them off to the ship. Later,
on board, Waspinator informs Paladin that, assumedly, one of the
Maximals did not step forward as their secret is their desire to
join the Archaicons, but that he has no idea who he can trust.
He even now suspects Paladin; the younger bot defends himself,
telling Waspinator that his biggest secret is that he feels
guilty over what happened to his people, and he did not want to
see them again. He promises Waspinator that they will work this
out.
Cast:
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Paladin – Paul Rudd
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Scale – Ron Perlman
Dinobot – Scott McNeil
Airazor – Tom Kenny
Sickleclaw – Tiffany Grant
Sawblade – Nolan North
Huntdown – Corey Burton
Toxiclaw – Jennifer Hale
Scorpinax – Brian Drummond
Lacerator – Erin Cahill
The Shadow – Scott McNeil
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#Post#: 406--------------------------------------------------
Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: February 8, 2014, 1:15 pm
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Episode 33 – Monsters
Airdate: Saturday 8th February 2014
Synopsis: Waspinator is alone in the bridge of the Dawn Katana;
the ship finishes digitally reconstructing the Matrix from all
of the current fragments, and confirms that there is only one
more to retrieve. After a moment of consideration, Waspinator
asks if the ship can discern, from video data or any other
records, who the potential traitor is. The A.I. admits that
there is no conclusive evidence, and Waspinator points out that
this conversation is to be kept confidential.
Maradon; Sickleclaw is sat outside of the Archaicon base when
Huntdown approaches her. He asks her what is wrong, and after a
little prying, she admits that she feels rejected by Dinobot.
Recently, he has been spending more and more time strategising
with Lacerator, when they were never intended to be a
militaristic faction in the first place. Huntdown warmly
suggests she continue training with her sword for now, and that
when Dinobot is ready, he will always return to her.
Huntdown: Why don’t you just keep training for now? Focus,
improve, and keep it out of your mind. When he’s ready, he’ll
come back to you. You’re the first bot who ever joined him; you
mean a lot to him.
At that moment, Lacerator contacts them from within the base,
ordering them to prepare for a mission. The Dawn Katana lands
down on a strange forested world, Hedraga; the ship explains to
the gathered Maximals that the planet has no sentient life,
being instead populated by a vast array of creatures. All of the
planet’s land is covered by forest, although the trees vary
across the hemispheres. Waspinator leads the Maximals out, and
Cross-Shot starts to locate the fragment… only to find that it
is moving exceedingly quickly. Scale notes that something seems
off; he lies down and presses the side of his head to the
ground, noting that there are faint vibrations. The fragment is
assumedly in a creature – either very fast and disruptive, or
very large.
Scale: The fragment… is in something… a creature, most likely.
And it’s either very fast – and making a lot of noise while it
moves – or… it’s very, very big.
Swingback notices a shape in the distance, through the trees;
Waspinator orders everyone back onto the ship, and they board
quickly, heading back up into the air and just managing to avoid
the attack of a gargantuan creature. The monster watches the
ship rise further into the air – onboard, Waspinator and Snapjaw
continue piloting the ship higher, as the monster takes a giant
leap up to try and catch it in its jaws. Its teeth scrape one of
the ship’s back fins, slightly altering its course, but it
manages to keep on; Cross-Shot confirms that the fragment is in
the creature, and Mirage suggests they lead it across the
planet, tiring it out or at least giving them a chance to figure
out how to retrieve the fragment. Waspinator and Snapjaw pilot
the ship on, bobbing in and out of range of the monster as it
follows.
The Archaicon ship lands down on a planet presently wracked
with storms; Airazor insists that Dinobot explain the situation,
but the leader notes that they will be informed shortly. He
leads the team – Sickleclaw, Airazor, Lacerator and a team of
lower bots – out into the storm, each of them carrying a
detector. The leader orders them to fan, out, keep in-contact
with one another, and report anything. The Dawn Katana is still
flying across the planet, with the monster tirelessly chasing
them; Wildfire suggests they leave and wait until it falls
asleep, but Paladin notes that it seems that the fragment seems
to be providing it tireless energy.
Wildfire: Why don’t we just go into the space around the planet
for a bit and let it fall asleep?
Paladin: It’s been chasing us for hours now without getting
tired. I’m starting to wonder if it was always this big and the
fragment is giving it unlimited energy…
The ship’s A.I. manages to bring up information on the monster’s
species, confirming it to usually be a very small creature. The
fragment seems to not only have increased its size, but also its
energy capacity. Wildfire notices a break in the trees, and the
ship manages to confirm that it is the opening to a massive
cavern – Waspinator and Snapjaw pilot the ship over the cavern
opening, and the titanic creature topples in. Keeping the ship
aloft overhead, the Maximals start to work out their next plan
of action. The Archaicons continue their search on the stormy
planet, with Airazor grumbling to himself until his detector
goes off. He shrugs off contacting the others, following the
detector’s beeping until he finds a hulking black-and-crimson
form. Spooked, Airazor immediately contacts the others, and
Dinobot remarks that the entity is actually Hatchet.
Airazor: Uhm, so yeah, the detector found this… thing… big,
black-and-red, kinda spooky…?
Dinobot: You may not recognise him, but that would be our former
team-member, Hatchet.
Airazor is unsure who Hatchet even is, as the bot himself turns
around, monstrously upgraded, and snarls at him. Airazor backs
away, but Hatchet lunges at him… and Lacerator tackles him,
beating him back. Airazor thanks her, but she states that she
did not save him for any other reason than her being at fault
for his death otherwise. Hatchet goes to attack again, and
Lacerator lunges at him.
Waspinator, Cross-Shot, Prophecy, Scale and Swingback head down
into the cavern, ready to remove the fragment from the monster,
with the Dawn Katana floating above the cavern, ready to fire if
necessary. As they clamber down, Prophecy whispers to Waspinator
that she is always on his side – the reason she did not step
into range of the fragment on Robus is because she knows so much
that she had no idea what dangerous secret would be generated.
Prophecy: Listen, Waspinator… I’m always on your side, okay? I’m
never anywhere but right next to you.
Waspinator: Prophecy…
Prophecy: Back on Robus, the reason I didn’t step into range of
that book is… I mean, look at me. Are you looking at- of course
you are. I’ve got so much in my head, so much stuff in the
future, that I have no idea what that thing could’ve made
appear.
Waspinator says that he understands, before a rumbling emerges
from below. Scale throws out sensors across the cavern walls,
which generate an energy field immediately below the four of
them. The monster rises up, only to slam into the energy field –
it actually manages to warp it somewhat, but cannot penetrate.
Scale quickly turns the field off, allowing Waspinator and
Cross-Shot to slip past, before activating it again as the
monster attempts to break through once more. The two Maximals
traverse the distracted creature, Cross-Shot trying to locate
the fragment. Waspinator asks her, gently, if he can trust her,
and, confused, she asks him why he would not be able to. The
leader shrugs it off.
Waspinator: … I… I can trust you, right?
Cross-Shot: Huh? Why wouldn’t you be able to trust me?
Waspinator: … don’t worry. Of course, you’re right.
Lacerator and Hatchet continue fighting, as Airazor watches on.
Dinobot arrives, and orders Lacerator to stand down. She does
so, and Hatchet claims that Dinobot does not care about him. The
Archaicon leader draws his swords and prepares to attack, but
Hatchet starts to twitch, and retreats. As Sickleclaw and some
of the other Archaicons approach, Dinobot orders them back to
the ship. He contacts the base, informing the other inner circle
members that they shall be returning. Cross-Shot manages to
locate the fragment, and Waspinator extracts it – the two
quickly cling to the walls as the monster rapidly decreases in
size, and Prophecy manages to capture it in an energy bubble,
saving it from falling to its death. Waspinator looks hopefully
at the final fragment, and orders the team back to the ship.
Cast:
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Sickleclaw – Tiffany Grant
Huntdown – Corey Burton
Lacerator – Erin Cahill
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Scale – Ron Perlman
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Paladin – Paul Rudd
Airazor – Tom Kenny
Dinobot – Scott McNeil
Hatchet - Frank Welker
Sawblade – Nolan North
Scorpinax – Brian Drummond
Toxiclaw – Jennifer Hale
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#Post#: 407--------------------------------------------------
Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: February 15, 2014, 11:17 am
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Episode 34 – Twinkle, Twinkle
Airdate: Saturday 15th February 2014
Synopsis: Mirage is in her room, viewing the celestial holo-map
and singing ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ to herself, when she
notices one star in particular. Confused, she rewinds the map,
showing the location 12 hours before, with no star, and no
nebula from which a star could be born. She mutters that
something is wrong.
In the bridge, Waspinator is contacting Panthalassa; he reports
to Sonar that they have gathered all of the fragments, with
someone still within bots who have joined them, and they shall
be returning shortly. Sonar congratulates him, and states that
everyone is looking forward to their return. As Waspinator
closes the comm.-link, Mirage enters, telling him that she has
discovered something very unusual. She explains that a star has
appeared from nowhere, and insists they investigate, but
Waspinator remarks that she is simply trying to avoid
involvement in the conflict against Necrocide. Nevertheless, he
eventually gives in to Mirage’s insistence (though she claims it
was his own curiosity that made him cave).
Waspinator: … fine.
Mirage: Pardon?
Waspinator: We’ll investigate. But only because you’re so
insistent.
Mirage: Mhm, of course. It’s nothing to do with your own
curiosity.
Dinobot and the Archaicon inner circle are travelling in the
Archaicon ship; Huntdown claims (seemingly not for the first
time) that leaving the rest of the faction alone without
authority is unwise, but Lacerator reiterates that they are
under strict orders and shall manage fine. Dinobot adds that he
wants all of them on this mission to deal with Hatchet; Airazor
is unsure why they are interested in dealing with the rogue bot,
and the leader remarks that there is evidently something unusual
about him. Scorpinax smirks slightly to himself. The Dawn Katana
draws in on the location of the new star, and the gathered
Maximals notice a large, strange ship up ahead, drifting by the
star. Waspinator and Scale both find the design familiar,
although the ship’s A.I. struggles to identify it; as they
approach the ship, they receive an anonymous clearance to land.
The ship passes into a docking bay, and as the Maximals exit,
they are approached by Quintessons, who welcome them to
Iudicium, one of their largest ships.
Quintesson 1: Welcome, visitors, to Iudicium.
Quintesson 2: This is one of the largest ships in the Quintesson
fleet.
The older bots are immediately tense, though the younger are
unsure why this is worrisome. Waspinator explains that the
Quintessons are a judicial society, who deem everyone innocent
and then feed them to Sharkticons. One of the Quintessons
explains, however, that they now have a more efficient method of
dealing with the innocent – compressing them into stars from
which they can fuel their ships.
The Maximals are outraged, especially Cross-Shot and Paladin,
but the Quintessons note that it is simply the most efficient
way of gaining power for their ships and handling their
defendants at the same time. They explain that they currently
have several incarcerated innocents in the upper levels of the
ship. Wildfire notices the air nearby bubbling, which the
Quintessons claim to be unusual, and which suddenly spawns
Hatchet. The warped Archaicon immediately declares that he shall
destroy the Maximals, who are taken aback, and start to defend
themselves while the Quintessons retreat. The Archaicons, still
tracking Hatchet, find Iudicium, and start to fly their ship
towards it – the Quintessons contact them anonymously, claiming
that they are presently unwilling to allow visitors as they are
under attack, but Scorpinax takes the controls, hacking back
through and granting them clearance.
Quintesson 3: We cannot allow access to Iudicium at present, due
to an attack within the ship.
Scorpinax: Allow me to rectify that.
*he approaches the controls, and within a few moments, he has
granted the Archaicon ship access*
Scorpinax: We’ll be boarding now. Thank you kindly.
They land down at the top of the ship, and immediately find a
large number of prison cells. Lacerator suggests they comb
through and gather new Archaicons; Dinobot allows this, ordering
Huntdown and Toxiclaw to work with her while the others follow
him to Hatchet. He then has Scorpinax hack into the ship’s
systems, and broadcasts a message announcing the Archaicons’
presence. The Maximals and Hatchet see this, and the augmented
monster is enraged, attacking the team even more ferociously.
Hatchet: Archaicons! Diiiinoboooot… They ruined me!
Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!
Dinobot starts to lead Sickleclaw, Scorpinax, Airazor and
Sawblade down through the ship, while Huntdown, Lacerator and
Toxiclaw begin to visit each cell. The Quintessons try to decide
on a course of action, gradually concluding that Hatchet will
kill the Maximals and Archaicons and that they can utilise him
as another method of dealing with innocents, when they are in
excess of them.
Hatchet displays enhanced powers in his fight against the
Maximals, but a lack of control over his transformation,
continually shifting into his warped Fukuiraptor form. Swingback
tries to reason with him, asking why he wants to attack them,
but he simply swipes at her. Scale notices the scratched-off
Archaicon insignia, and notes that Hatchet is obviously not
working with the faction. Prophecy attempts to form an energy
bubble around the monster, but he manages to pierce through it,
much to her surprise. As the fight continues, Waspinator notices
that both Cross-Shot and Snapjaw have vanished; concerned, he
tells Mirage to lead the others, while he heads off to locate
the Archaicons. He gains Paladin’s attention and taps his
temple, indicating that he wishes to talk telepathically, and
heads off to higher levels. Dinobot continues to lead his team
down, only to find a troop of Quintessons in the way. He draws
his sword and tantō, and warns the aliens that he has a
former ally to deal with. The Quintessons question who he means,
as does Sawblade; temper starting to flare, Dinobot leads the
Archaicons through the aliens, who do nothing to stop him.
Dinobot: Do not get in my way. I have a former ally to deal
with.
Quintesson 04: Please… do you mean the monstrosity, or one of
the Maximals it is attacking?
*Dinobot flinches as Sawblade leans in*
Sawblade: That’s a good question, isn’t it? I mean, who knew
Hatchet was after the Maximals? Right? Who knew…?
*the leader snarls under his breath*
Dinobot: Out of our way.
*he leads the Archaicons through the parting Quintessons*
As Hatchet continues his attacks, he manages to strike the Dawn
Katana quite heavily – inside, the A.I. freaks out, and all
power from the bridge’s computers drains away. A small sphere
shoots out of the ship, bouncing around the docking bay until it
collides into Swingback’s forehead. The A.I.’s voice comes from
it as it starts to hover: he explains that he activated
emergency protocol 01, as the ship is heavily damaged.
Dawn Katana: Ah, erm, sorry…
Swingback: What’re you doing? Why are you…?
Dawn Katana: This is a black box.
Swingback: … but it’s a sphere.
Dawn Katana: Yeah, but it’s a black box. I had to eject myself…
emergency protocol 01.
Swingback: What’s that?
Dawn Katana: Self-preservation if the ship is too heavily
damaged…
As Waspinator continues up the ship, Dinobot and co. continue
down, Lacerator and the others work through various prisoners
and the Quintessons conspire, Hatchet once again misses one of
the Maximals and strikes the Dawn Katana. It explodes
ferociously, knocking all combatants back. As they look at the
flaming ruins, a faint humanoid shape is visible. A hand reaches
up, and the flames and smoke part, revealing Arcrise, small and
primarily yellow, stood in the broken remains of her egg. She
greets the Maximals, before looking determinedly at Hatchet.
Arcrise: Hey. I’m Arcrise. Now… where do I start?
Cast:
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Sonar – Laura Bailey
Huntdown – Corey Burton
Lacerator – Erin Cahill
Dinobot – Scott McNeil
Airazor – Tom Kenny
Sawblade – Nolan North
Sickleclaw – Tiffany Grant
Scorpinax – Brian Drummond
Toxiclaw – Jennifer Hale
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Scale – Ron Perlman
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Paladin – Paul Rudd
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Quintesson 1 – Ron Perlman
Quintesson 2 – Scott McNeil
Hatchet – Frank Welker
Quintesson 3 – Brian Drummond
Quintesson 4 – Johnny Yong Bosch
Arcrise – Kira Vincent-Davis
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#Post#: 409--------------------------------------------------
Re: Transformers: Fragments
By: Ashes Date: February 22, 2014, 11:54 am
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Episode 35 – Against Us
Airdate: Saturday 22nd February 2014
Synopsis: As the Maximals stare at the newly-reborn Arcrise,
Hatchet charges towards her… and with a single motion, she
telekinetically slams him into a wall. The monster claims that
it simply makes her more fun to crush, but the fembot transforms
into her phoenix form and states that she has too much living to
do, before swooping down on him.
In the upper levels of Iudicium, Huntdown, Lacerator and
Toxiclaw have released a few prisoners who are willing to join
the Archaicons. Huntdown reaches a fembot who is watching from
her cell – she pleads with him, saying she will do anything to
save herself from death. Smiling, Huntdown opens her cell, and
she hugs him gratefully, introducing herself as Kickback; the
Archaicon hands her an AMS (alternate mode selector), with which
she can immediately pick a new beast mode for herself. The same
happens nearby, as Toxiclaw releases a mech called Raid; the two
stand in silence as he skims through modes, finding and
reformatting into a Sinopa rapax. He decides to rename himself
Rapax, and witnesses Kickback transforming into her new
Merychippus insignis mode nearby.
Rapax: ‘Sinopa rapax’. That sounds good, actually. Call me
Rapax.
Kickback: *having transformed* Hmm… I like the feel of this. Not
too imposing, not too cumbersome…
Rapax: The perfect alt-mode for running away.
Lacerator approaches, informing Huntdown and Toxiclaw that they
must work more efficiently. Waspinator rushes through the ship,
and eventually finds Snapjaw, by himself. Sighing heavily, the
Maximal leader approaches him, and states that he knows that he
wishes to join the Archaicons. Upon hearing this, Snapjaw
immediately takes offence – he states that he has no such
intentions, and feels betrayed by Waspinator’s lack of trust in
him after all this time.
Snapjaw: You… what?
Waspinator: I-
Snapjaw: You think that… that I’d want to join THEM? What, just
because I was a Predacon, you think I’d betray you at the first
opportunity?
Waspinator: That’s not what-
Snapjaw: I can’t believe this. No, it doesn’t matter why,
Waspinator – you don’t trust me. I thought I’d finally been
accepted, and this is how you think of me? I would never join
them… and I think I was wrong to have joined you, too.
As the leader attempts to apologise, Snapjaw takes the fragment
extractor and removes his fragment, saying that he is done with
the Maximals, walking away and leaving Waspinator with the
extractor. As the other Maximals try to involve themselves in
the fight against Hatchet, Paladin finally telepathically
‘hears’ Waspinator – the older bot states Snapjaw is not the
traitor, and has now left the team. As he runs further along the
ship, he insists that the traitor must be amongst the others, as
he cannot believe that Cross-Shot would ever join the enemy…
until he reaches a large space with multiple levels, and
witnesses Cross-Shot amongst the Archaicons.
Shattered, Waspinator asks Cross-Shot what she is doing; the
young archer notices him, and apologises sincerely, but states
that she wants to join the Archaicons. She elaborates that they
are right – the Maximals are not doing any less damage than the
Predacons, and even their own mission has ruined worlds and paid
no mind. Waspinator reiterates that gathering the fragments of
the Matrix was their first priority – for the greater good – but
Cross-Shot responds that she cannot work under utilitarian
morals. The Archaicons aim to save worlds from the conflict.
Waspinator: Cross-Shot… we HAVE to do this. I’ve said it so many
times… we need to restore the Matrix. Everything hinges on this
– it’s so important – we can’t just stop every time someone
needs help. It’s for the greater good.
Cross-Shot: But that’s just it. I didn’t join the Elite Guard
‘for the greater good’. I haven’t trained every day to ignore
people in need. I can’t… I can’t just go around with my eyes
closed to injustice because there’s something else we need to
do. The Archaicons are going to each world and protecting the
downtrodden, and the people who’ve lost so much to our stupid
conflicts. They’re right, Waspinator.
She apologises again, and Dinobot orders Airazor to escort their
new ally to their ship. As Airazor and Cross-Shot depart,
Waspinator attempts to chase after her, only for Dinobot to
raise his sword, blocking him. He states that she has made her
choice, but Waspinator draws the Matrix sword – now with a
longer blade than on Kerritol – and Dinobot holds his sword and
tantō in kind. The two start to fight, as Sickleclaw,
Scorpinax and Sawblade watch on, the latter suggesting they
remain out of the fight. Paladin ‘listens in’ all the while,
only for Wildfire to save him from a stray blast. He loses
concentration on the telepathic link, and Wildfire suggests they
retreat. The Maximals, including the Dawn Katana A.I., back away
as Arcrise compresses a powerful blast from Hatchet, and fires
it back, straight through his head, killing him and causing his
upgrades to explode. Arcrise then collapses, and as the other
Maximals approach her, she explains that her new body is not
accustomed to too much power usage yet.
Arcrise: Ugh… I don’t think my body can handle that much just
yet…
Prophecy greets Arcrise, and suggests they follow Waspinator,
which Mirage agrees with. As Waspinator and Dinobot continue
fighting, Scorpinax observes that Hatchet has been terminated,
just as a large number of Quintessons swarm the area.
Airazor brings Cross-Shot up to the other Archaicons – she
formally introduces herself, while Airazor meets Kickback and
Rapax, mocking their names all the while.
Airazor: *sitting back in a chair* Hey, hey, look! 'Kick back
and relax!' Get it?
Lacerator orders the other inner circle members back down, while
she takes the new recruits, Cross-Shot included, aboard the
ship. Waspinator and Dinobot continue their duel, avoiding
Quintesson attacks and heading into the ship’s data-core chamber
nearby. The Maximals, and Huntdown and Toxiclaw, arrive at the
same time, and Sawblade suggests that they attack the Maximals
while they have the chance.
Sawblade: Far be it for me to give an order… but I think now
would be a wonderful chance to crush the Maximals.
A fight erupts with the Quintessons firing on both parties. As
Waspinator and Dinobot continue their duel, standing over the
large, spherical data-core of Iudicium, the Maximal leader
snarls that Dinobot has twisted Cross-Shot’s judgement. The
saurian bot responds that she observed both factions and made
her decision – before the Quintessons enter, and attack the two,
forcing them to turn on their new aggressors. They manage to
defeat or slay the Quintessons, although one prepares to fire on
Waspinator while the bot is distracted. As it fires, Dinobot
leaps in the way, taking the blast to his left eye while
throwing his tantō into its head. He reels from the blast
as Waspinator notices, before stabbing his sword into the
data-core, and an alarm and a countdown start to sound. Dinobot
tells Waspinator to evacuate, and though the Maximal refuses,
Arcrise appears, much to his surprise, and teleports him to the
escape pod bay. Mirage quickly explains to him that the Dawn
Katana was destroyed, with the A.I. greeting him, before they
board an escape pod (Waspinator glances at an empty space
nearby, assuming that Snapjaw used that pod). They leave
Iudicium, while Sickleclaw approaches Dinobot, still stood on
the data-core, and insisting that they leave. The countdown hits
zero… and nothing happens. Dinobot explains that the ship will
not explode while people are onboard, and states that they shall
make use of the information in the data-core.
Dinobot: Ships like this are designed to halt the explosion so
long as there are living beings onboard. We’ve removed our
opponents… now, let us make use of the data that this ship
holds…
All the while, the Maximals drift through space in the escape
pod, as Wildfire asks a sullen Waspinator where Cross-Shot and
Snapjaw are.
Cast:
Paladin – Paul Rudd
Mirage – Tuppence Middleton
Scale – Ron Perlman
Swingback – Susan Eisenberg
Dawn Katana – Joe Thomas
Wildfire – Johnny Yong Bosch
Prophecy – Jocelyne Loewen
Arcrise – Kira Vincent-Davis
Hatchet – Frank Welker
Lacerator – Erin Cahill
Huntdown – Corey Burton
Kickback – Wendee Lee
Toxiclaw – Jennifer Hale
Rapax – Billy West
Waspinator – Scott McNeil
Snapjaw – David Leisure
Dinobot – Scott McNeil
Cross-Shot – Karen Gillan
Scorpinax – Brian Drummond
Airazor – Tom Kenny
Sawblade – Nolan North
Sickleclaw – Tiffany Grant
Quintesson 3 – Brian Drummond
Quintesson 2 – Scott McNeil
Quintesson 1 – Ron Perlman
Quintesson 4 – Johnny Yong Bosch
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