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[angleofscience]

[Because of this. Jetfire is patient enough to have dragged it out this long, both because he would rather either Starscream did the right thing, or he managed to get out himself, but as he hasn't...

Well.

Have Jetfire looking impressively blank as he leans against the workbench in his lab, arms folded over his chest.]

... If someone [since the mech who should be doing it isn't doing it] could help me unlock the door to my lab, I'd be... grateful.

[Briefly, the thin line of his lips tighten slightly and then he just sighs, static loud, before rubbing a hand over his faceplates.]

If you can do it without destroying the door, that would be preferable, but if not, I'll deal with it then.

[Have some coordinates to a building on a terrace on Liege's mountain.]

Comments

[treacherous_widow]

So how did you get locked in there?

[angleofscience]

... Well. Starscream thought that was the best response to something I told him regarding what I was going to do in the near future.

[A shrug and he crosses his arms.]

[treacherous_widow]

...And just what kind of stupidity would get you locked in a lab.

[angleofscience]

Starscream would prefer I wouldn't take a modification Liege Maximo has suggested, but we need more data on the Lamdba.

[treacherous_widow]

A modification huh?

[She falls silent for a few moments as she pieces things together.]

Let me guess, using one of the hover crafts to reach the Lamdba? If that's the case, I can see the concern. I can also see the rewards.

[angleofscience]

... The hover crafts?

[He manages to keep from sounding incredulous, merely shaking his helm.]

That type of engine would never reach more than, perhaps, my own height or slightly more from the ground, and hardly any higher and definitely not escape velocity. The issue is that the Lamdba itself seems to affect the space around Cybertron, keeping ships of anyone capable of reaching escape velocity under their own power from getting out from beyond low orbit.

No, the modification would be to enable me to utilise my engine and function as I should and reach the space beyond Cybertron, and thus hopefully be able to get close to the Lambda as well.

[treacherous_widow]

With the right hardware it might be possible to do, but if what you say is true, then it would need some serious firepower just to get to low orbit.

[She taps a claw against her lip and considers the idea before tuning back into him.]

And what exactly are the risks from the Lambda?

[angleofscience]

We don't know. Even the Firstforged don't completely know, as getting close to it is still an issue for them.

[Crossing his arms, he shakes his helm with a frown.]

Hence the need for more data and information regarding it.

[treacherous_widow]

Then what about building and sending a probe?

[angleofscience]

Given that whether the propulsion method is attached to a sentient or non-sentient source doesn't matter as the Lamdba stops anything attempting to approach or go beyond a certain limit of the atmosphere and orbit, it would probably be more practical to use someone instead of something to make scans.

It might be safer to use a probe, but a probe would need its own extra rocket and then a way to navigate and safely land to retrieve the data, which might simply be impossible given the additions it'll overall need to avoid the Lamda's effects.

[Another helmshake as he looks around his lab while he thinks.]

In that case it would probably be more practical to modify a ship, but while you could outfit it with equipment, you'd still lack the possibility of instant response an active pilot and scientist would be able to provide... and unless the ship were to be remote controlled or a highly controlled course set, there would need to be at least one person on the ship, putting us back at the beginning.

[treacherous_widow]

[She frowns a bit as she thinks.]

Even we can get the actual limit, that's something worth investigating. What we need is to test that limit before we try to get to the Lamda.

Besides, if it stops physical things from leaving, what about non physical? Then we wouldn't need a ship or a pilot.