[Video] [Originating from Trionic temple]

[wherenobotsgone]

[The video feed shows a very serious, very large Autobot. He looks calm, but... not particularly happy at the moment.]

My designation is Skyfire, Autobot scientist. I have just arrived and received a basic explanation, so that part is covered, mostly. Hard to believe as it might be.

That said - If there are any other Autobots from the same Cybertron I come from, that would be nice to know.

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[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

That does make sense, yes. I wonder what that means about everyone else. Although it might also be possible for humans to come from dimensions with a Cybertron in them, I suppose... In the one I come from, at least, there is an Earth.

I'm sure it will be quite interesting to compare the similarities and differences between Cybertrons, in any case.

[As for the rest, well, there's one particular bit that catches his attention.]

You've... met one before?

[Video]

[angleofscience]

Some of the humans here come from realities with a Cybertron, yes, and the universe I come from has an Earth as well.

[Since he was frozen on it for nearly three hundred years and all.]

I admit it's curious that some of the humans or aliens here come from realities that apparently doesn't have a Cybertron, which could mean we're either dealing with realities on the absolute fringe, or... something like multiple multiverses?

[Jetfire shakes his helm slowly; that seems needlessly complicated, but while the simplest solution is usually the most probable one, that's not always the case.]

I did, yes... [He grimaces slightly, optics dimming for a brief moment.] Several million years ago, when the war was still going strong on Cybertron. The lines of his frame, as well as some of the things he said... It was hard to come to any other conclusion.

[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

Multiple multiverses... [He tilts his head, thoughtful.] Even being familiar with the theory, that's... a lot to take in.

[Curious as he is, that sounds like something you don't ask too many questions about, at least not when talking to someone you've just met. So he stays focused on the important parts.]

Hmmm. Then it sounds as if it would be wise to take their story at face value. Just in case.

[Video]

[angleofscience]

It seems a bit too complicated, yes. But maybe that's because we have to look at it from the inside, so to speak... lacking an outside point of view for some perspective.

[It's a bit sensitive, yes, but not because he was strapped down and used like some sort of genetic enerrgy battery, but rather because he had to start on shifting his world-view regarding religious views.]

More or less, yes. If nothing else... [A brief pause as Jetfire gestures with his free hand.] The Firstforged are capable of personal transwarp. Teleportation, but to a far greater degree than the distance normal warping would set as limits.

[Jetfire frowns as he considers it; the sort of power and ability to navigate within the galaxy, if nothing else, would be staggering to be able to do what Liege did.]

Liege Maximo gathered me after there was an... accident. Even with enough energon it'd have taken me months to get back to Cybertron, but he bridged that distance back and forth with ease with the transwarp.

[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

Ah, yes... We're hardly in a position to be objective, or even get a good look at the data. I suppose I'm just too used to try and theorize. [He grins a bit at that.]

Personal transwarp? That's - well. Impressive, to say the least. And definitely not in the same league of the usual modifications... for my dimension, at least.

[Video] /jacks

[aerospacecommander]

Primus, it has already started.

[Video] JUST SIT DOWN AND ENJOY IT

[angleofscience]

Have something to add, Starscream?

[Video]NO

[aerospacecommander]

Yes, you two are going to give me an aneurysm.

[Video] You can admit it makes you hot

[angleofscience]

You don't have to listen, you know.

[In fact, eavesdropping is decidedly rude, Starscream!]

[Video] no, never

[aerospacecommander]

I can hear you from all the way across the planet.

[This is not true. And he isn't on the other side of the planet anyway.]

[Video] shy, are we?

[angleofscience]

[Flat stare. Honestly, Starscream... And then Jetfire tilts his helm slightly and what's definitely a small smile is let out.]

Paying that much attention, hm?

[He could have said more, so much more, but really, that should be more than enough.

[Video] sob

[aerospacecommander]

No. I'm actively trying to ignore you both.

[Which is why he's still bothering Skyfire, of course.]

[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

... what started?

[Video]

[aerospacecommander]

The science explosion.

[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

It's just a friendly conversation, Starscream.

[Video]

[aerospacecommander]

It so is not.

[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

All right. It's a friendly conversation about science. Happy?

[Video]

[aerospacecommander]

This is going to be a common thing, isn't it?

[Video]

[angleofscience]

[At that, Jetfire chuckles, nodding.] I'd hardly disagree since I'm somewhat in the same position myself. Nothing wrong with theorising, however. It does let you soft through all the possibilities, and weed out the less likely ones.

[They both know what it's like, after all. Given, well. The facts.]

Quite. Size isn't always indicative of relative power [mechs like Omega Supreme or not.] but here... it might well be. The shortest of the Firstforged we have even nominal contact with is fifty feet tall.

And as for the transwarp... the Skywarp from my reality is capable of a few miles of guaranteed accuracy, but that is all, so what Liege Maximo showed is definitely outside of mine as well.

[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

That is certainly true. Though I think I will have to redefine what I consider 'less likely', given this whole new context. It should be interesting work.

[He's still just beginning to get used to this, after all.]

I see... It's quite a lot to take in, I must admit.

[Video]

[angleofscience]

As unpleasant as that may be, sometimes. [Jetfire nods, and briefly the glow of his optics goes soft with remembering something, before he shrugs.]

But at least being confronted with individuals claiming to be the first created of our species in this dimension, possessing powers beyond normal parameters or not, isn't wholly outside the realm of reasonable possibility.

[There's a small, slightly angled smile. In some ways, fantastic or not, it's nearly mundane.]

[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

It's rather fascinating, to be honest. It opens up so many possibilities...

[Video]

[angleofscience]

It does. [Jetfire's smile turns slightly softer, his expression going thoughtful.] Drawing parallels by the names of the Firstforged here, there's been some possible confirmation that at least the First Thirteen talked about in the Covenant of Primus in my own reality would appear to have existed in some fashion.

[So much hedging.]

[Video]

[wherenobotsgone]

[Perfectly understandable hedging.]

It would make sense, yes. Though I wonder how alternates work in this case. The Alpha Trion in my world, for example... heis very old, and very important, but certainly not a Firstforged.

[... that he knows of. It's strange to suddenly think of that as a possibility.]

[Video]

[angleofscience]

[It would, indeed, be rather foolish not to hedge a bit.]

I haven't met the Alpha Trion of my own reality either, but it's a similar situation... I can't remember if his name, in specific, was among the First Thirteen, but given that there is one here among the Firstforged...

[Shrugging, Jetfire folds his arms over his chestplates.]

On the one hand, perhaps they aren't the same, possible alternates or not. On the other, I know the one from mine is... old. Very, very old, potentially, which would lend some credence to the possibility.

[Finally, he just chuckles.]

Unfortunately, we might be left wondering in this matter, since it'd require their presence, or returning with this knowledge intact, to confirm it.