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[sciencetank]

[OH HEY LOOK. Perceptor's back! And... apparently draped all over something. But for the moment, it's hard to see what exactly he's laying on.]

Ah, yes. Well. It would seem things are beginning to go back to a relative state of normalcy? And none too soon, I might add, considering the number of projects I'm meant to be working on...

[He pauses, shifting a little, and glancing at something off-screen.]

... Speaking of which, I'd like to go back to work as soon as possible. If anyone with information on the following projects would kindly respond, we can continue.

[He switches to text, typing out his list:]

> Wheeljack's idiotic ship
> synthetic energon
> the location of the "DRILLER"
> the nature of the "DRILLER"
> Smokescreen's current status and location

[The list sent, he shifts again.] As I said, any information on those subjects will be most appreciated --

[And looks up once more, speaking to whatever it is he's looking at.]

Commander, kindly hold your legs still until I'm finished. Your lap is hardly as comfortable as it looks --

[END FEED.]

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[video]

[sciencetank]

Indeed. And that was even prior to his disappearance...

[NOW it's like talking to an angry brick wall half the time.]

Hm. I don't believe I've spent much time in the area, unfortunately.

I was under the impression the moons were inaccessible.

[video]

[angleofscience]

Hm, yes... he seemed quite... ah, distressed when he first arrived.

[Understatement of the vorn.]

Since it's the temple I'm staying in presently, I looked around here at first.

[there's a tiny frown on his faceplates before he shakes it away, unsure of how safe Liege is... The comment about the moons, however, has Jetfire nodding.]

They were. Are, still, to most people considering the effect of the Lambda. Since I expressed the willingness... and, er, had the capability to come close to the Lambda, I recieved some upgrades.

[A shrug.]

There were some issues at first, but they should all be recitified by now and I can leave beyond the Lambda's effect.

[To the moons and beyond, basically.]

[video]

[sciencetank]

You've a gift for understatement, I see.

[His tone is so dry it could be a desert unto itself.]

... What sort of upgrades were they?

Might they be replicated onto a non-living frame?

[Like Wheeljack's stupid ship.]

[video]

[angleofscience]

[The smile Perceptor gets for that comment is amused and yes, he's aware of that. Then he shakes his helm.]

They've proven impossible to fit into another cybertronian flier so far, as I've shared them with Starscream and we simply couldn't get it to work. They seemed to be keyed to my systems, somewhow.

[He rests his chin against a curled hand.]

I assume the modifications Liege gave me did something similar to equalising or nullifying my energy output, or perhaps the spark frequency, even, to make it unnoticeable to the Lambda, possibly. Given that it was my navigation systems that had issues the first time and caused me to end up teleported, I assume the Lambda affects those as well without the mods...

I've been studying the plans closer and could share them if you wish, though a faster method might be asking a Firstforged for assistance.

[In fact, he wouldn't mind sharing anyway, so have them sent along, useless or not.]

[video]

[sciencetank]

Hm. Something to mask an energy signature wouldn't be too difficult to apply to another frame... living or otherwise. Could be a distortion effect...

More testing would be necessary. Before that fool launches the thing...

[He's half talking to himself by now, shifting where he's sprawled.]

Ah. Yes. Thank you. That will be helpful.

[video]

[angleofscience]

Well, I doubt it would be incapable of flying, the Lambda's effect upon it or not, as long as he knows what he's doing when it comes to engineering.

[Jetfire shrugs, thoughtful but not warning.] The only thing that would happen with no modifications, or modifications that do not affect anything, is that the ship would be able to fly... but not get beyond near orbit, no matter how space capable it is otherwise.

[The grimace on Jetfire's faceplates is brief, but there. It had been very frustrating to have that limit set upon him.]

A ship, space-capable or not, could be useful either way if it has some space for passengers.

[Even if they do have that in Skyfire, Jetfire wouldn't up and offer that without Skyfire himself making said offer.]