[Video]

[aerospacecommander]

[The video opens with Starscream, sitting and looking rather calm and hopefully not as smug as he was probably feeling.]

Old habits never die, do they?

Death, torture, conspiracies ... ideas a lot of us remember from our own universes. Many of us have been fighting and killing one another for millions of years, and it really is hard to stop, isn't it?

Hard to let go of the hate, the anger. Just forgive and forget? Too simple. We can't stop remembering -- the pain, distrust, loss, the way our conflicts have ripped planets apart. We may cease for a little while, but then it starts right back up again ... like an endless cycle.

You've already seen the speech from Megatron, and was inpsiring, wasn't it? I'll never deny that Megatron was a great speaker, it's why a lot of us originally joined him -- a version of him, anyway. I remember the rallies and crowds drawn to hear them.

But I also remember the planet being ripped apart by our endless bloodshed.

Are we going to destroy this planet too?

We need to band together and work towards a new future -- for all of us. But for a unified government, we need a leader, elected not through false promises or force but because it's what we all want.

I will officially make this my statement of running for Overseer. This election will be open to everyone to be involved. As I know some of your feelings towards who or what I am, I welcome anyone else to run as well, just as long you do not insist on destroying this planet from the inside.

That's all I ask.

[Look Megatron, he can do speeches too. He learned well.]

Comments

[aerospacecommander]

Yes, them. They do seem to prefer that terminology don't they?

And no one so far, but if I were to guess: the Megatrons, and possibly an Autobot will get into the running eventually.

[kick_astromech]

[[No other candidates = Not much of an election.

Megatron is not an individual? Unfamiliar term = Autobot. Explain?_]]

[aerospacecommander]

Hey, I'm just the only one who has stepped up so far.

And ... well ... he is. We just happen to have a couple different versions of him. He also leads an army faction known as the Decepticons, which have been at war with another faction for millions of years: the Autobots.

[kick_astromech]

[[If no one else runs, do you win by default or only if you get voted for?

Multiple versions? = Confusing.

Decepticons and Autobots = Local to Cybertron?_]]

[aerospacecommander]

... You're certainly full of questions, aren't you?

Let's see ...

We are supposed to have a vote, but I don't think anyone considered what would happen if only one individual ran. I'm sure that will ultimately not be the case though.

Multiple versions ... you know, multiple universes? Alternate dimensions. Something like that.

For the last question: yes, both are from Cybertron.

[kick_astromech]

[[Better not to assume, isn't it? Unfamiliar location = Lack of information.

I was informed about other galaxies and worlds not known to others. Have not heard about the possibility of alternate dimensions. Can have more than one or two of the same individual present, then?

Acknowledged. You would be = Decepticon?_]]

[aerospacecommander]

Well, I've met a few inferior versions of myself and I've seen some doubles of others I know of. Lots of familiar names around here, but ... different. You know?

And yes, I am a Decepticon.

[kick_astromech]

[[Interesting. Will have to keep an eye out. How do you differentiate if you share the same names?

Designation?_]]

[aerospacecommander]

You could always add a descriptor to the end of the name.

Like for me ... My name is Starscream. You can refer to the other one as 'Ugly Starscream.'

[kick_astromech]

[He gives an amused-sounding hoot at that.]

[[Noted._]]