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I... apologise if I was... ah, short with anyone while the pillar's influence was in effect.

[Jetfire shifts his shoulders, briefly glancing away. Thinking of that is just kind of uncomfortable, the way things changed - and didn't - from simply staying.]

I've more important matters to bring up for consideration, however, as during the first examination of the pillar I managed to find out it goes down. It comes from the Lambda, and goes down. And not just under the surface, but into the core.

[Folding his arms over his chestplates, Jetfire frowns. he's not sure how to take the additional information, but there ought to be energy within Cybertron, so he can accept that.]

I believe the best method of taking care of the pillar or conducting more research towards that same course of action would be to go to where it... er, attaches to Cybertron itself, as destroying or otherwise trying to remove it at the surface will leave part of it still on, and in, Cybertron.

So if anyone has any knowledge regarding a way down into the core of Cybertron, if you could speak up...

[Pause. Things have been... awkward the last few days, but.]

Ah, Starscream..? Could I ask you to come with?

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Uh...a groundbridge was what me and the team used back home. It could take us to anywhere on Earth quickly. Uh...kinda like a Spacebridge, if you know of those, but doesn't have the same range.

[He nods.]

Yeah, the bridge is useless without coordinates. But, uh...if you find a way, I'm willin' to go too. I used to work construction, well, do work construction here, if that would help in decidin' how to take it down.

Ah. That makes a lot of sense, yes. Such a device would need far less power and fuel to be operated, and still be incredibly useful within it's range of operations...

[Then Jetfire smiles a little, tilting his helm in a nod.]

I believe that would certainly have a chance of being helpful, since we have no idea how we should take it down, if we can. I imagine your knowledge would be helpful in finding weak spots to concentrate on, at the least.

Yeah, pretty much. In our case it was fuel, plus the Decepticons on our world controlled Spacebridge tech. [Not to mention it had been lost for megacycles prior to Shockwave reverse engineering them.

Bulkhead tilts his own head some, looking thoughtful.]

Yeah, I figured. An above ground hit just trying to blast it down could be a bad idea. Too much chance of it hitting another building, or even someone. Not with a thing that size, unless we took it in stages.

You lost all the ships with access to spacebridge capability, plus the stationary devices, during the war?

[That sounds... rough. Jetfire shakes his helm, smile going more thoughtful than open.]

That, and we would have to go underground at some point either way, since merely taking it apart above won't do anything with the part that is attached to Cybertron underground.

[Then his thoughtful look slowly turns into a frown as he considers the issue further.]

In fact, I am beginning to suspect that the upper part, while it does connect to the lambda, is less... ah, dangerous, in the long run...

The technology was lost for megacycles. Until one of Megatron's scientists, Shockwave, managed to engineer one. But, since Energon was hard to come by for us, having just a groundbridge was better anyway.

[It really was, but hey, they managed to destroy one and hijack the other for a while.]

Yeah, agreed. [His own smile wavers a little though he remains thoughtful.] Not sure I like the sound of that. But got any plans for when we do get down there? Or just wingin' it?

Edited (Ack, that other reply felt wrong, sorry. x.x) 2013-11-23 22:07 (UTC)

Lack of energon really does put a pretty huge... ah, crimp in things, doesn't it?

[Jetfire's smile was dry enough enough it could as well be a desert.]

Unfortunately, I'm uncertain what plans we could make, and if you have any ideas I would welcome them. We can't directly touch it, and so far we don't know what we can or will have to do to remove it, but I have a potential idea to see if a weapon that's capable of stopping the flow of energy and electricity in cybertronian frames will do something to it.