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[neededthat]

[The feed flickers to life and Ratchet peers into the communicator he has, tinkering with it. At least it's working... somewhat. He looks like he has woken up in the temple of Solian Temple.]

Blasted thing. My own communications aren’t working. It must be scattered or something. [The video flickers and Ratchet smacks it a few more times, to make it focus again, grumbling under his breath as he looks around.]

Ultra Magnus, Bumble Bee, if anyone can hear this, I require assistance. I don’t know if you can triangulate my transmission and find my exact location or not, but-- Oh, what am I saying?

[He rubs at his face, his mind raking for ideas.]

That bot said this is Cybertron but... it's not one I'm familiar with. [He pauses with a heavy sigh passing through his vents.]

For all I know, I could be just talking to myself with this thing.

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Scrap.

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[sciencetank]

In that case, I'd like to see how your formula and process differed from my own. With everything at my disposal, I've been unable to truly perfect the mixture.

Here, yes. There is. But in my Cybertron, we're running on the last dregs of it.

I seek to rectify that.

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[neededthat]

[Ratchet furrows his brow. Well, it wasn't like this bot was a Decepticon. What harm could it do?

The medic nods.]

We'll see what we can do with the resources here. I would like to become accustomed with this Cybertron first. But when I'm well adjusted, we can... continue our work... um.

I don't believe I caught your name.

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[sciencetank]

Perceptor.

According to yourself, previous version, you have some sort of principle or paradox named after me in your world.

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[neededthat]

It seems as though that is a common thing, different universes, but with quite a few similarities.

But I would be more than willing to help you with Synthetic Energon. All I ask is that we keep it some where safe once we complete the formula.

I wouldn't wish for it to fall into the wrong hands.

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[sciencetank]

Yes, there are a good deal of similarities between universes, actually, though my data has been primarily concerned with escape and energon development, not universal study.

Of course! I have no intention of leaving a supply about where it can fall into the hands of violent sorts. Or those who would weaponize it.

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[neededthat]

Very well then.

I'll be contacting you again in about a week or so. I'll need to collect some resources.

Do you have any samples of the unstable synthetic energon, back when I was here?

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[sciencetank]

I did once. But then G-- an associate of mine took it into his hands to utterly wreck my lab.

And all my work with it.

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[neededthat]

[Great.]

We'll work from scratch, then.

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[sciencetank]

Unfortunately, yes.