[Video] One grumpy Seeker, coming up...

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Hello, Haven. Now appearing on your comms is a probably familiar form, though with a very unfamiliar paint job. Maybe Thundercracker or Starscream decided to try a new look?

Nope. Once this new Seeker speaks, it's clear that he's a stranger. A new arrival most likely. Whoever he is, though, he's clearly not very happy.]

Alright. I heard the story from the drone. Or Acolyte, or whatever the frag they're called. But can anybody out there tell me what the Pit is actually going on here? And why I've suddenly gained an extra, glowing brand that I don't recognize on my arm?

Because if this is all some kind of overly-elaborate joke or some Quintesson's latest idea on how to mess with us, someone is gonna get it...

Comments

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Earth huh? Take it you're human-built then?

[His gaze turns appraising, looking over what he can see of Gunmax via the link's camera.]

Hmph... guess the ones where you're from are better at it than the ones where I'm from. They only ever built one bot that I know of; thing was supposed to be a 'ninja' but it was just a drone. Dumb as a rock and about as useless; it couldn't even talk. It wasn't til Megatron stole it and the Constructicons upgraded it with Cybertronian tech that was actually made useful. Still couldn't talk, though, and never had anything resembling a personality.

[Jadewing shakes his head a little. He hadn't made it to Earth yet during the 'Nightbird incident' but he'd read the report, and heard from some who had been there. Human built or not, Gunmax was light-years ahead of that so called 'ninja-bot'.]

As for a stellar-cycle, it's a little longer than an Earth year. Not that much longer, though, so you can call it a year if that makes it easier for you. [shrugs]

[video]

[badboybikerbot]

You nailed it, buddy. That's a little creepy, though. Did that thing not even have an AI or what?

Aaaand in that case, holy shit. That's a long time.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Shrugs] No idea; I wasn't on Earth yet when this was all going on, so I only really know about it second hand. If it did, though, it must've been stupidly primitive.

And yeah, long time. I've only been around for about seven and a half million, though, give or take.

[Which means he's been at war his entire life.]

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

Only seven and a half million, he says. I'm kind of amazed that you guys can last that long.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Heh... What can I say, we're built to last.

Though that's really not all that impressive, considering the number of pre-war bots running around.

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

Hey, it's still impressive to me. I've only been in service for like a year.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

...Is that a year out of training, or a year being active and aware?

[Either way, ZOMG Gunmax you're a babby.]

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[badboybikerbot]

A year online. As in alive. Or whatever.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

...You're ridiculously young, you know that, right? Even the Stunticons are older than you.

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

Yeah, heard it all before, buddy. Well, except for the "Stunticon" thing, no idea what that is.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

The Stunticons are a combiner team. Five members, all brought online about 20 years ago. Think they're about the youngest mechs we've got back home.

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

Jesus. Considering everyone else I've talked to so far is like a billion years old, that seems like nothin'.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Exactly. That's why it's surprising to find a mech who's younger yet.

They actually started out as Earth cars. They were taken apart and rebuilt as mechs, designed to counter the Autobot's land-based advantage. Would've probly worked out better if they weren't all various kinds of glitched.

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

See, buildin' a robot that turns into a car, I get, but who the hell builds entire bots out of car parts? Can you even put an A.I. in that?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Megatron and the Constructicons, apparently.

And they have sparks, not AIs. They were taken back to Cybertron once they'd been rebuilt and sparked.

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

You can just jam those spark things into carbots?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

I wouldn't put it quite like that, but basically yeah. They were rebuilt with a sparkchamber in place, so Vector Sigma was able to spark them.

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

This is the weirdest science crap I've ever heard.

Anyway, you said these dudes were glitchy. Glitchy like how?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[shrugs]

It's how most Cybertronians are sparked where I'm from. Only difference is in their initial construction.

As for how they're glitchy... Breakdown's so paranoid, he thinks traffic lights are watching him. Dead End is constantly depressed. Wildrider is just fragging insane. Drag Strip is competitive to the point of stupidity in everything. And Motormaster tops off the whole crazy package by bullying the others and making them even worse, so that when they combine, Menasor isn't much more than a berzerker because his teammates hate him so much.

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

Wow. Is it bad that I think that's funny?

[yes gunmax jesus christ]

So, has anyone considered maybe getting those guys therapy or something?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[shrugs]

Breakdown's paranoia can be good for a laugh occasionally, but the humor really wears off quick when you have to live in the same base with them.

No. Megatron always found them more useful the way they are, and Galvatron is the same. [Small smile, humorless and rather bitter.] Being insane ups their kill counts, after all. Priorities, you know?

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

Geez, that's disturbing on like, every level.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[shrugs]

You learn pretty fast as a Decepticon that you're generally valued more as a weapon in Megatron's arsenal than a sentient mech, and treated accordingly. You get used to it. Those who don't don't last long.

[Note that he doesn't deny that it's disturbing. But that's his life.]

Re: [video]

[badboybikerbot]

Aaaand people sign up for this guy's army... why?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

I was built into it, so I never got a choice about joining. Same with the Stunticons.

Though from the history files I've read, back during Cybertron's so-called Golden Age, Decepticons were treated as second class citizens, and Megatron's original pitch was based around changing that status quo. No knowing whether that's true or not, though; you'd have to ask one of the bots who was actually around pre-war for the whole story.

[Jadewing is not dumb and is aware that there's a better than 50/50 possibility that any history files he had access to would be heavily doctored, or at least spun to make the Decepticons look good.]