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[The roar of turbines can be heard in the very near background of a video feed that shows wastelands rushing by some distance below. Thundercracker's voice speaks over the noise.]

All right, everyone, listen up! Pretty sure I've found something, and I'll be a half-slagged Empty if it's not the cause of what's going on.

[A ridged valley comes into view, one that no one will recognize. Thundercracker slows some, banking sharply to keep the new complex at its center in view as he circles it.]

This is southwest of Haven. Radiation's highest here than anywhere else to date. And if I have to spell out what I think of the party down there, you're best to stick to the temples. I'm reading some other kind of energy too, aside from the radiation. I don't recognize it.

So . . . who's up for some target practice?

((ooc: Everyone's welcome to tag on the plot post or start our own posts. I'm just going to start a thread with TC for any fliers who want to bombard the CNPP. >D Maybe we can provide cover for a ground assault? Distract a majority of the zombies to one side at least, even if we can't get through the shield.))

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Any chance you've been able to learn anything else? I mean, if that's what's behind our problems out here, it might be worth taking it out.

Which would mean the rest of us would have some planning to do. Because if that's what I think it is, just shooting at it's a lousy idea. And so's getting too close.

I'd need to know more about Cybertronian biology to know whether or not it's a problem, but I know if you crank up the radiation enough, electronics start to fail. And since you guys seem to be more like machines than organic life at first glance, that could be...well, bad.

[Okay, sure, he's letting Science Geek Peter Parker slip into the Spider-Man persona a bit here, but considering there's a chance lives are at stake, he's more than willing to take that risk.]

Edited 2014-07-08 18:50 (UTC)

Cybertronians are more like "machines" than organics at every glance. We're alive, if not by your definition. But yeah, most of us have armor and shielding to protect us from things like radiation. I don't know what organics use, if anything, so might be best to sit this one out and let us handle it.

What is it you think it is? And why would just shooting the slag out it be such a bad idea?

Because that looks like a nuclear power plant.

If it's online, 'shooting the slag out' of it would lead to a catastrophic meltdown, and if it's not, the resulting collapse and explosions are just going to throw out more radiation over the entire area.

So, really bad idea. Especially since us organics don't really have any natural defenses against radiation. We just get sick and die.

I'm pretty sure that wasn't there before so it's no surprise this new thing is the cause of our problems.

Hm. Count me in.

No, it wasn't. I've patrolled over this sector countless times. None of it was here. It was all flat nothing.

Good. Be careful in there, Blurr. You're fast, but if just one of some of the things I'm seeing down there manages to land a hit… [He doesn't think he needs to spell it out.] Radiation's enough to slag even the heaviest-armored with time, too. So…keep that in mind. Maybe hit-and-run tactics would be best? So you're no in that slag the whole time.

Also . . . there's a shield that's blocking aerial attacks. No idea what kind of energy that thing is. Think you can find the generator and take it out? Jadewing, Skylynx, and I should be able to handle the rest.

Count me in too. Just tell me when and where you need me.

Yesterday, youngling! Here are the coordinates.

[He smirked at that.]

Acknowledged. On my way.

[And he suited actions to words, heading outside and transforming, heading for the coordinates Thundercracker provided.]

That...looks like that human power plant that blew up. Or part of it blew up.

Uh....Chernobyl? Yeah, Chernobyl.

No idea. Come on out and map it for us?

[That's a joke, but then his tone turns serious.]

There's a shield of some kind. I have no idea what sort of energy is generating it, but it's blocking all aerial strikes. Think you can find and take that out? Me, Jadewing, and Skylynx should be able to handle the rest.

Yeah, I'll get right on that. [He jokes back, before turning serious himself.]

All I know is if we attack that plant, we need to be fragging careful. That's a neuclear power plant. It's what's given off the radiation. And the radiation inside's likely to be worse. The explosion from what I heard sent radiation into the air, killin' thousands of humans, plants and animals. They enclosed the area that exploded to try and stop more leaking.

Yeah, we need to get inside. See what's causing this. Cause I never heard of it makin' the creatures we've seen.

Yeah, they're pretty fragged, even for organics. Well, let me know what you find.

Will do, you becareful too, TC.

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