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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.

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