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[Wing appears over the link, the signal grainy and flickering. He's looking weary from the long trip back from the Badlands but with the barest hint of Prima's light in sight now, his relief is obvious. He can't wait to be home--that's he's starting to consider it home is a bit of revelation in and of itself--and touching the Link is the first part of that.]

Greetings all. We're safely on our way back from the Badlands, fear not. Now that I have Link access again I a few bits of business I'd like to attend to.

First off, know that phase one of the Rec Station is nearly complete. We'll bring you more details in the next few days!

Secondly, I seek some assistance from our medics, or anyone else that might be knowledgeable in the related areas. Let me explain.

The current configuration of my Cybertronian frame does not allow me to carry passengers. It simply wasn't necessary or useful previous to this. But now that there are more humanoids here I wish to be of better aid in this regard, which requires that I have a true cockpit that meets safety specs. _{And maybe a stereo system.}

[He's run into this convenience multiple times since arriving, time to do something about it! Plus he might have made a few promises to people...]

I don't wish to change my altmode or my frame entirely--[he cants his head as his thoughts side track] though I suppose minor upgrades could be considered if they were easy to do in the process [then a head shake as he pulls himself back to the primary topic.]--but I realize that our medics may not have the necessary equipment or resources to accomplish what I need entirely their own. So I plan to petition Solus for aid soon on the matter.

However...

Of equal importance is the safety of the passenger. So I also need data on the safety specifications and tolerances for transporting humans and other humanoid species: speed, altitude, temperature, air density and pressure, g-forces, and other relevant statistics. Given this data I will adapt all my flight protocols to take the safety of a passenger into account.

Any aid people could give me would with this be greatly appreciated.

[He seems pretty serious about this, not to mention eager.]

Thirdly, a few messages for folks I won't bore the rest of you with.

Vandal... am I correct in understanding that your wound is still not fully healed? I think my friend Korra may be able to do something about that and I'd like to introduce you two.

Korra, I have another human friend, Vandal, who was badly injured sometime ago. Natural healing for humans is rather slow from what I can tell. I know you can heal flesh with water bending? Is there anything you can do for her? I'd like to introduce you two if you are willing.

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Do you think so? I definitely prefer a minimum of change made to my actual systems--my frame overall is fairly unique--though adequate space for a cockpit will need to made.

Depending on your specs and ability to isolate an area to perform limited transformation, minimum retooling would be necessary. Otherwise, I'd say there would need to be greater change to accomodate the sort of lateral change to your frame that you want to make, if you want to keep it as it is...

[He shrugs, frowning not really at their conversation, and more at whatever he's looking at.]

But I would certainly be amenable to try... And, if it would necessesary, consult Solus Prime on the matter as well. [A small helmshake as he finally focuses back on the actual screen and Wing.] Preliminary calculations would suggest it's possible, but I'd need more data before anything else.

[Ergo, your specs and system capabilities, and how far you could push your transformation ability to do limited changes.]

Admittedly it's not something I've ever attempted before. I am small and light as airframes go, it's never been necessary before this.

And, admittedly, aside from my Great Sword, my frame build is all I have left of my home. The scientists there developed some unique frame engineering and as you know the styling evolved quite differently. I am rather attached to it which is why I'd prefer minimal adjustment if possible. But I understand some compromises might need to be made.

Partial frame-upgrades aren't usually a thing that happens, either way; most would probably prefer to simply scan a different altmode. But they are nonetheless possible, though I wouldn't speculate in how much could be possible or not considering the possible differences in parameters regarding frames, transformation capabilities and the like, across various dimensions...

[He tilts his helm, curious.]

Wing, I actually have no idea. The area adapted to hold smaller passengers where such are part of an altmode of other planets' vehicles have always been a part of cybertronians where I'm from, though of course not actually adapted to actually carrying passengers...

[Except in the case of smaller cybertronians.]

How come it evolved differently from... ah, the majority of the cybertronian frame engineering for you?

Yes, I realize I'm being rather...picky. Sentimentality, what can I say? There aren't many options for scanning new alts anyway. It's a bit of a challenging problem and I realize that we also don't have the same facilities we would normally have to performs upgrades.

[He taps his chin idly as you speak, taking in the words.]

Actually, I do have a faux cockpit of sorts. Before the war I functioned as a courier. Being fast, light and not terribly well suited to armaments, it suited me best. My current cockpit is actually storage for payloads that are ill-suited to subspace. But it's nowhere near what would be necessary to carry a passenger safely or comfortably.

[He chuckles and cocks his helm at that.]

Despite our capacity for altmode-change, it's also very easy to get attached as well. Either way, as you say, there's limited possibility of new altmodes what with needing to accomodate your size and mass.

That would be useful to work from as a base, if nothing else. Since you then have the general area there, we'd need to change a lot less, whatever would need to be done, and depending on how much you, yourself, could perhaps move around after new schematics.