[Video]

[sword_redemption]

[It's just a short video feed, from what was--briefly, one of the Perceptor's labs.  A half-built space bridge is in the background.]

Perceptor's gone.

And now Ratchet.

Either someone's kidnapping them, [Looking at you, First Forged. Or Prism.] or they're wandering someplace dangerous and getting killed. Because neither of them are good fighters.

Or....something else.

[He's not sure he's covered all the angles. He's a swordsmech, not Nightbeat or Prowl. But those are conclusions he can draw.]

I'm heading to the Badlands to at least settle that angle.  And I have...business out there, anyway. [And he's not quite dumb enough to go against Prism on his own. But the Badlands, he can handle.]

Anyone else missing? Anyone have another solution?

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[Video]

[sword_redemption]

Starscream came back. But we wouldn't have found him if we hadn't been near the Badlands.

Every mech's disappearance matters. Which is why we need to solve this.

[He frowns.] Do you have a problem with us looking for those who are lost?

[Video]

[dontasktrix]

You're not talking about the magenta or silver ones, are you? Just how many Starscreams get lost around here!?

[She hadn't been keeping track any better than the next bot.]

Who says I've got a problem? But, there seems to be a lot of fuss when Autobots can't be located.

[Video]

[sword_redemption]

I don't know. I haven't kept good track. I don't think anyone has.

[He frowns. It's something Ultra Magnus probably would have done in the first five minutes.]

I don't know. Maybe we didn't feel we had the right to search for one of yours.

[Video]

[dontasktrix]

[Sigh.] It's probably because no one likes him- them. Bots in our 'verse didn't have a problem searching, when he had a bounty on his head. _{Fraggin' Lockdown!}