[voice] location--in motion

[sword_redemption]

[Drift may seem to be in a strangely upbeat mood. Because this?  This he can do. He's spent more of his life in a battlefield than anywhere else, and more time in the field than some of his new friends have been alive.]

[In other words, he knows this.]

[The post is voice because he's busy doing his thing.  And he doesn't want to take a break or risk traumatizing the weak of spark with what is likely very, very messy stuff.]

We need to coordinate air support.  Spotters, at least, to tell us the pattern: where and what we're facing. 

You don't have to engage; just spot and report. 

[Not really locked to Wing.]  ...try to be safe.  Don't do anything stupid. [A pause.] That's my job.

[Not really locked to Wheeljack]  You ever get those grenades ready?

[Not really locked to Annie.]  Where are you? 

[Not really locked to Noisy Boy.]  These, uh, these don't fight fair.  Might want to sit this one out.

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AUDIO

[sword_redemption]

And long history. You've got a pretty good read of character.

[Oh he's glad this is audio because he cannot keep a polite face at the idea of multiple Starscreams. But he doesn't want to judge. Out loud. After all, mechs can change.]

We should have. This is Cybertron. The one common thing in all the mechs I've spoken with, whatever Cybertron they come from, is war.

AUDIO

[engrishdetective]

I'd like to think so myself.

That does seem to be the unimpressive trend, doesn't it? I wasn't expecting it to be a source of, hm... this, though. Whatever these things are.

AUDIO

[sword_redemption]

You picked it up faster than a lot of us did.

[How long had Megatron trusted Starscream? Long enough to make him his second. Long enough to trust him with far, far too much.]

Maybe not this, but we've faced things like this before. The Swarm, for one. Not exactly like this, but stupid, deadly and ugly.

[So, close enough.]

AUDIO

[engrishdetective]

Then I guess just call it cop's intuition.

[Or maybe he's just picked up the instinct of knowing who would betray him.]

No idea what the Swarm is, but I suppose it must be similar. Hmm. As for this, there seems to be no end in sight, does there?

AUDIO

[sword_redemption]

Are you a friend of McCrane's? One of the 'Brave Police'?

[Cop? Well, at least you sound slightly less uptight than Ultra Magnus.]

The Swarm was an experiment gone wrong. Really wrong. It overran the planet.

This won't be that bad. [He hopes.]

AUDIO

[engrishdetective]

Got it in one go! Nicely done.

Well. Let's hope not. Seems desperate times call for desperate measures. Too bad for us.

AUDIO

[sword_redemption]

[Probably not that hard of a guess, really. But the enthusiasm is appreciated.]

[He will now top that off with...an understatement.]

This is a lot different than your Earth.

This isn't that bad. ...yet. [He hasn't heard of any casualties, so far. Not that that would stop him. It would just make him fight harder.]

AUDIO

[engrishdetective]

Wow! You don't say.

It can get bad. My only relief is that we don't have as many bystanders to think about.

AUDIO

[sword_redemption]

I...did say?

[Your English idiom far surpasses his own.]

I hope they have the sense to hide in the temples. Those things must have withstood attacks before.