To banditgal: I thank-you for asking to continue mechanic and I whole heartedly agree to it :D
First of all: you are allowed to rewrite everything I've written thus far if it includes major points like the details of the Allspark transformation, energon requirements, the mini-bots and their names, Soundwave and the Symbiote connection, megatron resurrection, frenzy resurrection, Starscream's trine, and involvement in mission city. You can absolutely change the Autobots the arrive, the Decepticons that arrive, how the Allspark dreams happen, and how Shawn is kidnapped.
Things to know: this story spans many, many years. Long enough to see all the sparklings grow into there final stage and long after. Growth time in completely up to you but 5 years is a minimum.
already known is that turbo grows into a constructicon, this is mostly due to the express need of excavators to acquire materials needed to create energon. The main source for low grade energon is basic metals like iron, steel, etc. since the Decepticons aren't really pro human, there missions mostly consist of overtaking mines and area's high in these materials, a sort of take on the raids on power plants in G1 only its basic materials this time. This creates a high demand for miners and transporters. Turbo's growth mods are directed to this objective.
Growth mods are the armor stages from sparkling to final armor by the way.
Shawn stays with the Decepticons for the duration of this story, except maybe for kidnapping attempts here and there by Autobots.
Backslide and x-grind are of course heavily influence by the lambo twins, who take a large leap in responsibility from taking care of the mini-bots, and there growth mods are designed to finish at high speed stunts and stealth vehicles. They'll be used as scouts and point runners for transport crews shuttling energon materials.
Gateway, the radio, is heavily influenced by blaster and the communications world. His growth stages are geared to end in another Symbiote or host carrier, your pick. His weapons are influence by sound and radio waves.
Code, the laptop, becomes a expert hacker and tracker, his growth mods are geared to end in a bot like hound mixed with frenzy. He can have a stationary or mobile alt, your pick.
Network, the T.V., becomes very adept at surveillance and becomes red alerts protégé, he works a lot with gateway and they create a much stonger both with each other. His alt mode is up to you.
Blueprint, the pocket knife, predicably becomes ratchets apprentice and gains a alt mode accordingly, he becomes the mini-bot team medic.
Lastly, Epicentre, the handheld electromagnetic pulsar, becomes a frontliner, his weapons predicably using his innate ability to shut down signals and machines. He's the main figher of the mini-bot team.
With the exception of turbo, all the mini-bot work together as a team, not unlike a gestalt but without the combining. They stay with the auto-bots and take Sam as an adoptive creator.
Sam will also have the Allspark dreams with the same info but geared to his needs as the fount of life and his relative defencelessness outside regular means. (IE. Not Allspark fuelled)
The deal about some bots or cons not being on screen for Shawn and Sam is because they have the opposite faction spark ( Ie. Ironhide has a con spark and constructicons are auto-bot born) this fact helps Shawn and Sam create peace because the factions are already mixed. You can decide who else is switched ( Maybe a little Starscream the Autobot action? Or ratchet the con? XD)
The Fic was planned to end with the war ended and the cybertronians working together on Cybertron to rebuild, with decepticons on one half, the capital being kaon, and Autobots on the other, Iacon being the capital, with Sam living on the bot side and Shawn on the cons. Any pairing that grow with the bots and cons is entirely up to you but Sam and Shawn can only be paired if they upgrade to full cybertronian forms. I'm not a fan of human/bot relations and it don't make much sense to me.
The path from energon battle on earth to peace on Cybertron is completely up to you but it must include plans by Sam and Shawn in it, a physic link between them can also be used as a plot device if needed.
If any further info is needed for the fic don't be afraid to ask me anything, I would much enjoy debates on what should be included and what not. :D happy writing and I can't wait for the new fic!
Youko-kun.
Edit: i sort of wanted the cybertronians to eventually bring the war back to cybertron and restart its descruction while Shawn and Sam are desperately trying to stop them. it gets to the point where they think its hopeless and are going to stop trying when the decepticons capture optimus. Shawn uses the opportunity to explain to optimus the allspark's wants and they make a plan to end the war, using the public execution planned for the prime. details are up to you.
Edit: well the war is kinda relevent in that just because megatron is resurrected doesn't mean he's suddenly " Oh woe is me and the error of my ways! i must make peace with my brother and all will be well!" megatron is a hardcore tyrant and badass, he's not gonna stop the war just because he's killed once, and now that he has one goal completed, gaining the allspark, he'll strive even harder for his complete conquest of long as something oppose his rule, he wont stop. he may be right in the need to start a war but he's by far not the right personality to run it. he wont give up easily and just one "small squishy" wont change his mind. i doubt anything, beside complete destruction of his entire culture, could stop him from pursuing the war to it's very end. of couse the story ends with megatron stopping the war, but not until a shift in character happens. megatron as he is now wont stop for anything. the story need to develop his character into one who would rule by his brother fairly, protect cybertron, and see the right path, not be a selfish tyrant who wants his way always.
About the energon: i see it a a type of ore. once regular minerals are infused with allspark energy, it becomes pure solid energy or energon ore. once this infused mineral is passed through a refiner, it turns into liquid energy and stored in containers that it can be drawn from and put into ration cubes. the more pure the mineral the longer it lasts and stronger the grade. over time the allsparks power would exit the substance and turn into energon waste, which can be recycled into the refiner but the more times its recycled the lower the grade. sparkling grade is made this way.
Edit: ending the war on earth is perfectly fine if it works better into your version, but i'd still like to see them rebuild cybertron into the faction halves. the brother bond could work like say, Megatron had repressed it so he could better fight against Optimus and during his resurrection, shawn restarts all his systems, including the bond which is why optimus is so suprised he can feel it again.
edit: adding a mini-bot depends on what it is. as i stated the mini-bots act as a team when they grow older so any new mini-bots would have to fit into the team and not be overly the same as any of the existing mini-bots. this is of course if it will be a auto-bot, if its a decepticon, it will have to follow the " construction machinery" detail and become a new contructicon to keep with the "energon race" idea, all depends on what idea's you have for the new mini-bot.
edit: well if the mini-bot goes with shawn to the decepticons, then she will have to have some sort of construction alt mode when she grows older, if it keeps with that design i have no problems, the only thing is she can't be too much like turbo so making her anything but shy timid and clingy, your good to go :)
edit: thats fine with me, her temper matches turbo's shyness and it makes for very interesting idea's. i can't wait to see what you do with it :) bother-sister bond anyone? heh
Edit: the way i had Jolt work was when Shawn became a symbiote for Soundwave, he became shawn's gaurdian. when the two factions begin the energon war, jolt leads many strikes to reclaim Shawn for the autobots, but when he finds out Shawn wants to stay per the Allsparks wishes, he declares himself neutral and claims himself as one of Shawns gaurdians. he then helps any plans Shawn makes to create peace for cybertron.
cybertronian names shouldn't be implemented until full transformation has happened, and if they were to be given as an idea to the carriers, i would think a little hesitation would be prudent, just because I know i wouldn't change my name that easily and their names keep a sort of attachment to the race their no longer apart of. later in the story when restoring cybertron is looking possible and they come to terms with there fates about living almost eternally, then they can take on cybertronian names, at least i think thats what would happen.
