Transformers: TransWarp
Episode III
"The Face of Evil"
By God Fire Convoy
A slight humming noise filled the ship as it soared through the dark vacuum of space as the Axalon-II traveled towards its checkpoint, the Earth.
We look out into one of the long hallways of the ship as a few crewmen pass, some carrying tools to keep things at working condition, others typing on datapads. The view slowly pans over to a set of hyperlock doors as they swiftly open, Rattrap and his helmsman Duoblade walk side-by-side discussing the voyage so far.
"So how's the grub here Duoblade?" Asked Rattrap with a slight grin on his face.
"It's not too bad, but we did manage to bring in some high grade energon drinks. They're being stored down below until we reach Earth, that's when we hope to put them to use." Responded Duoblade with a mischievous smile.
"Are ya now? Well since we got it we'd might as well use it don't ya think?" Said Rattrap.
The two continued down the hall as we fade scenes to the bridge of the arrow like ship, which its inhabitants call the "Prometheus."
The commander of the ship, Centro, busy bustling at the computers trying to fix the cloak controls which he broke his fall on a few days before.
"I don't know why I even put up with him…His ideas are crazy…He's never gonna take over Cybertron…" Centro muttered to himself.
A moment after, the main turbolift doors opened as a large figured walked in, the sound of heavy metal clanking against the floor as it took each step, its optics looking over at the muttering Centro…
"Something bothering you Commander?" He insisted.
Centro nearly jumped through the ceiling, startled some.
"Huh? Oh its you… There's nothing bothering me, nothing at all my lord…" Said Centro hesitantly.
"Good. Need I remind you that the cost of mutiny is death…"
He grinned, using his ultra sensory program to slowly probe Centro's thoughts, knowing every hate he had for him.
Centro paused and tried to put on his best show…
"Uh…of course sir…" He said hesitantly.
The dark captain climbed the steps and sat down in his command chair, sitting raised and perfectly centered in the small room they call the "bridge" of the ship.
"My lord, all weapons are fully charged. All Photon, Proton, Missile, and Laser cannons are fully equipped and ready to wreak glorious havoc on our unsuspecting prey." Dinox pronounced quite gleefully.
"Excellent Dinox. Soon, those Maximals will wish they had never been assigned to that scrap pile to be." He grinned.
"What exactly do we plan on accomplishing with this raid my lord?" Asked Centro.
"It is quite simple, we shall attack the ship, rendering them nearly lifeless. After we have done so we will simply disappear. We will allow them just enough time to return back to Cybertron to report that unsuspecting attack. We shall give them a day to bring in their thoughts before we begin phase 1 of our invasion of Cybertron. The destruction of the Moonbases…" He said in an evil, deep tone.
The "Prometheus" soon came out of transwarp space and drifted not too far behind the Axalon, being seen was obviously part of their fiendish plans.
Aboard the Axalon, several control panels began beeping.
"What is it?" asked Rattrap through the COM, being alerted by the computer system codenamed "Sentinal-2."
"Sir, scanners have just picked something up. A very large warship has entered the vicinity. Shall we hail them?" asked one of the crewmembers.
"Of course, do it by the books and avoid entanglement at all costs understand?!" exclaimed the captain.
"Yes, sir." Said the crewman before the COM shut off.
Back on the bridge the COM officer opens a transmission with the ship. Captain Rattrap appears on the bridge as if on que.
"This is Captain Rattrap of the Axalon-II. We noticed that you guys were in the vicinity of our scanners so we decided to peek in and say hello. Our mission here is a non-violent voyage to planet 137659, a.k.a. "Earth." Said Rattrap through the open COM.
The crew waited for a few minutes as no response was given, except for a large green emblem which appeared on every screen in the ship. A moment later the COM opened as a deep, dark voice boomed through the ships COM systems.
"Greetings… I, am Plasmacron, leader of the Tyrannicons. This is the only transmission you shall receive so pay attention…" he exclaimed.
"Run, run, as fast as you can. Because much like an Earthen ship, you are now stranded on land…" After that the com switched off and screens switched back to normal as the "Prometheus" quietly disappeared into nothingness.
Rattrap looked around, piecing this together.
"Duoblade resume our course to Earth and contact Admiral Magnum Convoy and inform him of our recent encounter. Tell him backup is imminent. These guys seem hostile…" he said
Duoblade nodded and did as instructed as the scene fades to the bridge of the Prometheus.
"Now that we have them confused with our riddle AND our cloaking device, we shall strike them with one single blow. Drax, prepare to fire.."
"Yes, sir!" Screamed Drax, much like a well-trained Earth soldier.
A moment later the Axalon began to shake as the lights onboard began to flicker and fade. Their ship was caught in the tractor beam of the Prometheus as the gigantic warship decloaked. One of the panels on the Axalon began beeping, confirming an enemy lock.
"Weapons charged sir!" said Hidrax.
"Excellent. You may fire when ready." Commanded Plasmacron as two giant cannons began to glow a fiery red, hotter than the sun.
"And now for the show.." Chuckled Plasmacron.
The two cannons began to make a high pitch sound just before two gigantic red laser rays pulsated from the two cannons, striking the axalon with everyshot.
The Axalon shook like an old rocking chair as it was bombarded, shields immediately offline, hull breaches everywhere as well as impulse engines disabled. These Tyrannicons made certain that the only thing operational was navigation and the Transwarp drives.
"Report!" Cried out Rattrap as he rummaged through the junk that now filled the spotless bridge, trying to find his captains' chair.
Duoblade replied "sir, the only things operational are navigation, the transwarp drives, and our sensors. That's about all."
"Great!" muttered Rattrap, slamming his metallic hand against some more junk, causing a mini avalanche with all the shards.
"Looks like we have to turn around, we'd never make it to Earth like this." Said Rattrap lowly.
"Yes, sir…" replied Duoblade as he soelomnly pressed buttons turning the ship around before it slid into transwarp space like butter on a hot frying pan.
Meanwhile, aboard the Prometheus…
"Excellent! Everything is working according to plan my lord." Said the happy Commander.
"So ends phase I of "Operation: Overlord." Said Plasmacron, as the scene faded to show space from Moonbase 1's point of view.
"Whoa there! Take a peek at this, it looks like the Axalon is back early. And with a new paint job too!" exclaimed Jazz as he saw them re-arrive through the long range scanners.
Immediately he contacted the Admiral as they dealt with bringing it back in the rest of the day. A few hours after it had been docked they finally managed to get the crew out of the nearly destroyed ship as Rattrap met up with the Cybertronian Council of Elders.
Optimus Prime was the only one standing besides Rattrap.
"Captain, would you mind explaining to us council members what exactly happened en route to Earth?" asked Optimus Prime.
"Sure, but it all happened so quickly.." Replied Rattrap.
"That's ok lad, just tell us what you remember" responded Kup.
"Ok then, this is what happened. Earlier that day a crewmember and I were walking down the halls when I got paged up to the bridge saying that they saw a ship on sensors. So we went up there and tried to establish communication when all we got was this green logo. A minute later someone named Cosmotron or something came on and told us this stupid riddle before nearly blowin' our ship to bits and disappearin like nothing was there!" Rattrap told the members.
"Are you saying they have cloaking technology?" Asked Cheetor.
"That's what it looked like to me spots" responded Rattrap
The council took a moment to think before coming up with a temporary solution.
Rodimus broke the silence as he felt that the council felt the same way he did. "We mustn't tell the inhabitants of this planet, it could throw everything into even more chaos. Instead we'll keep this under wraps and try to take care of it ourselves, with the help of the CNF of course. We must find where this new menace is and engage them as far away from here as possible. If they can nearly destroy our newest ship in the fleet in just a few minutes, then we have one deadly opposition ahead of us…"
To Be Continued…
Episode III
"The Face of Evil"
By God Fire Convoy
A slight humming noise filled the ship as it soared through the dark vacuum of space as the Axalon-II traveled towards its checkpoint, the Earth.
We look out into one of the long hallways of the ship as a few crewmen pass, some carrying tools to keep things at working condition, others typing on datapads. The view slowly pans over to a set of hyperlock doors as they swiftly open, Rattrap and his helmsman Duoblade walk side-by-side discussing the voyage so far.
"So how's the grub here Duoblade?" Asked Rattrap with a slight grin on his face.
"It's not too bad, but we did manage to bring in some high grade energon drinks. They're being stored down below until we reach Earth, that's when we hope to put them to use." Responded Duoblade with a mischievous smile.
"Are ya now? Well since we got it we'd might as well use it don't ya think?" Said Rattrap.
The two continued down the hall as we fade scenes to the bridge of the arrow like ship, which its inhabitants call the "Prometheus."
The commander of the ship, Centro, busy bustling at the computers trying to fix the cloak controls which he broke his fall on a few days before.
"I don't know why I even put up with him…His ideas are crazy…He's never gonna take over Cybertron…" Centro muttered to himself.
A moment after, the main turbolift doors opened as a large figured walked in, the sound of heavy metal clanking against the floor as it took each step, its optics looking over at the muttering Centro…
"Something bothering you Commander?" He insisted.
Centro nearly jumped through the ceiling, startled some.
"Huh? Oh its you… There's nothing bothering me, nothing at all my lord…" Said Centro hesitantly.
"Good. Need I remind you that the cost of mutiny is death…"
He grinned, using his ultra sensory program to slowly probe Centro's thoughts, knowing every hate he had for him.
Centro paused and tried to put on his best show…
"Uh…of course sir…" He said hesitantly.
The dark captain climbed the steps and sat down in his command chair, sitting raised and perfectly centered in the small room they call the "bridge" of the ship.
"My lord, all weapons are fully charged. All Photon, Proton, Missile, and Laser cannons are fully equipped and ready to wreak glorious havoc on our unsuspecting prey." Dinox pronounced quite gleefully.
"Excellent Dinox. Soon, those Maximals will wish they had never been assigned to that scrap pile to be." He grinned.
"What exactly do we plan on accomplishing with this raid my lord?" Asked Centro.
"It is quite simple, we shall attack the ship, rendering them nearly lifeless. After we have done so we will simply disappear. We will allow them just enough time to return back to Cybertron to report that unsuspecting attack. We shall give them a day to bring in their thoughts before we begin phase 1 of our invasion of Cybertron. The destruction of the Moonbases…" He said in an evil, deep tone.
The "Prometheus" soon came out of transwarp space and drifted not too far behind the Axalon, being seen was obviously part of their fiendish plans.
Aboard the Axalon, several control panels began beeping.
"What is it?" asked Rattrap through the COM, being alerted by the computer system codenamed "Sentinal-2."
"Sir, scanners have just picked something up. A very large warship has entered the vicinity. Shall we hail them?" asked one of the crewmembers.
"Of course, do it by the books and avoid entanglement at all costs understand?!" exclaimed the captain.
"Yes, sir." Said the crewman before the COM shut off.
Back on the bridge the COM officer opens a transmission with the ship. Captain Rattrap appears on the bridge as if on que.
"This is Captain Rattrap of the Axalon-II. We noticed that you guys were in the vicinity of our scanners so we decided to peek in and say hello. Our mission here is a non-violent voyage to planet 137659, a.k.a. "Earth." Said Rattrap through the open COM.
The crew waited for a few minutes as no response was given, except for a large green emblem which appeared on every screen in the ship. A moment later the COM opened as a deep, dark voice boomed through the ships COM systems.
"Greetings… I, am Plasmacron, leader of the Tyrannicons. This is the only transmission you shall receive so pay attention…" he exclaimed.
"Run, run, as fast as you can. Because much like an Earthen ship, you are now stranded on land…" After that the com switched off and screens switched back to normal as the "Prometheus" quietly disappeared into nothingness.
Rattrap looked around, piecing this together.
"Duoblade resume our course to Earth and contact Admiral Magnum Convoy and inform him of our recent encounter. Tell him backup is imminent. These guys seem hostile…" he said
Duoblade nodded and did as instructed as the scene fades to the bridge of the Prometheus.
"Now that we have them confused with our riddle AND our cloaking device, we shall strike them with one single blow. Drax, prepare to fire.."
"Yes, sir!" Screamed Drax, much like a well-trained Earth soldier.
A moment later the Axalon began to shake as the lights onboard began to flicker and fade. Their ship was caught in the tractor beam of the Prometheus as the gigantic warship decloaked. One of the panels on the Axalon began beeping, confirming an enemy lock.
"Weapons charged sir!" said Hidrax.
"Excellent. You may fire when ready." Commanded Plasmacron as two giant cannons began to glow a fiery red, hotter than the sun.
"And now for the show.." Chuckled Plasmacron.
The two cannons began to make a high pitch sound just before two gigantic red laser rays pulsated from the two cannons, striking the axalon with everyshot.
The Axalon shook like an old rocking chair as it was bombarded, shields immediately offline, hull breaches everywhere as well as impulse engines disabled. These Tyrannicons made certain that the only thing operational was navigation and the Transwarp drives.
"Report!" Cried out Rattrap as he rummaged through the junk that now filled the spotless bridge, trying to find his captains' chair.
Duoblade replied "sir, the only things operational are navigation, the transwarp drives, and our sensors. That's about all."
"Great!" muttered Rattrap, slamming his metallic hand against some more junk, causing a mini avalanche with all the shards.
"Looks like we have to turn around, we'd never make it to Earth like this." Said Rattrap lowly.
"Yes, sir…" replied Duoblade as he soelomnly pressed buttons turning the ship around before it slid into transwarp space like butter on a hot frying pan.
Meanwhile, aboard the Prometheus…
"Excellent! Everything is working according to plan my lord." Said the happy Commander.
"So ends phase I of "Operation: Overlord." Said Plasmacron, as the scene faded to show space from Moonbase 1's point of view.
"Whoa there! Take a peek at this, it looks like the Axalon is back early. And with a new paint job too!" exclaimed Jazz as he saw them re-arrive through the long range scanners.
Immediately he contacted the Admiral as they dealt with bringing it back in the rest of the day. A few hours after it had been docked they finally managed to get the crew out of the nearly destroyed ship as Rattrap met up with the Cybertronian Council of Elders.
Optimus Prime was the only one standing besides Rattrap.
"Captain, would you mind explaining to us council members what exactly happened en route to Earth?" asked Optimus Prime.
"Sure, but it all happened so quickly.." Replied Rattrap.
"That's ok lad, just tell us what you remember" responded Kup.
"Ok then, this is what happened. Earlier that day a crewmember and I were walking down the halls when I got paged up to the bridge saying that they saw a ship on sensors. So we went up there and tried to establish communication when all we got was this green logo. A minute later someone named Cosmotron or something came on and told us this stupid riddle before nearly blowin' our ship to bits and disappearin like nothing was there!" Rattrap told the members.
"Are you saying they have cloaking technology?" Asked Cheetor.
"That's what it looked like to me spots" responded Rattrap
The council took a moment to think before coming up with a temporary solution.
Rodimus broke the silence as he felt that the council felt the same way he did. "We mustn't tell the inhabitants of this planet, it could throw everything into even more chaos. Instead we'll keep this under wraps and try to take care of it ourselves, with the help of the CNF of course. We must find where this new menace is and engage them as far away from here as possible. If they can nearly destroy our newest ship in the fleet in just a few minutes, then we have one deadly opposition ahead of us…"
To Be Continued…