1 Transformers: TransWarp
Episode IV
"Riddle Me This"
1.1 By God Fire Convoy
A dark figure tapped on a keypad built into the cold steel wall of the ship's interior. The keypad beeped in recognition as the wall slowly split in two, revealing a long dark hallway, hidden safely from the other members of the ship.
This dark figure peered around behind him making sure nobody was in sight before slowly walking down the mysterious, hidden hallway. The doors silently slid shut as the keypad flipped over, the wall looking now exactly like all the others.
A few lights began to switch on as the dark figure walked down the hall, his cybertronian boots clanking against the steel floor as he proceeded, nearing another door. A small rod quickly flipped down from the ceiling as it glowed red, a laser beam quickly scanning over his optics before returning back up into the ceiling. A moment after the heavy door slid open, and the figure walked inside where he found several others sitting around a table, with honorary council member Xero at the center of all the attention.
"Ah, welcome at last Grimus." Xero said as he stood up and nodded.
"I'd like you to meet the other members of the Decepticon Covert Navy. Meet Drax, his brother Hidrax, Reaper, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Dreadwing." He said as he pointed to each member, as he called their name.
The tall, dark, and broad shouldered robot called "Grimus" nodded in response as he took a seat next to Xero.
"Now, let's go onto business shall we?" Said Xero.
"It seems that the Axalon came back a little earlier than expected, and a little more trashed than expected as well. They came back with only the newly developed transwarp nacelles, navigation, scanners, and life-support operational. The rest was either destroyed or unrepairable." He said as he showed off a few photos of the Axalon-II before, and after the launch.
"Since we now have the Nepax alliance in place and active, we are obligated to find out who or what did this to the Maximals. We'll be sending out a crew in our secretly built scout ship, the "Knightfall." He said as he switched pictures from the heavily damaged Axalon to the newly built Knightfall.
"As you can see, it has been fitted with options that even the Autobots are hesitant to use because of their lack of faith. I, on the other hand, have great faith that these new options will work." He said.
"What "options" are you talking about Xero?" asked Cyclonus.
"I'm talking about a new cloaking system, a prototype sub-light engine, and prototype plasma beams. Of course the ship is also equipped with everything any other successful covert ship was made with." Xero responded happily.
"When will this ship be ready for launch?" asked Grimus.
"It is ready. As soon as I mutter the words "departure" it can be clear across the galaxy." Xero responded with a grin.
"Which is why I called you all here. I have selected you as my crew to investigate this situation. We launch in 0800 megacycles." Xero said sternly as he shut off the holoprojector.
Grimus stood in his private shuttle as he sped back home to Cybertron, the viewscreen flashing on as he called up Admiral Magnum Convoy.
"Admiral, this is Double Agent Grimus reporting." He said into the viewscreen.
"Ah, Grimus. So nice to see you. So what happened?" Magnum asked, cocking his head to the side slightly.
"Not much, except they did mention sending out a covert ship without our knowing to see who our attackers are. A generous move but what gets me is why they didn't mention it to us or the council." Grimus said.
"hmm… Did he ask you to take part in this operation?" Asked Magnum Convoy.
"Actually, yes he did. He wants me to be apart of his crew aboard the ship called "Knightfall." I'll try and dig up what info I can but I'm coming back to pack. Maybe we can meet up in the simulator tonight, huh?" he asked. Of course he would grin if he had a mouth instead of a faceplate.
"Sure. I've been anxious to get you back for last week." Magnum joked as he playfully rubbed at his arm.
Grimus laughed and responded "alright. I'll see you tonight then Magnum." He chuckled some more as he switched off the viewscreen.
Magnum Prime chuckled as he too switched off his viewscreen. He turned around to see Strider standing in the doorway.
"Planning on having a little recreational activities Admiral?" Said Strider, his optics glowing happily.
"Its good to see you going out and about. Its not healthy for a bot to stay cooped up like this all the time." He said as he slowly took a few steps inside Magnum's quarters.
"Is there anything you want me to cover you on tonight? Any meetings or anything?" He asked.
"None that I know of Strider. But thanks for offering." He responded as he got himself an energon drink.
"You want anything to drink?" Magnum asked.
"No thanks, I'm on duty." He rolled his optics wishing he could have a drink.
"I see. Its good that you're following the rules." Magnum chuckled in response.
"I guess so. So, anything new with the Decepticons or anything? It wouldn't surprise me if they were stirring up trouble. I've always been told that a truce to a Decepticon is just time to restock their ammo." Strider said as he took a seat in one of the chairs.
"Well, as it seems, the Decepticons are going out to find who nearly destroyed the Axalon-II." Magnum said as he sat down next to Strider.
"Really? How generous." Strider said with a sort of disgusted tune.
"Yeah, only thing is they havent told us about it. They're going to sneak off and find out who did it. I'm thinking that if you're right about the whole truce ordeal that they're probably out trying to make allies with them or something." Magnum said, hoping with his entire spark that it wasn't true.
"I'm sending out our Double-agent, Grimus tomorrow." He said.
"After you have a little play time tonight right?" Strider kidded.
"Of course." Magnum replied.
The two continued to chat for nearly a megacycle as we switch scenes to Iacon Harbor's repair bay where the Axalon-II is under its first refit in 2 days.
Rattrap walks around the control room with his hands on his hips, looking out the windows to his ship.
"I can't believe something like that happened. Especially on her maiden voyage!" He kicked himself over and over feeling it was all his fault.
Council member Rodimus Prime walked up to Rattrap.
"Afternoon Rattrap." Rodimus stated.
Rattrap turned around to look at Rodimus.
"Oh, hey." He responded.
"I have some news for you about your ship." Rodimus started. "The repairs will be done within the week so she'll be ready to fly in no time again. In the meantime, though, we're sending out a small scout ship and putting both Moonbases on full alert to keep an eye out for your attackers. I feel confident that we'll find them before they have another chance to strike." Rodimus said, looking at Rattrap with a worried expression.
"Is there something wrong Rattrap?" Rodimus asked.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing. It's just that, I get command of the most advanced ship on cybertron and I come back home the next day with it nearly trashed. I feel like a complete idiot now." Rattrap said as he continued to look out at the many repair droids working on his ship.
"Its no problem. Things happen. Its just too bad it had to happen now, that's all." Said Rodimus, trying his best to cheer him up, but it was working as good as Blurr's driving.
"Yeah..i guess so.." Rattrap said as he shook his head.
"Everything will be fine Rattrap. Just take it easy and maybe hit the streets tonight. Get your mind off of it." Rodimus suggested.
"I guess I can do that." Said Rattrap as he looked up at Rodimus.
"Thanks" He said as we slowly fade out to the sea of stars unanimously titled "space." We then see the gigantic Tyrannicon flagship, Prometheus, float overhead as its crew struggle to get their cloaking systems to work.
Centro screamed at a few maintenance droids "No no no!! The blue wire goes there, the red one goes there!"
Just then, Plasmacron walked up behind them.
"Having troubles my dear Centro? I don't see why you're getting so angry. The whole idea is for you to be smarter than your equipment. Take that in mind." Plasmacron huffed as he walked past them down the corrider to the bridge.
The turbolift doors open as Plasmacron walked in.
"Dinox, how much longer until we come within range of Cybertron's scanners?" Plasmacron bellowed.
"Another day at least, with that cloak shorting out it caused some problems in our transwarp engines. They won't be fixed for at least that long." He replied.
Plasmacron growled as he picked up a nearby crewman and threw him against the turbolift doors.
"I want this ship running at 110% efficiency by tonight, or someone loses limb." He growled as he stomped out of the bridge.
We flash on over to Magnum Convoy's quarters, after Strider has left, as he opens a long range COM with Earth commander Fire Convoy.
"Fire Convoy, this is Admiral Magnum Convoy. Come in.," he said as the viewscreen displayed the planet before cutting to show Fire Convoy's facemask.
"Fire Convoy reporting Admiral. What is it?" He asked.
"Yesterday, the Axalon-II was attacked on its maiden journey to Earth. They returned to us nearly destroyed." Magnum told Fire Convoy.
"How disturbing…" Fire Convoy responded.
"What can we do?" He added.
"Well, I want you and some of your men to check out your galaxy for our newfound friends. Rumor has it that they also possess a cloaking device, which adds even more of a challenge." Magnum sighed as he explained it all to Fire Convoy.
"I see. I'll send out some of my crew to search every inch of this galaxy. If they're here, we'll find them Admiral." Fire Convoy nodded, being as optimistic as usual.
"Excellent. We too are sending out a scout ship to check out things over here. Be sure and alert us as soon as you can even if you come up with a lead."
"We'll do just that. Take care Admiral." Fire Convoy said as he cut off the communication.
Magnum nodded as he turned around and left his quarters heading to the simulator to meet up with Grimus…
To Be Continued…
Episode IV
"Riddle Me This"
1.1 By God Fire Convoy
A dark figure tapped on a keypad built into the cold steel wall of the ship's interior. The keypad beeped in recognition as the wall slowly split in two, revealing a long dark hallway, hidden safely from the other members of the ship.
This dark figure peered around behind him making sure nobody was in sight before slowly walking down the mysterious, hidden hallway. The doors silently slid shut as the keypad flipped over, the wall looking now exactly like all the others.
A few lights began to switch on as the dark figure walked down the hall, his cybertronian boots clanking against the steel floor as he proceeded, nearing another door. A small rod quickly flipped down from the ceiling as it glowed red, a laser beam quickly scanning over his optics before returning back up into the ceiling. A moment after the heavy door slid open, and the figure walked inside where he found several others sitting around a table, with honorary council member Xero at the center of all the attention.
"Ah, welcome at last Grimus." Xero said as he stood up and nodded.
"I'd like you to meet the other members of the Decepticon Covert Navy. Meet Drax, his brother Hidrax, Reaper, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Dreadwing." He said as he pointed to each member, as he called their name.
The tall, dark, and broad shouldered robot called "Grimus" nodded in response as he took a seat next to Xero.
"Now, let's go onto business shall we?" Said Xero.
"It seems that the Axalon came back a little earlier than expected, and a little more trashed than expected as well. They came back with only the newly developed transwarp nacelles, navigation, scanners, and life-support operational. The rest was either destroyed or unrepairable." He said as he showed off a few photos of the Axalon-II before, and after the launch.
"Since we now have the Nepax alliance in place and active, we are obligated to find out who or what did this to the Maximals. We'll be sending out a crew in our secretly built scout ship, the "Knightfall." He said as he switched pictures from the heavily damaged Axalon to the newly built Knightfall.
"As you can see, it has been fitted with options that even the Autobots are hesitant to use because of their lack of faith. I, on the other hand, have great faith that these new options will work." He said.
"What "options" are you talking about Xero?" asked Cyclonus.
"I'm talking about a new cloaking system, a prototype sub-light engine, and prototype plasma beams. Of course the ship is also equipped with everything any other successful covert ship was made with." Xero responded happily.
"When will this ship be ready for launch?" asked Grimus.
"It is ready. As soon as I mutter the words "departure" it can be clear across the galaxy." Xero responded with a grin.
"Which is why I called you all here. I have selected you as my crew to investigate this situation. We launch in 0800 megacycles." Xero said sternly as he shut off the holoprojector.
Grimus stood in his private shuttle as he sped back home to Cybertron, the viewscreen flashing on as he called up Admiral Magnum Convoy.
"Admiral, this is Double Agent Grimus reporting." He said into the viewscreen.
"Ah, Grimus. So nice to see you. So what happened?" Magnum asked, cocking his head to the side slightly.
"Not much, except they did mention sending out a covert ship without our knowing to see who our attackers are. A generous move but what gets me is why they didn't mention it to us or the council." Grimus said.
"hmm… Did he ask you to take part in this operation?" Asked Magnum Convoy.
"Actually, yes he did. He wants me to be apart of his crew aboard the ship called "Knightfall." I'll try and dig up what info I can but I'm coming back to pack. Maybe we can meet up in the simulator tonight, huh?" he asked. Of course he would grin if he had a mouth instead of a faceplate.
"Sure. I've been anxious to get you back for last week." Magnum joked as he playfully rubbed at his arm.
Grimus laughed and responded "alright. I'll see you tonight then Magnum." He chuckled some more as he switched off the viewscreen.
Magnum Prime chuckled as he too switched off his viewscreen. He turned around to see Strider standing in the doorway.
"Planning on having a little recreational activities Admiral?" Said Strider, his optics glowing happily.
"Its good to see you going out and about. Its not healthy for a bot to stay cooped up like this all the time." He said as he slowly took a few steps inside Magnum's quarters.
"Is there anything you want me to cover you on tonight? Any meetings or anything?" He asked.
"None that I know of Strider. But thanks for offering." He responded as he got himself an energon drink.
"You want anything to drink?" Magnum asked.
"No thanks, I'm on duty." He rolled his optics wishing he could have a drink.
"I see. Its good that you're following the rules." Magnum chuckled in response.
"I guess so. So, anything new with the Decepticons or anything? It wouldn't surprise me if they were stirring up trouble. I've always been told that a truce to a Decepticon is just time to restock their ammo." Strider said as he took a seat in one of the chairs.
"Well, as it seems, the Decepticons are going out to find who nearly destroyed the Axalon-II." Magnum said as he sat down next to Strider.
"Really? How generous." Strider said with a sort of disgusted tune.
"Yeah, only thing is they havent told us about it. They're going to sneak off and find out who did it. I'm thinking that if you're right about the whole truce ordeal that they're probably out trying to make allies with them or something." Magnum said, hoping with his entire spark that it wasn't true.
"I'm sending out our Double-agent, Grimus tomorrow." He said.
"After you have a little play time tonight right?" Strider kidded.
"Of course." Magnum replied.
The two continued to chat for nearly a megacycle as we switch scenes to Iacon Harbor's repair bay where the Axalon-II is under its first refit in 2 days.
Rattrap walks around the control room with his hands on his hips, looking out the windows to his ship.
"I can't believe something like that happened. Especially on her maiden voyage!" He kicked himself over and over feeling it was all his fault.
Council member Rodimus Prime walked up to Rattrap.
"Afternoon Rattrap." Rodimus stated.
Rattrap turned around to look at Rodimus.
"Oh, hey." He responded.
"I have some news for you about your ship." Rodimus started. "The repairs will be done within the week so she'll be ready to fly in no time again. In the meantime, though, we're sending out a small scout ship and putting both Moonbases on full alert to keep an eye out for your attackers. I feel confident that we'll find them before they have another chance to strike." Rodimus said, looking at Rattrap with a worried expression.
"Is there something wrong Rattrap?" Rodimus asked.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing. It's just that, I get command of the most advanced ship on cybertron and I come back home the next day with it nearly trashed. I feel like a complete idiot now." Rattrap said as he continued to look out at the many repair droids working on his ship.
"Its no problem. Things happen. Its just too bad it had to happen now, that's all." Said Rodimus, trying his best to cheer him up, but it was working as good as Blurr's driving.
"Yeah..i guess so.." Rattrap said as he shook his head.
"Everything will be fine Rattrap. Just take it easy and maybe hit the streets tonight. Get your mind off of it." Rodimus suggested.
"I guess I can do that." Said Rattrap as he looked up at Rodimus.
"Thanks" He said as we slowly fade out to the sea of stars unanimously titled "space." We then see the gigantic Tyrannicon flagship, Prometheus, float overhead as its crew struggle to get their cloaking systems to work.
Centro screamed at a few maintenance droids "No no no!! The blue wire goes there, the red one goes there!"
Just then, Plasmacron walked up behind them.
"Having troubles my dear Centro? I don't see why you're getting so angry. The whole idea is for you to be smarter than your equipment. Take that in mind." Plasmacron huffed as he walked past them down the corrider to the bridge.
The turbolift doors open as Plasmacron walked in.
"Dinox, how much longer until we come within range of Cybertron's scanners?" Plasmacron bellowed.
"Another day at least, with that cloak shorting out it caused some problems in our transwarp engines. They won't be fixed for at least that long." He replied.
Plasmacron growled as he picked up a nearby crewman and threw him against the turbolift doors.
"I want this ship running at 110% efficiency by tonight, or someone loses limb." He growled as he stomped out of the bridge.
We flash on over to Magnum Convoy's quarters, after Strider has left, as he opens a long range COM with Earth commander Fire Convoy.
"Fire Convoy, this is Admiral Magnum Convoy. Come in.," he said as the viewscreen displayed the planet before cutting to show Fire Convoy's facemask.
"Fire Convoy reporting Admiral. What is it?" He asked.
"Yesterday, the Axalon-II was attacked on its maiden journey to Earth. They returned to us nearly destroyed." Magnum told Fire Convoy.
"How disturbing…" Fire Convoy responded.
"What can we do?" He added.
"Well, I want you and some of your men to check out your galaxy for our newfound friends. Rumor has it that they also possess a cloaking device, which adds even more of a challenge." Magnum sighed as he explained it all to Fire Convoy.
"I see. I'll send out some of my crew to search every inch of this galaxy. If they're here, we'll find them Admiral." Fire Convoy nodded, being as optimistic as usual.
"Excellent. We too are sending out a scout ship to check out things over here. Be sure and alert us as soon as you can even if you come up with a lead."
"We'll do just that. Take care Admiral." Fire Convoy said as he cut off the communication.
Magnum nodded as he turned around and left his quarters heading to the simulator to meet up with Grimus…
To Be Continued…