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Transtech Transormers Chapter 3: Return of the Decepticons
Decepticon Undersea Headquarters
Long ago this abandoned crashed ship was once base of operations of the Decepticons in their war against the Autobots on Earth.
Today the Decepticons rise rebuilt as Transtech Transmetals.
One by one of they came online.
Soundwave, Shockwave, Starcream and Immorticon.
Soundwave- Legendary communications officer of the Decepticons.
Soundwave's sensors can detect even lowest energy radio transmissions. Able to read minds by monitoring electrical brain impulses.Acts as radio link for others. Locates and identifies enemies, then informs fellow Decepticons.
It is little surprise that his new body exemplifies these traits. Soundwaves alternate mode is microwave and sonic weapons mobile satellite platform which can also fly Earth's atmosphere originally built by a human terrorist organization the I.R.O.N. Army.
Shockwave – Megatron's most trusted military operations commander.
Logical and cold Shockwave has led the Descepticons at the times when Megatron disappeared. Shockwave's alternate mode is high speed Red Shadows' Low Rider Assault Vehicle armed to the teeth with missiles, blasters and a devastating shockwave pulse generator that can emit lethal beams of energy from anywhere on the electromagnetic spectrum: gamma rays, X-rays, visible light, infrared rays, radio waves, etc... Shockwave also can create holographic duplicates of himself to confuse enemy forces.
Starscream – Once the greatest air-commander of the Decepticon battle fleet. The most treacherous and power hungry general of the Decepticons. Whose immortal spark is now encased in near indestructible laser core specially built for torture by Scavenger for Megatron's use. During his exile in deep space Starscream finds the Waspinator possessing the Predacon for his long return to Cybertron. Starscream with Waspinator was captured by Grimlock using the experimental spark extractor separating them, imprisoning Starscream. Later the Maximals used Starscream's immortal mutant spark as a template for X later known as the Predacon Rampage during the Beast Wars. Starscream's secrets were used by Megatron II to make his spark immortal. Megatron II had handed to his Vehicon general Scavenger, Starcream's treacherous spark, for further research. Starscream is now a Cobra Seeker Jet armed with null rays, missiles and his intake shoulders are blaster cannons.
Immorticon- Appropriately named by Megatron. Formerly the spark of Rampage found at the remains of the Decepticon flagship Nemesis while Scavenger was salvaging parts for the undersea base at Peru. As far as Scavenger can assess the spark is blank thus it is given a new shell program persona. Immorticon's body is a Skar Battle Tank armed with missile launchers, gatling guns and a plasma energy cannon.
Megatron views his new awakened troops with a smile.
Megatron their leader whose vehicle form is now an all terrain Coil Destroyer Tank armed with a destructive galactic ion pulse cannon and a pair of armor piercing rail guns. Megatron can link up interdimensionally to a black hole and draw antimatter from it for use as a weapon. Seldom does Megatron use that power.
All these stolen machine bodies were weapons from the Concurrence, an unlikely alliance of the Earth's terrorist organizations. Its factions include Cobra led by Cobra Commander, Skar led by Iron Klaw, the I.R.O.N. Army led by General Blitz, the Red Shadows led by Baron Iron Blood and the Coil led by its emperor Serpentor.
All of the Decepticons are sporting new purple sigils the badge of the True Path.
All of this the work of Scavenger whose form is now taken the form of an unassuming advanced bulldozer for infiltrating Earth and freeing his leader and comrades.
Scavenger: "Lord Megatron sensor probes have detected an Autobot warp signature. It has entered the system and is approaching Earth."
Along the way to Earth Scavenger on his small ship the Twilight left cloaked sensor probes around the system in preparation for any interference from Cybertron.
Starcream: " Lord Megatron … Heh whatever happened to Galva…Arrrgh" Starscream bends over in pain from his very laser core tortured by Megatron's control.
Megatron smirking at Starscreams cry
Megatron: "Very well Decepticons let us give the Autobots a warm welcome Hahaha"
From the depths of the sea a tower surfaces. Its door opens and the Decepticons fly leaving their base's cloaking field.
EDC base, Mt. Saint Hillary
ALERT DECEPTICON ENERGY SIGNATURES DETECTED
ALERT DECEPTICON ENERGY SIGNATURES DETECTED
Said Teletran-1
Director: "Give me the coordinates"
Teletran-1: LAST KNOWN COORDINATES 40 DEGREES LONGHITUDE BY 20 DEGREES LATITUDED AND CLIMBLING THE ATMOSHPERE
They can't go back to Cybertron without a ship or space bridge or warp gate unless….
Immediately the EDC Section 9 Director barks orders to his personnel
Director: "Prepare to launch the Sark. Load the Transporter transponder probe. Teletran scramble comm. frequencies"
The director makes a connection of his cyberbrain to the Sark USC pilot system thru Teletran-1
Moments later
A massive cloaking field disperses revealing a parabolic launching platform
Controller: "Mass driver catapult ready launching clearance probe"
The probe launches clearing the air around it creating a frictionless vacuum
Controller: "Way cleared"
Director: "Launching Sark!"
The Sark a deep space and submersible vessel built by the EDC for both space and sea exploration and combat, part rocket, part sub.
The Sark launches from the catapult to probe's vacuum tunnel to space.
Nearing Earth, The Steelhaven
Black Arachnia manning the science console: "So far we've been able to get through gaps in their sensor net"
The Maximals avoiding satellites, space stations, and cylindrical space colonies.
Silverbolt: "I've manage to tap to their Information Net it would seem the Humans have quite impressive Energon industry, which is not good for us if the Decepticons start pillaging it they could start a war on Cybertron."
Cheetor: "What are they doing converting their energy and fuel sources to energon?"
Siverbolt: "No they are mining their crust for energon deposits, not crystals usually but energon pools"
Black Arachnia: "My memories are still messed up but didn't we fight over energon back at the Beast Wars"
Cheetor: "Yeah I think we determined that much energon is unnatural for a planet like Earth and the aliens were responsible for it."
Silverbolt: "Why place such a large energon deposits on Earth?"
Balck Arachnia: "Maybe they wanted to attract others to it? It's the reason the Autobots and Decepticons crashed here in the first place."
Nightscream: "Hate to interrupt your energon discussion but I read six bogies approaching fas…"
An explosion rips a massive hole on the side of ship. Immediately the bridge doors are blasted from behind. Starscream enters shoots his null rays incapacitating each Maximal.
Megatron enters with the rest of his Decepticons.
Viewing each fallen Maximal.
Megatron: "Maximals! And here I was thinking that we would face Autobots. Hmm from the data tracks I've reviewed you four would be Cheetor, Silverbolt, Nightscream and Black Arachnia."
Black Arachnia ! Well if it isn't my proud protégé revenge would be so sweet . Thought Starscream remembering her betrayal during the Beast wars.
Megatron: "Merging with organics disgust me but before we destroy you I will grant you the dignity of dying as a machine."
Megatron takes the Transtech key from his compartment.
No… thought Cheetor.
Megatron activates the Key shooting Cheetor first then Silverbolt then Black Arachnia and finally Nighscream.
Turning their Techno-organic bodies into pure Techno-matter.
Megatron: "Decepticons with me!"
The Decepticons leave the Steelhaven.
Meanwhile many miles away on Earths lower orbit the Sark launches an experimental transporter relay probe into deep space a long away from its source. The Sark moves its thrusters for landing at the Atlantic Ocean awaiting retrieval from the EDC Agile-1 and Nightwing fighter jets.
Teletran-1: Vessel detected matches Autobot warp signature. It has sustained heavy damage.
Director: "Find any Autobot or Maximal energy signatures and set for transport"
Teletran-1: Four Maximal energy signatures detected ready for transport
The Decepticons charges their weapons.
Director: "Now!"
Megatron: "Decepticons Fire!" Aiming his Ion cannon at the ship.
A massive fire of weapons destroys the Steelhaven.
The Maximals appears at the transporter pad inside the base.
Teletran 1: Transport complete.
Soundwave: "Megatron sensor scans and unknown short high frequency signature detected"
Megatron: "Destroy it"
Soundwave transforms into a weapons satellite firing his microwave weapons array at the probe.
Lighting like a little star many miles away the probe is destroyed.
Meanwhile at the EDC base, Oregon
Section 9 scientist Dr. Redford is desperately trying to save the five Maximals.
Cheetor, Silverbolt, Black Arachnia, Nightscream and Depthcharge.
Director: "What's their status?"
Dr. Redford "The four's condition is much worse than the first. The techno-matter infection seems to paralyze them. With their physiology it is much more unlikely to transfer them to synthoid bodies"
The Director looks at the Maximals each inside a transparent pool of the restoration chamber.
Director: "Place them all in the stasis pods we have. Connect them all to Teletran-1 for further analysis see if it can provide us a solution"
Dr. Redford "Yes sir"
Moments later the Maximals are each inside a stasis pod. Remnants of the Beast Wars which have been hidden and studied by the government long before the transformers were awakened at 1984.
Director: "What' their situation?"
Dr. Redford : "Sir we currently trying to download their memory and ...!" She stops upon seeing the readings.
Director: "What is it doctor?"
Dr. Redford: "Sir a foreign program is taking over Teletran-1!"
From Teletran-1's screen a gold ring image appears. It shoots out a blue beam towards the director.
Director: "What!"
The blue beam hits a small round object a pendant around his neck.
The Director takes it out of his clothing. This small object is in fact a piece of the Matrix of Leadership. Given to him for safe keeping by Optimus Prime until Prime returns.
Oracle/Teletran-1: Beginning scan for Alternate modes
On a side screen vehicles inside the base are scanned their schematics appear.
The bird like Agile-1 jet fighter
The black Nightwing stealth fighter
The Strider an armored four wheeled legged ATV
The Sark DSSV (Deep Space Submersible Vessel) a rocket sub.
And
The Speeder, a modified F1 racer for high speed pursuit.
Suddenly fiery flames cover each stasis pod.
Oracle/Teletran-1: Reformatting
The director and Emily Redford watch on wondering what is happening.
To be continued.