Chapter 11
Universe 13
In the orbit above a seemingly random planet of the local galaxy two space-ships were involved in a battle. The two vessels were shooting each other with missiles and laser blasts.
Large sections of the ship´s bodies were scorched and entire parts of the machinery were ripped out. Finally both opponents who had taken a comparable level of damage were descending down into the atmosphere.
The two objects that were falling down from the sky however had not been unnoticed.
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At two places on the planet, hundreds of miles from each other, the same things were happening.
An airlock was opened before many watching eyes and out of the ship came a group of strangers. These beings were larger than humans, but not by that much, they looked robotic, but seemed to have organic components.
A few of the native people present recognized what this visitors were. Mechanical beings similar like that had come to their world before over a century ago. They hadn´t been exactly like this ones, they were larger and had no organic parts. But for everybody who had seen their kind before the similarities were obvious.
"Optimus", one of these aliens said, "where are we?"
"I don´t know Cheetor", the robot who was obviously the leader answered.
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Hundreds of miles away a nearly identical scene was playing out. The second ship, like the first one, was surrounded by dozens of military vehicles and soldier units.
As they alien robots stepped outside they were being greeted by their weapons pointed at them.
"This can not be right", one of them said, "where are we?"
"Megatron you idiot", another called out, "this is the wrong time. while this is clearly Earth you brought us here millions of years too late."
The purple robot he had spoken too was starring at the natives, realization setting in that the other robot was right.
"You have failed as our leader", the other accused him. "I am taking over now. I am challenging you for command", he said and raised a weapon that was resembling a sword.
"Oh yes?" the second robot replied and looked as if he was preparing himself.
"Hey you", a voice interrupted them, "stop it right now and put down your weapons."
They both looked astonished by the order.
"You dare to threaten us?" the one called Megatron asked them.
"This is our planet. You have no authority here and we won´t let you turn our world into a battleground. If you start a fight with us or with each other we consider this an act of war."
"Oh yes? Then you can have it." He raised his arm that had an inbuilt blaster and fired at one of the tanks.
Moments later he and all of his group were hit by hundreds of laser blasts, grenades missiles and armor piercing bullets.
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Earth, the year 2115
The planet Earth had changed much during the last 100 years. Through cybernetics and gen-engineering the human lifespan had widened into the centuries. The technology, that was already on a high level thanks to the contact with the Transformers and other species, had once again drastically improved, the weapon technology included. Space and even time-travel were nothing unusual.
Thinking computers and artificial intelligences had been developed and were coexisting with the humans.
The human life-form itself had changed dramatically. Beside the genetic augmentations that allowed most people to live several times longer than before, many had mechanical implants in their bodies and had basically become cyborgs.
While the cybertronian species had become more organic, the human one had made an interesting mirroring development into the opposite direction.
EDC-General Spike Witwicky was looking at the unconscious bodies of the six robots they had just disabled.
They were descendants of the Decepticons, he was sure of this. Their leader was calling himself Megatron after all.
"General Faireborn, Marissa do you hear me?" he called to his partner.
"Yes Spike I hear you."
"We have got them. All of them are in stasis. We told them to stand down but they had started a fight", he said.
"The other ones were willing to talk. They had surrendered to us for the moment and are carried to the base right now. Their leader is calling himself Optimus Primal", she informed him.
"Good", he replied. "I will made contact with the next Autobot colony and organize for them to be transported back to Cybertron."
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Universe 0, year 2312
Ultra Magnus date entry: The history of this universe progressed very similar to ours. For that reason it is very good example for research. One of the few known differences is that as the renegade leader Megatron had tried to time-jump into the distant past on Earth the transwarp-drive malfunctioned and they instead landed less than 200 years before their own time.
It seemed for the highly progressed and well equipped humans of that century the small band of Predacons were not much of a match and they were easily dispatched.
