Jazz's Log
SOH
Triple Encryption
Poor Mirage. When he requested a meeting I never thought that he would say that his creators were Cons. I can't say I would have believed him, if he hadn't shown me the proof. After all, millennia of vorns have passed since the trine first showed up, and not once have any of my mechs, Mirage included, discovered what would be an amazingly difficult secret to keep. Mirage didn't say a word when he met up with me, he just pulled out a recording that he seemed reluctant to play. He told me later that it was because it was a private file. He's always been big on privacy - it's part of the reason Cliffjumper thinks he's a Con supporter. He doesn't like to reveal information not directly related to the mission. Anyway, in I listened in silence. I was stunned speechless. Shocking huh? Hey it can happen. When it was over Mirage looked at me and asked, "What do I do now?" I honestly have no answer. Skywarp sound sincere, and much smarter than I thought he was, but he could be faking it. He is a Con after all. But a lot of what he said makes sense. It explains Screamer's bizarre personality change - and I know he changed because Skyfire talks about him when he's drunk - and the lack of damage caused by the elite aerial force supports the claim. None of Megatron's plots have worked since we arrived on Earth, and I have to wonder how much of that is related to the Seekers having more control over the airspace? Come to think of it, none of the Aerialbots have ever been more than superficially hurt in the dogfights they get into. The younglings are good, but the trine is vorns older, and with a Pit of a lot more experience. They shouldn't come away with nothing to show for that. But how could we have missed it? If the signs are pointing to what I think they are, then why did we not see it sooner? Perhaps we simply weren't looking in the right places. I wonder… how many Cons feel the way they do, if the Seekers are telling the truth?
What to do, what to do? Mirage is angry and upset but I can tell that a part him wants to believe that his creators are not evil. That they still live, and love him the way they claim to. I am skeptic, as I really can't see how we could miss something so big, and Screamer is smart enough to fabricate such a story, but I'm going to remain open minded for Mirage's sake. Optimus is going to blow a gasket if this is true. But this cannot be ignored, especially not if they are prisoners like Skywarp claims. I think the best thing to do for now is to search the archives. If we find records of them as Autobots than we'll have to go to Pri… Oh, hey Prowl. You're done early. This? Nothing yet. Just a journal entry. Hey want to go spar? We haven't done that in forever.
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To be completed at a later date
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Resume log Entry 10453098
Well, I'll be damned. Mirage found them. They were Autobots. Thundercracker and Skywarp were Aerial instructors at the Autobot Academy. Their classes were small, as we didn't have many flight capable bots, and no seekers, but they had the best student success rate of all the instructors. Every single one of their students passed, and most of them have survived the war so far. They are all back on Cybertron though. I'll have to see if I can get in contact with a few. I doubt that many of them will want to admit being taught by "traitors", but if I can get even one of them to admit it then it will be more proof in favor of the Trine. Especially if the mechs and femmes can remember any weird behavior, such as depression, jumpiness, or resignation right before they went AWOL.
Anyway, this is the official report I found on the two of them when I searched through the archives. The report is old, dating back to before Prime became Prime and was still Orion Pax. No wonder we hadn't known of this sooner, at least on the record front.
Thundercracker
Position: Aerial Instructor
Sigma: Sound Enducer
Combat: non lethal, sound based attacks
Model: Seeker
Classes: basic, moderate and advanced flight
Vorns at Academy: ten
Qualifications: passed Instructor Exam with a score of 120%, multiple flight demonstrations, ability to multitask, trained in emergency first aid.
Instructor Evaluation
Evaluating Inspector – Wing Glyph
Thundercracker is an easygoing, professional instructor, who seems to love his work. The students enjoy their lessons, and Thundercracker is readily available during and after academy hours for assistance and extra practice. His student success rate is 100%, and I find him to be one of the best aerial instructors I have seen in all of my vorns. I do not say this lightly, and I highly recommend the continuing employment of Thundercracker .
Signed,
Wing Glyph
Skywarp
Position: Trine Mentor
Sigma: transwarping
Specialization: Trine Relations
Model: Seeker
Classes: advanced flight, trine patterns and relations
Vorns at Academy: ten
Qualifications: passed Instructor Exam with a score of 118%, multiple flight demonstrations, shows potential as a psychologist, able to relate well with newfound trines
Instructor Evaluation
Evaluating Inspector – Wing Glyph
By the time the students reach this class, they are already well versed in flight. Skywarp's position as a Trine Mentor is invaluable, despite him being the first. Never have the students had to perform in set trines, but we have seen a dramatic increase in ability since this class was formed. The students learn to work in teams of three, as the seekers do, and learn, not only to fly together, but to trust one another and themselves while in the air. This bond is invaluable, and the cadets' survivability rate has gone up tenfold. I highly recommend that not only do we keep Skywarp in his position, but look for others to fill similar roles.
Signed,
Wing Glyph
I found one on Screamer too. There's some nasty stuff from the science academy about how he might have killed his partner – which has been disproved seein' as how the big guy is still alive – before he resurfaced at the academy. It seems he took over as the head Aerial Instructor for Wing Glyph, but there are no reports on how or why, just a notice in the records marking the change in management. WG's death record is dated a few days after that, and his medical reports state that it was due to cosmic rust, so no one can claim Screamer did it, if questioned. Likely what happened was TC and Warp didn't want to work under anyone but their Trine leader, and Starscream certainly had the qualifications, based on his accomplishments in the scientific community.
Well, now I have my proof, and I know that Mirage needs answers. Time to take it to the big
boss and see what he makes of it. Should be interesting. I hope Prowler's processor doesn't
freeze; Ratch will kill me if it happens again so soon.
Later.