Chapter 3

A shuttle with the Maximal insignia lands in a massive desert on the planet of Tatooine. The door to the shuttle dissolves into a liquid them re-forms into a set of stairs leading to the ground. The occupants: SilverBlade, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime, exit the shuttle and walk out to the desert. Rodimus Prime tapped a button on his holographic wrist computer "We're outside" he says to his wrist. The 3 Maximals see the building decloak, and walk inside. The building cloaks again.

Once inside, the Maximals are led to a large room. Each planet's representatives are seated in a way that everyone can see the main speaker, and each spot has a holographic projector so that the viewer can see the speaker up close without being physically close to the speaker.

As the crowd settles down into their seats and gradually stops talking, they all move their eyes to the center of the room when a middle-aged female woman stands up and begins to speak.

"We have learned that the Predacon Empire is secretly building a new brand of long range missile. It is called the Sun Crusher missile." The hologram image shows off statistical information on the weapon, while the image is rotating. "Each missile has the explosive power to destroy an area that is 4 times bigger then the planet Jupiter in the Terran Solar system" The hologram changes images to an animation of the missile destroying a planet, with technical and statistical information. "Many Humans, Klingons, Vulcans, Protoss and Necromonger spies lost their lives to deliver this information."

One of the ambassadors to the Klingons stands up, and speaks. "Why wasn't there any Maximal involvement? Or have they become afraid of their own cousins more then the rest of us? The blood of those were spilled, they sit and do nothing!"

The middle-aged woman responds. "The Maximals were not asked to become involved because the Predacons would have known that this secret alliance exists is attempting to destroy them. They see us 'organic' races as no threat to them, and we intend to keep it that way." She pauses for a minute. "The Predacon Empire must be stopped from completing these missiles. If they do, it would mean they can force any planet, anywhere to bow to them, or face annihilation."

The Ambassador to Earth, Jean-Luc Picard (ok, I couldn't find a name that most people would know, bare with it: P) stood up from his seat "The forces of earth will be a part of this campaign". One by one, the Senators from the different planets rose to their feet, showing their support and willingness to participate in this course of action.

SilverBlade rose to his feet "The Maximals will lead this campaign against the Predacons."

The middle-aged women on the stage looked around at the standing senators. "Then the decision to go to war has been decided. I now ask that the military generals meet in the War Room, to discuss a strategy"

On the planet Cardassia, armed Predacon soldiers are patrolling the city, walking by the citizens of the planet, and interviewing random people as they walk by. In the main government buildings, the Predacon insignias are on every pillar and every wall, to show that they have complete control of the planet. Inside one of the main buildings, Soundwave, one of the Predacon generals is looking over the various monitors, making sure everything is going smoothly.

Ravage's face appears on a monitor, speaking in that famous Russian accent "General Soundwave, the holo-projection production facility has been destroyed by Cardassian soldiers."

Soundwave glares over to Ravage's monitor. "Arrest the soldiers, execute them"

"That has been done. Any Cardassian within 1000 feet was executed" Ravage said with a grin.

"Excellent, this will be reported to Megatron." Ravage's face disappears, and is replaced by Megatron's face.

"I have news, Megatron: the facility on Cardassia has been destroyed."

Megatron's eyes light up "So, they took the bait. Soundwave, kill everyone on the planet. Take no prisoners. Even women and children, kill everyone."

Soundwave salutes as Megatron's face vanishes, and he taps a few keys on the control board.

The camera changes to an above view of the Cardassian capital city. Hundreds, if not thousands of Predacon Seeker and Swoops appear in the sky, and begin to fire down at the city. Predacon ground troops also appear and open fire on the citizens. They scream and run, but sooner or later, they are heartlessly killed. They only avoid the buildings in which the Predacons have high-ranking members in, all others are fired at.

Picard is standing on the stage, talking about the tasks that lie ahead.

"The planet of Cybertron is protected by multiple complex shield generators. SilverBlade will explain."

SilverBlade walks to the center of the room, taps some keys on his holo-wrist computer and a 3D holographic image of a circular disc-like device appears.

"This is what is protecting Cybertron. There are about 5,000 in orbit around the planet. Each one is has an internal cloaking device, along with a shield generator of its own. When one of these gets hit, they send a high powered burst of electrical energy, along with its neighbors at the attacking vessel, disabling it." The animation plays of what Silver was explaining. "Also, when one of these is destroyed, each of the generators surrounding the planet moves wider apart so that the whole planet is protected again. But, this also makes the shield weaker all around, as the energy is directed towards distance, not strength."

Gul Du-Kat, from Cardassia shouts out "Then how do we disable it?"

"I will take a team of scientists down in a Predacon vessel which was abandoned on one of the planets along the outer ring of the Empire. It was rebuilt and is set to transmit standard Predacon codes. Once there, we will disable the facilities which transmit energy to the orbiting generators."

"What will the rest of us do?" A Protoss member calls out to SilverBlade.

"The rest of the fleet will fight the Predacon holo-drones." SilverBlade explains, but then is interrupted by the Klingon general.

Martok: "Great strategy, you forgot to mention that we can not damage those drones, and they multiply at an impressive rate, the attack will be over before it begins"

SilverBlade shakes his head slightly. "Before I was interrupted, I was going to explain how the scientists that will join me will also have the task of venturing into the depths of Cybertron to access the computers which control them. Once they hack the system, we can bring them into our control. Also, we have taken the model which the Predacon Empire uses, each holo-projector destroyed will be replicated by its neighbor, for an unending supply of soldiers. Our modifications to your unmanned carriers would allow the drones the self-replicate, meaning as one is destroyed, and 2 more are produced. And if the carries themselves get destroyed, another carrier would replicate it twice. This is the only way we have even the slightest chance."

The other generals in the room look at each other, and talk among themselves, eventually coming up with an answer.

The Protoss general stands up. "If our leaders will allow it, we agree to the modifications."

SilverBlade smiled under his faceplate "Then I will pitch the idea."

Suddenly, various monitors inside the meeting rooms show a news report

"Just hours ago, the Predacon fleet and its troops destroyed Cardassia, killing everyone and leveling buildings. This comes after a Predacon production facility on the planet was destroyed by Cardassian insurgents" The camera shows smoking buildings, flames everywhere, and dead bodies lying on the ground while ground troops comb the streets and the Predacon fighters fly overhead, shooting down the remaining Cardassian ships.