Jan 26, 2013
Prompt 1: Hole Punch or Fallstreak Clouds
"The humans are starting to notice our presence. Our cloaking shields protect us from sight. They do not make us intangible," Prowl said as he walked up to the Prime, a datapad in hand. "They have been noticing the holes we create when we come through the atmosphere and break through cloud cover."
Optimus took the datapad, glancing at the pictures. Pictures that showed the brilliant blue sky of Earth, and clouds with holes punched through them. "Is there any way to coordinate landings in areas where there is no cloud cover?"
Prowl frowned. "No. I have already looked into that. Unless we have everyone land in the desert or the ocean when there is no one around to see it, I can find no solutions. There is too much water in the atmosphere. There are clouds over all of the preferred landing sites almost constantly, and we cannot simply wait for breaks in them. We would have huge numbers of Cybertronians staying on the moon, and as possible that is, the number would continue to build up until the humans' scanners would no doubt pick something up."
Lennox, standing on the catwalk against the wall, snorted. "Not to mention that we'd notice a ton of new cars around when there weren't any before."
"That, too."
"What do you propose, Prowl? I know you have a plan."
The tactician gave a small smirk. "I do. We blame the holes on the human aircraft."
"How? The airplanes do not move quickly enough, and do not have the correct shape to leave the holes."
"We know that. The humans don't. I will simply post a few articles online and talk anonymously to a few specialists. It is easy enough to plant ideas. It will protect us for some time, at least until the majority of Cybertron's remaining population arrives and the humans are ready to learn of us."
The Prime nodded, handing the datapad back. "Very well. Do what you must."
Lennox simply shook his head and smiled.