Anterra
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Post by Anterra on May 14, 2012 18:08:05 GMT -5
((December 29th, 2027, somewhere just east of Seattle Washington)) A streak of fire illuminated the night sky as a meteor cut through the atmosphere of a small blue marble of a planet. The fireball burned through the northern hemisphere to land near the west coast of its narrower northern continent, east of the larger of the two expansive oceans that span the globe north to south. It touched down among trees on the western slopes of a mountain chain and left behind a dugout crater where the meteor crashed down, coming to rest in a shallow depression made deeper by it's landing. But this was no ordinary meteor, this meteor was made up of organized protective metal armor plating. After several minutes in the cool atmosphere, it began to unfurl, revealing a robotic form as it rose up on two strong legs, a pair of powerful arms hanging at its sides, and a head bearing a tangle of moving tendrils and twin glowing eyes resting atop its metal torso. The robot climbed out of its crater and strode through the trees searching for something as it approached a large metropolis teeming with life forms. It soon found what it was searching for and a beam of energy passed over a modified old truck as it rumbled by, harmless to the vehicle and its occupants. The robotic being then began to change, and soon an exact duplicate of the black truck with shadow flames and silver knotted pinstripes was where the robot once stood. Once the other vehicle had gone well on its way northward, the robot-turned-truck moved to follow the highway south, its scanners searching for others of its kind. The custom black truck continued southward, its signal masked, searching, wondering if this was indeed the correct planet its leader, whom it had never met nor seen, had called all of their kind to. He had said the Allspark was destroyed and that Cybertron could not be revived or rebuilt, but that they had found a home on a small organic world with a race of beings called humans. This robotic being had to wonder if it found the wrong planet, but after scanning through the global information network, learned that this was in fact the correct planet, but where were the other Autobots? After driving for several hours, the robot truck had long since crossed into Oregon, having landed in Washington near a city called Seattle, and it was nearing the northern California border. The road was quiet and dark, no traffic could be detected for some distance, so it pulled over and stopped for a moment, scanning the area. Once the black truck had determined it was indeed alone, it lit up a signal beacon, sending a single bright flash of its unique signature before shutting it down again, hoping to detect a responding signal from someone, anyone, as long as it was an Autobot. This truck-bot had been traveling with two others, Spark split pod twin sisters, having met during the war on Cybertron, and the trio had made a run for it as the Decepticon forces over ran the base they had been at, killing nearly every bot there who didn't escape. Ever since then they had wandered the stars in search of other survivors, tracking faint signals and hoping they could somehow regroup and reclaim Cybertron from the traitors who had laid waste to their home and decimated their own race. But upon reaching this solar system, following the signal sent by Optimus Prime, their leader and the last true Prime of Cybertron, this one had gotten separated from the twin sisters and now was worried they had ended up on the wrong rock. There were four main inner planets in this system and four immense gaseous planets with a large number of moons in orbit around them, not to mention all the asteroids and other navigational hazards this system had, not the least of which were the immense geo-magnetic fields these planets generated, let alone the massive and somewhat erratic one the star itself produced. For now, all the Autobot could hope for was that its two somewhat smaller friends had found their way to this blue marble safely somewhere and would soon find their way to the Autobots as well, that is, if the truck could even track them down itself. The bot's only worry, other than its two friends, was the thought of being found by the Decepticons first. If that happened, it would definitely have to fight its way out with no backup. It wasn't so much that the Autobot fighter minded fighting them, nor did it really mind fighting on its own. What bothered the lone bot was not knowing who, let alone how many, had found their way to Earth as well, and that alone had it worried, not for itself, but for the unsuspecting native creatures the Decepticons put in harms way on this small world. For now, all it could do was resume course, keep its signal deeply hidden, continue scanning for other Autobots, and hope to find them first before the Decepticons discovered the new lone arrival on Earth.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2012 0:13:02 GMT -5
He was glad to find and excuse to leave base, to get away from everything that had occurred in such a short time he thought his stress levels had reached their new high since he had started drinking high grade into it becoming in addiction some time ago. That had almost caused a relapse in drinking it again but forced himself to take it out in the training yard instead before seeing the chance for this patrol. So far the cruise was proving worth while as he found himself calming down and finally able to think straight.
Sideswipe was quite happy when it came to driving, sometimes just a drive often calmed his nerves and it was certainly doing the trick now. By now he was coming towards Seattle, Washington, having not minded to go beyond the miles needed to search but again he had wanted to be away as far as possible from base so he didn't have to chance in trying to kill Bloodshock again and probably having to be held back from actually ripping the mech's spark from his chest. Feeling his energon boiling again from it he pushed it to the back of his mind and focused on the road.
A sudden signal made the silver sports car stop for a moment, surprised to find it was an autobot one and soon it was gone again. Curious and excited Sideswipe looked at his GPS to where he had gotten the beacon and hurried off at a faster pace towards Anterra's location,{"Finally something interesting."}He thought and making short time in arriving within the area, flashing his signal before masking it again and slowing his speed to cruising and just coming close within sight of the black truck.
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Anterra
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Post by Anterra on May 17, 2012 1:05:40 GMT -5
Anterra had started to moving further south, though at a much slower pace, not wanting to stay in one place for the Decepticons to find her, but also not wanting to run from being found by other Autobots either. As she drove, she picked up the answering flash of another Autobot signal, one she did not recognize, but then again she did not know too many of the other Autobots as it was, having been so isolated and with limited contact even during the war on Cybertron. She turned around to face the silver sports car as he approached, the red and silver Autobot symbol clearly visible between the front paws of the winged tiger hood ornament. She regarded the silver vehicle curiously for a moment as he approached, but did not speak or transform, merely waiting quietly on the highway.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2012 13:27:57 GMT -5
When Sideswipe had drawn closer to the black truck he paused for a moment, after making sure no others were coming, and was regarding this new Autobot with some curiosity. He'd never seen a transformer with intricate markings like Anterra's, maybe some pin stripes here and there or decal work but still nothing to this decree. It was kind of interesting really. "You must be new to Earth I'm guessing?"He asked kindly, but guessed that was about the most obvious answer. Though one never knew since some transformers had seemed to be able to hide with ease before they were discovered.
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Anterra
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Post by Anterra on May 19, 2012 2:05:23 GMT -5
Anterra regarded him curiously for a moment, trying to figure out what language he was speaking to her in. Then she found it, a native language of this planet called English. Such an odd species to use so many different languages for themselves, but she understood his question once she had downloaded the language database she needed. She then flickered her roof lights once and slowly pulled forward towards the silver sports car. "You are... Autobot... yes? We do not know you. We do not know others. We travel... apart from others..." she finally said to him, then paused for a moment before adding, "Other Autobots here? The Great Prime is here?" She was clearly uncertain of what she should do now that she had made contact with another Autobot. She then rolled back slightly. "Give us communications frequency. We remain on patrol... scout for enemies... Decepticons..." the last word she nearly spat in disgust, clearly harboring intense hatred for their enemies. She had never met Optimus or any of his inner circle, let alone anyone associated with his inner circle or their associates or friends. She would be honestly surprised if any of them even knew who she was, which she was content with.
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Post by Alison Texas on May 19, 2012 3:59:38 GMT -5
An semi with a long trailer neared the area not far away from where Anterra and Sideswipe were currently positioned. On the freeway, the trailer of the semi began to lower, dropping out a sleek black motorcycle with a black armored driver. She exited the main free way not far from them, slinking towards their general direction. Targets had been acquired.
She'd been traveling a lot, but this one was always ready for action. It was her job to be ready in such ways, after all. A large multi barreled machine gun was slung off to one side of the motorcycle as a special mount, while the rest of the weaponry Tex carried was attached to her armor.
Speeding up once off the ramp, she veered sharply towards them, weaving behind vehicles, staying out of a direct line of sight until the last possible minute.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2012 11:48:28 GMT -5
"Yea, a lot of Autobots are here and probably more then others might expect."Sideswipe answered, wondering if maybe it would be better if he spoke in cybertronian since Anterra hadn't seemed to know what he was speaking at first.~"Here this should help, and if you mean Optimus Prime then he's here too, not sure if he's at base at this time but I can certainly take you to meet him or one of the others first before you go patrolling. Trust me there will be plenty of chances to fight the Cons, kinda itching to show one a thing or two myself."~He told her.
But behind his cheerfulness there was still the edge of bitterness behind it, still fuming from a few days earlier. Even Ironhide couldn't calm him down enough to stop him from wanting to rid of the mech who was possibly going to bring harm to his best friend and possibly future spark mate. But unknowingly to him they were being targeted and right now he was not as alert as he should have been.
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Post by Anterra on May 23, 2012 12:24:21 GMT -5
Anterra seemed to settle a bit, though she remained wary, still scanning the area and keeping her signal deeply masked. That was when she detected movement and the seemingly benign signature of a small Earth vehicle and its human occupant. ~"We will remain apart. We are... unworthy of attending the Prime..."~ she replied in a low tone before backing up and turning around to face the proper direction on the roadway. ~"A human approaches, we must leave this place."~ she added and began driving down the road, leaving it up to the silver Autobot to decide what he wanted to do at that point. She didn't much care if he followed her or if he went his own way, all that mattered is that she would get to tear apart Decepticons, and it seemed that this Autobot was having similar thoughts. Well, if he could keep up with her, then maybe he could be useful towards that end, as long as he stayed out of her way.
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Post by Alison Texas on May 24, 2012 1:30:38 GMT -5
Tex continued to move closer to her targets. She noticed the shiny silver corvette, and was almost drawn to it, until she got a closer look at Anterra's rather antique alternate mode. Intrigued and curious, she sped up towards her current path, weaving around vehicles effortlessly thanks to her motorcycle's small size. The Katana 750 was an agile one, and one of her favorites. Though she'd crashed plenty in her career, she always acquired similar models repetitively and frequently unless she wanted to change up to avoid being spotted by familiar foes. New to this job, she wasn't particularly worried about that yet, as evidently the Cybertronians were only recently starting to learn of their existence. Tex ventured to guess that mysterious black Mustang and the two purple Decepticon Drones had learned of who she worked for.
She wasn't going to fire yet, not until her gun was better aligned with the femme. Tex had a plan of action in mind, and that included staying on her motorcycle for now since the area was busy with a fast-paced traffic flow.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2012 1:52:16 GMT -5
Sideswipe was about to reply to Anterra’s first statement until she warned of someone now heading towards them, making Sideswipe now uneasy to know what the person’s intentions were. Revving his engine the silver mech sped after Anterra just in case this got bad to result in needing back up and also in hopes to try and convince her otherwise of coming back to base. He knew Optimus would be curious to meet a new Autobot who had just arrived, least when Sideswipe found the time to actually contact the Prime of what was going on but for now he was focusing on what was going on right now more than contacting the others. And he was praying to Primus he didn’t have to.
But as Sideswipe was scanning the signal it made him wonder what this human planned to accomplish, but it certainly couldn’t be friendly that was for sure. Maybe he could slow them down? It was worth the shot. Waiting for Alison to get within range enough he wouldn’t risk traffic Sideswipe suddenly slammed on his breaks, skidding to a halt that caused his tires to screech as he hoped to force their pursuer to stop as well.
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Post by Anterra on Jun 12, 2012 14:59:32 GMT -5
Anterra watched as Sideswipe began to follow her, figuring he was thinking to leave the area as well. But when he suddenly stopped in front of a motorcycle. This action caused her to turn slightly and stop, regarding him curiously, though she didn't presume to tell him what he should do, even as her own thoughts said {"Leave the human alone."} She was not about to transform just yet, knowing she was better protected in this form with her armor fully enclosing her more vulnerable parts. It was odd that the human would be carrying a weapon openly on such an unstable vehicle, not even two wheeled Cybertronians deployed weapons in that form; there was too great a risk of being knocked to the ground that way, even with the highly advanced gyroscopic systems all her kind had. Still, she figured she shouldn't just abandon a fellow Autobot, especially when she considered most to be above her in rank as it was. She spun her rear tires to turn herself around to face the silver bot and the motorcycle rider, waiting to see what they would do next.
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Post by Alison Texas on Jun 14, 2012 0:01:31 GMT -5
Tex swerved to the left between the narrow gap along the pavement and border, rotating the gun towards Sideswipe and then Anterra as she sped by. The machine gun wasn't her primary weapon, so she wasn't worried about expelling the ammo too quickly. This was just a simple, opening attack. She didn't have time to go plant bombs anywhere or anything more fancy like that. But Tex didn't like always taking the stealthy approach. She often enjoyed making herself known and visible as well. Always action-ready, she was prepared for any style of attack from these two. Tex just had to be wary of potential strike impact from them - the feet/pounds of power generated from their swings would hurt like hell, so she had to dance with precision if she didn't want to black out early.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2012 0:34:50 GMT -5
Sideswipe sped back slightly when Alison suddenly began to shoot them with a machine gun with the bullets beginning to pelt his silver frame, never expecting this to happen. {“Why the hell is this human shooting at us?”} He wondered, having yet to really meet a human who would outright fire at the cybertronians but it surprised him that they knew who they were already. Though he would have normally have retaliated to an enemy Sideswipe wasn’t about to fire back at a human, least not yet or certainly reveal himself in the middle of a high way that still had traffic.
~”We got to move, this human isn’t friendly.”~Sideswipe called out to Anterra, revving his engine and speeding forward again hoping to outrace Tex, or at least get distance between them so he could activate a bridge without risking the chance of a potential enemy following them.
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Post by Anterra on Jul 27, 2012 21:42:29 GMT -5
Anterra stood her ground, refusing to move. ~"No."~ she answered and her doors swung open, a large robotic avian and an equally large robotic canine leaping out from her cab before she shut her doors again, the canine circling around to Anterra's right as the avian soared higher and to the left. She let the bullets ricochet off her curved armor as her symbiotes charged in from either side at the human, the canine aiming to take out the bike while the avian swooped to grab the human in his talons. As soon as her symbiotes made their attacks, Anterra moved, transforming and standing up fully, ready to attend to the situation in her own way, her face hidden behind her visor and battle mask, her posture indicating her readiness to fight if necessary.
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Post by Alison Texas on Jul 29, 2012 19:29:58 GMT -5
{"Well good, at least one of them wants to fight!"} Tex revved the bike and swerved, hoisting the gun to her left arm as she turned the bike to the right, and fired the mult-barreled weapon up at the avian mech. She narrowly avoided the canine, who's claws dinged some of the seat as she skidded past, burning tire rubber and kicking up some smoke behind her. The appearance of these friends of Anterra's were unexpected, but nothing Tex couldn't deal with in time -- and she had lots of time. Tex kept an eye out for higher ground, for she knew she would need it even more now. Running for better maneuverability might be an advantage at any point from now on, too.
She moved back around Anterra from behind off to her left, angling herself up for another passing attack, constantly keeping track of the avian and canine's location as well as Anterra's and Sideswipe's within the HUD screen of her visor. Proximity alerts would sound off every time one of them got within a few feet of range.
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