Night of the Living TFs Part 4

Iacon MedCenter Repair Room This Med Center is small in comparison to the one at the main Autobot Headquarters, yet its facilities are not inadequate. Five tables are here, along with several new Cybertronian repair scanners and equipment, to serve the Autobot army's  repair needs if necessary. In the corner is a small desk, with a computer monitor set on top of it...in case the doctor requires access to Autobot medical records. A sign hangs crookedly on the wall above the console, declaring, &quot;No Sniveling&quot;. Contents: Trailbreaker Recharging Station Gumby Medic Medbay Cabinet Obvious exits: Waiting Room leads to Iacon MedCenter Waiting Room. Stratosphere heads to the briefing room You head back into the Waiting Room. Iacon MedCenter Waiting Room This large, spacious anteroom has plenty of places to sit and await repairs. Pictures of Old Iacon and Crystal City from long ago decorate the walls. A passage in the north wall leads into the main repair room. This seems to be the perfect place to sit and remember the good old days...or to wallow in pain and abject misery, whichever you prefer. Either way, you must wait your turn to be repaired. Contents: Med-Comm Obvious exits: Repair Room leads to Iacon MedCenter Repair Room. Northwest leads to Central Hallway - New Iacon Base. You head northwest, back into the Central Hallway. Central Hallway - New Iacon Base This is a large, high-ceilinged, elliptical room with white quartz floors, and ornate metallic pillars with scenes from Iacon's proud history etched into them. You get a sense of Iacon's former glory from seeing this new construction, and it fills you with hope. Several rooms branch out from this hallway. On the east wall is a Grav-Lift leading downwards. Contents: Jumpstart FX  Posting on wall: Rules of Engagement Recycling Bins Obvious exits: Southeast leads to Iacon MedCenter Waiting Room. North leads to New Iacon Main Commissary. West leads to Monitor Room. Northwest leads to Briefing Room. Grav-Lift leads to Tunnel-West End. South leads to Gates of New Iacon. FX points at Wheeljack and Ratchet, &quot;You see them two, they were my creators. I've changed a lot from since then. I may not even look like I used to. My brain is still the same, and my feelings are the same. Stratosphere comes walking out and heads for the briefing room. Trailbreaker arrives from the Med Center. Trailbreaker has arrived. Trailbreaker Strides into the room. You head into the Monitor Room. Monitor Room This fairly large-sized room was built to function both as a mini-Command Center and as a Communications Room. One side of the room is dedicated to comm computers and equipment. The remaining monitors are focused mainly on the latest intelligence reports coming in from the Darkmount and Polyhex regions. The room is dimly lit, and the loudest sounds are the murmuring of hushed voices. A sign on the wall reads, SILENCE PLEASE - IMPORTANT COMMUNICATIONS IN PROGRESS. PLEASE TAKE PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS ELSEWHERE. Contents: Sensor Station Extended Radio Equipment 211 Iacon Central Computer Obvious exits: East leads to Central Hallway - New Iacon Base. Sensor #6: Caterwaul comes in from the highway to the west. Sensor #6: Caterwaul has arrived. Trailbreaker arrives from the Main Hallway. Trailbreaker has arrived. Trailbreaker Strides into the room. You head back out into the Central Hallway. Central Hallway - New Iacon Base This is a large, high-ceilinged, elliptical room with white quartz floors, and ornate metallic pillars with scenes from Iacon's proud history etched into them. You get a sense of Iacon's former glory from seeing this new construction, and it fills you with hope. Several rooms branch out from this hallway. On the east wall is a Grav-Lift leading downwards. Contents: Jumpstart FX  Posting on wall: Rules of Engagement Recycling Bins Obvious exits: Southeast leads to Iacon MedCenter Waiting Room. North leads to New Iacon Main Commissary. West leads to Monitor Room. Northwest leads to Briefing Room. Grav-Lift leads to Tunnel-West End. South leads to Gates of New Iacon. The metal doors swish open, and allow you to pass. Briefing Room This is a large office, dominated by a centrally-placed table surrounded by  chairs. There is a large window in here, which looks out onto the rest of the city. In the distance, Polyhex and Darkmount are visible. On the north end of  the room is a large computer viewscreen...and in the center of the large table is a three-dimensional holo-projector, both viewing tools available for up-to-the-minute war briefings. Contents: Iacon Vidcomm Obvious exits: Up leads to Observation Tower - New Iacon. Southeast leads to Central Hallway - New Iacon Base. Trailbreaker arrives from the Central Hallway. Trailbreaker has arrived. Trailbreaker Strides into the room. Stratosphere comes walking in and looks at the monitor, with Trialbreaker behind him. &quot;Now, lets see if I cna work this thing.&quot; he says as he begins to punch a few buttons. &quot;Iacon to Autobot City. Come in.&quot; and he gets a response &quot;I am tryignt o contact Jetfire.&quot; and he is told where Jetfire is at &quot;Ok, thank you.&quot; and he shuts the comm off. &quot;This is where I wish we had a vidcomm in the Monitoring room at times.&quot; This is a long radio setup. It is large, blocky, and laden with dials and readouts. There are antennas connected via cable to the back. It is so big, it usually must be sat on ground to be used by a Transformer. Trailbreaker arrives from the Main Hallway. Trailbreaker has arrived. Trailbreaker Strides into the room. Stratosphere pulls out the radio and adjusts some of the dials. Your message is transmitted to Jetfire. It reads: &quot;JEtfire, Stratosphere reporting in.&quot; Sensor #7: Starfighter flies up from the Western Hemisphere. Sensor #7: Starfighter has arrived. Sensor #7: Starfighter heads in for a landing at the Nightsiege Spaceport. Sensor #7: Starfighter has left. Stratosphere waits and looks at the monitor &quot;looks like Sixshot is returning to nightsiege.&quot; Sensor #5: Traveler has arrived. Trailbreaker looks at the Sensor monitor and hmms. &quot;What's the Starfighter doing?&quot; Sensor #5: Traveler leaves through the gates to the north. Sensor #5: Traveler has left. Trailbreaker says, &quot;not transporting attacksquads i hope..&quot; Trailbreaker falls silent. You receive a powerful long range radio message from Jetfire. It reads: &quot;Stratosphere, I trust Elita One reached you safely. I've called a meeting of Aerospace, when your duties on Cybertron are complete, and our fallen comrades no longer walk amongst us please return to Earth. When you do I would like a report of the current situation.&quot; Stratosphere shrugs &quot;Who knows. ALthough he was with Soundwave when I ran into them just south of Agroahex.&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;Ah.&quot; Stratosphere pulls out the radio and adjusts some of the dials. Your message is transmitted to Jetfire. It reads: &quot;I got word that Elita is on here way, but I got it from TRailbreaker. So far, it is fine. Fx has stated, that the energy will past. But that they will stay animatied doing whatever it was they where doing before they where destroyed. IT seems that Supernova gave everythign up here a boost and it reactivated the dead. HE says it will past, but how long until it is over, he is not sure.&quot; Sensor #6: Rugged jeep comes in from the east. Sensor #6: Rugged jeep has arrived. Sensor #6: Rugged jeep barges in  Sensor #6: Rugged jeep leaves to the west. Sensor #6: Rugged jeep has left. Sensor #3: Rugged jeep arrives from the New Cybertron Highway to the east. Sensor #3: Rugged jeep has arrived. Sensor #3: Rugged jeep barges in  Trailbreaker says, &quot;Ah there they are..&quot; Stratosphere enods &quot;Yea, finally. Lets go meet them. Plus, I want to see if that Guardian is still out there. Trailbreaker nods. Trailbreaker heads back out into the Central Hallway. Trailbreaker has left. You receive a powerful long range radio message from Jetfire. It reads: &quot;Thank you for the Update. I'll notify command here of your report. Be Careful Stratosphere, some of our fallen brethren died in combat and might very well open fire upon the first they come in contact with. Our Division is small, but vital, I dont need one of my operatives off line. Update me when you arrive on Earth, I'm  interested in the energy wave this supernova put out. May Primus protect you. Jetfire Out.&quot; Sensor #3: Roadbuster transmits a message via radio. Monitor Room This fairly large-sized room was built to function both as a mini-Command Center and as a Communications Room. One side of the room is dedicated to comm computers and equipment. The remaining monitors are focused mainly on the latest intelligence reports coming in from the Darkmount and Polyhex regions. The room is dimly lit, and the loudest sounds are the murmuring of hushed voices. A sign on the wall reads, SILENCE PLEASE - IMPORTANT COMMUNICATIONS IN PROGRESS. PLEASE TAKE PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS ELSEWHERE. Contents: Sensor Station Extended Radio Equipment 211 Iacon Central Computer Obvious exits: East leads to Central Hallway - New Iacon Base. Stratosphere pulls out the radio and adjusts some of the dials. You head back out into the Central Hallway. Central Hallway - New Iacon Base This is a large, high-ceilinged, elliptical room with white quartz floors, and ornate metallic pillars with scenes from Iacon's proud history etched into them. You get a sense of Iacon's former glory from seeing this new construction, and it fills you with hope. Several rooms branch out from this hallway. On the east wall is a Grav-Lift leading downwards. Contents: Trailbreaker Stratagem Sheng Great Horned Owl(#8144 PiVeA) Sonicboom Elita One Cybertronian Car Hotroddin' Volkswagen w/Flaming U-Haul Trailer Posting on wall: Rules of Engagement Recycling Bins Obvious exits: Southeast leads to Iacon MedCenter Waiting Room. North leads to New Iacon Main Commissary. West leads to Monitor Room. Northwest leads to Briefing Room. Grav-Lift leads to Tunnel-West End. South leads to Gates of New Iacon. Your message is transmitted to Jetfire. It reads: &quot;Copy, but so far, just abunch of cwatching. It looks alot liek the Three stoogies. SOme of them are freaking out the troops, but they ar enot to far gone...yet. Stratosphere Out.&quot; Sheng receives a radio transmission. Sheng transmits a message via radio to Roadbuster. Hotroddin' Volkswagen w/Flaming U-Haul Trailer leaves Iacon, via the main gates. Hotroddin' Volkswagen w/Flaming U-Haul Trailer has left. Sheng says, &quot;I don't know....&quot; Sonicboom follows in behind Elita One fitting a fresh charge into his rifle and priming the power core, &quot;This just isn't sittin well with me man. What are we gonna do now man? Cybertronian Car leaves Iacon, via the main gates. Cybertronian Car has left. Stratosphere comes walking out of the Monitor to see FX leave &quot;WHy do I  get the feelign, that something bad just happened. Sheng looks around, expecting a human man to be there. &quot;What man?&quot; Great Horned Owl flares his wings. &quot;Well, he's a big boy. He'll look after himself.&quot; Sheng transmits a message via radio. Elita One marches up the ramp to the underground passage, leading the squad of fellow Autobots who march in after her. She waste no time, giving a quick, critical glance about, then marching up to Trailbreaker and FX. &quot;Good evening,&quot; she greets. &quot;It appears we arrived a bit late, but still roughly in time.&quot; Sheng sighs. &quot;I hope so....&quot; she glances at HArmony. &quot;This is  interesting, is it not?&quot; Stratagem remains silent right now, too many people are talking as it is. Trailbreaker strides out of the Monitor room. He cracks a wry smile at the arrivals. &quot;Greetings..good to see you guys again..Better late then never, Ma'm&quot; Sheng receives a radio transmission. Stratosphere sighs &quot;Its' a slang term used on the beaches of Earth. Like Dude and Dudet.&quot; he says as he inclines his head to Elita. &quot;Welcome to Iacon, home of the...&quot; and he is stopped mid sentance by a few undead transformers who walk infront of him, and they hit the wall, and fall down. get back up, hit the wall again and fall back down, and then run into each other and fall down &quot;worlds first undead comdey show.&quot; and he shakes his head &quot;Er welcome to Iacon.&quot; Trailbreaker turns to Sheng. &quot;Now what's this i heard about Roadbuster..is  he in trouble?&quot; Great Horned Owl nods. &quot;I'm more interested in what's causing this phenomenon. The dead don't decide to get up and walk around because it's good for their health.&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Oh dear.....&quot; Sheng looks at Harmony blankly. &quot;Their dead, how can they have health?&quot; Stratagem would facepalm at Sheng's comment, but he has too much pride for that. Sheng says, &quot;Pinned down by undead.... How did he get stuck that far behind us?&quot; Sheng receives a radio transmission. Stratosphere reads the post and sighs &quot;This is just not my day.&quot; Sheng says, &quot;That did NOT sound good....&quot; Elita One graces a quick smile in return to Trailbreaker as well, then nods and returns to a intense, stoic expression -- all business now. &quot;What's  the current situation? Any more wounded? More importantly, how badly has this phenomenon spread?&quot; She glances back to Stratagem in particular and motions him to join the meeting. Great Horned Owl sighs, and hangs his head a bit. &quot;Oh, they have health. But in our terms, it'd be in the negatives. And what's the matter with Roadie now? Get in over his head?&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;Doesn't he always?&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Yes.&quot; she blinks. &quot;How can health be in the negitives?&quot; Stratagem nods and makes his way to Elita's side, ignoring the other's chatter. He still remains quiet, until he can come up with any worthwhile imput. Great Horned Owl fould facepalm, but has no palms right about now. &quot;It's  just a method of putting things in perspective, Sheng.&quot; Stratosphere sighs &quot;Well, from what we have been able to figure out, the whole planet is expericencing the same thing we are here.&quot; And he facepalms &quot;Why me...&quot; he says &quot;But FX has speculated that the effect will most likely wear off. Now when the wear off will be or how long it will last, he is unsure of. Although, I feel like I am in a Junkion Made for TV special.&quot; Sheng she glances at Trailbreaker and Harmony. &quot;Maybe we should go get Roads before he need extensive repairs....?&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;And then we have Galvatrons cosy little plan to destroy Iacon..&quot; Stratosphere nods and he leaves out the point of Jumpstart and FX. o 0 (Better  let Trailbreaker mentiont hat.) Elita One nods to Stratosphere, gazes a bit hopefully at FX. &quot;I'm assuming you're having the same comparisons to the last time this occured. While I don't  quite believe both occurances are related, this just seems ... conguered.&quot; She turns back to the others, though singling out Sonicboom. &quot;So noted. Three of you go back and see to Roadbuster.&quot; Sheng offers, &quot;I can go alone... Trails is a member of the CoC....&quot; Sonicboom points to himself, &quot;Me?&quot; He looks behind him, &quot;Where is he? Wasn't he here with us?&quot; Great Horned Owl flares his wings. &quot;If you say so, ma'm. But there's probably no point. He's a big boy. He can take of himself, and besides, he's got to learn sometime not to go off by himself like that.&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;She said 3. 3 need to go to insure that the same thing doesn't have to the one that happened to Roadbuster.&quot; Roadbuster enters Iacon through the gates. Roadbuster has arrived. Roadbuster barges in Trailbreaker turns to Sheng and Harmony. &quot;No..not alone..take harmony and Sonicboom with you..ah there he is the old badger..heh&quot; Sheng turns to go and spots Roadbuster. &quot;Roads! what happened?&quot; Roadbuster comes a little worse for where and it seems his raido is damaged Trailbreaker says, &quot;Nevermind then..Roadbuster..you Okay?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;undead who were fighitng when they died .. wanted me  to join in&quot; Sonicboom sighs releived, &quot;Well see I'm just that quick and all, yeah sure am that's me.&quot; Elita One continues to pay attention to Trailbreaker, FX, and the rest of this impromptu command meeting, but she glances back to Sonicboom with a wry look. &quot;He does that.&quot; Spotting Roadbuster enter in, she merely points attention to him by nodding her chin at him. &quot;Take him to medical and have him checked out. You too, Sonicboom.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;yes sir it should just be a in an out.. my autto repair systems are working&quot; Sheng sighs, and makes shooing motions with her hands. &quot;Go have the medics check you out young man, understood?&quot; Sonicboom nods, &quot;On it boss lady.&quot; He turns to the medbay making sure the others go first. Trailbreaker says, &quot;As i was saying Galvatron has plans for Iacon..bad plans.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;yes mother&quot; Roadbuster heads southeast, into the Repair Bay. Roadbuster has left. Sonicboom heads southeast, into the Repair Bay. Sonicboom has left. Sheng glances back at Trailbreaker. &quot;Plans?&quot; Great Horned Owl chuckles quietly. &quot;You sure have a way with men, don't  you, Sheng?&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;Plans to make Iacon a parking lot..permanently.&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;How?&quot; Sheng looks blankly at Harmony. &quot;Huh?&quot; Great Horned Owl shakes his head a little, amused slightly. &quot;Never mind. And what other plans does Galvatron have OTHER than death and destruction?&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;By attacking and leveling it to the ground..something he'll have to rethink sice we will kick them back to their little nest.&quot; Sheng narrows her optics. &quot;Oh blast it all...&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;What, a straight out attack? That makes no sense...&quot; Elita One turns back, addressing Trailbreaker mostly. &quot;Amusing, but please put the jesting aside, Trailbreaker. We have work to do. Now then, has there been any reports on what caused this? Details, please.&quot; Sheng says, &quot;I wonder if someone could just get him to swallow a grenade so we woudn't have to worry about this?&quot;&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;Galvatron has his fits of madness.&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;But surely the rest of the CoC would see this is complete foolishness. Even if he were planning a war of attrition, this would only serve to help us.&quot; Roadbuster arrives from the Med Center. Roadbuster has arrived. Roadbuster barges in  Great Horned Owl blinks his savage owl eyes. &quot;Since when has Galvatron ever let a subordinate derail his plans, Strategem?&quot; Sheng glances over and raises an optic ridge. &quot;REpaired already?&quot; Roadbuster enters with his minor damage repaired Roadbuster says, &quot;ya it was just a few sctaches and the radio ..&quot; Roadbuster grinns Trailbreaker says, &quot;So, did they find that last marble you dropped?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;cute trails cute! yes they did&quot; Elita One casually folds her arms in front of her and replies back to Harmony, &quot;Galvatron has had his moments of clarity. But also, don't forget that there was a time that Motormaster ruled the Decepticons. Not for long, mind you. Merely eighty-three days, if I recall. However, the Stunticon commander pulled a stunt like this, as well.&quot; Then back to Trailbreaker. &quot;You still haven't said HOW this occured or if anyone is studying this.&quot; Sheng sighs mentally when no one catches her joke, but then again... she wasn't  speaking that loud... &quot;What marble?&quot; Sheng raises a hand. &quot;There was that supernova's radiation that hit Cybertron...  Maybe it was that?&quot; she errrs, and loweres her hand. &quot;Probably not.&quot; Trailbreaker chuckles. &quot;It's just an expression sheng..it means someone has lost the last remains of their sanity..it's a joke and a saying.&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Oh.&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;It was.&quot; Sheng blinks. &quot;It was?&quot; Stratagem comes this --&gt; &lt;-- close to snapping and telling Trail to shut up with the jokes and tell them what they need to know, but he recalls the rank difference between them and bites his tongue, so to speak. It doesn't keep the look off his face though. &quot;Trailbreaker, /sir/. Galvatron? His plans to  level Iacon?&quot; he gently reminds. Roadbuster has reconnected. Trailbreaker says, &quot;Stratagem knows more about the scientific facts then me.&quot; Sheng sighs. Apperantly Stratagem and Elita both have different views of what Trailbreaker should be focusing on. &quot;Maybe we should find out what Elita wants to know first? She is the highest ranking officer here.....&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;Stratosphere, tell them what you told me and i will tell you more about Galvatron later.&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;Ladie's first y'know.&quot; Sonicboom arrives from the Med Center. Sonicboom has arrived. Sonicboom quickly enters the room. Roadbuster has reconnected. Elita One simply raises her right hand in a gesture to silence most of the fraying emotions. &quot;Everyone, please. The tension is getting to all of us. Very well, Trailbreaker. That's what I was asking. And I believe that's what Stratagem was asking.&quot; She turns a mild smile to Stratagem, not berating him, but silently reminding that a lose of temper usually yeilds little -- usually. She turns on to Stratosphere and nods to him. Roadbuster says, &quot;I say we dig in and defend or strike back at the cons&quot; Elita One simply replies, &quot;Here,&quot; in reponse to Stratosphere. Sonicboom wanders back in with a medtech the two talking away about what's been going on since Sonicboom has been on Earth. As the tech waves and moves off to finish the job he was working on Sonicboom stops and leans against the doors leading from the waiting room. Roadbuster looks over to sheng &quot;hey sheng .. you ok? Sheng blinks. &quot;Yes. Why do you ask?&quot; Roadbuster has partially disconnected. Roadbuster says, &quot;I asked casue ou seem the undead are getting to you .. try not to think about it .. let it sink in later after it is all over&quot; Sheng says, &quot;I don't mind the undead, Roads.... I've seen worse.&quot; Stratosphere nods &quot;Yea, from what I can gather, this all started when that star went nova. I'm no scientist, but it does not take much to see the scanners readign Radiation headign this way from the exploding core. However, it also hit planets closer to the nova, and odds are they are expericing the same thing. THey might be gettign it worst, but it looks liek the wave also hit Earth but lost a majority of its strength. Fx said that the radiation charged all of us here on Cybertron, which was a rush, but he also thinks that is what cause the dead to rise fromt he grave.&quot; he then looks at Roadbuster and sighs &quot;However, when this all started, I was on a patrol near Agroahex and ran into SOundwave, and a few cons. I was told to leave and I stayed within range of the tunnel. However, this wave hit before, probably about 15 minutes and when we started talking, the dead rose so to speak. I offered SOundwave a Truce until this is over and he accepted. Amazingly. However, if any diveation came, it was my life.&quot; and he sighs as he lets that lal sink in. &quot;As this went on, Raodbuster and Jumpstart as well as FX ran into a few um, problems. Jumpstart was physically shaken and was freakign out, Roadbuster was scared some. FX, well he was FX. They also found long dead guardian that was um, heading their way, se we all retreated. I left Soundwave to his ordeal and arrived as  the Guardian was on its rtampage. Roadie was covered in dead con seekrs, and FX was quoting Ghostbusters. We got inside and FX went right to the Vault and then came running out saying he saw Rachet, Wheeljack and company. Then he said he locked htem up and they broke out so to speak. SO this went on, we contacted Autobot City, informed them. Sky Lynx gave me temp command of Iacon until Command arrived which happened to be Trailbreaker so I gave the command back to Trailbreaker and there you have it.&quot; Armed Car Carrier (Magnus) enters Iacon through the gates. Armed Car Carrier (Magnus) has arrived. Roadbuster says, &quot;that summs it up&quot; Armed Car Carrier (Magnus) rolls slowly through the door of Iacon, his engine growling a bit after a long drive. He then slowly transforms up and looks around, a bit confused, and asks, &quot;Anyone? Report?&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Interesting times we are in....&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;knee deep in undead sir!&quot; Sheng says, &quot;We're trying to figure out what caused this, why and what do to do about it, sir. And a few other pressing details....&quot;&quot; Great Horned Owl flares his wings. 'As if the decepticons weren't enough as  it is. Now we have to deal with the ones that are already dead.&quot; Armed Car Carrier (Magnus) hangs his head slightly, trying to think, &quot;From what I've seen it looks worse than the reports. Any developments?&quot; Sheng brushes her hand on HArmony's wing. &quot;Are you sure you'll be alright?&quot; The top of the car carrier folds down to become Ultra Magnus' arms, and the bottom his legs. The cab transforms into the topmost part of his torso and his head, and voila, the car carrier has become the robot known as Ultra Magnus. Elita One listens on, inducting the information deftly. Her mind runs over the list of known stars, trying to identify which one would be most likely to  have gone supernova. &quot;Radiation,&quot; she mutters to herself, &quot;Which means either counter-radiation or an absorption process will likely be the counter measure.&quot; Her optics narrow at the mention of the crypt. She stiffles a  sigh, knowing well that if this WAS the case and this had occured two years ago, she would have been one of the 'undead.' &quot;Are you certain of this,&quot; she quietly presses. Sheng says, &quot;I'm not sure sir. We think the cause of the undead might be  a supernova.&quot; Great Horned Owl says, &quot;I'm fine, Sheng. Really. Why do you ask?&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Minuet?&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;Sounds like they'll just run out of energy by themselves. Not really a problem it seems to me.&quot; Trailbreaker stands impassive, leaned agains the wall as he listens. Roadbuster looks over to harmony Sheng says, &quot;I want nothing more to go out to where my friends of the second war and third war died, just so that I can see them again... and at the same time I terrified that they will be there... I thought you might feel the same.&quot; Ultra Magnus nods to Strategery, &quot;Any idea on how long htat will take?&quot; Great Horned Owl lets out a ragged breath. oO(Of all the things she had to bring  up....) &quot;Sheng, I appreciate your concern, really. I, however, would like to avoid seeing ghosts like that. I couldn't bear to be with her for a day or  two, just to see her die again.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;hey harm you feeling a shut in? Is there any thing i  can do&quot; Stratosphere shakes his head &quot;No ma'am, sir. It could be an hour to a day to a week.&quot; he says &quot;But this did begin when that star went nova. Sheng nods and gently rests her hand on his wing. &quot;I know what you mean....  Aye... I know what you mean...&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;who .. died on you harm?&quot; Trailbreaker finally looks UP at Ultra Magnus. &quot;Sir&quot; Sheng glances over at Roadbuster and mouths -Don't ask, it hurts him- Great Horned Owl snaps around at Roadbuster. &quot;None of you..&quot; He calms himself in a big hurry. &quot;Sorry. Sorry. I... can't deal with that now, Roadbuster.&quot; Ultra Magnus looks DOWN at Trailbreaker, &quot;Greetings,&quot; he then looks at Elita, &quot;Things on Earth have been secure, have you heard any news from Junkion or Monacus?&quot; Elita One turns her head over her right shoulder to Ultra Magnus. &quot;We were just getting to that, Commander,&quot; she greets earnestly. &quot;Welcome back to Cybertron. I'm afraid conditions aren't as I promised, though.&quot; Sheng keeps a comforting hand on the owls wing. She calmly whispers something to him, not wanting to disrupt the offical goings on. Sheng mutters to Harmony, &quot;... of us can know... Is... were... are...  hundred... to do so, Harm. Ten of... in... arms, the rest I... Three... my...  I know... feel,... you don't... to... me,... know how you... and...&quot; As Ultra Magnus strides up to the opposite side where Stratagem stands next to her, Elita One turns back to Trailbreaker and Stratosphere. &quot;Now then, as I just said to Ultra Magnus, you had mentioned that this wave had washed over other planets. Was there any additional word?&quot; Trailbreaker looks just short of a restcycle right now. He slumps a bit, then straightens his pose, moving away from the wall. Roadbuster says, &quot;oh man junk would be worse off than here!&quot; Trailbreaker nods. Stratagem looks abnormally unworried about planet Junk. Sheng says, &quot;It's alright.... I understand. I'm sorry, I shouldn't hav brought it up here... I just wasn't thinking.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;no I'm the one who never thinks&quot; Sheng blinks. &quot;Why would it be worse on Junkion? Roadbuster says, &quot;its a grave yard would&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;I mean world a junk pile&quot; Sheng says, &quot;It is?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;yip&quot; Sheng says, &quot;oh.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;as they would say it's a fixer upper&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Huh?&quot; Sonicboom continues to just rest against the wall, having nothing to impart about the goings on here and not giving a turbo-rats backside about anyplace else till his home is safe and secure. Listening to the others banter while command tries to work up reasons ans solutions he shakes his head and keeps quiet. Trailbreaker turns to Elita. &quot;No there wasn't as far as i know..what do  you say Strat?&quot; Trailbreaker nods to Stratos. &quot;Well?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;so are we going to sit here or do something?&quot; Stratosphere nods &quot;Well, I asked FX about Junkion, and he said that they had suffered no effect. I have not heard from any where else and no word on  Moncaus.&quot; he says &quot;However, It would not suprise me if Junkion is   having a small party and all. Sheng says, &quot;We can't do anything for a while yet, Roads. It's best to  stay calm and figure out our stratagy first and foremost.&quot; Elita One reveals another quick grin and nods critically. &quot;Good point. Also, considering the diverse population and resources on Monacus, I wouldn't  doubt if that effects would be negligable at best. Not only that, but not trying to sing praises of that world, but they'd likely have sufficient means to defend themselves. And if not, knowing the Monacus Leagues, they'd simply relocation and quarantine the planet.&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Monacus... Isn't that the pleasure planet someonebody mentioned? (ooc: sheng's never been there and has so far only heard two people talk about  it...;)&quot; Trailbreaker absently nods, his thoughts wandering. Elita One nods in responce to Sheng. &quot;Indeed. I've been there four hundred and seventeen too many times.&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Oh. I hope I don't have to go there. I don't like pleasure planets.&quot; Stratosphere emits &quot;Only been there 5 times.&quot; he says &quot;Nice place, to visit, wouldn't want to live there though.&quot; Great Horned Owl shakes his head. &quot;Never been, and no plans. And besides, we're wandering from the subject at hand.&quot; Stratagem clears his throat gently, &quot;Excuse me, but is Monacus really that big of an issue right now? &quot; Sheng says, &quot;Point. My apoligies.&quot; Great Horned Owl looks at Sheng. &quot;You were curious. There's no need to  apologize for that, Sheng.&quot; Sheng shurgs slightly. &quot;I devated from the more important issue.&quot; Trailbreaker turns to &quot;Rambo&quot; and smiles a little. &quot;You wan't  to know more about Galvatron, right.&quot; Elita One returns her focus back on Stratosphere. &quot;Indeed.&quot; Glancing over to Stratagem, she simply replies, &quot;Only that I'm trying to gauge the extend of the influence of this ... surge. Though contagion isn't usually a  desired option, it usually brings the greater chance of a counter-measure.&quot; She turns back to Stratosphere. &quot;Is there anything else?&quot; Great Horned Owl tries not to fly off Sheng's shoulder, as he moves them up  and down. &quot;You're also rocking the boat!&quot; Sheng erks. &quot;Sorry.&quot; Stratosphere shakes his head &quot;Nope, ot to my knowledge.&quot; he syas as  he thinks. o 0 (Should I tell her about Jumpstart and FX's little conversation. Great Horned Owl chuckles slightly. &quot;You're always apologizing! Give it   a break. Besides, I don't mind a ride, here or there.&quot;  Sheng says, &quot;Oh. Okay....&quot;  Stratagem nods to Trailbreaker, &quot;If the other issues are concluded. It   simply seems to me the most pressing issue...our survival, that is.&quot;   Stratosphere pipses up &quot;Oh, I also did a flyby of Unicron's head.&quot;   he says &quot;To see if that thing was active,a nd from my initinal scans, it   was not active.&quot; and he adds &quot;thanks Primus&quot; quietly. :) Sheng says, &quot;Thank Primus for little favors... although I'm not so sure Unicron NOt reactivating counts as a LITTLE favor.&quot; Trailbreaker says, &quot;There's not much left to say really. I intercepted a transmission from Galvatron telling his troops that they where going to level Iacon. A whole lotta' doings and where's but no &quot;When&quot;. He sounded anxious tho' and i think he must mean anytime soon.&quot; Elita One folds her arms in front of her again and scowls. &quot;So noted. However, I want a copy of all data sent to my datapad immediately. In the meantime, we  have work to do. Stratosphere, if you haven't contacted Jetfire yet, do so now. He specifically asked for you. If you can't contact him, keep trying. Trailbreaker, a shuttle's cargobay full of supplies was delivered to Autobot Headquarters. Since you've already been coordinating defense, see to its distrobution. Sonicboom, Stratagem, I want the two of you working with me. We'll be organizing search parties. Stratagem will be devising efforts here at base, and Sonicboom? You'll  help efforts scouting outside.&quot; She turns to the others. &quot;The rest of you, man your post. If you don't know what to do, we'll assign you.&quot; Sheng ummms. &quot;What posts?&quot; Sonicboom nods in response as he pushes off the wall to be ready incase they start to move out anytime soon. Trailbreaker nods, smiling. &quot;Yes Ma'm&quot; Stratosphere nods &quot;Yes ma'am.&quot; Stratagem looks at Elita, &quot;Pardon me, but search parties for what?&quot; Sheng feels very useless as of right now. Stratosphere looks &quot;I have already contact Jetfire, was there anything else you needed me to do ma'am?&quot; he asks as he looks over at a few gumbies tryign to catch a headless undead tf. &quot;I hope no Junkion is recordign this, they would have to much fun.&quot; Trailbreaker has disconnected. Elita One's optics narrow in responce to Trailbreaker's report of Galvatron. &quot;Over HIS dead body,&quot; she replies in a low, dangerous tone. &quot;And, no. His body won't be coming back.&quot; She turns to Stratagem, a wry smile on her face. &quot;Come now, Stratagem. I've read even your own reports of the reconnaissance units you kept on the ... 'Bugs' of Neddron. While it's not possible to watch them all, a forward gaurd is a wise idea.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;ya eemach would love this&quot; Sheng blinks at the gumbies. &quot;Why can I suddenly see a bunch of humans chasing a headless chicken in place of this?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;whats chicken?&quot; Sheng says, &quot;A terran bird. I saw a bunch of young humans chasing a headless one around for a while when I was scouting a while back. It was... surprising to say the least...&quot;&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;ah i see&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;so whats is exactly out plann?&quot; Sheng says, &quot;That's what we're working on.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;ah!&quot; Stratagem nods to the Femme Commander, &quot;Alright, I'll station myself in  the monitor room and coordinate the search parties there.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;sheng I guess we will take security pratrols? eh? got to make sure no more undead get in&quot; Sheng says, &quot;I guess. What about you, Harm?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;I just though of something .. you know the trubo lifeform grave yard?&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Oh dear....&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;What grave yard?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;full of out native life .. like a elpant grave yard on earth!&quot; Great Horned Owl flares his wings. &quot;With all there walking corpses walking around, someone's got to watch your twos' back. I'll work with you two. And, yes, what graveyard?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;all the criters will be up again!&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Just what we need.... undead turboanimals... althugh I agree with Stratagem, what graveyard?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;to the south of polyhedrex i saw it once long ago&quot; Sheng says, &quot;They have a graveyard?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;they just go there when they die there are piles of  em!&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;Its still there I check it out about 2 months ago&quot; Sheng says, &quot;...They have a graveyard?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;yes they have a grave yard!&quot; Sheng looks at the others, totally confused now. &quot;I didn't know that...&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;there are piles of them .. I saw a few transorganics&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;Besides Harmony, how many able flying units do we have?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;stratosphere&quot; You say, &quot;yes?&quot; Great Horned Owl takes off from Sheng's shoulder with a few flaps. &quot;I'll  do a fly-by, see if there's anything happening over there. I know the area pretty well, though I haven't seen the graveyard before. I'll give it a look.&quot; Sheng decides it's best to focus on the main problem at hand... The undead transformers at their gates for one... &quot;Does anyone know why they're attacking us? I mean, we know why they reactivated, but why are they doing what their doing?&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Be careful Harm, and don't go alone. Some of these undead might be able to take the chase to the sky...&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;their last actions was to attack this city i'll bet!&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;Because they're braindead and don't know what they're  doing. They're either following their most basic familiar programming, or this energy wave has created hostility. Either way, I don't think it matters. The 'undead' aren't that large a threat, with the occasional exception of a guardian or pack of seekers. Now, about the flying units?&quot; You say, &quot;Basically, they are doing what they where doign when they where killed. If they where in a fight and died, they would continue to fight until this whatever wears off.&quot; Great Horned Owl waves his wing, almost derisively. &quot;Hey, I was able to  give seekers the slip before I got this manueverable. I'll be okay, Sheng. And I'm only going for a look, not a fight.&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Blast. Almost all of the dead, erm, undead died fighting! THat's a lot of bots and cons to fight.&quot; Sheng says, &quot;Fine, but be CAREFUL!&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;get out da big guns.. we need omega .. slag ow is he!&quot; Great Horned Owl nods to Sheng one last time, and heads towards the exit. Great Horned Owl leaves Iacon, via the main gates. Great Horned Owl has left. Roadbuster says, &quot;well sheng time to pratroll the basE?&quot; Sheng shakes her head. &quot;They won't have gotten in. It's best to stay put and figure out the rest of the details. Jazz arrives from the Med Center. Jazz has arrived. Roadbuster says, &quot;sir welcome back&quot; Jazz smiles. &quot;Thank you...why the gathering here?&quot; Jazz says, &quot;Do we have anyone studying this phenomenon? And are you acting on any orders at the moment?&quot; Sonicboom looks towards Jazz, &quot;Just simple recon stuff to see how things are going out there. As per elita One's orders.&quot; Stratagem says, &quot;Elita just gave everyone orders and started patrols. Stratosphere and FX seem to know about the phenomenon.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;ya oh ya we got more undead at the gate if you want target practice&quot; Stratosphere &quot;Well, I just gave Elita and Ultra Magnus a report, and we  have not received word from Earth. FX has said that the energy wave from that star that went super nova is what most likely caused this to happen. Elita did give us orders,a nd I have already contacted Jetfire.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;so what the plann now?&quot; Jazz says, &quot;&quot;I'll be right back....&quot;&quot; Jazz enters the Briefing Room. Jazz has left. Jazz arrives from the Briefing Room. Jazz has arrived. Stratagem has disconnected. Jazz walks back in, after visiting the Vidcomm in the adjecent room. &quot;Looks like I'm taking over here, Magnus and Elita are going to stay in AHQ. Stratosphere nods &quot;Ok.&quot; he says as he looks &quot;But things seem to be dying down somewhat.&quot; he says as he uses the word dying and the dead are walking &quot;Although, I am glad I did not see Optimus walk in, or else I think I would have lost it.&quot; he says &quot;However, Unicrons head is  not online, so nothing to worry from him. ALthough, I would feel better if we  could destroy it and be gone with it.&quot; he says as he loosk around. Roadbuster says, &quot;why not just open up on it?&quot; Jazz stops pacing and looks at the others assembled. &quot;Have we had reports of any others on this planet? And are the ones we have contained still in the Crypt?&quot; He pauses to listen to Stratosphere, and smiles slightly. &quot;That's  something I hadn't given thought to...it might be a good idea.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;yes they are still in the crypt&quot; Stratosphere nods &quot;And the whole planet is infected by whatever this is.&quot; he says &quot;They are poppign up all over the place. wE have a few troops who took shelter in various places who could not get back to AHQ. My concern though, is that we have got no word from Omega Supreme, and with the majority of lost at Crystal City, that place is probably a living City of the Dead.&quot; he  says Jazz nods. &quot;Well, let's double-check the Crypt, and make sure everything's  secure, and head out towards Crystal City... it's the only way to make sure Supreme's alright.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;maby we should check up on omega?&quot; Sonicboom pipes up, &quot;Yeah true, but if these dead boys are doing what they did in their last momanet it should be the safest place around. Wasy CC a haven until the last second when them lime green bozos nailed the place?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;well I say we go help the big guy out?&quot; Jazz begins walking towards the Crypt. &quot;Still, it's better to be sure.&quot; Stratosphere nods &quot;Yea, but also int he fact, that when the COnstructicons attacked, alot of the citizens took up arms to protect themselves and their homes. SO odds are alot of dead armed Cybertronians are walking there. Stratosphere follws jazz. Roadbuster tage along Jazz steps on the Grav-Lift, and is whisked down into the tunnel. Jazz has left. Roadbuster steps on the Grav-Lift, and is whisked down into the tunnel. Roadbuster has left. You step on the Grav-Lift, and are whisked down into the tunnel. Tunnel-West End You are in a wide tunnel about 35-40 meters beneath the surface of Cybertron. It is oval-shaped, allowing safe and discreet passage for even Guardian-sized robots. It is illuminated by fluorescent tubing set into the walls. On the west wall is a Grav-Lift, which transports people to and from the surface of the planet. Contents: Roadbuster Jazz Obvious exits: Armored Door leads to Crypt. East leads to Tunnel-Central. Grav-Lift leads to Central Hallway - New Iacon Base. Roadbuster says, &quot;were not he constcticons once autobots?&quot; Jazz nods solemnly. &quot;Yes, they were...until Megatron got a hold of them.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;that machine. are they a lost casue?&quot; Jazz turns towards the Crypt. &quot;Yeah...they're too far gone into the Decepticon system.&quot; He opens the door, and steps inside. Jazz quietly steps into the hushed Crypt. Jazz has left. Stratosphere shrugs &quot;My knowledge on the actual History of Cybertron is  nto that well developed. Now Earth Culture and history is another story.&quot; he says as he looks at the door &quot;At least the repair crews where able to  get the doors fixed. You quietly step into the hushed Crypt. Crypt It isn't so much silent here as there seems to be an absence of even the concept of sound. This large catacomb-like room is dimly lit, energon torches inset on the walls every 100 meters, leaving pools of inky blackness right where one circle of illumination ends and another begins. The ceiling is impossible to  see except for what appears to be pinpricks glimmering overhead. In a way, it's  almost as if the night sky decided to take up residence here. Statues of Autobot heroes are artfully arranged with the names of those who proved their bravery by saving lives at the cost of their own. Ossuaries line the wall with an Autobot symbol engraved right above the name of the occupant. There are several open spots waiting patiently for someone to occupy them. A  Junkion symbol is freshly inscribed on one of the ossuaries and a new plaque has joined the many plaques and statues in this Crypt. Contents: Jazz Obvious exits: Armored Door leads to Tunnel-West End. Roadbuster tiptoes into the Crypt with an awed respect. Roadbuster has arrived. Roadbuster barges in  Stratosphere follows Jazz in and blinks as he looks around &quot;Jazz, this is probably a bad idea, but doesn't this remind you of 'A nightmare on Elm Street' movies from the 1980s?&quot; he asks as he loosk at the forms of those here and sees some move and some are just laying face down. Roadbuster says, &quot;don't know how i would react is i saw some of my old buddies like this&quot; Jazz smiles; for the first time ever in this Crypt, he smiles. Having gotten most of his emotions out the day before, he is able to take a more logical view on the status. He walks over to some of the bodies that are lying still, but begins to notice something. The faint signals being put out are beginning to  faint. He turns to the others. &quot;It is soon over.&quot; Stratosphere looks at Jazz and ollows &quot;Huh, how can you tell?&quot; he  asks as he places his light down and begins to pick up some of the bodies and put them back in their tombs. Jazz takes special care to lift Prowl, as he answers. &quot;Their signals are dying...Brawn's is gone completely.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;they were never here .. jazz ..&quot; Roadbuster helps him lift Roadbuster says, &quot;there where ever we go when our lasercore goes out.. if we go anywhere&quot; Stratosphere nods and lifts Rachet up and into his crypt. He then goes and picks up the near him and places them in their respected Crypts. &quot;Jazz, with all of those who are outside the primeter of Iaco and AHQ, we could see what we can do and move them to the crypt or something.&quot; and he looks to Roadbuster &quot;Primus. We all go and join Primus and the MAtrix when our lasercores dies.&quot; he syas as he seals the tomb and radios for soem gumbies to put new and extra seals on the tombs to make sure they are never opened again. &quot;Now, we wil have a long clean up a head of us. We have dead bodies all over Cybertron. This will take some time.&quot; he says Roadbuster says, &quot;ya .... hey the only good news is we can salvage .. old model parts for the older memebers fo the autobots&quot; Jazz looks towards Roadbuster. &quot;I know....I know..but believe me...they were here, in a sense....&quot; His face takes on a distinct distant look, until Stratosphere wakes him. &quot;Agreed.&quot; He closes Prowl's crypt. &quot;Let's  go out and see what we can do - see if we can find Supreme.&quot; Stratosphere blinsk and stiffs a chuckle &quot;I think he just insulted Kup Jazz. Isn't that punishable by cleaning duty?&quot; and he chuckles as he exits the Vault. You leave the hushed Crypt and immeadiately feel better. Tunnel-West End You are in a wide tunnel about 35-40 meters beneath the surface of Cybertron. It is oval-shaped, allowing safe and discreet passage for even Guardian-sized robots. It is illuminated by fluorescent tubing set into the walls. On the west wall is a Grav-Lift, which transports people to and from the surface of the planet. Obvious exits: Armored Door leads to Crypt. East leads to Tunnel-Central. Grav-Lift leads to Central Hallway - New Iacon Base. Roadbuster tiptoes in from the Crypt. Roadbuster has arrived. Roadbuster barges in  Roadbuster steps onto a grav-lift, and departs for the surface. Roadbuster has left. You step aboard a grav-lift, which elevates you to the planet's surface. emerges from the Grav-Lift. Central Hallway - New Iacon Base This is a large, high-ceilinged, elliptical room with white quartz floors, and ornate metallic pillars with scenes from Iacon's proud history etched into them. You get a sense of Iacon's former glory from seeing this new construction, and it fills you with hope. Several rooms branch out from this hallway. On the east wall is a Grav-Lift leading downwards. Contents: Roadbuster Sonicboom Posting on wall: Rules of Engagement Recycling Bins Obvious exits: Southeast leads to Iacon MedCenter Waiting Room. North leads to New Iacon Main Commissary. West leads to Monitor Room. Northwest leads to Briefing Room. Grav-Lift leads to Tunnel-West End. South leads to Gates of New Iacon. Jazz emerges from the underground passage. Jazz has arrived. Roadbuster says, &quot;so what now?&quot; Jazz walks in behind the others. &quot;Autobots, let's head for Crystal City. Radio the Command Tower the locations of any bodies you see on the way, and they'll dispatch crews.&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;umm jazz the surface is littered with em!&quot; Stratosphere nods &quot;Copy, and I think we might as well just radio themto start out front and work their way aroudn the planet.&quot; Sonicboom is standing against the wall holding the bodies of two bots that had been zombified. &quot;Not sure bout what ya'll saw but these to up and died again. Just dropped down here like somebody went and pulled the plug.&quot; Roadbuster warps into his rugged jeep mode. Rugged jeep says, &quot;lets go&quot; Stratosphere nods and transforms into his Jetfire size alt mode. As you look, Stratosphere alters, shakes, transforms and grows into an extremely large jet with hypercritical wings. Rugged jeep says, &quot;ok mind if we get a lift?&quot; Hypercritical Spaceplane (Stratosphere) emits &quot;Nope, feel free.&quot; and he opens his access hatch to let all whow ant a ride in. Jazz transmits a message via radio to Sonicboom. Sonicboom receives a radio transmission from Jazz. Sonicboom transmits a message via radio. Jazz receives a radio transmission. Hypercritical Spaceplane (Stratosphere) emits &quot;Are all of us ready?&quot; Jazz transmits a message via radio. Sonicboom receives a radio transmission. Roadbuster says, &quot;ya lets roll!&quot; Sonicboom grumbles and moves to join the others, &quot;What are we Decepticons? Can't use are own wheels?&quot; Sonicboom has left. Sonicboom quickly enters the room. Hypercritical Spaceplane (Stratosphere) begins to roll for the gates and flies out of them before they are all of the way open. &quot;Yea, but it will take to long with all of the dead bodies.&quot; he emis as he rockets out of the entrance. Gates of New Iacon This massive construction area is the tangible promise of a new, rebuilt, refortified Iacon. From this vantage point, it is difficult to see how much construction has already been completed, because the massive fortress-like walls to the city are already in place. The giant gates leading into Iacon prohibit any illegal access, and the huge gun turrets atop the Base Defense Perimeter are enough to eradicate even the most persistant Decepticons. Contents: Automatic Base Defenses Iacon Base Perimeter Defense Iacon Obvious exits: Fly leads to Sky above Iacon. South leads to Iacon Plain. You take off and soar upward to the Sky above Iacon...  Sky above Iacon Soaring above the Cybertron cityscapes and highways, you can get a much better picture of the devastation the war has wrought upon what used to be a beautiful place. Still, the view of Iacon, previously discouraging, now shows new construction. Contents: Sensor Obvious exits: South leads to Sky above Tunnel of Retoris. Down leads to Gates of New Iacon. Down leads to Iacon Plain. You fly southward ...  Sky above Tunnel of Retoris From up here you can make out many details from the ground below. To the north is the great city-state of Iacon while directly underneath you is the tunnel built on the ruins of the old city of Retoris. There doesn't seem to be anywhere below to land. To the east is the area above the Memorial Spaceport. Obvious exits: North leads to Sky above Iacon. East leads to Sky above Memorial Spaceport. West leads to Sky above New Cybertron Highway. Jazz says, &quot;&quot;Of course....but it's much quicker this way.&quot;&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;come on we going?&quot; You fly eastward toward the Memorial airspace. Sky above Memorial Spaceport A bored-sounding civil servant radios you, informing you that this is restricted air for the spacecraft that frequent the new port below you. You ignore him: for all the Autobots' efforts, traffic to Memorial Spaceport is not busy enough for you to pose any sort of danger. Obvious exits: North leads to Sky above AHQ. East leads to Sky above New Cybertron Highway. West leads to Sky above Tunnel of Retoris. Fly leads to Stratosphere above Western Hemisphere. Outside Memorial Spaceport New Cybertron Highway - West Sonicboom shrugs, &quot;I guess, but not by much.&quot; You fly towards the skies to the east...  Sky above New Cybertron Highway The population over this broad expanse of highway is obviously sparser than it is to the west. The habitations and roadways are not entirely deserted, but they are fewer and farther between. Some of it is being rebuilt, as the large contruction site to the north clearly demonstrates. Obvious exits: North leads to Sky above Construction Site. South leads to Sky above Razor Hills. East leads to Sky above New Cybertron Highway - Far East. West leads to Sky above Memorial Spaceport. New Cybertron Highway - East Vestral Overpass Koriolis Desert You head eastward. Sky above New Cybertron Highway - Far East From this vantage point high above the eastern end of the new highway, you have an unobstructed view for quite a distance. To the south lies the remains of what used to be the most spectacular place on Cybertron, Crystal City. Farther to the east, a large industrial mining area can be seen. Obvious exits: North leads to Sky above Northern Highway. South leads to Sky above Crystal City. East leads to Sky above Mines. West leads to Sky above New Cybertron Highway. Fly leads to Stratosphere above Eastern Hemisphere. New Cybertron Highway - Far East Highroad End of Northern Highway You head south, to the skies above Crystal City. Sky above Crystal City Below you is a dismal reminder of the civil war this world has been engulfed in for so many years. What once must have been a grand and beautiful complex has been shattered into a ruined ghetto. You can only wonder what Crystal City must have looked like, in the days when it was safe to drive the highways and fly the skies of Cybertron without an escort or a loaded weapon. Obvious exits: North leads to Sky above New Cybertron Highway - Far East. South leads to Sky Above Southron Wastes &lt;South Pole&gt;. Fly leads to Stratosphere above Eastern Hemisphere. Southern Gates to Crystal City Sagros Plain Roadbuster has arrived. Roadbuster barges in Hypercritical Spaceplane (Stratosphere) emits &quot;Next stop, Crystal City. plaes make sure all trays are int heir up right position and that your seat beats are buckled. You fly downward to the Southern Gates to Crystal City...  Southern Gates to Crystal City This area is in pretty bad shape. The massive gates that once led to the majestic Crystal City are now twisted and bent. They have deteriorated even beyond the condition they were left in when the Constructicons destroyed the city in the now infamous attack. South of here lies the Sagros Plain in the southern reaches of Cybertron. The city gives off a feeling of death. If you listen carefully you could swear that you could hear the moans of those who died under the collapsing structures. Through all the eons this place has never been reconstructed. It  has become a martyr of the war. Now, however, there are plans to bring the once majestic city back to life. Obvious exits: Fly leads to Sky above Crystal City. North leads to Capitol. South leads to Sagros Plain. Hypercritical Spaceplane (Stratosphere) comes in and lands. &quot;welcom to  Crystal City.&quot; he says a she slow sna dhovers, firign his hover jts tomake a clearning for him to land in. Jazz has arrived. Roadbuster has arrived. Roadbuster barges in  Sonicboom hops out after Jazz Sonicboom has arrived. Sonicboom quickly enters the room. Hypercritical Spaceplane (Stratosphere) waits for everyone to get out, then transforms. Before you, is a jet with hypercritical wings. It shakes and shrinks into the Autobot known as Stratosphere. In the rubble, one can spot a Femmebot and a wispy fellow, whom the war apparently caught doing naughty things. Roadbuster says, &quot;what in the world .. we don't breed like organics&quot; Jazz smiles. &quot;There's still plenty of fun to be ha-&quot; He shuts up  right quick, and begins to walk hastily towards the rubble. Stratosphere blinsk and sighs &quot;Oh brother.&quot; he syas as he walks around the buildings. &quot;I wonder,&quot; he says as he goes for a walk towards the Capital. Sonicboom follows after grabbing the dsembodied head of a con seeker and using it as a soccer ball as he walks along. Roadbuster says, &quot;maby .. they were high on energon additives?&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;who knows&quot; Jumpstart enters from the Sagros Plain to the south. Jumpstart has arrived. Roadbuster says, &quot;hey Jumpstart!&quot; Roadbuster says, &quot;ho ya doing!&quot; Jumpstart kneels down as his arms snap to his sides, and his hands vanish inside them! Wheels normaly hidden from view in his robot mode ease into place quickly as he shifts. Finaly his chest/hood swings up into place covering his head, even as he lays down and his legs swing back to form the rest of his cybertronian car mode. Jazz turns to look at the new arrival. &quot;Good evening compatriot. How were things over in the wasteland?&quot; Stratosphere is heading north towards the Capital. Sonicboom tosses up the head bouncing it from knee to knee then off his shin/foot to his knee again. Jazz follows in the path towards the Capital. Cybertronian Car comes roaring into view... coverd in oil, sludge, and other such things. He pulls tyo a hault beside the Autobots... as one of his tires pops! He groans, &quot;Sure NOW you pop!&quot;

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