Red's Personnel Files

Dated During Matrix Quest

 * Impressive. Even I never suspected he lacked the Matrix.


 * No more reversion? How can that be? Is he an impostor? Edited to add: Impossible. There are still unanswered questions about the Prime, but after that trip inside the Matrix, I have no doubt that he is Rodimus, once Hot Rod.


 * Talks about re-reading the Autobot code continuously while practicing Ti-Chi? Is he overcompensating? Self-confidence problems without the Matrix?

''"Give it to me, Prime," a voice rasps. "The Matrix! It is wasted on a weak fool such as yourself!" "N-never, Thunderwing!" "What--! What are you doing!" The video feed cuts back in, and Rodimus Prime (or at least his silhouette) can be seen, holding a glowing blue object in one hand. He literally /throws/ it into the other dark figure, knocking it back through the hole in the side of the ship. Another explosion rips through the bridge and the black box datafile ends abruptly.''
 * Video recording: A static-laced image appears -- it's the bridge of a standard Autobot shuttle, with Rodimus Prime as its sole occupant. Suddenly, alarms go off within the bridge and red lights begin to flash on Rodimus' face. "WARNING... UNKNOWN ENERGY ANOMALY DETECTED..." "Thanks, that helps a /lot/," Rodimus mutters, pressing buttons rapidly on the control console. Suddenly, the bulkhead behind Rodimus *explodes* and the camera goes black, but the audio remains. There is the sound of fighting -- energy blasts, the clang of metal smashing into metal.


 * Suspicious of video cut-out. Recording degraded to the point that I cannot be sure the recording is not tampered with. Why did he throw the Matrix at Thunderwing? Why do actions not fit words and sounds? Is that even Rodimus? If not, who?


 * See also, Red's Matrix Notes