2030 Demolition Derby

Nepsan Ice Dunes

The glare of the sun off the Nepsan Ice Dunes is positively blinding - and at nighttime, the chill can be lethal. The Ice Dunes are renowned throughout the galaxy for their pristine beauty, untouched by the hands of the Nepsan natives. Vast, rolling hills and gentle valleys cascade to the horizon and beyond, encased in solid, gleaming ice. Several distinct roads, like long rural highways, have been cut into the ice, but otherwise it is as Nepsa has made it. At the edge of the Dunes sits the city of Nepsa, and at the other end, the fabled Ice Ocean.

Contents:

Blue Spaceship

Monstereo

Kup

Catechism

Obvious exits: North leads to Nepsan Ice Ocean. South leads to Nepsa Downtown.

Folding and bending, Nosecone folds down into his Cybertronian Drill Tank form. Drills, away!

Monstereo smells like Klud and Squidaclaw, coming from Pequod. "Wanna wrestle?"

Rodimus Prime arrives from the Nepsa Downtown to the south.

Rodimus Prime has arrived.

Rodimus Prime transforms into his Flaming Winnebago  mode.

The Junkion robot makes a clickety-ratcheting series of sounds as he transforms into the disguise of a monster truck... labelled Monstereo. Are you fooled? ;)

Slag has arrived.

Sunstreaker has arrived.

Sunstreaker transforms into his Lamborghini Countach mode.

Halligan arrives from the Nepsa Downtown to the south.

Halligan has arrived.

Halligan folds down into a dark blue armored SWAT van.

Blueshift flies into the area. "Yesssss, another event for me to WIN!" he boasts, despite not having won any events yet

Flaming Winnebago  rumbles over the snow, heading in towards the designated area. He doesn't have snow tires. He has everything tires. He pulls up along side Kup, and teases, "Don't sprain anything in this, old man!"

Kup falls forward, transforming into an old Cybertronian truck!

Lamborghini Countach rolls on in, the glaring yellow of his chasis a sharp contrast to the blinding white of the snow. He's done little to prepair save for a set of cybertronian snow tires being bolted onto the ends of his axls.

A Cybertronian Drill Tank slowly pulls into the area. Sure, he's not fast, but he can take a beating! Nosecone notes with disappointment that his technobuddies aren't here, so he will have to represent.

Lenco Armored Truck drives slowly into the area and tries to swerve a bit in order to test his spiked chain tires. Seems good. What could have posessed him to sign up for this event. It is childish and he has to smash his own fellow Autobot. Halligan does not why he feels drawn to sign up but somewhere along the way he might find his answer.

Cybertruck  is already at the arena! He's old-fashioned and likes to be punctual, after all. "Heh, I might sprain my fender smashing you to bits Rodimus, but other than that I think I'm gonna be ok." He scans the area, and wonders aloud, "Huh, the Stunticons usually flock to events like this."

Slag rumbles in, growling and snarling as he enters. He is in his triceratops mode, so he also has no need for snow tires! He growls as he looks about. He looks no different, other then a autobot flag stuck to his frill, which flaps in the breeze of him moving. "ME SLAG HERE SMASH!" He bellows to Kup.

"Yeah, I know," Rodimus answers Kup as he views those gathering. "Them, or sometimes Constructicons." He sighs as Slag starts bellowing already. "Yes, yes, Slag. For once, you're in the right place for that!"

Monster Truck  makes awesome deep treadmarks in the snow with his awesome tires. "Time to give like Santa and save like Scrooge." ~vroom-chuggachugga~

The judge pulls up, chuffing steam. He appears to be a robin's egg blue tank engine, though he seems to be getting along okay without any rails. There is a pretty disturbing face on his front, but he's smiling. He blows his whistle a few times to get attention, and he greets, "Oh, hello everyone! Lovely day, isn't it? Let's make this a clean fight and get the show started. You, the dinosaur over there. Lead us off!"

Sky Lynx arrives from the Nepsa Downtown to the south.

Sky Lynx has arrived.

Slag nods, glad to see for once Rodimus is in line and doing what HE says. He growls at nearby people and looks about, before the tank calls him a dinosaur. "ME SLAG AM DINOBOT!" He bellows and begins to run for...Sunstreaker, aiming his horns to ram into him!

Combat: Slag sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Marissa Faireborn has arrived.

Oh. Rodimus Prime has a passenger. Did he neglect to mention that in his pose?

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops  strikes Lamborghini Countach with his Ram attack!

Marissa Faireborn climbs out from Rodimus's rear section. She was back in Rodimus's cargo area getting herself a Sprite. "Jesus, Rodimus," she comments on the state of Rodimus's cargo hold, "How many ABBA compilations does one mech need?" She's decked out in crash gear, including a helmet that is sort of dorky looking but very protective. She straps herself in for safety.

"Hey!" Rodimus protests, "those are Springer's!" Which raises an entirely different set of questions. As Marissa settles herself in, Rodimus asks, "You ready, Marissa?"

Cybertruck  hrrms. "Well, there's ONE Decepticon here, but he ain't even a car, what the frag? Ehhh, whatever. Just means fewer medals for those jerks." Once Slag finally remembers he's supposed to be smashing people, Kup says, "Welp, time to race, I guess." And right off the bat, Kup pulls out right in front of Rodimus, trying to sideswipe him! "OOPS sorry Rodimus, I got excited and I musta lost track 'a where I was drivin'!" As he scrapes by, he says, "Wait, what the--is there someone in there!"

Combat: Cybertruck  misses Flaming Winnebago  with his Ram attack!

"NAH NAH NAH!" sings Blueshift as he takes off. "I'm just the fastest thing you'll EVER see! That streak of lightnin' that just passed was ME!" His singing is horrid as he blasts past the starting line, engines on full. "I'm too fast for any of you to hit!" he boasts. "But I can totally murder you, like this!" he ducks down, aiming himself straight for Halligan!

Combat: Blue Spaceship strikes Lenco Armored Truck  with his Full-Body Strike attack! [Pulled -3]

The jolly blue tank engine observes, "Perhaps that dapper old chap shouldn't telegraph his attacks!"

Cybertronian Drill  gets going, heading for a ramp. Well, there's a Decepticon here, so might as well take care of him first, right? He hopes he has enough speed and momentum to be able to nail the nimble little craft.

Marissa Faireborn finishes clicking the seatbelts into place. "Ready, Rodimus!" she confirms. "I'll keep an eye out for anyone trying to sneak up on you. But at first glance, I'd have to say Blueshift's the sort who'd love to make a name for himself by knocking you out."

Cybertruck  yells back at the tank engine, "SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH!"

Combat: Cybertronian Drill  strikes Blue Spaceship with his Ram attack!

The tank engine blushes (somehow) and squeaks, "Oh my!"

Flaming Winnebago  starts to pull out and towards the battle. "No, Kup, the race is a different event," he says slowly and clearly, like he's assuming Kup is having a senior citizen moment. "Woah!" he exclaims as the veteran pulls in front of him, and he swerves away, then back towards Kup. "Nice try, old man, but you'll have to do better than that!" Then he adds, "Oh, and yeah, Marissa's in here. Don't worry, she's safe."

Combat: Flaming Winnebago  strikes Cybertruck  with his sideswipe but not Sideswipe attack! [Pulled -7]

Lenco Armored Truck  watches as the contestants start trying to ram each other. Barely in 3rd gear the SWAT truck gets mauled by Blueshift during a low altitute pass. Payback will come later. Halligan picks a target and accelerates to gain some momentum knowing full well his 'deer killer' bumper will hold solid. The Lenco Armored truck tries to ram Kup to see if the old man is as tough as he heard him to be.

Combat: Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Forced Entry attack!

In comes.. a train (!?) and the derby is kicked off! Sunstreaker attempts to get himself moving right off, wheels spitting up flurries of snow as they scramble for traction. He just can't get moving in time though, Slag coming around and nailing him in the left, rear quarter, his horns tearing gouges in the yellow hide, his nose sending him into a sudden spin.

Spitting curses, Sunstreaker turns into the spin and finaly manages to get moving. He spots the local flyer that was stupid enough to get in a ground derby and smiles on the inside. It's Blueshift. He makes a quick run at the zippy ship.

Combat: Lamborghini Countach misses Blue Spaceship with his Enjoy the barbacue (Ram) attack!

Monster Truck <Monstereo> rolls like thunder, like pouring rain. He's coming on like a hurricane His headlights flashing across the sky. He's last to go thanks to the die. "Ramalamadingdong!" The Monster Truck takes one dune, two dunes, three dunes, as he circles about a-huntin. Good thing there is no cup of coffee sitting inside his cab. "Crikey, lookie there. It's a space shuttle. A biiiig one too. All alone. And we discovered it! Let's have a closer look." Monsy launches off a dune, steered to drive into Sky Lynx.

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> strikes Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Monster Truck Madness Meets Space Shuttle Supremo (Ram) attack!

A flash in the sky, like a shooting star streaking across the heavens.. only this star is ever more brilliant. In bound from from the Six Lasers solar system this shuttle craft soars through the sky - a rather immense blue cargo hold container attached to its underbelly. He arrives always on time - never too early or late - just when he is needed. Several vehicle forms of both 'Bots and 'Cons mar the ice dunes below lending a greater glare to the sky. As he soars through the air he vectors in to a lower altitude. As he does so he spots another aircraft, and his fearless leader. "Rodimus, 'ol chap. I hope there are no hard feelings about our Olympic bouts. I just didn't feel chipper about fighting our fearless leader." But even as he says this he is angling down towards the winnebago on a collision course. A semi-big truck comes sailing through the air at him at the same time and clips his wing sending him into a spiral, but still on target.

Combat: Sky Lynx sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

Slag growls as he see's no one deciding to ram into him. He positions himself to ram again, this time aiming for Rodimus Prime. "ME SLAG SMASH YOU!!!" Slag bellows as he stomps towards the winnebago, unleasing dinobot anger!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

Cybertruck <Kup> yells, "GAH! Dammit!" as he is sandwiched between an armored car and a ridiculous Winnebago! "Oh, that's how it is, huh?" Kup grunts. "Ol Rodimus needs some HELP to bring down the old man! That's disgraceful, lad!" Violently, he tears away from them both, circles around an ice dune, and then tries to plow right into Halligan's side! "Lemme take care of the 'help,' then I'll settle the score with you, Rodimus!"

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> misses Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> with his Ram attack!

Zoom Zoom! Blueshift is hit by Nosecone as he sails through the air, shouting and swearing as he judders slightly. "Cowardly Autoloser!" he hisses as he banks down to avoid Sunstreaker. "I will destroy you all, this I swear!" Banking to one side, he aims at Rodimus, impulse on full. "Die Autobot leader, die for the glory of Galvatron!"

Combat: Blue Spaceship strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Full-Body Strike attack! [Pulled -3]

"Nice move, Roddo," Marissa compliments as he first evades the Autobot oldtimer and then knocks him around. "But it looks like we've got bigger problems to worry about. Look up!" In one of Rodimus's side mirrors, she sees Sky Lynx roaring down, not detered by Monstereo's efforts. She holds on for the inevitable crash. Marissa Faireborn holds on for /both/ inevitable crashes. "I'm not going to say I told you so," she adds concerning Blueshift.

Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> happily strikes Blueshift, and lands on the ground. Now to find another target. Sunstreaker just happens to be in the way, and he rushes at him full bore...which isn't all that fast, really. Maybe he'll spoil his paint job?

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Lamborghini Countach with his Ram attack!

Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> grunts as the NASA shuttle slams into him, skidding him accross the ice, denting in his side, and generally causing a good deal of pain. "Yeah," Rodimus mutters. "No hard feelings at all," he answers, and then he's slammed into from the other side, near the rear, sending him spinning. After that, Blueshifts hits him from above, sending his front end rocking upwards before his tires come down heavily on the snow dunes. "You doing all right in there?" he asks Marissa as he rolls forward towards whoever is in front of him when he stops spinning... Slag, as it turns out.

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his THIS Is How You SMASH attack! [Pulled -4]

The blue tank engine's eyes open really, really wide as the combatants smash into each other, and he comments, "My, this is a quite violent event, isn't it?" No duh, Captain Obvious.

Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> moves on to some bigger fish hoping to bring everyone down on the same level or anyway. The Armored car swerves to avoid Kup. "Don't take it personal old man." Halligan shifts into high gear and aims for Sky Lynx hoping to give Prime a little more breathing room.

Combat: Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Forced Entry attack!

"Barely felt a thing," Marissa says. And it's true. It's Rodimus's seats are soft, yet firm. Supportive, if you will. "So is the leather interior new?" she asks.

Lamborghini Countach applies a quick burst of speed befor steering into a sudden snap turn that has him rushing just out of Nosecone's path. He sights a target and floors the peddle, a yellow dart rushing for the armored truck. This is a good idea!

Combat: Lamborghini Countach misses Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> with his Ram attack!

"Well, I have to get it replaced pretty regularly," Rodimus admits to Marissa. "Occupational hazards and such." Or he could, well, just let it get torn up and leave it torn up, but anyone who's got a paint job like /his/ has at least /some/ level of vanity!

Monster Truck <Monstereo> lands with a whoomp and a squeekysqueeky as snow and his shox break his fall. "Yeeeeeehaaaaaw. He accelerates and looks for some lonely dinobot to seduce with some monster truck tire contact. "Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark, but this is the ice age Slag! No Dino's went the distance!"

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Monster Truck Madness Meets Space Shuttle Supremo (Ram) attack!

Sky Lynx streaks past the winnebago and as he does angles his nosecone *hehe* down and rams it into its side. Immediately he takes off soaring into the skies once more. But visibility is not soo good at the moment - a blizzard is brewing in the upper atmosphere making it difficult for air crafts to see (it has not reached the ground yet). On his vector skyward he sees the smaller 'monster' truck that decided to play this derby game. Plotting a quick course through his navigation he turns and nose dives once more towards the ground and his target. But as he speeds towards the ground at incredibly high velocities another type of truck, an armored one this time, uses one of the dunes to launch itself skyward. Fortunately for Lynx he is the faster and speeds past the truck as it goes sailing over him to land most likely in another dune. The shuttle continues on its course towards the monster truck.

Combat: Sky Lynx sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> misses Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his Ram attack!

Marissa Faireborn pushes a finger into the soft leather interior, nodding approvingly. "I like it," she says. "A bit softer than before, but it makes for a more comfortable ride." She takes a sip of her Diet Sprite. "I'm surprised we don't have more Decepticons here. I thought they'd be flooding in with the rule change for fliers."

Slag gets hit by Rodimus which gets a growl out of him. He would charge into Rodimus but is slammed into by Monstereo, causing him to be distracted. "ME SLAG stronger then ice age!" He bellows as he aims to slam his head into Monstereo!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> misses Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his Ram attack!

Cybertruck <Kup> grumbles as Halligan swerves away from him. "I'll show ya personal, ya fraggin'..." He doesn't pursue the SWAT bot this time, though, but instead chooses to ramp off of an ice dune adjacent to the one Halligan is ramping off of, right at Sky Lynx! "Hope that wasn't too unrefined for ya, Lynxie!" Kup says, trying to get under the dino-bird's skin.

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> strikes Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Blueshift laughs evilly as he hits Prime. "Soon your doom is at hand Prime!" he shrieks. "I am the second greatest Decepticon of all time!" He banks to the side, this time aiming sideways on at Sunstreaker. "Again with the yellow!" he hisses. "Such terrible colours!"

Combat: Blue Spaceship misses Lamborghini Countach with his Full-Body Strike attack! [Pulled -3]

Lamborghini Countach says, "Your mom is a horrible color!"

Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Sunstreaker, but that's no big deal. After all, the Lambo is fast. Instead, the Drill Tank goes for Halligan. Oooh, armored car. Perhaps his drill will punch through that?

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> with his Ram attack!

After a period of SHEER CHAOS (for Rodimus), everyone gets distracted. He bounces back after hitting Slag, then drives for one of the ramps. "Yeah, I'm a bit surprised, too, but... did Sunstreaker just shout a mom insult?" Rodimus sounds a bit bewildered as he speeds up. "Oh, and you'll want to hold onto that soda!" he finishes with as he flies off the ramp, heading towards the low-flying Blueshift!

Combat: Rodimus Prime sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> strikes Blue Spaceship with his High Flying Winnebago! attack!

Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> misses Sky Lynx and makes a hard left to avoid Sunstreaker. The momentary cloud of snow and ice help blurr his silhouette before he heads towards another target, Don't brake for anyone is the name of the game. Halligan lines up Slag whom by order of the highway code should have a 'wide-load' sticker. The Armored truck accelerates and tries a 'pit maneuver' on the dinobot.

Combat: Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> misses Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Forced Entry attack! [Pulled -1]

The tank engine exclaims, "Wow! These Autobots will make you believe that a flaming Winnebago really can fly!"

Marissa Faireborn temporarily puts the cap back onto her plastic Diet Sprite bottle as Rodimus warns her. "Yeah, mom jokes were popular back in the 80's and 90's." She finds the Transformers are often stuck in those decades. She's always figured Cybertronian culture doesn't progress as fast as human culture. Hence why time is always measured in 'millions of years'. After colliding with Blueshift and landing again, Marissa pats the steering wheel. "Nice!"

Lamborghini Countach couldn't even hit a armored truck! Oh the humiliation! In consolation, Blueshift couldn't hit him either! Deftly avoiding the ship, Sunstreaker abruptly whips around and makes a quick run at Rodimus! "This is for that barricade, Slagger!"

Combat: Lamborghini Countach strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

Monster Truck <Monstereo> owes it all to his awesome wheels. He may be a piece of rust, but his wheels master all terrains... well except a Tribble field. He hasn't the heart to drive on those lil furballs. He pulls a 520 on an exceptionally slippery and huge ice patch, however, and when he finally regains control he is facing the old timer who packs a whallop. "And so we meet again, Obi Wan." He accelerates for the Cybertruck.

Marissa Faireborn seems to know all about the barricade story. "Wait, I thought he was piloting Optimus's shuttle at the time..."

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Ram Vader vs Obi Wan Kupobi (Ram) attack!

Luckily for Monstereo, there are no tribbles here. Just lots of ice. And some snow. And more ice.

Sky Lynx is set for another collision - this time with the monster truck in front of him. But as he soars over a dune towards his target he sees that there is another 'Bot in the way as well.. a rather bulky Dinobot that the monster truck just crashed into. Inside the cabin on the shuttle the steering grips quickly are pulled back almost throwing the shuttle into a stall. This takes the shuttle back into the air just in time before he collides with his target and the other. "Drat.." he says to himself having fouled up the assault. The quick vector away left his vulnerable however as it brought him past aa much higher elevated dune by which Kup launches himself off of. The shuttle gets whacked in his tail section which shifts his flight pattern a little, but does no appreciable damage. "Kup, 'ol chap. It is of no problem at all." Lynx says as he is already changing course and is speeding down towards the free falling Cybertruck. *Just who hits Kup first, the shuttle or the flying Monster truck is up to Kup*

Combat: Sky Lynx sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Ram attack!

Slag manages to avoid the armored swat truck and growls as he now turns back on him. "You no smash me Slag. Me Slag smash you!" He bellows as he begins to run for Halligan at full speed!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> with his Ram attack!

Cybertruck <Kup> bounces off of Sky Lynx, and lands on the ground below on his side. He wobbles himself a bit so he drops back down onto his tires--and just in time to get slammed in the rear bumper by Monstereo! The battered old truck growls as he spins out of control. Then a *whole freaking space shuttle* slams into him. "OWWW! Oh, I see, this is how many guys it takes to bring down Kup! I see what's goin' on, here!" the old man says, flipping through the air involuntarily.

Fortunately, Kup manages to land on his tires. He spins out a bit, then speeds forward again, This time, he steers himself towards Sunstreaker! "And this is for pullin' that gag where you had your brother dress up like you so we couldn't tell where he was!" Oh, maybe that explains why Sunstreaker was in two places at the same time!

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> misses Lamborghini Countach with his Ram attack!

Blueshift just explodes. Like, man, he explodes with rage as people keep trying to hit him. "Nooo Autobots, kill Rodimus Prime!" he cries. "Not me! I am a loyal Decepticon warrior!" He rockets into the direction of Prime, trying to down the Autobot leader!

Combat: Blue Spaceship misses Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Full-Body Strike attack! [Pulled -3]

The Drill Tank spins around on the ice, reversing direction. So far nobody's decided to hit him, so he goes for the Blue Spaceship again! Decepticons need to be going down!

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Blue Spaceship with his Ram attack!

The blue tank engine points out, "But uhm... aren't the Autobots and Decepticons engaged in a brutal and barbaric SPACE WAR? Why would Autobots not attack a Decepticon?"

"Thanks!" Rodimus answers Marissa as Sunstreaker taps- erm, slams into his side. "Oh, for- that barricade was 25 years and a lifetime ago!" Rodimus exclaims, backing up and turning his tires in order to aim himself. "Get over it!" he shouts as he rolls forward. He puts on a burst of speed to avoid Blueshift's attempt to run into him, shouting, "And you're just nuts!" With that he heads for a ramp, using it to leap towards Sky Lynx instead!

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Aerial Leap! attack! [Pulled -7]

"Whoops, Blueshift's on you again. Coming in from the side. Might want to speed up... /now/." Marissa says, demonstrating how women can be such backseat drivers. Either way, Rodimus does manage to avoid Blueshift, though another ramp strike doesn't manage to get Sky Lynx.

Halligan gets lucky as Slag's hit though solid did not send him spinning on the ice. "We are not done yet...Slag?" How about a little payback for the Lamborghini. No big scratch just a friendly little bump.

Combat: Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> strikes Lamborghini Countach with his Forced Entry attack! [Pulled -2]

Lamborghini Countach collides and carooms off of Rodimus' armored hide, the impact jarring enough to make him not want to repeat the experience.. or the experience where Kup tries to hammer him either. "What's the use of having a twin if you can't do that?!" He hits a hard reverse. Weaving this way and that, possibbly right into Halligan's path, the knock sending him tumbling towards Slag.

Combat: Lamborghini Countach misses Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Monster Truck <Monstereo> emits a Yeti rrrowling call, kinda like a Wookie if one were to borrow sound effects from another company. The rowdy one angles around and finds Nosecone in his sights. "The freeze is in place... Is it safe?!" Crunching over snow and ice, Monstereo the big orange Junkion on 4 wheels, who never learned to ride on 2, tries to drive over the Cybertronian Drill. Who likes dentists anyway?

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram Drill Hard Ouch Yes (Ram) attack!

Sky Lynx rams into the Cyertruck known as Kup as he falls through the air to land on the snow and ice dunes below. The shuttle craft is also just able to avoid the inbound monster truck as well and lets the truck collide with Kup as well. "No hard feelings, now are there 'ol friend?" he says as he vectors back up into the sky. As he does so his fearless leader lives up to his title as the flaming red and orange winnebago form accelerates and launches off a dune towards the shuttle. Most thankfully for the shuttle he is able to press the accelerator and zoom out of the way. "Unless I'm wrong, Rodimus, which is of course extremely unlikely.. I thought you had said no hard feelings? Or was that not directed at me earlier?" As the winnebago lands back on semi-solid ground the space shuttle form of Lynx changes air direction and aims once more for Rodimus.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> misses Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

Slag growls as he gets rammed into by the lamborghini and then goes to try and smash his head into the car, roaring as he is now very angry. "ME SLAG SMASH YOU ALL!!" He bellows, already getting into it and deciding to be rowdy.

Combat: Slag sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Lamborghini Countach with his Ram attack!

Cybertruck <Kup> grumbles to himself as he misses Sunstreaker in a rare opportunity to pay him back for all the stupid stunts he and his brother pull., "No, Sky Lynx, no hard feelings. Geeze, you need to learn some trash talk. You don't have to be polite in a battle! And don't worry, I'll take care of Rodimus!" And he drives towards Rodimus Prime!

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

Blueshift zooms along more as he ducks and dives away from the Autobots. "This is the worst derby ever!" he hisses. "Where is the carnival!" He dives down towards Monstereo, aiming to give the Junkion a taste of the ol' Blueboy.

Combat: Blue Spaceship misses Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his Full-Body Strike attack! [Pulled -2]

The tank engine protests, "There is not supposed to be a carnival! People might get injured! Er... aside from all the people obviously being injured by the demolition derby. Well."

Nosecone's no dentist! He nonetheless gets Drilled by Monstereo. The Drill-Tank decides to get to work on one of Monstereo's cavities!

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> strikes Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his you need fillings! (Ram) attack!

"Hey, 'no hard feelings' doesn't mean, 'I'm not going to attack you back,' Sky Lynx!" Rodimus shouts as he lands heavily on his tires, then surges forward to avoid the shuttle. "It means I'm not going to hold it against you when this is over!" He pauses as he starts to drive again. "Oh, and thanks for the heads up, Marissa." Then Kup clips him in the side, adding another dent to those he already has. "You'll have to try a lot harder than that, Kup!" he taunts as he veers towards the nearest Dinobot, because hey, he's a Dinobot! He can take it!

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his The Power attack! [Pulled -3]

Combat: Halligan sets his defense level to Fearless.

Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> manages to avoid his pursuers for now and spots a nice little ramp and...Blueshift. Yes time for that payback form earlier. Full speed ahead, vengence isn't very professional but it sure gives that warm feeling in your caburator.

Combat: Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> strikes Blue Spaceship with his Forced Entry attack!

Marissa Faireborn sees a lot of flashing lights on Rodimus's dashboards. Most of the lights are red and are probably warning lights of some sort. She finishes off her diet Sprite and puts it in the trash. "How are you holding up, big guy?" she asks. Rodimus has gotten knocked around pretty good by numerous opponents.

Lamborghini Countach's sleek, sexy lines are taking a pounding! Slag strikes once more as the lambor tips over onto it's wheels again, dino-bashed befor it can get a propper roll on. Now he does though, and it's rather nice. He takes a quick run, gathering speed befor angling himself towards Kup, perhaps ramping off the bot's slopped front!

Combat: Lamborghini Countach strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Ram attack!

A nasty hole is bored right into Monstereo's cab door and he's driven off course a good distance before recovering his 'footing'. "Note to self. Even tools can hurt." Ah, but lookee lookee. The Armored Truck goes airborne and connects with the flying blue ship. "I believe I can fly..." He revs and launches off a dune high, then gravity takes over and he comes down at Halligan. "Geronimo!"

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> misses Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> with his Falling For You (Ram) attack!

Sky Lynx can't help but feel a little ashamed of himself, two-fold. 1. For failing in colliding with Rodimus, not that it is a failure, but it is lamentable. 2. For not knowing apparently how to trash talk? Just what is trash talking he wonders as he soars through the air. Lynx turns inward for a moment and tries to ponder a solution to his dilemna. After only a moment hesitation, after all he is designed with an incredibly powerful and scientific core processor, the shuttle changes course once more and aims himself for the large Drill Tank. As he comes down to ground level he flies past his leader once more poses inquisitively, "Why so snarky, sparky?" to his leader.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

Blueshift continues to zoom along. But oh no, he falls into a random eddy in time and space and vanishes forever :( :(

The tank engine sighs, "Bother. Those time eddies. They get so pesky this time of year!"

Blueshift has disconnected.

Slag growls as he gets bashed by Rodimus and then moves to smash into the autobot leader. "ME SMASH YOU!" He bellows, going to show rodimus how to really smash people!

Strafe has arrived.

Cybertruck <Kup> hehs! "Oh, I'll do a whole lot better than that, lad, you bet on it--" Kup starts rambling, but some Lambo rudely interrupts him by slamming into his side! "AH, FRAG!" Kup yells as he spins out of control, throwing up ice everywhere, right into... Halligan!

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> strikes Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> with his Ram attack!

Nosecone's hit by...Sky Lynx? Ow. He returns the favor!

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

"This? Snarky?" Rodimus asks, laughing. "I'm not even getting started... and keep dreaming, old man," he adds, taunting Kup. As Slag's attempt to run into him is eaten by the space/time eddy (it might hit him later) he goes rolling past the Dinobot, running towards the nearest vehicle... oh, hello, again, Kup!

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> misses Cybertruck <Kup> with his Keep Dreaming attack! [Pulled -4]

Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> gets clocked by Kup which send him in a 720 degree spin before the SWAT officer can stabilize his direction. "Nice shot old man. I will be back soon." Halligan lines up Montereo pondering the center of gravity on a big truck like that must be subject to roll-overs or something. Worth a try. The Lenco Armored Truck heads straight for the Monster Truck.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his THIS is how you SMASH! (Ram) attack!

Combat: Lenco Armored Truck <Halligan> strikes Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his Forced Entry attack!

Lamborghini Countach manages to avoid any undue attention this round. He drifts away to the derby's edge, trying to build up a bit of speed for a the next run through.

Combat: Lamborghini Countach takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

CRASH! The armored truck collides with the monster truck, and the monster truck rolls over... for nobody! Well not literally. Literally he rolls... So what does he do? He uses the strength of his mighty door to flip himself back over. "Low blow!" He feels a slight warp in his axel to prove it. The Junkion finds the pretty yellow car in his sights and makes to un-pretty it with snow packed tires and chrome fenders.

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> misses Lamborghini Countach with his Orange vs Yellow on Snow (Ram) attack!

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> careens into the Drill Tank with enough force to shake a building down to rubble, but he keeps flying through the assault and plots a course back up to space. As he is soaring back up the Drill Tank he just rammed tries to make a come back, but is too slow to catch the much faster shuttle. The field is dwindling.. very incredibly slowly he sees. But there are still some much larger mechs on it. One of them being the immense Dinobot. Changing directions the shuttle plots a new course and aims the nose of his shuttle for the heavily armored Slag!

Combat: Sky Lynx sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Marissa Faireborn holds on tightly as Rodimus gets slammed by Slag after brief space/time eddy interence. "Rodimus, you've got a lot of warning lights up here," she says, referring to all the damaged systems lighting up on his dashboard.

Slag gets slammed into by Sky lynx and staggers a bit. That hit actually knocked something into Slag because instead of attacking, he merely staggers, as if knocked into next week.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass] Cybertruck <Kup> snorts, "I'll keep dreamin'. Dreamin' 'a puttin' you back in yer place... AGAIN," Kup grunts, and instead of dodging Rodimus Prime, he slams down on his breaks, trying to catch the Autobot leader with his back fender! "And Sky Lynx, that's a start on the trash talkin', but you can do better!" Somehow, Kup even manages to overhear Marissa. "Expect to see a few more light up!"

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

The Cybertronian Drill is running outta gas! Way low on gas, cougar! He halts to let his reserves replenish.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Thanks to the warp in the space time, Slag's attempt to smash Rodimus finally catches up with the Prime, sending the Autobot leader sliding accross the ice. "Pretty good, but not good enough!" he exclaims chirpily as he goes driving off in a random direction. As Marissa points out his warning lights, Rodimus pshaws. "Oh, I'm fine, Marissa! Never better!" And then Kup hits him again and he snorts. "I *am* in my place, apparently!" he answers. The mystic glowing ball said so! He doesn't even look at who he's driving towards - he just drives!

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> misses Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Random Drive-by attack! [Pulled -5]

That last impact did more damage than he thought. The truck skids a bit and *SNAP* one of the nail covered chain snaps off tearing up one of the tires. Nothing is slowing the skid towards an edgy glacier. *CRASH* Looks like this is it. Luck can't last forever unless you die young. Halligan is now out of the derby.

Halligan vanishes out of reality.

Halligan has left.

Marissa Faireborn begins reading the warning lights. One of them specifically says 'Not Fine'. "Mmmhmmm," she replies to Rodimus. "Careful, you're starting to drive a bit erratic. Take your time."

"Hey, I'm still in the green!" Rodimus answers. Then he hits a bump. "Well, high yellow, anyway."

Lamborghini Countach's little breather did him a world of good. He sees Monstereo coming and rushes out of the path of those big wheels and that big bumper. He's coming around for a bit of revenge, making a quick run at one of Monstereo's tires.

Combat: Lamborghini Countach strikes Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his Ram attack!

Monster Truck <Monstereo> is too slow! Slocango Express! The sporty lil Autotwin makes a big impact and scrambles Monstereo's egg! Monstereo drives up to a dune for a breather himself if he can manage it.

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> supposedly rams the Dinobot, Slag, into next week - even through his heavy armor. The shuttle's white and shiny nosecone is not so white or shiny anymore having repeatedly smashed into various vehicles with it. It is holding up structurally for the moment, but you can notice a bend forming in it. Soaring through the sky Lynx cuts his thrusters on and off deciding who he might try to target next in this derby. He at last decides to target his leader once more. Throttling up his engines he plummets again at the winnebago trying his hand once again at 'trash talk' - something new to the arrogant, er.. intimidating Lynx. "Rodimus," he broadcasts, "It would be nice if you could win without being so chippy about it!" Right after saying that he decides to delete the file he has on 'trash talk' reminding himself not to look into using video games as his source information.

Combat: Sky Lynx sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

"'Yellow'?" Marissa inquiries with obvious disbelief. "That is deep saffron at best." And when it comes to colours you have to trust the woman over the dude. "Just be careful."

Slag growls as he shakes his head and growls at the shuttle which hits him and begins to run for him, snarling as he runs at high speed to try and ram the ship out of the sky!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Cybertruck <Kup> pulls away from Rodimus and begins to chase Monstereo! "Sorry, Junkion, but there ain't no breaks here! You keep slammin' people til ya fall over!" And then, he tries to push Monstereo too fast and too quickly over a particularly steep ice dune! Will this send the Junkion tumbling up and over?

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> misses Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his Ram attack!

Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> gets a bit of juice back, so back in action he goes! He goes after Rodimus Prime this time, having narrowly missed being struck by the Autobot Leader. Well, fair's fair...

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Drilling the Boss (Ram) attack!

"Wow, Sky Lynx, you really suck at this trash talk busine- WOAH!" he exclaims as he's hit hard in the wagon end, a move that sends him rocking backwards, pulling his front tires high off the ground, and then letting him fall forward. This time he falls hard enough that he blows out a tire. Then he grunts, "Well, it might be getting a /little/ red now," he grumbles. And then Nosecone crashes into his wagon side, tearing a hole through it and letting the weaponry inside peek out. "Ouch! But just a little!" he adds as he turns to drive towards Kup. "But if I'm going down, old man, I'm taking you with me!" Still, the Prime's tone is entirely too cheerful to take him serious, and one gets the feeling that he's not quite going full steam ahead.

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Taking You Down attack! [Pulled -6]

Lamborghini Countach is still on the loose! Veering this way and that, Sunstreaker avoids the larger pileups to go after the stragglers.. such as himself. He hits a dune and ramps over and off the lip, sending himself sailing towards more self-injury and Sky Lynx.

Combat: Lamborghini Countach misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Monster Truck <Monstereo> lets Kup think so, feeling sorry for the guy saying sorry a whole lot. But at the last moment he peels out with superior traction and torque and touque. And the Monster Truck tries to peel around the pushy Kup and push /him/ tumbling down a dune! "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am."

"'International orange'," Marissa tells Rodimus, hoping that he learns a little bit about colours during this match. "Oh nice move against Kup. I'm thinking we might have to do something about Nosecone, though."

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Spill The Kup (Ram) attack!

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> rams into Rodimus and whinces a bit himself as he felt the reverbrating impact of the collision down to his tail wing. He tries to shake it off, and to take off back towards the sky but the impact has dazed him some. The Dinobot, having borrowed Mr Fox's delorian, came back to the present and charges at him striking his dorsal wing just as he begins his climb skyward. The wing gets scratched up by the horns of the mecha-dino, but he is still able to stay airborne. Watching carefully he plots his next move. Combatants are rear ending each other, or sideswiping each other all about. He sees that the stylish yellow race car is not taking as much damage as the others, and decides to vector down at the car. However, how he would ram a smaller car like that is beyond him. Thankfully, though, the yellow lambo helps him out by coming to him instead. The shuttle easily banks out of the way of the sailing car, and veers to return the favor lent.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Lamborghini Countach with his Ram attack!

Slag growls as he peers about for more people to smash. He continues to stagger as he gains energy and begins to head towards Rodimus, intending to take the winnebago down before he slips on the ice.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Cybertruck <Kup> is plowed into from the side, and is forced through a snow bank! Then his problems are compounded as Monstereo boosts him from another direction, sending him right over an ice dune! "Oh, that's right, gang up on the old man!" he snarls. He eventually rolls off of a Wile E. Coyote-esque ramp, which loops him back at Slag! "Ah, crap!"

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> decides to go for Sky Lynx again. After all, that's one of the toughest opponents. And either he'll make a dent, or he'll get a huge one in return.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> knows rather more about colors than Marissa might expect. He has to know what shades to ask for when getting painted, after all! However, he can't even *see* the colors of the lights inside him, so he's mostly just guessing. "You think Nosecone's trouble? I would have thought Slag would be the big threat, but okay..." And then Rodimus steers towards Nosecone!

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> misses Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

Lamborghini Countach does not get the better end of that collision at all! He bounces off of the shuttles assault and is sent flipping end over end in the air, finaly crashing against a snow bank and left to tumble down it's side. Thankfuly he lands on his wheels.. but it'll take a moment to get him rolling.

Combat: Lamborghini Countach takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

"But Nosecone's way faster and can last longer in a fight like this. Also he has a drill," Marissa says. She's proven right as Nosecone avoids getting run down. Her tactic of waiting until it happened and then retroactively making her prediction beforehand is paying off.

Strafe leaps up and cheers for Nosecone! "Lookout man! Prime's gunnin for ya!" he sits back down and holsters his pistols which had lept into his hands unbidden.

Monster Truck <Monstereo> backs up. ~beep beep beep beep beep~ And then turns around and cruises a dune until he spots Rodimus Prime... "Oh look. A new flavor." It's true, he hasn't gone after big red yet. Monsy times it, and then surf-slides down the side of the dune towards the Flaming Winnebago. "This is Bandit to Snowman. I'm on your 6 good buddy."

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Black Ice Orange Impact Red Ruin (Ram) attack!

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> has decided to keep his altitude lower to the ground, which is difficult for the large shuttle to do because of the snow drifts getting larger from the massive storm falling on them now. Through one of the drifts comes the Drill Tank again, but the snow must have blinded him also since the assault was way off target. The shuttle flies between two dunes just as the orange-red leader comes flying over one of them and launches himself over the shuttle and at the tank. Invariably he must have been partially blinded also by the snow since he missed the tank. Well.. the Lynx Trek shuttle seems to be making it a point of not missing. And since the Drill Tank tried to puncture his shiny white hull, he might as well return the favor.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

Slag gets striked by Kup and he roars again, this time intending to ram himself into the older man's car and snarls. "ME Slag going win!" He bellows as he roars.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> misses Cybertruck <Kup> with his Ram attack!

Cybertruck <Kup>, amazingly, is not beat on by anybody! After flying into Slag, he lands upside down, but fortunately he is able to partially transform, snapping his flatbed out and flipping himself up back onto his tires! "Don't think I forgot about you, Rodimus!" Kup says, peeling away after the Autobot leader even as Slag tries to gore him! "Marissa, gonna be time to hit that eject switch pretty soon!"

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

"He's still..." she glances. "Coral red!" she calls out to Kup. "Alright that actually isn't all that good. How are you feeling, Roddo? Able to go a few more rounds or shall we gracefully bow out?" she asks, giving his dashboard a reassuring pat.

The Cybertronian Drill tank needs another rest! Especially after getting pounded by Sky Lynx again. Rodimus missed him again, thank the Matrix.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Rodimus is slammed from behind by Monstereo! "Snowman? Not me, I'm red hot!" he answers as he's jolted forward. He slides across the snow a little bit, then is forced to the left as Kup runs into his side. "Well, I'd /hope/ you haven't forgotten about me, old man! I'd be worried about you going senile!" then throws his engine into reverse, trying to back into the monster truck! Even as he does this, he idly comments to Marissa, "You know, they don't count as predictions when you wait until they already happened. And I'm fine... well, mostly fine." Then he whispers, "This is good for morale, and we've got medics on hand, but you may want to bail soon."

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> misses Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his Ram attack! [Pulled -2] "No no, don't worry, I already had that part written. I mean said. I mean I had already said that," Marissa assures Rodimus. She tsks as Rodimus's bad luck continues, but at least she's getting an excellent ride out of it. At Rodimus's whisper, she nods in an understanding way.

Lamborghini Countach's bits and boggles slowly settle back into place. Soon the battered Contache is mobile once more, wheels spinning out in the snow befor launching it forward and into a sharp turn--right into Nosecone's aft...

Combat: Lamborghini Countach misses Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

Or.. not.

Monster Truck <Monstereo> brakes after bumping the Winnebago, and as the Auto-leader reverses, Monstereo does too.... but he takes the hard route, turning his steering, be backs up back up the dune! "Up up and away!" Cresting the hill, he honks his horn and hen manuevers to drive back down, rolling towards another dune. He ramps and launches at Sky Lynx. "Ground control to Major Tom!"

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Meet George Jetson (Ram) attack!

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> rams through the Drill Tank narrowly missing the large drill as he does so. His own front nose of the shuttle is now really looking worse for wear. It is a good thing that he is made of the sturdiest of metals and allows and.. of Element X! Whatever that is.. he doesn't know. His creator did not leave any notes for him to go over. And in his early years, before he got re-fitted with the super scientific core he has now, he flunked out of Transformers 101 and took a job as a Guardian instead: blast this, shoot that.. easy stuff. But now his scientific core is trying to piece together how he might win this durby, dugby, thingy. The monster truck tries launching itself his way again via one of the dunes, but the shuttle Lynx is just too high in the air for the truck to hit. Since no one has tried with an effort to de-polish the lustrous shine on his form (other than his nose point) he decides not to make any assaults this time by and simply watches the colliding below.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Slag growls as he misses Kup and notices Rodimus. He growls as he goes to smash rodimus. "ME slag smash you, and me SLAG become leader!" He bellows as he runs at high speeds for the autobot leader, horns down.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Coup De RAM! (Ram) attack!

Cybertruck <Kup> pulls away from Rodimus Prime, circles around, and ramps off towards Sky Lynx again! "Hey! What did I say? No breaks!" Vrrrooowww!

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Cybertruck <Kup> then grumbles, "I need to stop saying that..."

The Cybertronian Drill Tank lurches forward as Kup suddenly appears in his path! What an opportunity! What a chance to give Kup that Replacement Hip he's always wanted! Sure, he's no surgeon, but who can afford one these days?

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Ram attack!

"Uh, doesn't work that way, Slag," Rodimus answers as he gets skewered in the side by the triceratops' horns. The damage would be light, were it not added to the rest of the collective injuries that battle. "If you wanted things to work that way, you joined the wrong faction!" He pauses. "Were built for the wrong faction." He pauses again. "Whichever."

Seriously, though. Just what the heck was Wheeljack thinking?

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Marissa Faireborn has to resist the urge to tell Rodimus how to drive. Her gender is strong in such things, but she reminds herself that the Autobot Commander knows what he's doing. And indeed, he proves it by going up against Slag in a mutual crash. Her seat belt keeps her safe, though. Remember kids, always wear your seat belt when in a car.

Lamborghini Countach veers around Nosecone quickly, avoiding a bumper to butt collision and goes rushing off into the fray once more. Battered and crumpled in many areas, Sunstreaker has lost that fresh feeling.. and thus isn't at all concerned about running head long into the winnibago brick that is Rodimus Prime!

Combat: Lamborghini Countach strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

Monster Truck <Monstereo> lands hard with much bouncing... if only he worked at Hooters. But alas, the landing makes him topple over and he works his wheels and uses his door to work on flipping himself back upright once more.

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> is doing vertical loops, somersaults, horizontal figure eights.. anything you can think of while he lazily navigates through the air space. Yes.. as a shuttle! The snow storms have stopped on this icy area of the planet so he can see quite well to do so. His relaxation is interupted by Kup as the cybertruck is launched into the air. But once again the shuttle is just too high in the sky to be reached. He has finally decided on a target.. the small monster truck that tried to greet him last fly by. Well.. maybe it is time to pay another visit back to it. He idly wonders as he flies towards his target, if Ms. Fairborne might be safer flying the friendly skies in his cabin instead of the bumber car 'Bot leader.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Monster Truck <Monstereo> with his Ram attack!

Slag snarls as he gets rammed by Rodimus which makes him roar. "ME Slag better at smashing then you, so Me Slag get be leader!" He bellows as he backs up, and begins to run for the front of Rodimus, as if playing chicken with the autobot leader, only he doesnt intend to turn!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Chicken showdown! (Ram) attack!

Cybertruck <Kup> yells out in pain as Nosecone drills into him! "I just had that hip replaced, you jerk!" Growling, he tries to tear himself away from the Technobot, then buck up right into him! "SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT!"

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> misses Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

The tank engine sighs, "Or let's not see how he likes it. Whichever."

The Drill Tank dodges a bullet or two as he's missed in quick succession. Fuel levels drop low again...so he drives to the top of a ramp...and sits there.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> is hit in the side by a lamborghini, sendint the Prime spinning, and then, with his other side exposed, Slag runs into it. "Slag, don't make me disqualify myself, because I'm willing to if that's what I need to do to remind you that this is IN FUN." And with that, he's off again, this time heading for a ramp. Uh-oh, Sky Lynx!

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> strikes Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Lamborghini Countach managed to tag himself a prime! For.. what little good it did! He's rolling on, a zippy little rubber ball bouncing from one taget to another! This time he's trying to park himself in Kup's truck bed!

Combat: Lamborghini Countach strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Ram attack!

Monster Truck <Monstereo> rights himself almost just in time for a shuttle to slam into him and send him tolling like a kicked can! ~tumblerumblebumblefumblehumble~ Well, at least he lands upright when he finally comes to a stop up against a dune side. His wobbling shox make creaky creaky noises until stablized. "Houston we have a problem..." The Monster Truck sounds bad but guns it anyway. With a burst of speed he takes a dune and climbs after the Shuttle. "All aboard! Last stop, Nepsa General Hospital..."

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> strikes Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Catch the last Shuttle (Ram) attack!

Combat: Monster Truck <Monstereo> falls to the ground, unconscious.

The tank engine exclaims, "Oh dear! The Junkion doesn't seem to know his own limits! How dreadful!"

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> is really flying high now! He is soaring on the winds with the sunshine lighting the sky supporting his.. ego? Nah.. well yes. The Lynx shuttle is feeling very full of himself at the moment. That is until the reddish-orange form of his leader somehow manages to find a dune ramp high enough (possibly on that mountain he just passed) and launches towards the shuttle. Lynx quickly dips, but not before getting the topside of his shuttle scraped by the underside of the winnebago. After the winnebago sails by he dips closer to the ground. This puts in in line of the flying monster truck. As the truck slams into his right side hull, he leaves a dent. But apparently not as big a dent as he leaves in himself - as the monster truck falls back to the ground motionless. Lynx is at a loss for words, having spent much time in his Lair with a crew of mechanics polishing the top and sides of his hull so they glowed with the light. With a quickly processed thought, he shuttle dives towards the ground, where the winnebago landed. "It is my turn, 'ol chap."

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> with his Ram attack!

Combat: Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> falls to the ground, unconscious.

Slag was going after rodimus but when he see Sky lynx take out Rodimus, he snarls and begins to run and leap to the shuttle. "ME SLAG SMASH YOU NOW!" He bellows as he tries to tackle the ship.

Cybertruck <Kup> is parked on, but not only that, Sunstreaker's front fender smashes his cab in! "Now, if *I* had a human riding in there, that would've killed him! I'm just saying!" He accelerates forward, building up speed as he approaches a ramp! However, he does not try and go off the ramp himself! Instead, he powerslides around, stopping just at the edge of the ramp, and he tries to use his momentum to send Sunstreaker flying off!

Kup can't resist a laugh when Rodimus goes down, either! "HAHAHAHA, oh that was great! SQUISH! Er, I mean, Marissa, are you ok?"

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Cybertronian Drill Tank <Nosecone> backs up on the ramp and then rushes forward, not really aiming. But a Dinobot just happens to wander into his path! With Rodimus and Monstereo dropping like flies, Nosecone knows that this is nearly over.

Flaming Winnebago <Rodimus> is knocked down and aside by Sky Lynx, taken out of the fight! Fortunately, Sky Lynx hit the wagon end, so someone sitting in the front end... say, Marissa... should probably be all right.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Marissa Faireborn is fairly safe in here, wearing her crash suit and her crash helmet and wearing her seatbelt. Really, surviving exploding vehicles is the second class every EDCer must take before graduating as a full agent.

"Why in the slag-pit would you let a human ri-" Sunstreaker begins to question tersely only to promptly be ejected from Kup's bed, making the geezer one of the few that would kick him out of bed without even having to be eating crackers. The landing is unkind, but survivable, leaving the battered lambo to zip on right after Nosecone!

Combat: Lamborghini Countach strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

Marissa Faireborn says, "Doing fine in here, Kup. Good luck in the rest of the match. I think Slag needs taking down a peg."

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> rams Rodimus into next weekend! The large shuttle craft returns the assault paid him to his leader. But he can't help but feel sorry. "Rodimus, 'ol chum. I do hope you are ok and can forgive me. After all.. as you said - this is for fun." As he climbs back through the air the Dinobot Slag once more charges at him, but can not catch up to his quick form. Turning around, he vectors back towards the ground to test his shuttle armor verse the more heavily armored Dinobot.

Combat: Sky Lynx sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> misses Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Fortress Maximus who had been off in the stands watching the whole time (really he has) rushes out between weaving cars, and trucks and space shuttle to haul Rodimus off the field. After all Rodimus has been making a habit of pulling Maximus to the medics so it's time to return the favor.

Slag growls as he was tried to be tackled twice! While Nosecone seemed to be already getting smashed, Slag focused on Sky Lynx, snarling and growling, half tempted to burn the shuttle out of the sky. "Stupid rules." He mutters as he runs up a ramp to try and slam ontop of the shuttle.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

O-Dat pops out of the Monster Truck tape deck and exits the vehicle. The lil' tapeformer then pushes the broke down truck off to the medics transport.

Cybertruck <Kup> races up towards Slag, trying to smash his leg! "Sorry, Slag, but I gotta do this to win!"

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> oofs as Sunstreaker slams into him. "Well, if you don't care about your paint job anymore, let me help you ruin the rest of it," he says. He pushes back, trying to smash into the Lambo.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> strikes Lamborghini Countach with his Ram attack!

Lamborghini Countach's slopped design make it a perfect little wedge.. to be run over by drilltank treads.. He's pushed down under the snow, roof caving, glass shattering! He's not going anywhere untill Nosecone trundles on off!

Combat: Lamborghini Countach takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> veers out of the way as Slag tries to gore him through with his horns as the shuttle flies by. He tries to make a note in his memory log to stay loftier in the air to avoid these land based attacks more. Banking around he redirects his flight pattern towards the old, cranky officer and his.. truck form.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Cybertruck <Kup> with his Ram attack!

Slag turns to Kup as he is struck in the leg, the leg denting. He growls as he moves his leg, trying to get the bent in the armor out of it, growling.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Cybertruck <Kup> is practically crushed by Sky Lynx! "Oh, great, fine, ok, I see, Sky Lynx, pickin' on the smaller mechs, right? Yeah, I see what yer doin', well, FRAG YOU!" He accelerates towards a half-loop ramp, trying to launch himself right at Sky Lynx's cockpit!

Combat: Kup sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> strikes Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Combat: Cybertruck <Kup> falls to the ground, unconscious.

The tank engine blows his whistle in mourning, "And that's another one down. Won't they be more careful with themselves?"

Cybertruck <Kup>'s battered body plops down into a snow bank. "F-frag you," he mutters to the tank engine.

For his part, the Drill Tank watches Kup basically splode himself while sitting waiting for his energon levels to raise again. He sighs.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

The tank engine blows an angry whistle at Kup. Krrr!

Lamborghini Countach rattles and clunks up out of the self-shapped trench. He was never big on survival instincts, and quite honsetly he can't really see right now! Thus the first moving blob he sees becomes a viable target.. big grey blob.. little red things stuck out of the front.. Aw hell, it's Slag!?

Combat: Lamborghini Countach misses Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> is ricocheting about the field - flying between and even through snow dunes at times to reach his targets! And to avoid them as well. But he gets blindsides as he heads through one of the snow dunes. Kup careens off of a ramp and into Lynx's shuttle cockpit. He smacks into the nose part mostly of soaring shuttle though. "Kup, no!" Lynx shouts being caught by surprise.. and watches as the cybertruck also falls to the ground motionless. Swerving around Lynx now laments having entered this competition as his comrades are falling all around him - because of him! This latest change in flight course puts him in line, however, with the yellow lambo - too close to pull up!

Combat: Sky Lynx sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> misses Lamborghini Countach with his Ram attack!

Slag growls as he watches Kup fall to. He then begins to try and run up another ramp, snarling and roaring as he aims his horned head for the space shuttle once again!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Once his power level is somewhat replenished, the Cybertronian Tank rolls forward again. He goes for Slag, since it's about time the Dinobot got smacked into again. He's aware of his own damage, but hopes he can hold on.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Lamborghini Countach couldn't hit a dinobot.. Again!? One blow to his self concious after another sends him rushing to the only comfort he has at the moment.. attempting to end it all in the vast and inviting space of Sky Lynx's hull. Sunstreaker veers for what looks like the easiest way to end it all!

Combat: Lamborghini Countach misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack! [Pulled -1]

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> begins to lazily fly about as he misses his fly-by charge at the yellow lambo. One of the others, Slag, tries to make another attempt to collide with the side of his hull. But the weight of the Dino is too much and he can't get airborne enough. So Lynx watches bewildered as Slag just plummets back to the ground. He watches once more as Sunstreaker launches himself into the air, but not high enough to reach him. Sighing inwardly to himself, he continues to just lazily fly around this round and not press an assualt on anyone.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Slag turns to the one who just hits him and begins to charge for the nosecone. He growls as he lowers his head to ram into the autobot!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

The Drill Tank got Slag's attention! And not the good kind of attention either. He turns to lunge forward at the Dinobot again, but with less effort. He's still pretty low on juice.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Techno-love-tap (Ram) attack! [Pulled -1]

Lamborghini Countach's tank is about to give out! Half-way up the ramp his drive just sort of dibbles off. Lacking in the area of momentum, Sunstreaker manages little more then a nancy jump from one snow dune to another. He takes a moment to get a charge back up..

Combat: Lamborghini Countach takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> changes air speed and plots a new course once again. He has made up his mind to stay in this battle. All-be-it not a real battle, but one that is worth winning none-the-less, and one that he is thoroughly enjoying for fun sake. His new vector is back towards the yellow lambo that failed to reach him last time. He takes a flight pattern that brings him in behind the car and throttles down preparing for the collision.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Lamborghini Countach with his Ram attack!

Slag growls as he gets hit. He shakes his triceratops head and growls at Nosecone. He lets out a mighty ROAR as he charges for the drill, intending to ram and smash into the autobot!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

And another one bites the dust. The Drill Tank knows he's in the top 3 at least. Now to concentrate on the one that rammed him last. Slag! He tries smacking into the Dinobot!

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack! [Pulled -2]

Combat: Lamborghini Countach falls to the ground, unconscious.

Catechism has disconnected.

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> dips the shuttle's nose and slams it into the rear bumper of Sunny. The lambo goes sailing through the air and lands motionless. Lynx once more sighs to himself. "This is not how I thought this Olympic competition would turn out.." But.. now that there are only three participants left he decides to make the best of it. A new course plotted and laid in.. Engage! towards the Dinobot!

Combat: Sky Lynx sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack! Slag gets slammed twice. He snarls and shakes his dinobot head and goes to charge at Nosecone, in a blind rage as he tries to smash that autobot down before Skylynx decides to get interested in him again.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack! [Pulled -2]

Nosecone's hit again! So he perserveres against the Dinobot. It's goona be either either one of them that goes down, eventually! Sooner, rather than later, hopefully.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack! [Pulled -2]

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> vectors up to the air once more as the other two participants to this fight ram each other. He takes up a circling flight pattern to observe them below.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Slag growls at Nose cone but is unable to really do anything, trying to regain the energon to smash again. "ME slag going smash you!" Is all he can do.

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

The Drill Tank decides to ram Sky Lynx while the Shuttle and the Dino take a breather! He's focused on Slag enough for now, he thinks.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack!

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> veers back down to the ground below as the Cybertronian Drill tank tries to launch itself up into the air. Fortunately, like the Dino, the Drill tank simply weighs too much to get too airborne and just flops back to the ground. He plots a course back towards the Dino.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> with his Ram attack!

Combat: Mecha-Triceratops <Slag> falls to the ground, unconscious.

The Drill Tank sighs in relief as Slag finally goes down. Now it's just him and Sky Lynx...and no telling who would finish whom! He tries to get a good head of steam built up for another ram.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack! [Pulled -2]

Slag has disconnected.

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> careens heavily into the armored skin of the Dinobot.. and you hear an audible 'Owww' coming from the shuttle. But now it is down to the last two.. and the shuttle veers towards the Drill Tank.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

Combat: You are very aware that your life is in danger!

The Drill Tank is smacked into again! Ow, that hurt. Really. Nosecone groans and weakly tries to reverse and then slam into Sky Lynx.

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> misses Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> with his Ram attack! [Pulled -2]

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> swerves and crashes through some more snow banks and dunes in a haste to get away from the nasty Drill of the tank. Once clear, the shuttle veers around once more on a collision course with the tank.

Combat: Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> strikes Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> with his Ram attack!

Combat: Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> falls to the ground, unconscious.

Cybertronian Drill <Nosecone> x.x

The Drill Tank is finally bested. Well, it's no surprise, as Sky Lynx is hella tough. He slumps there, waiting to get dragged off the field for repairs. Where's O-Dat when you need him?

Monstereo moves south to the Nepsa Downtown.

Monstereo has left.

Space Shuttle <Sky Lynx> flies back up into the air having knocked out his last opponent. He takes no pride in this victory, though, as since it was over his own comrades. He flies lazily back to the Med-Tent for repairs.