| Cybertron War Games: Thymesis Mining Facility 1-1 | |
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| Date of Scene: | 03 November 2018 |
| Location: | Thymesis Mining Facility |
| Synopsis: | Autobots and Decepticons battle for control of Thymesis Mining Facility on Luna-2. |
| Cast of Characters: | Buzzsaw, Deadlock, Knockout, Hyperdrive, Rotorstorm, Starlock |
- Deadlock has posed:
Thymesis Mining Facility, the place where Megatron's rare spark was found many eons ago. It's kind of a wonder that it's still in operation, continuing to milk Luna-2's energon supply--or what's left of it by now. It's no longer operated by mining personnel, but is mostly fully automated.
Throughout the war, Autobots and Decepticons have been fighting back and forth over its waning resources, although at the moment the Decepticons have managed to establish a measure of control over it, since the Autobots had recently pulled forces elsewhere. But now, the Bots are refocusing their efforts and are back in greater numbers, and the Cons are struggling to hold their ground. Some of the empty mining shafts make for good cover, however...
That's where Deadlock is currently holed up, trying to keep out of the laser fire. He pops out whenever the gunfire lessens at least a little bit, this time trying to get a bead one of the Autobot fliers--it looks kind of like Vortex from afar. Not as dark-colored, or something...
- Buzzsaw has posed:
When something absolutely, positively has to be monitored and tracked without much worry or otherwise being disturbed, you call in Buzzsaw. The sneaky bird is, likewise, keeping himself in the air and overall just watching the ground for movement, carefully relaying things back to his own team insofar as targets of opportunity...
Because that's always the best way to go about it. Let the 'minions' handle the heavy lifting while you point and direct... right?
But that also doesn't mean holding back anything, either...and he's quite happy to pick his... well, victim for the evening. All in good time.
- Knockout has posed:
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of places Knockout would rather be. If he had his way, they would be fighting somewhere else. Somewhere less cramped, less dirty, somewhere with enough open space that he could transform and run circles around the Autobots...
But alas, this is all he has, and so he works with what he's got, scowling and thinking grouchy thoughts all the while. He opens fire on the encroaching Autobots, taking his irritation out on them.
- Rotorstorm has posed:
Luna-2! A lot of time has passed since Rotorstorm was lucky enough to go off planet. Aka, this is like the second time he's seen one of the moons. But who cares! He gets to fight 'Cons and take back some important real estate, and so what if a loss here means he probably won't be able to come back for....well. A while.
Just gotta win, then he can pop off-planet whenever he wants. Yeah.
Except it's not as easy as he'd hoped - it's never as easy as he hopes - and while flying over the contested area in copter mode, he's nearly hit by laserfire from one of the old mining shafts that had explicitly been labelled as empty. Veering in the air, Rotorstorm manages to avoid being hit, and makes a wide turn in order to circle back and fire upon the row of mine shafts he thinks his attacker is hiding in.
(Also, he is so much prettier than Vortex, excuse!!!)
- Starlock has posed:
Well this was one way to get field experience, being actually on the field! Was also Starlock's first time off planet, unfortunately she had no time to explain, and instead she was internally screaming, as everything had started, specially considering there where now Con's crawling all over the place.
She'd peek into the mine shaft, and open fire.
"Fraaaag."
- Hyperdrive has posed:
Hyperdrive is having a blast trying to stay on the moon with the different gravity. His hovercar mode is quick but it requires a bit more control as he has to both repel and and try and reverse the polarity when he goes too high. WHich would be alot more fun if he wasn't being shot at by Knockout. "HEY! That's not very nice." But they have a job to do, so he tries ignoring the con for the moment and speeding directly at the target, shooting his weapons.
- Deadlock has posed:
Deadlock curses as he misses the chopper guy, and not only that, the shaft partially collapses on him when Rotorstorm returns fire. "Frag it all to the pits!" Fortunately, he manages to get out of there before it crushes him completely, but the falling debris puts some serious dents in his armor. Of course, now he's out in the open and vulnerable. But he'd be slagged if he didn't take advantage of the position, at least. He pulls out a more accurate weapon this time and takes aim toward the sky once more.
- Buzzsaw has posed:
Kill the medic. That sounds like a fair enough idea. Although...then there's that silly little hoverspeeder that needs to be dealt with... Or, he could just...point, and let another take the shot.
Indeed, that sounds like a fair enough idea. He goes back to the medic. A moral blow which needs to be dealth.
<<Information coming in, Knockout... Execute with extreme prejudice. I'd love to hear this one scream in pain.>>
- Knockout has posed:
Knockout screeches as gunfire hits him square in the face. "You! You'll PAY for that! All of you will!"
Making use of the information gained from Buzzsaw, he goes charging out into the open, and tries to return the favor to the enemy medic.
- Rotorstorm has posed:
Ha! He sure did hit that Decepticon, if the way the 'former runs for the hills is any indication. But he's got more pressing matters, which means Rotorstorm can't focus on melting Deadlock into slag. Shifting his weight, he turns and focuses on the automated defensive unit blocking their way. He'll help with the actual 'Cons in a minute.
- Starlock has posed:
"<<Frag! Fraggity, frag-frag!>>"
Was the only thing that came in over her comme, as she booked it over to get out of range, Least he was distracted! Goal Achieved!..Sort of, welp best to make good on this.
"Bring it Burn Blast!!" She'd tauntingly call out with a hysterically panicked laugh.
- Hyperdrive has posed:
Hyperdrive is avoiding the shots of the decepticons as he zips along like the annoying little hovercar that he is. But after what looks to be a nonsensical bit of moving back and forth, he purposely follows Rotorstorm's run so that he gets right up to the city. He quickly drops a present and coms his friends. <<FITH!>> The hovercar now tries to get away from the city like his tail is on fire. <<FIRE IN THE HOLE!>>. Hyperdrive had been tinkering with a new sort of explosive. He knew it was going to be stronger than his flashbangs and possibly even stronger than his grenades. Well. This seems like a good time to try it.
- Deadlock has posed:
When Rotorstorm doesn't continue his aerial onslaught, Deadlock immediately heads for cover in one of the trenches behind the mining station's processing facility. He really isn't in good shape...it seems he hadn't gotten the chance to get fully repaired since the last firefight here. Well, that's just par for the course--it's war. "Frag," he mutters again, trying to regain his bearings.
- Buzzsaw has posed:
Buzzsaw leaves Knockout to do his...thing, and turns attention to the next target on his list. Hmm...right, right. The annoying one that looks too much like Vortex. That'll be an interesting one to change.
He zeroes in, optics locking in and analyzing a few things... <<I'm going to rip that one up in a moment. Please, keep Rotorstorm distracted.>>
- Knockout has posed:
Knockout realizes that he's made some severe errors in judgement. "You're UGLY!" he yells at Starlock, and dives back behind cover. From his spot of relative safety, he does as Buzzsaw asks, and shoots off a few rounds at Rotorstorm.
- Rotorstorm has posed:
<<"Starlock, watch my back!">> Because apparently he's under attack by...well. Most of the 'Cons in the field. He would've asked Hyperdrive instead of their one medic, if not for whatever just happened with Hyper's last attack. As he rolls, rotors biting the air when he fights to right himself, Knockout's fire streaks past him. SUCK IT.
<<"Hyperdrive, mech, if you can, focus on that thing they've got guarding the facility. If we take that out, we've got 'em!">>
- Starlock has posed:
Up! Distraction has been voided, time to take advantage! She was going to regret this, she could feel it... Siege is likely not going to be happy about the injuries she'll sustain from this, it was all she could think of... Least she'll make it back! Least she hopes..
"Mean like your FACE?!"
She'll call in response, yep she needed to focus on that soft spot.
"<<Working On it!>>" She'd call over the Radio to Rotorstorm.
- Hyperdrive has posed:
Hyperdrive watches the beautiful explosion and grins. Okay..he might have to try making one of those again. He listens to the radio chatter and acknowledges, <<been tryin to. I'm just glad I didn't get flipped off of the moon with that.>> He spins around and sees the bigger picture...well maybe the only way through might be brute force. SO the little hovercar that could Speeds directly toward the mark and raises his forcefield to keep himself from crushing himself into a pulp.
- Buzzsaw has posed:
Buzzsaw banks, angles, and dives. The plating on the leading edge of his wings slides back, exposing impossibly sharp blades as he clicks his beak in rapt anticipation.
Anticipation of the taste of energon.
Anticipation of that feeling of ripping through metal.
Anticipation of hearing the scream of pain that's due to come... His audio recording systems are even already running to capture the sounds of it all as he aims right for center mass.
Indeed, Rotorstorm is about to learn just why Buzzsaw bears that name.
- Deadlock has posed:
Deadlock manages to recollect himself quickly, though he is still looking pretty rough. Still, Hyperdrive's bombs have drawn his attention, as they are doing some serious damage to Thymesis' defenses. Though they are still standing, some of the Cons' temporary barricades are coming down. << Focus fire on that bomber! >> he shouts over the comms, and does so himself.
- Knockout has posed:
Knockout isn't having a good day. He's just adding more and more things to his list of things he regrets, and newest on that list is "going after Hyperdrive." Muttering curses, he goes after the Hoverspeeder, gun blazing.
- Rotorstorm has posed:
Frag. Rotorstorm doesn't scream when Buzzsaw's blades bite into his frame, but there's certainly a screech of metal on metal. Rolling away from the attack, energon coursing from his wound and sliding along his plating to fall upon the ground below like rain, Rotors does his best to steel himself. He deletes the alerts popping up on his HUD, telling him of the damage. This is nothing. Simanzi was worse. He can keep going.
Except, as he fires again on the turret protecting the Decepticon territory, he remembers his teammates, even as he tries to circle around and avoid Buzzsaw. <<"Starlock! Watch Hyperdrive! I think they're focusing on him!">>
- Starlock has posed:
"Scrap." She'd curse to herself, she has two pistols, should she split fire? Or keep focusing.. She needed to at least get ONE down before she could move onto the next.. Right Time to do something stupid.
She'd rush full force at Knock Out, her gun's retracting and she'd pull her twin blades from their holsters.
- Hyperdrive has posed:
Hyperdrive gets struck by both Knockout and Deadlock. He ends up transforming after crashing from the dual assault and calls out to his team. Okay it's probably not considered his team but he'll try andmake sure they're protected. <<Ow....Don't worry about me, Cover yer sensors!>> So they wanna play with the little guy? Let's see what they think of this!
- Buzzsaw has posed:
Buzzsaw angles up sharply to regain altitude after the dive, opting not to pick the small bits of metal and such from his wings, but instead traps them there by closing the protective shielding over the blades themselves. It's a move that sees Hyperdrive's shot go wide...but he doesn't seem to care, nor even bother noticing. He has other things in mind and little time to bother with...well, the maltimed shots of lesser mechs.
His sensors don't leave the battle as he picks up altitude he lets his targeting systems lock on and program the fuses to his explosive rounds. <<Stand by, strike incoming. HE, small caliber.>>
There's a rapid succession of *THWOOMP* sounds from his sled as the guided mortars are launched towards the Autobots below.
- Knockout has posed:
Knockout has no idea what just hit him and he's probably not going to find out for a while. All he sees is static. He blunders about, feeling around blindly for anything that he can hide behind - and the first large, solid thing he finds, he cowers behind... ahem, uses as cover, while he tries to patch up the worst of the punishment he's taken.
- Deadlock has posed:
"Argh!" Deadlock gets a flashbang to his face, causing all his sensors to go haywire. Hopefully, someone knocked that guy with the grenades down! But he can't tell just yet. Still, that doesn't stop him from just firing blindly in all directions from his arm cannons, hoping to hit -some- Autobot somewhere.
- Rotorstorm has posed:
Son of a glitch! Rotorstorm's systems fritz when he's hit, AGAIN, by Buzzsaw's attack. His rotors sieze, then spin, then sieze again, and he's forced transform midair, slamming to the ground in root mode. That doesn't help his injuries at all. <<"Starlock,">> he hisses, dragging himself behind the nearest cover, his target that damn defense unit. He won't give up now. <<"If you can, I could use some repairs.">> And while he waits, he aims, and he fires.
- Starlock has posed:
Everything, every alarm in her was going off, she was now dripping enegon from the newly inflicted wound, this all hurt.. Well, if she was going to go down, best to do it, be doing what she did best, and not use it on herself.
And in fact, there was her calling. She'd staggeringly, charged towards Rotorstorm, going into a slide into his hiding spot.
- Hyperdrive has posed:
Hyperdrive is hurting but he's got to keep going. They don't have much time left before they need to either take over the city of pull out. SO the young mech radios, <stay down...I'm just gonna start strafin....> This will allow his Starlock to work on Rotorstorm. Now if only everyone would line up neatly so he could shoot them all.
- Knockout has posed:
Knockout hears gunfire hit disturbingly close, too close for his liking. Thankfully, none of it hits him. He remains hidden behind cover - it seems to be working for him so far - while he tries to figure out his next move and wait for all the static in his optics to clear.
- Buzzsaw has posed:
Buzzsaw huffs... it's a page right out of Blast Off's book, really, and one which is warranted as he watches the chaos below, deftly rolling to the side as another blast shoots by him without effect.
And then...well, he just keeps pushing a bit, taking time to analyze the scene below before arming up another shot and pushing the one target that, well...is perhaps more a blow to morale than true battlefield effectiveness.
For the most part.
Though even his own systems are forcing a more muted effort. Symbolism is swapped into the place of...well, bloodshed.
Pity.
- Deadlock has posed:
Deadlock's systems start to clear back up, and he dives for cover as soon as it does, but Hyperdrive's strafing run wrecks his armor even further. Now he's in even worse shape than he was before. As much as he hates to admit it, he knows he won't be of much further use out here--not in this condition! "Slag..." he mutters as he transforms and prepares to book it back toward the nearest Decepticon outpost. << Knockout, Buzzsaw--I'm pulling out. Hold the line! Don't let them gain any more ground! >>
- Rotorstorm has posed:
Huddling behind the cover he's chosen, Rotorstorm shoots Starlock a relieved, tired smile when she appears. Ignore how his rotors tremble, how his armor is cracked, how he looks a lot like Siegebreaker in this moment, like he's on the verge of breaking down. Just focus on that smile. "Hey, thanks for helping me out," he says as she works. Peeking around the edge of the wall they're hiding behind, he squints at the landscape ahead. "I think Hyperdrive could use some help, too. We might need to retreat; I'll take care of covering you, if you can drag him out of there."
- Starlock has posed:
Starlock smiled at Rotorstorm, only to let out a whimper of pain as Buzzsaw's shots scorch her back, likely covering Rotorstorm from any of the shots with her small frame, she was straining her voice, as to not give those cons any kind of pleasure from her pain.
Her vision blurring, she quickly slapped on her commlink, her voice starting to fade and stutter, she was low on energon and conciseness, those over the comme could likely hear both her internal alarms going off.
"<<G-Guys.. I-I'mmm going to go down..>>"
Just to all but confirm Rotostorm's suggestion, she'd nod though at what Rotostorm said, they needed to get Hyperdrive out, and with out question or Roto anytime to reply she jumped from cover and transformed. and SPED full force at Hyperdrive.
"<<Hyperdrive... you better be ready to jump on!>>"
- Hyperdrive has posed:
Hyperdrive looks at the mess they are in. THis is NOT going well. His own body is giving him tons of warnings. He goes through his little pile of weapons and combines a few things and adds a few parts from himself that will probably cause issues later if he doesn't get them replaced. But for right now, he's hoping to make a bigbadbahdaBOOM. <<Okay guys, I'm goin in and I'm hopin I get out in time. This is not going to be a very nice pop....Starlock, I'll try and synch up with ya but if I fall behind don't approach until after the boom!>> He transforms and drops the new present. <<Starlock turn around NOW, This isn't going to be pretty and I---SKKKKKT--*>> The bomb explodes. But does the dashing hero escape unscathed?
- Deadlock has posed:
Hyperdrive's explosives detonate against the outer defenses, blowing a large hole and sending a good section of it tumbling to the ground, however, the structure as a whole stays intact, and drones immediately swarm around it to start trying to rebuild it even as more incoming fire comes flying.
But it looks like the Autobots have run out of time! The Cons' defensive line falls back slightly, but reinforcements suddenly appear on the horizon in the form of several squadrons of aerial units. It will be mere seconds before they are on top of the Autobots, and with Bot forces running low on fuel this would be a losing battle.
- Buzzsaw has posed:
Buzzsaw watches as defenses settle in and 'holding' is fairly well secured... and clicks his beak in aggitation. <<I don't know how you managed to do it, but you held. Congratulations. Get fixed up and have your systems calibrated... there were far too many mistakes made.>>
- Knockout has posed:
Knockout starts to respond to Buzzsaw, and thinks better of it. He's too tired and hurty for an argument. All he wants to do is go back to his workshop and relax for a while.
"Hooray for us," he mutters sourly, leaning against the thing he'd been using as cover. What a day.
- Rotorstorm has posed:
Welp. On to his retreat idea. <<"Starlock! Hyperdrive! We can't take this right now; we've gotta go back!">> Darting out from where he'd been hiding, Rotorstorm books it...then stops, looking back, to make sure his fellow Autobots retreat safely. He'll cover them as best he can, once they've passed him. He doesn't even really aim to hit anything; he just needs to distract long enough for them all to escape. Then they can regroup and hit the place again.
- Starlock has posed:
by some Primus miracle, she was able to outrun the blast, unfortunately she was now out in the open.
"<<P-P-Pick up w-w-wouuld be a a-appreciated.>>" She'd call over the radio, before changing frequencies.
"<<Hyperd-d-d-d-dive where are-are you?>>"
She'd grunt in her dazed state, she felt ready to collapse, transforming back as to not do so in her Alt-mode, she'd chime on the radio once more. "<<H-heavy injuries e-ensure m-m-medbay isssh on stand b-by-by.>>"
- Buzzsaw has posed:
For the Bots, there's some glorious 'recovery' en route. The roar of engines, the magnificent reflection of Cybertron's nearby stars on highly polished paint... and of course the chatter over the radio telling a story about the time there was an urgent need for evacuation from Praxxis and he was on-site far faster than any cared to admit before single-handedly saving the battle as well as the bots on-site.
Yes, yes, it is indeed Sky Lynx, and the shuttle-mech almost dares the Decepticons to get too close to his teeth as he settles down near the Autobot forces, passenger bay opening up and a ramp dropping down to offer pick-up while he continues to babble on...
And on...
...and on....
...and on....