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Communications Hub #3

Megatron decided to keep the message short and to the point, not wanting to reveal too much information even to his most trusted warriors in Polyhex.

We have encountered resistance in Kaon. Expect it to be resolved shortly. However, some reinforcements would be appreciated. Medical and technical staff especially.

He signed off my providing the coordinates of the communications station, then looked over at Reverb and Relay.

"You may transmit when ready."
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Foundry

As 'Stratus' flailed, attempting, it seemed, to adjust his original grip for something more effective against such a massive bulk, Jaggor shifted, too, and grabbed his foe by both upper arms with the intention of pulling both said limbs off by brute force.

He observed that 'Stratus' was trying to say something and sneered: "You wish to surrender?"

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"Any time you're ready, Reverb," Relay assured his fellow techie and then nodded, with a smile, at Megatron.
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Foundry

Rampage crashed head-first into the mangled mess that was Jaggor and `Stratus´, caught in the momentum of his long distance leap.

Razorclaw, on the other hand, continued on, again concentrating on his beast senses. He heard the sound of a moving object deeper in the tunnels, probably some sort of transport vehicle. He started to run into that general direction as fast as his wounded leg would allow him.

He also send a short-range transmission to Acid Storm:

"If you really think catching our prey would be that easy, stay where you are. If you have the instincts of a warrior, you´ll know what to do!". Razorclaw was in no mood for prolonged conversation, now that it looks as if his wound would perhaps allow his prey to escape...
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(OOC: @Classicor- Detour was not fighting 'Stratus', so Rampage can't crash into him. I'm assuming you meant Jaggor?)

Foundry

Misfire trudged in after making sure no more clones would ambush them. The sight was chaotic. The Targetmaster saw Razorclaw trying to attack something, and transformed into jet mode, rocketing off towards the Predacon leader... "Need a lift?"

Detour, for his part, opened fire on 'Stratus', his shots pinging off the larger mech's armour.
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Near Kolkular

Blackjack and his convoy trudged towards Veteran's hospital slowly...
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Foundry

"Stratus" tried to throttle the life out of Jaggor at the same time he mouthed

"Save me, can't surrender can't fight the programming."
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Communications Hub #3

Reverb tapped a few buttons on his console, encoding the message into a dozen redundant streams before compressing them into a data packet. Then he nodded to Relay and said, "All ready here. I'm transmitting...now."
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Foundry

Acid Storm followed Razorclaw out the door without a moment's hesitation, trusting the Predacon's hunter's instincts -- especially since they coincided with his own sense that something was distinctly wrong.
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Foundry

Detour revved his engines and shot off after Acid Storm. The jet-mode Misfire, for his part, opened fire at Stratus' transport, though most of his shots went wide, slamming into the surrounding area.
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Communications Hub #3

A reply would soon appear on their consoles, bringing dire news from Polyhex.

Greetings, Lord Megatron, this is Laserbeak. It is great news to see you up and running. The Constructicons have been revived, but we have been assaulted by Imperials, who are trying to break into Operations as we speak. Our troops are handling a breakout caused by the Imperials and some sort of time-lost creature in the medbay. We will send reinforcements as soon as the situation is quelled.

(OOC: I'm assuming those at Darkmount, or at least Laserbeak would receive the message. If it's wrong, then edit as desired. :))
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Near the underground factory

Tantrum exited stasis lock in a semi-repaired state, thanks to some unknown medi-bot. (possibly Misfire, I'm not sure who's job it is here) "Grrraaaarrr" Tantrum groaned. "That spark-slagger Overkill is gonna' get it if me can find him." "Hmmm, where fighting go?" "Where leader, Razorclaw, go?" "Grrr, must find fighting, must DESTROY!" Tantrum began to raise himself up, finding that fairly difficult he elected to transform and attempt to find other Decepticons. (ooc: did Headstrong's fight end? I've read through almost everything and it seems to have stopped when his opponent began to aim at him.)
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Foundry

Something crashed into the struggling pair and they staggered, but they both held on, striving for the upper hand, paying little attention to what was happening around them.

Jaggor was not the easiest mecha to attempt a choke-hold on; the articulated plates protecting his major cranial fuel and processing lines were heavier than the norm and his pseudo-spine was constructed to match his body. Unbelievable as it was, though, he could feel 'Stratus'' desperate grip beginning to impress finger-marks into the metal.

"Fool! You are no match for me!" Jaggor grated, baring his sharp, fang-like teeth and exerting his considerable strength. 'Stratus' must be feeling his shoulder joints beginning to tear...

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The tide of swirling chrome plated the Overbite unit's feet and left splashes up to the knees. Dark Walk cowered in the store room, his initial terror subsiding as the tide subsided, and assessed the 'damage' through his captive shell's optics. He could hear the sounds of continued fighting, but, caught up in his own mental darkness, made no move towards the action.

However, he did react when he detected the sound of heavy footfalls coming towards him from beyond the far wall cut through by Acid Storm.

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"Good work!" Relay called to Reverb. "Stand by for a reply, yes? The equipment here is struggling, but Darkmount's will be fully operational and I don't expect much delay!"
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Communications Hub #3

Vindicator looked at the message from Polyhex, he had not expected there to be any fighting, but considering the fact that the Decepticons were in a war with themselves he was not surprise.

At least the Constructicons are online again, they will certainly help to stop this situation.

Vindicator then looked at Megatron.
" My Lord, do you think the fighting at Polyhex is Gigatron's doing? What should our next course of action be since reinforcements may not arrive for some time?" Vindicator asked.
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(OOC: I don't think the fight ever ended, so you can assume whatever you'd like about how things fell out.)

Communications Hub #3

Megatron pondered the information gleaned from the transmission, and Vindicator's question that followed it even more.

"Right now," he said to the other Decepticon, "it doesn't matter. We're in no position to help them, and it doesn't sound like they can help us either. And frankly, if Laserbeak of all people is the only one available to respond to us I suspect things are even worse than they've let on. We'll simply have to deal with the situation in Kaon on our own."

To Relay he asked, "Can we reply? And how long do you think we'll be able to keep up the link?"
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Communications Hub #3

"You may send an immediate response, Lord Megatron," Relay said, quite unconsciously picking up on Vindicator's use of the honorific. "I can hold the system stable for at least a demi-breem, but then, I'm sorry, I will have to bring it down for further works."

He glanced to Reverb.

"Maybe I was over-optimistic considering the damage, but, with your help, my friend, we could manage to replace the transceiver array and put the tower into full use in about nine cycles. Ah, providing there are spare transceiver plug-ins on site?"
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Veteran's Hospital

Blackjack's little convoy reached Veteran's hospital. "Now, boys, this will be our temporary base until we can find a proper fortress to replace Kolkular." Blackjack said to the assembled Decepticons. "Zephyr, protect the supplies with your life. Galestorm, follow me."

Blackjack and Galestorm, acting as bodyguard, entered Veteran's hospital. "Stormfire, Solder!" Blackjack said to the two mechs, waving. "We're going to take this as our temporary base. How's Overkill?"
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Foundry

(ooc: Yes, I meant Jaggor, I have edited the post accordingly :) )

Rampage felt the impact as he hit Jaggor and ´Stratus´, but was unable to actually move the pair. The Predacon started to tear at Stratus´ legs with his claws and fangs (while still trying to hold on to his prey), the only part of the body he could access without having Jaggor in the way...

Razorclaw arrived at the tunnel thorugh which Stratus transport was speeding away. Oh no, I won´t let you get away this time; I may be slower than usual, but now that I´m on your track, I WILL hunt you down!

With that, the Predacon leader made best speed following the transport...
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Outside the Factory (lets assume that he won the fight and wondered off half dazed)

"Snort Snort" "I smell Decepticons" Headstrong looked up and noticed a winged bot perched on some debris. "ENEMY!"
"Relax Headstrong, It's just me" said Divebomb (ooc: who I assume won his dogfight with Red 2) "If I were one of Gigatron's traitors you'd be toast, instead of just being confused, heh heh" Divebomb landed and transformed. "In case you're interested the action has moved inside the factory."
Still unsure as to whether or not Divebomb is who he says he is, Headstrong got up and transformed into robot mode and began to listen for other sounds. Off in the distance he heard several footsteps. "ENEMY!" This time Headstrong knew he was right.
Divebomb looked in the general direction Headstrong was facing. "That's just Tantrum." "HEY TANTRUM!, OVER HERE!" he called out. Tantrum heard the voice of his comrade and hurried over to them. "where leader go?" he asked. ""Razorclaw went inside with Rampage" Divebomb said. They then decided to head into the factory, and look for some action.
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Veterans' Hospital

"Eh? What?" Solder leapt to his feet, startled by Blackjack's voice, which sounded so very loud in that wide open foyer. He had been on his knees, with Overkill still in one hand, examining the trail of oil drops which led away from the centrally-located, rubbish heaped reception desk.

Stormfire grinned a greeting. "Shh - you'll wake the dead," he cautioned, striding over to meet the incomers. "Or, at least, the drugged."

There were a fair number of mechs sprawling against the walls, just as Transcan and Transmission had observed earlier when they had brought Ransack in for treatment on Megatron's orders. Stormfire had taken the time to do a cursory check and found, to his distaste, that several had been left to rust where they deactivated.

"We've not found anyone to help us, let alone Overkill," Stormfire went on. "The place isn't deserted - plain enough! - but something's wrong..."
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Communications Hub #3

"Carry on, then, Laserbeak," Megatron said. "Once the situation in Kaon is resolved I'll be in touch again." He paused, then added, "Tell Soundwave and Astrotrain that I'll want to have a word with them as soon as I return."

He made a gesture to Reverb that suggested he was done, and the technician nodded in return. "Encoding that...there we go. I've sent it."

After that was done, Reverb swivelled his chair toward Relay and said, "Spare? Not so much. All of our spare parts were stored under lock and key in Kolkular, so..." He shrugged. "Then again, we're called 'Communications Hub #3' for a reason." He turned to Megatron. "My Lord, what of the other two?"

"Hub #1 was reduced to a cinder," Megatron told him, his voice showing that he wasn't at all amused with whoever had done it. "Hub #2 found itself on the wrong end of a massive electrical surge."

"Well...we might be able to salvage something at #2," Reverb said. "That is, if we can borrow your bodyguard." He nodded toward Vindicator.

Megatron was about to bark out indignantly that he needed no bodyguard, but after a moment's consideration of the idea he just nodded and said, "Absolutely. Vindicator, escort them to where they need to go."

For a moment Megatron looked like he was going to walk out then and there, but he seemed to think better of it. "Relay, can we manage one last transmission to Blackjack before you disconnect?"
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Foundry Tunnels

Acid Storm arrived only moments after Razorclaw did. He saw the Predacon cat chasing down what looked like a monorail car of some sort. He wasn't quite sure why, but given the feline's dogged determination to catch their enemy, it only made sense that the object of Acid Storm's vendetta was aboard.

With little regard for his own wellbeing, Acid Storm ignited his foot thrusters at maximum burn and took off after the car, aiming to slam into it fists-first and knock it off the rail.

"Die, Stratus!"
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Communications Hub #3

"Yes, my Lord." was the simple reply from Laserbeak to Megatron.
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Foundry

Misfire opened fire with his lasers, aiming to derail the car. "You go, Seeker!" the Targetmaster said when Acid Storm attacked the car.

Detour, lacking the thrusters of Misfire and Acid Storm, and noticeably less agile than Razorclaw, lagged behind the group, even with his car mode's powerful engine. He opened fire as a futile gesture at Stratus' car.
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Veteran's Hospital

Blackjack grunted as Solder and Stormfire informed them of their situation. "Great. Just great... Galestorm, Fumarole, you two search the area. Find anyone who can help us. The rest of you, secure the area to make it our base."

Turning to Zephyr, Blackjack whispered, "Watch him." pointing at Solder, "Megatron will have all our heads if he escapes. If asked, say you're watching Overkill."

The gray-hued Seeker nodded and strode off.
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Communications Hub #3

Relay, starting to feel drained by his connection to the equipment bank, was more than happy that Reverb had proposed raiding other Hubs for spares with Vindicator as extra support; he might find some Energon on the way. Wearily, he was about to disconnect when Megatron asked for one more transmission, but mechfully answered, "I can keep this active for a fractal, my Lord. Please go ahead."
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Communications Hub #3

Vindicator listened to the conversation between the technicians and Megatron.

All things considered he didn't like the idea of having to search for parts to the communications equipment, or leaving Megatron and the communications equipment alone for that matter. Though he knew Megatron was fully capable of defending the equipment and himself , he would not make the same mistake Reverd did in suggestion his master was weak.

Although he did not give any expression to suggest it, he found it quite amusing how close Reverb had come to feeling the full wrath of Megatron's temper.

Not being one to question his master's orders he turned to Megatron and replied "I will find the equipment we need My Lord."

"Reverb I am ready to leave when you are." said Vindicator.
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