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The dawn arrives and you are awoken to the sounds of the forest. The fluttering of bird’s feathers taking flight and the sporadic cries echo in the stoic woods. You stretch from your evenings rest; part of you wants to remain asleep considering how long you were out setting up your equipment. Emerging from your den to take a quick look of your surroundings; nothing to report and nothing that seems out of the ordinary. No sign of Rattrap either. You haven’t been on your own since you emerged from your stasis pod. A strange sensation.

The other Maximal’s didn’t say exactly when Rattrap would show up, so it looks like you’ve got the morning for yourself.

What would you like to do?

>Morning reconnaissance patrol of the area.
>Turn on the array and do a sensor sweep; see if anyone’s in the area (friend and foe)
>Contact the Axalon and see when Rattrap will be arriving
>Scout towards the west, maybe you can find a Predacon to play with.
>Write In

>>1802363
>>Turn on the array and do a sensor sweep; see if anyone’s in the area (friend and foe)

We got it we might as well use it.

If we don't see anyone then

>Morning reconnaissance patrol of the area.

Take a walk around the place, get used to our territory.

>>1802363
>>Turn on the array and do a sensor sweep; see if anyone’s in the area (friend and foe)

>Morning reconnaissance patrol of the area.

Alrightly give me a 1d100 plz

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>1802428

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>1802428

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>1802428

>>1802443
>>1802444
>>1802469

Oh this ain't looking good...

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>Turn on the array and a do a sensor sweep; see if anyone’s in the area (friend or foe)
>Morning reconnaissance patrol the area

You walk over to the array. “Activate. User: Warpath.”

The tower powers up and its display screen lights up. You recall Rhinox’s instructions for beginning a sector scan sweep.

“SYSTEM SCAN COMMENCING....SCANNING…NO ENERGY SIGNATURES DETECTED”

Hmm, all’s quiet in the forest today. Well minus the array’s computer. Going to have to lower the volume on this thing. Still you would’ve liked to see if there were any Predacons to get the drop on.

“Computer: end scan. Return to standby mode.”

“ACKNOWLEDGED.”

The system returns to its powered down setting and you look around. It’s bright and early, might as well take a quick stroll of the region. Beats sitting on your ass waiting for the rat.

You head out towards the edge of the woods where your most of the sensors are located, remaining obscured behind the trees to avoid any lingering eyes if any Predacons had entered the region after you shut down the array. The only sounds are that of the life of the planet and the whisper of the wind. You can feel the animal inside you beckoning you to run across the plains, pass the wood.
Do you indulge this feeling?

>Lets go on the hunt (run into the plains)
>No, I don’t want to be too far if Rattrap shows up
>Maybe later, lets finish this patrol
>Write in

>>1802510
>>Maybe later, lets finish this patrol

>>1802510
>No, I don’t want to be too far if Rattrap shows up
>Maybe later, lets finish this patrol

Got to wait for Rattrap, the energon is too important to be left completely unguarded.

Voting closed. Writing

>Maybe later, let’s finish this patrol

You shake off the feeling and the urge to roam. You’ve got a job to do and that takes priority.

You head south first; you’ll be doing north later so it’s for the best to look over the south for now. You don’t have any of your traps set up here so you’ll need to patrol this area more frequently.

The trip so far has been quiet. Whatever the Preds are up to, they’re not doing it here. Atleast from what you can tell. You scan the distant horizon to the south and south west. Judging from the cloud formations, it looks like there might be a storm rolling through or atleast some rain. Maybe it’ll swing up this way, you’re not quite sure.

For all intents and purpose the southern region looks clear. Where would you like to resume your patrol?

>Let's head east, maybe we'll run into Rattrap on his way here
>Head north, secure the area before heading up with Rattrap
>Use your ER Com to call the Axalon
>Return to your sniper's nest
>Write In

>>1802599
>>Head north, secure the area before heading up with Rattrap

>>1802599
>>Head north, secure the area before heading up with Rattrap

>>1802599
>Head north, secure the area before heading up with Rattrap

Voting finished. Writing

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>Head north, secure the area before heading up with Rattrap

With the rest of the forest appearing to be all quiet, you decide to move northward. You had vaguely recalled that there were some tracks near the water hole but didn’t fully investigate it. While the scanner should’ve been able to detect any unnatural disturbances, you rather play it safe then walk the two of you into an ambush.

You make your way back up through the forest, choosing to make a pass by the sniper’s den. No sight of him yet. You’ve got time to make it there and back again if need be.

It’s a roughly half a megacycle until you make it up there. You can tell you’re getting close when the ER Com starts getting some static from energon build up. With the energon levels rising, you feel that it’s probably best to remain in beast mode for the time being. No need to short circuit yourself while looking around.

Approaching the same way you did before you creep into the area. By all accounts, from the previous visit, it looks the same. The area where the energon is stable is still there and the opposite side with the tracks is still littered with shards.

>Approach the West side of the pond, where the tracks and shards are
>Approach the East side of the pond, where the stable energon is
>Examine the water, it has an unusual glow to it
>Do a full walk about the immediate surrounding area, make sure this place is as quiet as it seems
>Write in

>>1802695
>>Examine the water, it has an unusual glow to it

>>1802695
>>Examine the water, it has an unusual glow to it

>>1802695
>Do a full walk about the immediate surrounding area, make sure this place is as quiet as it seems
Better paranoid, than dead

Writing

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>Examine the water, it has an unusual glow to it

You move into the grove to get a closer look at the water. It has a beautiful shimmer and glow to it. From a far it looks like ice or just the reflection of the energon, but from closer inspection it seems like the energon has done something to the water.

>Take a sample of the water (will require you to transform and take energon build up)
>Just take a scan of it. You can send the readings to the Maximals to analyze
>Drink the water
>Leave the water undisturbed, investigate other parts of the grove
>Write In

>>1802758
>>Just take a scan of it. You can send the readings to the Maximals to analyze

>>1802758
>>Just take a scan of it. You can send the readings to the Maximals to analyze

Writing

>Just take a scan of it. You can send the readings to the Maximals to analyze

With the energon levels as they are, you simply chose to have your system’s scan the water. Anything else seems too risky.

From what you can understand from the initial scan is that the water has absorbed and been charged with the radiation.

As you complete you’re scan, your comlink starts to crack again with static.

“Hey…*static*…where…*static*…do you re-*static*”

Hmm sounds vaguely like Rattrap but it’s difficult to understand.

>Back away from the grove and transmit your coordinates
>Ignore it for now and complete your sweep of the area.
>Head back to the den
>Attempt to respond from where you’re at
>Write in

>>1802872
>>Back away from the grove and transmit your coordinates

>>1802872
>>Back away from the grove and transmit your coordinates

Writing

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>>Back away from the grove and transmit your coordinates

You move back away from the water and the grove. The static is kind of annoying and loud. You’re grateful nothing else around here can hear it. Once you’ve cleared the area, you finally can respond. That is if the rat would ever quiet down.

“Warpath! Come in, Warpath! Hey, you hear me? Where the heck are ya?”

“Mind keeping it down rodent! The whole forest hasn’t been alerted to your presence yet.”
“Finally. Been trying to get ahold of you, I’m by your pile of sticks. Where are you?”

“I was on morning patrol and decided to secure the grove. I’m sending my coordinates. Meet me up here.”

“Yeah, yeah. This nature walk better be worthwhile. Rattrap out.”

You sigh, annoyed. You can see why Dinobot finds him unbearable. Cat’s eat mice right? Hmm once were done, you could use a snack. No one would ever know, right?

As you are holding your position, your ears pick up something. Sound of rustling limbs and plants.

>Radio Rattrap, tell him to move it
>Crouch low and look around for what’s causing the sound
>Warpath, Transform
>Roar and see if you can intimidate whatever is out there into leaving or exposing itself
>write in

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I hope that maybe one day we'll get to meet this heroic looking band of transformers.

>>1802942
>>Crouch low and look around for what’s causing the sound
>>write in
See if we can move sneakily into a position where we can pounce it, or hide and get ready to pounce it.

>>1802942
>>Radio Rattrap, tell him to move it
>>Crouch low and look around for what’s causing the sound

>>1802943
Hmm, well you never know. Plenty of space and stasis pods out there

which comic is that one?

>>1802942
>Crouch low and look around for what’s causing the sound
>write in
try to find some high ground to see if you can overlook the area.

>>1802952
Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #54

Sad thing is, they only appear at the very end of the six-issue story arc. Like, literally last page if I remember right.

>>1802942
>>Crouch low and look around for what’s causing the sound
Rattrap is definitely the greatest argument for going predecon so we can scrap him

>>1802965
i'm gonna have to look that up
Thanks anon


Also everyone give me some rolls
1d100+5

Rolled 79 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1802970
Yup.

Rolled 56 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1802970

Rolled 44 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1802970

>>1802970
Oh, to add to that. All the Shattered Glass stuff is pretty great. Easily my favorite modern addition to the mythos.

Voting closed. Writing

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>>Crouch low and look around for what’s causing the sound

You get lower to the ground to prevent being seen. This is your chance to catch whatever this is by surprise. Keeping low, you move around the grove, avoiding the energon field to prevent from the static giving you away. On the opposite side of this area, closer towards the stable energon, you find a bit of an elevated positon that will give you a better launching pad should you wish to pounce upon whatever is near.

You wait and watch the area. Debating on how quickly Rattrap moves, it’ll still be a bit until he gets here. You’re on your own for now. But that’s how you like it.

Remaining motionless, you still wait. Whatever this thing is, it’s taking its time…wait. Slight movement. Was it being cautious? Or did it detect you? No time to worry about that now.

You sniff the air while your ears move, scanning for the slightest tell as to what you can be up gainst. You don’t sense anything and scanners don’t detect any energy signatures, for what good they are. All the energon is scrambling them.

There’s another small rustling of brush from the same place. You get ready.

That’s when it comes out…huh you thought they’d be bigger. But whatever they are, they havent noticed you as they enter the grove (see pic)

>Attack!
>Attack the area behind them
>Wait and watch
>write in

>>1803044
>Attack the area behind them
We are doing melee and stopping them right?

>>1803087
Yes it would be melee since you're still in beast mode


stopping them is a bit tougher as you'd be blocking their route but the can scatter.
Its more of an option if you believe something is behind them.

>>1803091
Meant to say stomping, with our feet or paws.

>>1803099
oh ok. Yea you're massive compared to them, so youd mostly be stomping them but you can also take a few swipes if you miss any.

gonna give it 5 more mins the locking it in

>>1803044
>>Attack the area behind them

>>1803044
>>Attack the area behind them

The damn Arachnid NSA snooping on the hardworking Siberian Tiger Citizen.

Speciest profiling I tell ya.

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>>1803104

>>1803104
Quick! Purge all data banks on the array scanner that we took of... sleek superstructure profiles!

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>>1803107
And with that We are gonna need some attack rolls

1d100+15(for surprise attack and the two of you making the QM almost spit his soda)

Rolled 23 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1803113
Cat Flail Attack!

Rolled 45 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1803113

Alright writing it up

Rolled 21 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1803125
Should one of us rolled again?
Do we use bo3?

>>1803140
usually its best 3 of 5 but with so few actives, i'm just taking whats initially rolled.

Rolled 45 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1803160
hey there brotha.

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>Attack the area behind them

You’re not sure what these things are but you don’t recall seeing them around the Maximal base. The eight legs also seem to be a dead giveaway. The spiders.

You suspect that there may be something behind the small creepy crawlers so you decide to leap and swipe. Fangs and claws bare, you launch yourself from the small elevated position. You’re swinging swipes don’t do much other than clear out several branches from the thicket, as they’re doesn’t seem to be anything else behind the initial group. The small arachnoids stop and look up with their little light heads and helplessly watch as a massive cat slam down on top of them. The small things just spark under your feet.

“Sheesh, whats got your whiskers in a bunch?” you hear behind you.

You whip your head back to see a large grey rat waltzing towards the area you were initially. You lift up one of your paws to show him, what’s left of the droids, while shaking off the small pieces of scrap sticking to you paw pad.

“Pred droids. Seems we’re not the only ones around.”

Rattrap starts looks around the area and walks over towards you. “Well you certainly dealt with them. Did you even bother to try and see what they were doing here or where they came from?”

You keep scrapping your feet on the ground to remove the remaining bits. “Too busy making sure the area secured rat.”

“Typical pussy cats; always leaping before they look.”

You give him a glare. He just leans his head down to sniff the remains. “Hmm.”

“Find something?”

“Oddly enough…no. There’s no scent on these things. Well except cat B.O.”

You snarl.

“Hey hey, it could be worse.” He shrugs. “Could be wet dog.”

You’ll give him that one. Still he needs to watch his mouth.

“So what do you think we should do?”

“Well I came out here for some energon removal, not pest control.”

“You don’t think we should go after the Preds?”

He shakes his head. “Well without a trail, we’d just be running around in circles. Atleast if we take the energon, they won’t have what they’re looking for. Presumably. Another thing, if I’m gonna be taking these crystals out, I’ve to transform and redirect energy to my energy dampeners. You’ll need to keep watch in case someone does come snooping around.”

He makes an interesting point for a cheese eater.

Rattrap makes his way over towards the stable energon cluster. “Heh, all in all, nice find fangs. Its pretty rare to find crystals like these out here.”

So what do you plan to do?

>Guard duty while Rattrap extracts the energon (beast mode or robot mode)
>Rattrap’s got this, see if you can pick up the trail
>Ask Rattrap about the syncro laser, you need that to repair one of your hot marks
>Ask Rattrap to teach you about some demolition. Never know when it’ll comes in handy
>Write in

>>1803168
>>Guard duty while Rattrap extracts the energon (beast mode or robot mode)

Robot mode, we could use the ranged weaponry in case any Preds show up.

>>1803168
>Rattrap’s got this, see if you can pick up the trail
screw the rat we got preds to kill

Ok we just need a tie breaker

>>1803168
>Guard duty while Rattrap extracts the energon (beast mode or robot mode)
Beast mode

Mmk writing up

This will be the last one tonight. Considering running on Fri as a continuation

>Guard duty while Rattrap extracts the energon (beast mode or robot mode)

“Rattrap, Maximize”

You start to pad around the area, keeping an eye on the surrounding forest. You still have this uneasy feeling someone’s out there and while you’d much rather be hunting Predacon’s, you’re not about to ditch an ally.

“Just give me a few. I’ll pop this out faster than you can cough up a hair ball. Divert energy from weapons array to dampeners; maximum tolerance. ”

Even if it’s Rattrap.

Sometime passes and it’s still quiet. Well minus the rodent’s occasional thinking out loud. But he extracts nearly all the stable energon. He places the energon into three cylinders and places them in his back where his blaster would normally be. That’s what he must have meant that he didn’t come for battle. Seems careless to you.

“Alright. Before we go let’s take a few more scans; Rhinox wants to see if this can be replicated.”

“What do you mean?”

He transforms back to his beast mode and stands on his hind legs.

“Well see, if we can figure out how this energon became naturally stable, we might be able to replicate the way to do it. And test it out on some of the raw energon deposits around here and elsewhere. You see where I’m going with this, Fangs?”

The only place you can see him going right now is down your throat in bite sized pieces.

“It’ll make it easier to maintain the Axalon’s energy and your ability to fight this war.”

Rattraps laughs, “Hey you’re not as dumb as you come off. You and Stripes are still crazy for being out here but you’re alright.”

You just low growl.

“Well for the record, I’ve already scanned the water. The glow seems off to me.”

He looks at the pond. “Well you ain’t wrong. This stuff might have had bizarre effects on your systems. You, uh, didn’t drink any did you?”

“No.”

“Well then, I’m gonna scan the soil and the raw stuff. Just keep an eye out.”

You go back to the top of the ledge you initially leaped off of. Rattrap fortunately is quick with his scans. You still can’t shake this uneasy feeling that all there was were just a handful of arachniods.

“Alright all done.”

Finally.

“So you ready to head back? Or you still gonna play park ranger out here.”

>Stick around the grove. Rattrap will be fine heading back to the Axalon
>Stick around the grove with Rattrap, maybe there’s more to scan or investigate here
>Better stick with him. Wouldn’t want someone else to take him out.
>Write in


[Thanks again to everyone who came out. hope to catch you guys again next time]

>>1803210

Thanks for running.

>Better stick with him. Wouldn’t want someone else to take him out.

>>1803210
>Stick around the grove. Rattrap will be fine heading back to the Axalon
I do want something to happen to him

>>1803210
>>Better stick with him. Wouldn’t want someone else to take him out.

Just out of curiosity, am i making Rattrap too much of a douche or just the right amount?

I'm open to constructive criticism; i've always just found him really sarcastic to the point of occasionally being insufferable

>>1803210
>Stick around the grove with Rattrap, maybe there’s more to scan or investigate here

>>1803231
maybe depending on the situation he'd be more snarky or sarcastic, like say is taking cover after getting ambushed and Warpath takes cover in the same rock you see him give a reply that's suited to how hes feeling since hes unarmed and getting shot at.

Other times it probably should be like how rattrap is towards tigertron or raptor, but less personal since he doesn't know us as well. But say cheetor is young and probably lower rank than him so he may both be the butt of all his jokes but also goes easy on him since hes "just a kid".

>>1803231
he seems spot on to me

>>1803231
Spot on.

Rattrap is a dick to everyone except his friends, to his friends he's just a bitch.

The funny friendly kind of bitch, but a bitch none the less.

>>1803231
depends did he learn about our duel with Opitimujs or not if he did then yeah he'd probably see us in a similer light to Dinobot if a bit less hostile if he didn't he still wouldn't like us but that's more cause hes a dick