#My Transformers Fancon: Terrabots Part IV

[krinsbez]

My Transformers Fancon: The Story, part IV

Shockwave quickly takes stock of the situation and comes up with a plan. Not being one for subtlety, said plan is fairly direct; she orders Shrapnel, Kickback, and Bombshell to produce a small army of Insecticlones. After Shrap, 'Shell, and 'Back have recovered (there's a reason they don't spawn clones willy-nilly; it takes a lot out of 'em), she dispatches said Insecticlones to  attack the Ark. When this force is defeated, she immediately sends the Gaiacons to make an attack. When they too are defeated, she sends the Insecticons. Tarantulas and Co. are likewise defeated, but the Terrabots, etc. are exhausted and thus no match for Shockwave when she launches an assault by herself. Said assault is devastating, leaving half the 'Bots in stasis lock* and the rest in needing  serious time in a CR chamber. As Shockwave proceeds to bull her way through the Ark's auto-defenses, a desperate Alpha Trion (he can still fight, and fight well, but his advanced age means that his stamina is very limited; also, no one wants to risk losing him) takes out the Key to Vector Sigma and tries something drastic. When Shockwave confronts the old bot and demands that he turn over Nova Prime's corpse, he politely explains that this is impossible. Because he'd just used the Key to retrieve Nova's Spark from the Well of All Sparks and put it back in his body. Shockwave is then tossed into a bulkhead by the revivified Nova. Faced with the greatest warrior in Cybertronian history, Shockwave does the logical thing and retreats. *And possibly some dead, I haven't decided yet; thoughts?

[krinsbez]

My Transformers Fancon: Terrabots, Part IV

-Nightbeat of Iacon transforms into a high-performance sports car. He has a Constructed body, a Spliced Spark, and is genderless. Before the war, Nightbeat was an investigative reporter and occasional police consultant. A master of the art of investigation and the science of deduction, 'Beat loves nothing so much as solving mysteries. His talents got him assigned to the Counter-Espionage division of Prowl's Intelligence Service when the Great War broke out, hunting down 'Con spies and thwarting their plots. His great success at this eventually led to him being given the authority to choose his own missions. In-between assignments, he keeps his skills sharp by investigating various unsolved mysteries. Since it was his discovery that led to AT's current quest, he of course joined the team. He still keeps in constant contact with Prowl back at HQ, consulting on various operations.

(thanks to Q99 for part of the next bit)

-Cosmos of Luna-1 transforms into a satellite. He has a Stim-budded body, a Fissioned Spark, and is genderless. An astrophysicist before the war, he's since become a surveillance expert. He's quite brilliant and spends a lot of time in his own head; he's not quite comfortable talking to other bots. Exactly how he ended up as Alpha Trion's personal assistant is a bit of a mystery.

Cosmos has a desire to be useful, but suffers literal panic attacks in large groups, making him ill-suited for assignments among larger groups and in many important places despite his skill, causing him to flounder in the ranks for some time. Being personal assistant to an important bot known for being off on his own and usually working with, at most, small groups, is thus an ideal assignment, and has allowed Cosmos to flourish. He's still hesitant in talking to other Terrabots, but is more comfortable with them than others, and Nightbeat has picked up on this shift and passed on to them that Cosmos likes the group. The two share some connection, as one examines things from a distance and the other up close.

And that’s the Terrabots! Next, the Gaiacons!