#tf delphi

[aelyxiae]

Revisiting this now that I know more, because I can’t help wondering about what was really going on at Delphi and whether it was just what it seems or whether there’s more to it than that.

The timeline as far as I understand it:

Delphi is constructed

Pharma is assigned there (I'm assuming this happens first)

First aid joins

Ambulon joins

Sometime later Springer recruits Aid to look for messages from agent 113 in autobot badges (source: Bullets)

LSoTW

Agent 113 discovered

Records of patient deaths increasing begin 2 years prior to start of MTMTE (MTMTE #4)

First Aid demoted (flashback shown in MTMTE #4, but exact timing unclear)

MTMTE #4-5

Everything from here on out is purely speculation on my part based on the information above.

It seems reasonable that to set up an operation like agent 113's infiltration of the DJD is something that would take a considerable amount of time and resources. And it's known that First Aid was later recruited and became directly involved in that operation. Also, Pharma was directly recruited/assigned to Delphi by Prowl (MTMTE #40) who managed covert operations for the autobots. Considering all this, it then seems possible that Delphi's unusual design was indeed because it was never intended to be just a medical base or mining outpost, but to be a station within the DJD's territory that could support agent 113's activities if needed. Further, there is no clear explanation within MTMTE for why exactly Tarn takes an interest in Delphi. However, if the time that Tarn first took an interest in the facility is around the same time as the start of the death logs First Aid broadcasts, then this would be somewhere around the same time that agent 113 is implied to be discovered. And therefore, that Tarn started looking around Delphi at that specific time because an autobot traitor had just been found within the DJD and the autobot base conspicuously on DJD territory would suddenly be a lot more interesting for the potential it had to be connected to the traitor within the DJD.

Other Thoughts:

In addition to First Aid being directly contacted by Springer (and therefore by extension the Wreckers), Pharma is shown in flashbacks to have worked around the Wreckers (SotW) and with the new institute (MTMTE #14). All of which could make sense in relation to a facility that might be used covertly, as opposed to assigning an unknown medic or someone like Ratchet to that position.

There's also a potential explanation for Ambulon's presence in this scenario beyond just hoping that he'd be overlooked. Because why have a Decepticon defector stationed in close proximity to the group infamous for hunting down Decepticon traitors? Maybe for the same reason that Shockwave was travelling around with a ship full of others that were on the list (Lost Light #14). Maybe because the hope was that if Tarn did look at Delphi, he would see Ambulon and not see anything else that might be going on.

I've been reading through MTMTE for the first time and I just went back to issue #5 and it caught my attention that Pharma, after his involvement with the red rust is discovered, disappears into a fake floor below one of the cryogenic regeneration (C.R.) chambers. Initially, I hadn't thought much of this, but really, why would there be a false room (seemingly with rooftop access as well) built into a medical base? And how did it get there?

So far I've thought of the following possible explanations:

Delphi was constructed as more than just a medical station and considering it's strategic positioning within DJD territory, this secret area was constructed to support the possibility of more covert operations.

Pharma created the space or disguised an existing area of the base to be harder to find and access in order to hide his dealings with Tarn. However, if this was the case, why then would he have stated that he "intended to hide in a C.R. chamber, but they were all occupied" when explaining his choice of the quarantine room for soundproofing? Because if he created the secret space under the C.R. chamber surely he could have soundproofed it and hidden there? Unless the point was to be able to be found somewhere more public to increase the plausible deniability that Pharma was in any way involved with the events shutting down Delphi (in which case, the room full of what appears to be t-cogs for the DJD would obviously not be an option).

[pharmasrightarm]

stick him in a jar and shake him around

[sideswipesjetpack]

QUICK WARMUPS

🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

[ihatebrainstorm]

Scrapped (?) thingy I made back during winter break lol

Concept was sorta based off of how bc Delphi was in a snowy region, it'd probably make sense for First Aid to be able to navigate in the snow? My other idea was redesigning First Aid and giving him a snowmobile altmode- (Might come back to it some day, but looking at my current WIP pile... unlikely ;v;)

[maikhiwi00]

TRANSFORMUARY » mtmte + fav continuity

[tonikkyn]

For me personally, this

Looks like this

[starscreams-crown]

Pharma: "Righto then, nurse: Arrest me. Tell me off and lock me up. I've been a bad Autobot."

First Aid: "Everything you did at Delphi -- all those patients you killed -- and you're smiling?"

Pharma: "I know, I know -- I'm incorrigible."

First Aid: "You killed Ambulon -- and you think it's funny?"

Pharma: "Oh now come on, that was funny. "Lengthways." Your face! It was an absolute pic--"

[lord-squiggletits]

Fanfic Pharma: "I'm so proud of my hands, forged doctors are the best of the best and everyone knows it, and honestly Functionism isn't that bad--"

Me:

(Image description: The "Don't make me tap the sign" meme from the Simpsons. The bus driver is pointing at a panel from the MTMTE comics in which Pharma says "At first I wanted to hurt you for ruining things at Delphi, but when you crashed I saw that you'd stolen my hands. That took things to a whole new level. You declared war on my body, Ratchet. I'm retaliating.")

[kairukitsuneo]

💗Happy Valentines Day 2024 💗

💞Multiple ship in bound, proceed with caution💞 Full picture below⬇️⬇️⬇️

[the-cooler-quill]

Phoebus, my old tarnma sparkling that I drew like a year ago but never got around to posting.

[slythereen]

okay like charles and max's cars were GLUED together on that start???

[ultra-phthalo]

Damage

The cyberformed oc Cinnabar has atypical characteristics due to their origin of creation. Going from human to cybertronian after stealing life from the dying alien god of creation, who's also a sentient planet would result in some abnormalities. However, Cinnabar themselves don't know the extent or jargon of these characteristics. With them both require training and examinations in order to know the technicalities of their mechanical abilities. I had put a lot of thought into these abilities, but rather then info dumping. I'm going to write it from the perspective of the doctors from Delphi discovering this strange damaged bot in the snow. That appears cybertronian. But has some concerning details that couldn't be dismissed.

[moltenfreddysgf]

Art dump. Take my Delphi medics *throws them at you*.

Been testing some new brushes and trying to hone my style. I also came up with an idea for what to do next and I literally could not sleep all night because I was excited. Details on that will be in my next post.

Also first aid has big buzungas.

[carelessapples]

drift doods that get sillier as they progress

[delphi-pop]

Small confession: I thought sonic prime was just a really popular and elaborate sonic x transformers au facfiction for wayyyy to long ;-;

[delphi-shield]

now why would yall let me use the word moment in three consecutive sentences