Forsythe

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If you want to do a GM post now, feel free to assume Nautica blown the door. She would as soon as Septishock also gave up on his plan.

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Definitely not getting the goofy "decapitation is an inconvenience" feel the BW cartoon had :D This so far feels more like Prime or the aligned games.

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Sidenote: How readable is Nautica's color code for you guys? Should I make it lighter?

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NAUTICA

Location: Bridge

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Nodding at her companions, Nautica started affixing the charge to the door, setting the detonator both to be triggered remotely and by a motion sensor to blow immediately if the door so much as started buckling or opening. She moved to the side of the door frame - the shaped charge should not threaten anyone on the bridge, however standing directly in the path of any intruders was not on Nautica's agenda. Instead, she drew one of her two blades, ready to part the first mutineer charging through from their head by a horizontal slash from behind the corner. She was a peaceful femme, but she was still a predacon. If there was a battle, there would be no prisoners.

Septishock's announcement gave her a pause, and for a few seconds she was glad she did not set the bomb on a timer, as there appeared to be a hope for a solution that did not involve spilling any energon. Well, other than potentially the ship's. Suddenly her personal hidden stash of energon gummies might gain significant value as one of the few fuel sources remianing. All hopes were crushed though as the power to the consoles began to fail, meaning that any second the scientist may actually lose the ability to deliver on his threat. Back to plan A. She took the detonator, flipped open the safety and looked at their positions. A sniper ready to take shots, herself ready to carve living mechs into dead spare parts, and a bulky maximal also next to the door. Not great, not terrible. She should really get a blaster installed.

"Clear the door and be ready! Take out anyone who so much as pokes a servo through! I wouldn't bet on them keeping anyone they don't have a use for." she said as loudly as she dared for it not to be heard on the other side of the door. Her thumb hovered over the detonator, waiting for any sign of intrusion or for the consoles to finally fizzle and die.

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Kinda waiting to see what the bad predacons do in the face of Shockwave's Septishock's announcement before posting.

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NAUTICA

Location: Bridge

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The situation was deteriorating rapidly. For once, Nautica wished that she did not have skills that were useful to the running of the ship as well as any groundside mission. Thsi would all be simpler if she was one of the protoforms frozen in stastis. At least I would have died in piece. Bah! she thought bitterly as one of the maximals announced the door would not be holding up for much longer.

Getting up form the console where she was trying to isolate and shut down power to the bridge door to prevent it from being hacked, she ran over to the Maximal. "Well, if the door is to fall any second, then let it at least be of one last use to us." she suggested. Reaching behind the shell on her back, she produced a rectangular device with a timer on the front. "Breaching charge. It will turn the door into a missile. It should be weak enough not to blast a hole in the hull... I think. Once we breach, we can either charge them, or stay here and defend whoever is not flattened by it. Which is it going to be?"

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Honestly the wildlife should be enough of a threat initially xD It's the zerg basically. How much worse can it get? Tyranids? :D

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You making a character too Ben, or are you going full GM mode?

Also looking forward to see who the heck causes the mayhem. The line about experiments screams Quintessons to me, but since this is BW, maybe Vok?

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Aye. Nautica will get along fine with whoever is not actively encouraging a division, although people who are not pro war OR pro unification might find her agitating for unification annoying xD

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Name: Nautica
Faction: Biologically, she is a predacon, but identifies as a cybertronian. She does not use 'Terrorize' as her activation code, having changed it to the ancient 'Transform' instead.

Protoform: Science bot

Nautica is a combat engineer. As such she serves as a support to other combatants by using her extensive knowledge to help navigate obstacles, use explosives, repair equipment and even serve as a field medic. She is not fit for first-line combat, having less armor than dedicated battle bots, nor does her intelligence rival dedicated, non-combat scientists.

Beast Mode: Shellfish

Nautica's transformation is of a 'shell' type, with her protoform being enveloped by an alternate mode armored shell. As such, she is more vulnerable in her protoform state, relying on her alternate mode to get her through heat of battle. As such, she picked an organism that evolved a particularly sturdy shell by absorbing minerals into it's skin and forming hardened plates instead of the usual scales over its' critical organs. Her protoform is very fast and agile though, with the armor shell forming only a 'backpack' of sorts. She uses two fin blades as a primary weapon in her protoform. In her beast mode, she can hover in the air, up to two meters off of the ground, and move through air like water, albeit at reduced maneuverability due to the lower density of the gas.

Personality:

Resourceful - Supportive - Enduring - Patronizing - Zealous - Stubborn

Background:

Nautica is one of the transformers who is fully behind the idea of unification, citing greater efficiency of such a civilization. That said, she recognizes that there needs to be a mechanism for differing opinions to be heard and given a chance to be evaluated fairly before one is selected to be put into practice.

She volunteered for the rescue mission, intending to demonstrate that predacons are capable of working towards a common goal.