RickyG85

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An unknown bot on the outside issued orders to the other seditious individuals, in a voice somewhere between gravelly and shrill, "I am your leader, and I order you to get this Primus forsaken door open!"

Another, presumably the one he was addressing, responded in something that sounded like dial-up, and got to work. A panel got torn open, wires got pulled and spliced, and the hacker worked furiously at the console panel next to the door. It made more noise over it's shoulder, prompting the first to screech,

"What!? Focus, you fool! We'll prevent a distress signal by seizing this vessel for the glory of Megatron; just get the door open! The rest of you, put your axles into it! We're not asking politely!!"

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Haha, now that is a detail I intentionally left out! You'll find out what's happening when it happens, No spoilers :P

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@Stern Algorithm important note: you haven't approached any planet yet, the first leg of the mission was the last known coordinates of the lost vessels. The attempted mutiny is the only thing going on, atm- although, if you want to be furiously working at your console, I can edit so that one of the ne'er do wells is trying to hack the doors open from a panel on the other side?

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Hint: If push comes to shove, Septishock will threaten to sabotage the ship's controls, jeopardizing all their lives. An extreme version of "If you don't stop fighting, I will turn this car around".

@Stern Algorithm

I dunno, that gives me more "Otto on a bad day" vibes

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Has the ship landed, or are we still in space?

@Stern Algorithm

You're still in space, the crash hasn't happened yet. I guess I should edit to make that more clear, but y'all are meant ot play through the event that gets you stranded

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alright, I've gotten the first post up, it's brief, but dropping you all right into the action!

As for NPC antagonists, I've found some great images to build characters around, and I've messaged the creator to see about using those images as long as I credit them properly (your artist has a nice portfolio, @Duthguy!

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Ep. 1; Welcome to the Jungle Part 1

It felt like a short travel to the last known location of the two ships.

The trip went so smooth, everyone was perfectly cooperative. Sure, part of it was most of the crew being in stasis pods for the journey, the ship felt bigger, bots gave each other space. And yet, in hind sight, it was quiet.

Too quiet…

Apparently some of the Predacons on board were… “Decepticon Loyalists”; they had some kind of plan to take control of the ship, and… Who knows, but things didn’t go as planned for them, either.

They’d brought some of their allies out of stasis, and attempted a mutiny! The original leader of the mission (A Maximal, of course) tried to confront the "trouble makers" and put a stop to this before things really got out of hand. He'd attempted to appeal to their better nature, assured them he'd speak on their behalf, and push for leniency when they had to answer for what they'd done already.

Some hesitated, others looked to the self-identified leader, as if waiting to hear both sides before deciding on a response.

The chief mutineer made a show of hesitance, himself. He calmly approached, and stood before the bot that loomed large in comparison. Smiling coyly, "Perhaps an example needs to be made, Hm?"

Misinterpreting this, the Mission Leader shrugged a sigh of relief, and offered a hand, "Yes, exactly! There's no need for- !!"

In the same motion that the chief mutineer took his hand, he pulled it across his opponents chest, forcing an opening in his defenses; the other hand drew and projected the point of a collapsible javelin under his torso armor, right through his spark! He than let go of the hand he'd taken dishonestly, and turned his victims' head to face him, watching the light fade from his eyes as he spoke again.

"There! Now they know what it means to stand against us; way to take one for the team, and set the example!" With that, he withdrew the lance, roughly tipped him aside, pointed the lance at the onlookers, and screamed a battle cry, which seemed to stir his allies into a charge.

The Maximals on board, and those Predacons who refused to side with their "fellows", were pushed back to the bridge! They’d barricaded the doors, but it wasn’t going to keep them out forever.

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Update! I have an opening post prepared for the IC, and I'll be posting it Thursday.

You stragglers, you'll have until Monday to submit your characters and get involved in the very beginning. After that, I'll close applications until we're ready to introduce some new characters.

It seems like nobody is keen on being bad guys/Predacons just yet, so I'm going to have to work up a rogues' gallery of antagonists in addition to some npc's I already had in mind.

I'm excited to see how y'all handle this, and hope we all have fun!

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No worries! If space opens up on your roster, feel free to check back!

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Well, thanks anyway.