Turn 20: Imagine this entire turn in Peter Cullen's voice for extra hamminess.
"I'll assist with the dock area."
Go to the docks, transform into normal mode with flight capability active. Then dual wield my guns and blow the shit out of every boat I see, besides Bulwark that is. Also destroy any potential escape routes coming towards the docks.
[3] You make it to the docks, hovering a few hundred feet above them. The attack has just begun but you already see hundreds of the little humans fleeing to their boats. You open fire to prevent that. [2+3][6][6] You cut a swathe of destruction through the docks, splattering little flecks of red on what solid objects remain. The more solidly built boats sink to the bottom of the sea, the unfortunate ones catch fire, lighting up anyone on them at the time. There's still a few boats; not many though.
"Can we just trash the police department?"
I ask the question as I begin running along a wide street, picking up speed. If the answer is "yes", and I encounter the department, I attempt to plow through the department building. Mid-jump. In vehicle mode.
If the answer is "no" or there's no clear way to get to them policemechs, I head to the docks.
"Go for it" Barricade responds over the radio.
You run down the street in glee, picking up speed as you leap toward the building, transforming in the air. [4+1] Your massive form crashes into the neon-blue lit building, leveling the entire thing to the ground. Cars surrounding the former station are blown away from the impact, knocked into traffic and driving dozens of cars off of the road. You can safely assume that, in the building proper, there are no survivors. Your sensors also detect a series of tremors underground, indicating that the basement where the suits are kept has been sealed off. (+1 to Vehicle Use)
Start moving around, a moving target is harder to hit, then i ake rachet's advice and aim my sabo and if i can, one of the galings at hot rod's shoulder
[1+1] You attempt to make some aerial maneuvers to throw off Hot Rod's aim, but it doesn't seem to work. You aim carefully and fire your MGs. [5+1][4][6] The shot decimates the missile pod Hot Rod was preparing on his shoulder, and rips up a good chunk of his chest plating too. (+1 to Blaster Use, level gained)
Cover the others from the air and provide support where necessary. Ask Lightning Edge to provide air superiority.
With no military targets, you head for the population centers and attempt to blast every building in sight. [3+2][1] Your shots seem rather ineffective against your targets though. They seem to be reinforced for military bombardment. Strange.
I turn back into artillery, and bomb the shit out of the police department.
Despite Bulwark annihilating the building, you don't think it's been through enough. You need to annihilate anything UNDER it, too. [2+3][1] You fire a barrage of shots, but as far as your sensors can tell the basement vaults holding the suits survived the assault.
"I'll be helping from another target, don't bother looking for me."
I drive to the nearest power-plant to the police station and disable it without being detected. Most likely plan: unfold my sword from under my car form and cutting through the main power lines coming from it. However it's done, I don't want the attack to look obviously cybertronian in origin.
[4] As your allies wreak havoc, you head to the city power plant, which appears to be under the guard of several MP units. You manage to avoid arousing suspicion, however, and sneak inside. Once there, you get to work on shutting off power. [1] Forgetting the very meaning of the word "stealth" you scream like a banshee and swing your sword left and right. In a matter of moments the circuitry providing the city with power is gone. As a side effect, the MP units have charged into the room and opened fire on you.
Take to the skies and obliterate the police department. Aim for where the basement will be if it has one, knowing the upper portions of the building will be collapsing soon anyway, and I'd hate for something to survive by being shielded by rubble.
Understanding how your team works now, you plan ahead and aim a few shots at where you believe the station's basement to be. [3+3][2] Your shots, sadly, didn't go in; they only impacted on the surface.
"Sounds good, let's go. i'd like to take out the PD first"
I agree to SkyFall's suggestion and act on it and suggest we take out the PD first
You join Skyfall in the air and suggest that the Police Department is the priority target. With 3 Decepticons, one of them being Bulwark working on it, SkyFall disagrees.
...I've had a lot worse than scrambled circuitry in RTDs.
I dodge like I've never dodged before.
[5+1] You leap up from your position, still rather sore from the blow you just took. You begin to leap and twirl around like a maniac, hoping it's enough to confuse Prime. And it seems to be working. (+1 to Combat Movement, +1 to Evasion this round)
I watch helplessly as Omega is nearly cleaved in half by Optimus. I know that nothing I say or do will stop him. He's going to die...and I can't prevent it, so I wait.
"You fool..."
You sit there hopelessly watching your ally get himself annihilated by Prime. You swear the Autobot glances at you for a moment, but you can't quite tell. Nothing to do now but watch...
Decepticon Actions:Get to City Hall
Seeing the targets are all but done with, he drives through traffic to reach City Hall. The local government has already been evacuated from the premises, but after a good going-over he decides it's a good spot to defend. He hails you all on the COMM.
"Everyone, the targets are in ruins. Get over to City Hall quick as you can, we're going to dig ourselves in before the Autobots show up."
Autobot Actions:Uh oh...
As he watches Optimus finish off Omega, the red lights flashing all around the base catch his attention. Something big's going down.
Stop the fight
As the red lights go off, Ratchet instantly recognizes the signal and rushes onto the field, stopping Contrail and Hot Rod before they become too much for him to heal. In a matter of moments he fixes the two Autobots and orders them to get to the Command Room ASAP.
Take Contrail
As a relatively new recruit, Hot Rod has no idea what's going on. He confusedly states that Contrail should follow, and leads him up to the Command Room that Contrail recognizes as where Optimus Prime met with the Decepticon prisoner. There's dozens of Autobots and a fair number of humans gathered in the room, waiting for Optimus, it seems.
Finish Omega and get to work
Optimus stares at Thundercrash for a moment, before turning back to Omega. With a quick jumble of machinery he morphs his axe into a regular arm. [6-1][6][6] With a single jab he smashes into Omega's face, flattening the half he made contact with. He falls to the ground horribly mangled, but recognizably alive. He turns to Bulkhead and Thundercrash.
"Bulkhead, take this Decepticon down to maximum security and then get back up to Command. Thundercrash, come with me."
As Bulkhead hauls Omega's unconscious body away, Thundercrash follows Optimus up to the Command Center, where the two take the front of the room. The onlookers eye the Decepticon with suspicion, but Optimus commands most of their respect.
"According to our reports," the Autobot leader begins, "the Decepticons have staged a massive assault on the nearby city of Osborn. Their plan is most likely to draw us out into a trap, where they will crush us with a secondary assault. We will take the bait."
There is an outburst of protests amongst the humans, although most of the Autobots trust their leader enough to remain silent. A single man marches up to the Autobot and looks up at him.
"Sir, Agent Simmons--"
"I know who you are, Simmons." Optimus says. "Now what is it?"
"If it's a trap, why in the hell are we walking straight into it?"
"Because we'll be prepared with something the Decepticons did not account for. I believe it is time for Project Supreme to make his debut."
A dead silence falls across everyone in the room, and one by one they slowly begin to state their agreement. After everyone comes to the decision to follow Optimus' plan, he begins a speech.
"Autobots and humans. For years we have fought as brothers in arms to defend our common home, the planet Earth. We have faced hardships and trials that cannot be described with words. You have all faced insurmountable odds with courage and tenacity I could not rightfully ask for." As he speaks, robotic arms rise from the ground, equipped with red and blue pieces of armor. As the Autobot continues to speak, they begin to attach the pieces to him. "I stand before you today not as a leader, but as a fellow brother. I know the pain of every one of you, I know that the coming battle will be more difficult than anyone could imagine. Though I hope I am wrong, in my spark I know that I will not see you all at the end of this day. And that is why we fight. For the memory of those who came before us, and in anticipation of those who will come after. We fight in the honor of those lost, and for the lives of those yet to come." As he speaks these words, the armor is complete, and his normal form is augmented by heavy plating and a pair of turbines on his back. The ceiling itself peels away from the Command Center, and the room rises up into the daylight. The occupants find themselves on a grassy plateu, the city of Osborn, in flames, visible on the edge of the horizon. As the rising room comes to a halt, Optimus shouts.
"Autobots, TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT."
Cheering as loud as they can, the Autobots transform and take off for the city in various groups, the humans rushing to vehicles rising from a secondary platform. Ratchet and Bulkhead approach Contrail, Thundercrash, and Hot Rod, and state that they will be working as a team from here on out. The group then moves out to catch up with the other Autobots, well on their way to the city.
Name: Band Kannon
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: Bandkanon
Skills:
*Blaster Use 3/5 (4 to level)
*Repair 1/5 (1 to level)
*Vehicle Use 1/5 (2 to level)
Status: Optimal+1; Armored(-1 to all damage taken)
Name: Codespark
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: UH-1 Iroquois
Skills:
*Hacking 1/5 (2 to level)
*Repair 2/5 (3 to level)
*Vehicle Use 2/5 (1 to level)
*Blaster Use 3/5 (4 to level)
*Combat Movement 1/5 (2 to level)
Status: Optimal+1
Name: Shadow
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: Sports Car
Skills:
*Melee Weapons 2/5 (3 to level)
*Repair 2/5 (3 to level)
*Vehicle Use 2/5 (3 to level)
*Hacking 1/5 (2 to level)
*Blaster Use 0/5 (1 to level)
Status: Optimal+1; Electro-Sword (+1 to Damage dealt in melee)
Name: Thundercrash
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: M1132 ESV
Skills:
*Melee Weapons 1/5 (1 to level)
*Blaster Use 2/5 (3 to level)
*Repair 1/5 (2 to level)
*Vehicle Use 0/5 (1 to level)
*Unarmed Combat 0/5 (1 to level)
Status: Optimal; Armored (-1 to all damage taken)
Name: Hacksaw
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: Hind Copter
Skills:
*Blaster Use 3/5 (3 to level)
*Melee Weapons 2/5 (3 to level)
*Repair 0/5 (1 to level)
*Vehicle Use 1/5 (2 to level)
*Combat Movement 0/5 (1 to level)
Status: Optimal+1
Name: Alexander Omega
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: Sports Car
Skills:
*Melee Weapons 2/5 (3 to level)
*Combat Movement 1/5 (1 to level)
*Vehicle Use 1/5 (1 to level)
*Unarmed Combat 0/5 (1 to level)
Status: Only alive by the GM's grace
Name: Contrail
Faction: Autobot
Vehicle: Harrier Jump-Jet
Skills:
*Blaster Use 1/5 (2 to level)
*Combat Movement 1/5 (2 to level)
*Vehicle Use 1/5 (1 to level)
Status: Optimal; Heavily Armored (-2 to all damage taken)
Name: Bulwark
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: Cyclone Patrol Ship w/ Remote Turrets
Skills:
*Blaster Use 1/5 (2 to level)
*Vehicle Use 1/5 (1 to level)
*Repair 0/5 (1 to level)
*Hacking 0/5 (1 to level)
Status: Optimal+1
Name: SkyFall
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: AC-130
Skills:
*Blaster Use 2/5 (3 to level)
*Hacking 1/5 (2 to level)
*Vehicle Use 0/5 (1 to level)
Status: Optimal+1
Name: Lightning Edge
Faction: Decepticon
Vehicle: AV-8B Harrier II
Skills:
*Blaster Use 1/5 (1 to level)
*Combat Movement 0/5 (1 to level)
*Repair 1/5 (1 to level)
Status: Optimal+1; Electro-Armor (Melee Attackers take 1 damage on failed roll)
Name: Barricade
Faction: Decepticon[/b]
Vehicle: Police Cruiser[/b]
Skills:
*Vehicle Use 2/5 (2 to level)
*Melee Weapons 2/5 (3 to level)
*Blaster Use 3/5 (2 to level)
*Repair 0/5 (1 to level)
Status: Optimal+3
Name: Bulkhead
Faction: Autobot
Vehicle: Green Tank
Skills:
*Blaster Use 0/5 (1 to level)
*Melee Weapons 4/5 (5 to level)
Status: Optimal+3 (up to +3); Heavily Armored (-2 to all damage taken)
Name: Ratchet
Faction: Autobot
Vehicle: Red Cybertronian Ambulance
Skills:
*Melee Weapons 1/5 (2 to level)
*Blaster Use 4/5 (5 to level)
*Repair 5/5
Status: Optimal+4; Mini-drones (automatically performs a repair function as needed each turn)
Name: Optimus Prime (Armored)
Faction: Autobot
Vehicle: Blue and Red Semi-truck (Unavailable)
Skills:
*Melee Weapons 5/5 Mastery 2/5
*Blaster Use 5/5 )
*Combat Movement 4/5
*Speech 5/5
Status: Optimal+12; Heavily Armored (-2 to all damage taken)
Name: Hot Rod
Faction: Autobot
Vehicle: Red Mustang
Skills:
*Melee Weapons 4/5 (5 to level)
*Blaster Use 2/5 (2 to level)
*Combat Movement 1/5 (2 to level)
*Speech 2/5 (3 to level)
Status: Optimal+1 (up to +4)
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Topic: Transformers RTD: Transform and Roll! Turn 33! *1 Spot Open* (Read 29366 times)