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Post by Slingshot on Apr 15, 2008 18:43:26 GMT -5
Oh, look, he was being shot at by a blue Decepticon jet while defending fellow Autobots from dying horribly over the Black Desert. Talk about deja vu.
//Been here, done this, got the gorram t-shirt. When are you Decepticreeps gonna figure out that you're outmatched?//
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If I may, now would be a good time for the Autobot cars to start a new thread.
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Nimbus Tsura
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Apr 15, 2008 19:25:37 GMT -5
Skyblast's opponent has already crashed and flamed out. Still, he's determined to leave Slingsho to deal with Skystrike alone, so if that means doing mop-up duty, the artist will swallow his pride and mop.
Drawing on his energon, he creates an electro-cannon and flies down just low enough to strafe at Thundercracker with his cannon. Skyblast doesn't fly too low, though. He doesn't want to get sand in his turbines or crash.
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Sideburn
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Must not chase Swerve, must not chase Swerve...
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Post by Sideburn on Apr 15, 2008 23:31:06 GMT -5
Once he's sure Swerve's moving (and not towards the 'Cons), Sideburn piles on the speed, heading towards the rendezvous point.
OOC: And out! Off to start a new exploration team thread.
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Wedge
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Post by Wedge on Apr 17, 2008 21:48:52 GMT -5
Off rattles a dusty orange bulldozer across the black desert floor.
//Thank you, Skyblast, Slingshot. We owe you guys big time.//
And Wedge genuinely means this.
OOC: Out of thread to rendevous then!
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Gizmo
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Post by Gizmo on Apr 17, 2008 21:55:12 GMT -5
And Gizmo takes off after Sideburn and Gizmo at top speed, eager to leave this mess behind.
OOC: Out of thread
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Thundercracker
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Maybe they should just move my berth to repair bay and have done with it...
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Post by Thundercracker on Apr 18, 2008 8:32:02 GMT -5
Little jet? Slaggit. Thundercracker transforms and pulls himself out of the sand, most of his paint blackened and grit clinging to his plating. He's about to take off again when Skyblast's shot finds its mark, knocking him back down again.
"Son of a glitch," he hisses, smoke rising from his armor as he gets up again, albiet more slowly and obviously in pain.
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Post by Swerve on Apr 18, 2008 20:51:11 GMT -5
Swerve locks his cannons back down and lays on the speed as he breaks away from the chewed-up sands; not because he wants to leave or because he's worried about Decepticon pursuit, but mostly to outpace Sideburn and get the road under his tires again, to feel air through his vents and get on with this Primus-forsaken trip.
OOC: Gone.
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Post by Skystrike/Skylar Stringers on Apr 19, 2008 0:39:51 GMT -5
Skystrike doesn’t answer Slingshot. There might been a quizzical noise over the radio at the mention of a T-shirt, but nothing verbal otherwise. Bantering was all well and good, but for Skystrike it often gave away too much information. Now laser fire on the other hand was a perfectly valid, albeit more formal, form of communication with your enemies.
The seeker continues to climb, swerving off to Slingshot's right to steer clear of the mortar rounds.
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Post by Slingshot on Apr 25, 2008 22:36:15 GMT -5
Slingshot weaves back and forth in pursuit of Skystrike, trying to examine the whole battlefield. Looked like all the people they'd come to rescue had gotten away. Thundercracker was down and burning. So if he just got rid of this blue jet, he and Skyblast could sweep in and snag Thundercracker for Kup to do something with.
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Apr 27, 2008 21:46:04 GMT -5
Skyblast dives down on Thundercracker, looking intent on setting up for another strafing run, but this time is different. He pours on more speed, hurtling toward the ground - and Thundercracker. Then, still headed on that trajectory, Skyblast transforms and orients himself so that he is hurtling feet-first toward Thundercracker. Hopefully, he will smack into the sitting-up jet and knock him over again.
Skyblast calls out, "Guess you need your big, strong man to save you from the ferocious little knee-biter, exhaust sucker!"
Skyblast isn't aware Skystrike is female. If he was, there would be an added 'wo' in that sentence.
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Thundercracker
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Post by Thundercracker on Apr 27, 2008 23:16:27 GMT -5
Thundercracker has barely managed to sit up again when feet strike him square between the wings, sending him sprawling again. "Ow! Rusted little hang-glider..."
First that sass-mouthed groundpounding femme, then that not-so-pacifist explorer, now this lame excuse for a flier... is Thundercracker cursed to be owned by every foe he encounters?
"You wanna play, knee-biter?" he snarls, pushing himself up to his hands and knees. "I'll slaggin' play!" And he twists his upper body just enough to take aim with his arm gun and fire.
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Post by Skystrike/Skylar Stringers on Apr 28, 2008 7:54:21 GMT -5
Even Skystrike doesn’t really know if Skystrike is female, so any pronoun switching was only natural. Now not the time to worry about gender confusion anyhow.
For one, there was an enemy jet chasing after her and no traces of the Autobot cars they’d been harassing earlier. Smelter knew were they were now. Probably setting up to snipe her out of the sky for all she knew.
A less nagging but equally concerning issue was the fact that Thundercracker wasn’t back in the air yet and that was bad. She would probably get punished for his incompetence if he were to end up dead or captured by the Autobots. There was no slagging way she was going to be punished in place of someone she wasn’t fond of.
//Thundercracker,// Skystrike growls distractedly, more focused on evading any potential mortar rounds from Slingshot at the moment. //Hurry and get back in the air. We need to back off and regroup.//
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Post by Slingshot on Apr 29, 2008 16:30:06 GMT -5
The blue jet kept dodging. Dodging, jinking, zigging and zagging... It was starting to get on his nerves.
At least the jet was still keeping in his range, he reminded himself. Probably another stupidly fast Decepticon who would take great delight in rubbing in that only being able to go Mach 1.5 made him slow.
//Hey, Skyblast, you done playing with that loser? Or are you going to tie him up in smoke rings?//
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Post by Nimbus Tsura on Apr 29, 2008 17:46:55 GMT -5
"Hang glider? You're the one flying like he's hungover!" Skyblast scoffs.
Skyblast is insanely nimble, it should be noted, but he's cocky, and he's in close. He takes a shot to one of his wings, and his segmented metal face twists in pain. Skyblast will still be able to fly on it, but he might want to lay off the higher Machs.
Skyblast already had his gun out. He might as well go for the whole deal. Skyblast manifests his spear and, using the extra reach given by the polearm, attempts to crack Thundercracker over the head, hard.
//I think I'll tie him up with rope.//
Skyblast started carrying some when it was made manifestly clear to him that his claws aren't enough.
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Thundercracker
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Post by Thundercracker on Apr 30, 2008 0:14:34 GMT -5
Thundercracker grins as one of his shots connects. That grin fades quickly as Skyblast moves in again, and he attempts to dodge...
CRACK!
Fireworks explode in front of his optics, and he falls over once again. The blow isn't enough to knock him entirely offline, but it dazes him badly enough that he's unable to respond to Skystrike's radio call.
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