Swampward bound!

[Skyfire]

Skyfire loaded up enough fuel to boost to low orbit and back--enough to get him and Evac to the swamp arrival point and back with spare for emergencies, then a quick swing by medical for a couple of emergency patch kits (just in case) before he strolled out to the impromptu runway they'd made for his original arrival. It would do for take-off as well.

He made a brief radio call, then settled down to wait. // Evac, as soon as you're ready, meet me at <grid coordinates>. That's our runway. //

He followed that with a brief call to Rodimus and Wedge.

[Evac]

Evac's not the most graceful of robots from the movie-verse, in fact, he might be called just a bit plodding, but he's young and able and more than makes up for it with gumption.

"I'm here, Skyfire," he calls out as he runs up to him.

[Skyfire]

"Hello, Evac! Just step back for a moment while I transform, and you can board as soon as I lower the aft ramp," Skyfire said by way of greeting.

Assuming Evac does stay out of the way for a moment, Skyfire transforms into his shuttle form and begins lowering one of his stern ramps.

"I figure we'll do a fast sub-orbital hop to the swamp arrival point--" Skyfire paused long enough to transmit an up-to-date continental map to Evac, assuming he accepts it, "and I can target the sensors and blow them up with my guns and missiles, plus whatever you've got if you're deployed. How are you at high-speed maneuvering? Can you deploy while I'm still flying at high-speed, or will I need to come to a slow hover?"

[Evac]

Evac does indeed step back, though he's rather impressed at the size of Skyfire's alternate mode.

"You'll need to slow down. My top speed's only a bit over a hundred miles an hour. Anything over that will probably frag my rotors," he replies, as he climbs the ramp.

[Skyfire]

"Got it. I'll play it by ear when we get there, though suggestions are welcome--you know your abilities better than I do," Skyfire said.

Inside the shuttle was a capacious hold, large enough to hold Optimus Prime in truck mode and several Autobots. Toward the stern, it split into two sub-holds--Skyfire's "hollow legs". There were boarding ramps both forward and aft, making it easy for Skyfire to load up a lot of people in a hurry--or launch them in a hurry.

There was also an accessway into his cockpit, useable by smaller bots, Maximals, and humans.

Once Evac was safely aboard, Skyfire raised his stern ramp and lifted into the air. "Secure yourself for flight, Evac."

[Evac]

Evac secures himself--not an easy task when you've got a huge rotor tail assembly hanging off your back--and settles in. "All set, Skyfire."

[Mirage-3]

The impromptu landing strip would be an area of interest were someone looking about for such. Of even more interest would be the appearance of Skyfire shortly followed by Evac. If someone watching were doing so through a different realities eyes, they would find it even more odd. After all, there would really be no reason for those two to even be interacting; Evac isn't exactly Skyfire's type.

And then, of course, there is the topic of conversation. The swamp arrival is fairly close to the Decepticon encampment. That these Autobots are headed there to destroy something would be quite an attention gathering topic.

This is, of course, entirely hypothetical because there is no one lurking there, watching and listening, carefully hidden, and even now slipping silently away from the landing site.

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Not in rotation. Just more sneaky sneak.

[Skyfire]

Skyfire climbed rapidly on his jet thrusters, folding his wings back to supersonic mode as he approached Mach 1. Then, when he got to the cold, thin air above, he ignited his rockets and hurtled into the black--

"Figure about 45 minutes and we'll be there," Skyfire announced.

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OOC: Should we cut over to the other Swamp thread next?

[Evac]

"Sounds good," Evac replies. "Dang, but you are fast, Skyfire."

ooc: sounds fine to me.