Salvation: Part II

Topside and company scan the area for hostile troops, but find none.

“B*stards aren’t even deploying ground troops!” the Autobot captain angrily snarls. “That ain’t very honorable, is it?”

“Unfortunately, Obsidian and Thunderblast hold more pragmatic views on conducting warfare than Bludgeon!” ■■■■■■■■■■■■ responds.


The missiles attempt to pursue, but also collide with the hull and explode. Thunderblast flies through the flames, firing her two subsonic repeaters, which had positioned themselves under the wings of her vehicle mode.

Banzaitron staggers as the shots leave round burns on his armor. Growling, he assumes vehicle mode again and takes off after Lightshift.

Spectrum moved from bot to bot, working on each to remedy their various wounds. [quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:3846, topic:49995”]
The missiles attempt to pursue, but also collide with the hull and explode. Thunderblast flies through the flames, firing her two subsonic repeaters, which had positioned themselves under the wings of her vehicle mode.

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Thrust spins to the side, then brakes hard so that he fell back behind Thunderblast. [quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:3846, topic:49995”]
Banzaitron staggers as the shots leave round burns on his armor. Growling, he assumes vehicle mode again and takes off after Lightshift.
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Lightshift performs evasive maneuvers, while Vigor takes chase after Banzaitron and fires his guns.

“There has to be something we can do!” Lurch exclaims over the gunfire and explosions.

Spectrum’s efforts were paying off; a small group of bots now stood shakily around her.


Thunderblast rolls to the right, then brakes- attempting to use Thrust’s own maneuver on him.

Banzaitron rolls to the left, evading Vigor’s attack, before regaining pursuit of Lightshift and firing one of his cannons at the Decepticon.

Spectrum began to help the bots stuck under rubble and trapped in various places. [quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:3848, topic:49995”]
Thunderblast rolls to the right, then brakes- attempting to use Thrust’s own maneuver on him.
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Thrust tilted his nose down, flying down towards the ground. [quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:3848, topic:49995”]
Banzaitron rolls to the left, evading Vigor’s attack, before regaining pursuit of Lightshift and firing one of his cannons at the Decepticon.
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Lightshift took the hit to his wing and spiraled off to the side, smoke streaming from the damage.
Vigor growled in anger and continued firing his machine guns.

“Or… get them here. Then the city will be spared any additional destruction.”

Song was too far away for the shockwave to affect her, as she swooped in the air towards Nemesis’ position.

Delta bit her lips.
“What if… What if we try to get on the ship and destroy it from the inside?”

Gronius and Arion dashed inside the tower, looking for any other personnel that they could regroup with.
Redstocker did the same, searching for the guards, the medic and Juliana (@ProfSrlojohn) that were next to them before this whole things started.

Thrift and ■■■■■■■■■■■■ lend a hand in helping wounded out of the rubble.

Topside and the other NPCs continue to search for a way to fight back. They could save all the injured bots they could, but at this rate the Heretic fleet would blast them all into slag before the night was over.


Thunderblast loses sight of Thrust and begins to fly in a wide circle, searching for her target.

Banzaitron breaks off from pursuing Lightshift, grunting as Vigor’s shots pelt his side. With a sudden burst of speed, the mercenary rockets off toward a hangar bay in the side of a nearby assault ship.


Salvo and the Decepticons were silent. They were pondering this idea. A quick look outside, however, and Delta might see that it was rather unfeasible. Our heroes and their allies were too scattered to coordinate an effective boarding party, and the chances getting through the barrage were slim.


Sprocket nods again.

“Good idea!” he complements Gatecrasher. “But how a few bots get the attention of an entire fleet?”

Nova turns at Song’s arrival, firing a shot from his fusion rifle at the dragon.

The wings on his back were quickly rebuilding themselves.

Song swooped to the left, which broke her momentum, but wouldn’t stop her from going forward.

Spectrum, despite the dire circumstances, continued to assist the injured.

Thrust flew straight up at her belly, firing his machine guns.

Vigor and Lightshift follow him, shooting at him whenever they had a clear shot.

Juliana and Blight were still on the ground unfortunately, taking shelter under some rubble.

“How does the gnat get the attention of the elephant? By being really annoying.” GC said, then he transformed and took off, heading towards the city.

Scowling, Nova deploys two of the feather-cannons on his right side, firing twin beams of energy at Wildsong.

The journey back to the island would take a while, even at Gatecrasher’s top speed. Sprocket transforms and begins to follow, but he lags behind; his vehicle mode wasn’t quite as fast as Gatecrasher’s.

Nova hadn’t noticed the two’s departure, focused as he was on battling Zepar and Wildsong.


This tower just so happened to be the control tower, which was largely deserted.


By now, a small squad of bots had been restored to adequate health. They weren’t in the best of shape, but they could fight.


The shots cause Thunderblast to spiral and crash atop The hull of a carrier. Transforming to robot mode, she studies the ugly burns that now blemished her armor. Scowling she draws her rocket cannon and scans the sky for Thrust.

Banzaitron suddenly brakes, taking the shots along his back as he shoots behind Vigor and Lightshift.

The mercenary fires a shot from one of his cannons at Vigor, before focusing fire from his ion blasters on Lightshift.

She tries to evade them.

They started searching inside of it for something useful.

Though Song would be able to avoid a lethal direct hit, she would not be able to evade the beams completely.


The two would be able to see the Omega Key, still plugged into its console and working away on Salvation. Controls for the spaceport had materialized around it.

One of the beams scratches her on her side armour. She screeches, and flies to Shockwave in hope of an effective regrouping.

“The key!” Gronius said.
“Quickly! This thing turned off an ancient repairing device that can fix every single piece of the Salvation! We must see if it also can activate some sort of weapons!”
Weapons?” Gronius asked, suddenly shifting all of his focus to the key.

GC pushed his engines to the limit, trying to get to the fleet as fast as possible.

Spectrum finally stopped working, leaning against a small pile of rubble.
She looked over the group of bots and shook her head in despair. [quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:3856, topic:49995”]
The shots cause Thunderblast to spiral and crash atop The hull of a carrier. Transforming to robot mode, she studies the ugly burns that now blemished her armor. Scowling she draws her rocket cannon and scans the sky for Thrust.
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Thrust appears seemingly out of nowhere, guns blazing. [quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:3856, topic:49995”]
Banzaitron suddenly brakes, taking the shots along his back as he shoots behind Vigor and Lightshift.

The mercenary fires a shot from one of his cannons at Vigor, before focusing fire from his ion blasters on Lightshift.
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Lightshift shakily spirals out of the way, the ion shots grazing his wing. He landed on the hull of one of the ships and transformed.

Vigor rolled to the left, avoiding the shot. As he spun, he fired his guns at Banzaitron, aiming for his wings.

Shockwave stomps through the trees, lining up a shot on Nova with his cannon, the barrel of which begins to spin.


As Gatecrasher got closer, he could two black shapes speeding toward him on the horizon. They were airborne Decepticon troopers, and it was doubtful that they were friendly.


Indeed, the holo-screens around the Omega Key listed several defensive weapons, such as energy shields, antimatter cannons, and automated sentries. All were currently inert, but could be activated quickly.


Within the clouds, a burning, sunset-orange light flares to life- the Armageddon had deployed its main gun from its pointed bow, and the Super-Worldsweeper’s crew was now charging the weapon. An ominous, echoing hum accompanies the display.

“Oh, that’s a bad sign…” Thrift states the obvious, looking up at the light.

Topside whips around to face those around him.

“Find cover!” he urgently screams. “Now!”


Thrust’s attack catches Thunderblast by surprise, and shots from his weapons pelt the treacherous commander’s body. She staggers, before pulling her cloak in front of her to serve as a shield against the attack.

The shot connects, causing Banzaitron to lose control of his flight. The mercenary tumbles down into the assault ship’s hangar. He hits the metal deck, transforming to robot mode as he scrapes along the floor, drawing a blade and jabbing it into the metal to stop himself.

Spectrum scrambled over to Topside and crawled up his leg, clinging to it. Her short legs wouldn’t get her to safety as quickly as Topside’s would. [quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:3862, topic:49995”]
Thrust’s attack catches Thunderblast by surprise, and shots from his weapons pelt the treacherous commander’s body. She staggers, before pulling her cloak in front of her to serve as a shield against the attack.
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Thrust transforms in the air and whips out his sniper rifle, firing a shot before landing on the hull of the ship. He reloaded and fired again. [quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:3862, topic:49995”]
The shot connects, causing Banzaitron to lose control of his flight. The mercenary tumbles down into the assault ship’s hangar. He hits the metal deck, transforming to robot mode as he scrapes along the floor, drawing a blade and jabbing it into the metal to stop himself.
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Lightshift fired his assault rifle at Banzaitron, while Vigor hovered outside the hangar and began to fire his guns into the hangar, not aiming much at all.

Well, Scorchlock isn’t an old timer but he sure took his sweet time with whatever he was doing because he was behind everyone.

“They’re probably facing off against Bludgeon and his company…” Scorchlock thought to himself as the sounds of his Lykan Motorsports car was roaring through the alley as he drove at top speed.

He then remembered at a time like this, Paradox and the rest. They didn’t have to die but why was he remembering this right now in the middle of something very important? He shook his head mentally before he came back to himself.

“Well, the last thing I could do to honor your death…” He started. “Is to revenge you.” He said as by now Scorchlock would find himself in the heart of the battle, though he didn’t know who was with who and which enemies where there which he could comprehend.

@Chromeharpoon

Topside transforms into his vehicle mode; Spectrum would find herself in the passenger seat of a cybertronians sports car.

Nearby, Scorchlock would be able to see a large group of bots scrambling for cover, among them Spectrum, Epsilon-5 (@BlackBeltGamer98), and the captains of Salvation.


Thunderblast shields herself from the shots with her cloak, before pulling it aside to fire another shot from her rocket cannon.

Banzaitron scrambles behind cover while pilots and Air Troopers inside the hangar deploy their weapons.

Vigor’s shots strike a refueling pad in the hangar, causing a fiery explosion as the energon fuel cells within it are ruptured and ignited.