The drone is able to download a few files on Predacon physiology. Shockwave might be able to use this with the cloning equipment he and Brieg had recently developed.
As for Zepar, he’d find that there were a great many capsules scattered around the new room, and each one he activated displayed blueprints for a unique weapon, starship, or a great work of art. There were swords, blasters, stealth fighters, memorials, and more.
The writing made frequent references to various “cycles”, from the more scientific (like the states of matter and the life cycle of stars) to the more philosophical (the human myth of the phoenix was mentioned once, among themes of life, death, and rebirth).
The tools were older and more advanced versions of common equipment that one could find in Salvo’s workshop, or scattered around a hangar bay by a careless technician. They were all worn with great age; like everything else in this fortress, they’d been here a long, long time.