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Four hundred cycles have come and gone since the end of the Great War. The Great Upgrade was implemented forcing all existing Cybertronians to downsize. The Autobots rebranded and renamed themselves Maximals. The Decepticons technically no longer exist after being disbanded, those who stayed on Cybertron were forced to pledge allegiance to the Maximals they were monitored & tracked. The Decepticons who refused to pledge allegiance to the Maximals were banished from Cybertron. To prevent the Banished from becoming a threat each group had a Maximal spy placed in their midst.

The former Decepticons and sympathizers began to meet underground, those meetings eventually turned into terrorist attacks. The Maximal authorities at first treated them as little more than a nuisance, they dubbed them Predacons. Eventually they became a serious threat, the Maximal Council sent in waves of armed security personnel to flush out the terrorists, most were captured but the most dangerous of them all escaped and stole The Defiant Few, a ship designed to protect Cybertron in case the Banished came back & attacked.

The Maximal Council tasked the only ship in the area capable of reaching them in time, a recently launched research vessel on its shakedown cruise. The Unflinching Resolve was a research vessel and capable war ship, its class was designed after numerous research vessels were destroyed by hostile forces.

After an intense fight, a bright flash of light lit up the night sky as if it was high noon. It would be reported that the crew of The Unflinching Resolve gave their sparks defending the planet from the Predacon terrorists.

In truth The Defiant Few's transarp engine overloaded, to prevent the ship from being destroyed the Predacons opened up a transwarp portal. Due to the engine's damage the portal was unstable and uncontrollable; it sucked both The Defiant Few & The Unflinching Resolve in. When they emerged they collided and then crashed on to an alien planet.

A Maximal whose alternate mode appeared to be a bomber picked himself up from the deck. "Computer where are we?" *UNKNOWN....* The bomber groaned as the computer started going on about why the location was unknown. He picked up on the part about it being possible that they were not in the same time period as when they left Cybertron. "Fine. What is the status of The Defiant Few?" *UNKNOWN...* He interrupted. "Launch the probes." *PROBES LAUNCHING*

After ten minutes the probes data was compiled the computer informed him that the planet had so much energon that prolonged exposure would permanently damage their robot modes. "Then we will need to adopt beast modes. Begin scanning for suitable lifeforms." *LIFEFORMS SCANNED AND LOADED INTO CR CHAMBER* He stepped into the CR Chamber and selected the dragon.

Upon emerging he informed the crew of his new designation as Drakon Prime.

A Predacon whose alternate mode appeared to be a hybrid of jet fighter and a tank picked himself up from the deck. "Computer tell me our location now. " *UNKNO....* The Predacon snarled as the computer started going on about why the location was unknown. He picked up on the part about it being possible that they were not in the same time period as when they left Cybertron. "The Unflinching Resolve give me its status." *UNKN...* He punched the computer console. "Probes launch NOW!" *PROBES LAUNCHING*

During the ten minutes it took to compile the probes data the Predacon began hissing at hitting the computer. When the computer finally told the Predacon what he needed to know "Then we will take beast modes. Scan for killer lifeforms." *LIFEFORMS SCANNED AND LOADED INTO CR CHAMBER* He stepped into the CR Chamber and selected the chimera

Upon emerging he informed the crew of his new designation as Chitera Convoy.
 
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The last thing the Maximal scientist, currently in a form resembling a motorcycle; remembered was a ship wide alarm. According to the message they were being drawn into a transwarp portal created by the Defiant Few. Since he had no idea what was going on or how many others survived he decided to go to the bridge and ask anyone there for information .

He arrived at the bridge at the same time that a Maximal introducing himself as Drakon Prime exited the CR Chamber. It took him a few seconds but he realized that the newly renamed Prime was the captain. Confused he turned to the nearest soldier and asked what was going on. The soldier quickly explained how they were stuck on an alien planet with an overabundance of Energon, before her turn in the CR Chamber came up.

As a biologist the change to turn into an animal had the scientist thrilled, and he didn't have to wait long until he was allowed to enter the chamber. He had already decided that he wanted a fast land animal so he made the specifications to the list of suitable lifeforms. The fist form that showed up was a cheetah. " Nah that seems more like something for a soldier." Eventually he found a form he liked and selected it. When the door of the CR Chamber opened, the scientist in his new Beast Mode exited. "From now on you can call me Spitfire." He said to everyone present at the bridge.
 
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Aboard The Unflinching Resolve a feme whose alt mode looked very much like a XR-45 Cariburn entered the bridge. She had been down in her quarters watching an experiment in energon settling, she hadn't even noticed what was going on around her until her experiment had toppled over.

Now she stood in the bridge, leaning against the wall until other had chosen before entering the CR chamber herself. She wasn't overly picky about form but what ever she chose needed to be fast, have good eyes and of course it must have wings. Thankfully it wasn't long until she found a Sooty Owl she liked the look of. When the chamber finally released her the feme flapped her dark wings briskly and flew to land on the navigation console.

"Medic Ghostwing, present and accounted for"
 
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After all the Predacons have changed their alternate modes to a beast. Chitera Convoy chided Galos for choosing a water based animal. He insisted that Galos was to live in the water at all times except when needed. Chitera then ordered a series of probes launched to space to map the terrain and waterways. Once that was finished everyone without prompting downloaded the map.

The Predacons then proceeded to march towards The Unflinching Resolve in beast mode. Galos proceeded via the ocean.

Drakon was not very happy with Thal for choosing a sea creature as a beast mode but chose not to say anything, she would learn the error of her ways in this war, or maybe it would prove useful only time and war will tell.

"We do not know if the crew of The Defiant Few survived the crash. The Defiant Few's class of ship was designed to be the last line of defense for Cybertron in case the Banished or anyone attacked Cybertron. It was designed to take the most brutal beating and deal devastating damage. There is a good chance that all of them survived. The Predacons first order of business will be to destroy us so our first order of business is to prepare for their attack. Thal you will man gun batteries since your beast mode is a sea creature." He pulls up a map of the immediate vicinity. He puts up markers at various locations. "Get the drills and make fox holes, make them wide enough for your beast mode and tall enough for you to shoot out of in robot mode. After you dig your hole you will have to stay in that hole in beast mode. I will scout ahead to see if they are coming and will radio back when I find them and how many of them there are. I will attempt to slow them down as much as possible. Thal while you are waiting for the attack to come figure out how many if any are not useable in their current location considering we are on the edge of a cliff." Drakon stepped on to the elevator that took him to the ground. He transformed to beast mode and took flight.
 
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After checking the map, Spitfire chose a nearby wide open field to dig his foxhole. The reason for this was that if the ensuing Predacon attack would turn out too much for, or if someone desperately needed help; he could the speed of his Beast Mode to its fullest. Since he could only spend a limited time in Robot Mode outside the ship, Thal helped him to secure the drill on his back. "Thanks for the help." With the preparations done Spitfire headed out.

After quickly checking his copy of the map to make sure he was at the right location Spitfire got ready to dig. Since he was unable to use the drill as a horse he transformed."Spitfire Maximize." In Robot Mode his former hind legs still served the same function however because the hooves were unable to fully support his now bipedal form, extensions from his ankles helped stabilize him. The horse head and neck were now attached to the side of his arms and mostly concealed his weapons though their muzzles did stick out slightly past his hands. And Seeing as he now had a ponytail Spitfire wasn't too happy with the location of his current head when in his other form.

However that couldn't be helped and he had his orders so Spitfire started on making a fox hole.
 
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Looking at the map Ghostwing was happy to see one of the markers was on the edge of a forest.

"Hey Thal, don't let them have the map if worse comes to worse. Since the commander marked it, it will just let them know exactly where to start looking... Good luck"

Ghostwing then took a drill in her beast mode's talons and flew to her preferred
environment. The dark grey feme flew up and down the tree line a few times until she found a large old hollow tree. there were two small holes in the trunk and a small one underneath and Ghostwing flew to that hole first, placing her drill on the ground and squirming inside, reclaiming the drill she transformed and began to widen the existing space to make room for her robot mode. the beast modes head split down the middle to reveal a heart shaped silver robot face with black optics and a stern expression, her wings were still intact but at the moment tightly folded to her back, Ghostwing's feet remained bird like talons and most of the of her body was colored after her beast form.

The feme settled into her beast mode again and climbed up inside the trunk so she could see enemies approaching while hidden from sight.
 
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Drakon spotted the Predacons. "Thal inform the others they got maybe ten cycles to get ready. I'll slow them down as much as possible then regroup." He started spewing fire at them from above hoping to push them towards a mountain pass that would force them to take the long approach since most were incapable of climbing mountains.

Chitera ordered his Cons to transform and to fire upon the dragon while he flew up to fight it in the air.

As Chitera flew up to meet Drakon, Drakon attacked with his fire breath which Chitera countered with his goat head's ice breath. "I take it your the leader of this little merry bad of misfits whose trapped us Primus only knows where or when. Only a colossal fool would be stupid enough to do that." Chitera snorted in derision. "This planet is over flowing with Energon, enough to power Cybertron for a thousand deca-cycles. Your Maximal Council knows we need this Energon, it began by rationing all former Decepticons to only the bare minimum to stay functional. Sooner or later it was going to be done to the rest of the populace as well. Cybertron is dying once again. Just like during the Great War. History is repeating itself all over, in this new war we represent Optimus Prime and Megatron except this time Megatron came looking for Energon instead of Optimus."

Drakon laughed at the lunacy. "By Primus you have awfully high opinion of yourself. So what if some Decepticons are being rationed to barely functional levels. They should have started that sooner or the Predacons would have never been a problem. Rationing potential threats doesn't mean Cybertron is dying once again." Drakon transformed to robot mode. Chitera followed suit. They duked it for several minutes while the Predacons on the ground fired up at them.
 
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Spitfire had only begun digging before it realized that it might be smart to erase his copy of the map just in case something happened to him. After all he had memorized the route back to the ship, on the other hand it would make it harder for him to find the other marked locations if it became necessary. Of course since the ship was the Maximal base and the only know location with shields to protect them from the over-abundance of Energon the decision was easily made.

After getting rid of the map Spitfire refocused on digging the fox hole according to Drakon's orders. About three minutes after he started he thought he had made the hole wide enough for his Beast Mode, so he quickly transformed in order to check the measurements Now that he confirmed the hole was wide enough for a horse to stand in, he switched back to Robot Mode and started making it deeper.
 
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Ghostwing didn't have too much to do besides watch and wait and wonder if this was really the right course of action. She wondered if it might have been better to just fortify the Unflinching Resolve against the invaders and drive them off that way.
 
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Chitera & Drakon kept on fighting until one of Chitera's Cons hit Chitera with a blast causing him to fall from the sky. Drakon used the distraction to fire a missile at the mountain and bury the Cons in rubble. He transformed back to beast mode and made his way back to base.

Drakon attempted to contact the base but all he got was static. "Energon must be causing interference. Did my previous transmission make it through?" Upon arrival at the Maximal ship he took up position on top of it. The base was attacked from the sea shore. "Thal there must be a sea based Predacon go deal with it." Thal leaves the base and jumps into the sea to deal with Galos. Drakon enters the ship and sets the ships defenses to automatic though much less unreliable than having them manned by an actual Transformer. Once he finished with the defenses he went back outside.

Fifteen minutes later the Predacons show up.
 
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