Giants of the Earth, Chapter 19
Title: Giants of the Earth, Chapter 19
Author: hopeofdawn and fractalserpent
Rating: PG-13
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--Optimus Prime, Red Alert, Prowl, Blaster, Jazz, the Giant, Flipsides, Soundwave and other ensemble characters.
Warnings/Notes:Takes place after DOTM, with minor tweaks to movieverse events/characters (so there are minor spoilers for the third movie). Most of the characterizations will be taken more from G1--especially Optimus, who is *not* the 'kill 'em all, let Primus sort 'em out' character he is in the movies. Most of the onscreen 'deaths' of Decepticons and Autobots have also fallen victim to authorial override--see the fic for details. Warnings for canon-typical action violence this chapter.
White Aster's awesome beta-ing really helped us with all the moving parts of this chapter--as always, all remaining mistakes are our own. :)
//Authentication ongoing,// Blaster replied, opening up an administrative-level query window to enable Prowl to monitor the carrier’s datastreams. The mechanimetric software analyzed everything in transmissions: a mech’s tiny mannerisms, traces of shadow, the way sound echoed off of surfaces, all looking for the smallest of discrepancies. The call had been a short one and not particularly clear, but even still, Blaster had a reasonable chance of detecting fake transmissions as well as outright bluffs and lies. //But certainty is eighty-two percent and rising. If Starscream is truly planning a preemptive strike….// Blaster tamped down on his worry and anger both, keeping the glyphs safely underneath the more important tactical concerns. //But why would Soundwave be on Earth? In Geneva, of all places?//
Cross-posted to tf2007fun
Author: hopeofdawn and fractalserpent
Rating: PG-13
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--Optimus Prime, Red Alert, Prowl, Blaster, Jazz, the Giant, Flipsides, Soundwave and other ensemble characters.
Warnings/Notes:Takes place after DOTM, with minor tweaks to movieverse events/characters (so there are minor spoilers for the third movie). Most of the characterizations will be taken more from G1--especially Optimus, who is *not* the 'kill 'em all, let Primus sort 'em out' character he is in the movies. Most of the onscreen 'deaths' of Decepticons and Autobots have also fallen victim to authorial override--see the fic for details. Warnings for canon-typical action violence this chapter.
White Aster's awesome beta-ing really helped us with all the moving parts of this chapter--as always, all remaining mistakes are our own. :)
//Authentication ongoing,// Blaster replied, opening up an administrative-level query window to enable Prowl to monitor the carrier’s datastreams. The mechanimetric software analyzed everything in transmissions: a mech’s tiny mannerisms, traces of shadow, the way sound echoed off of surfaces, all looking for the smallest of discrepancies. The call had been a short one and not particularly clear, but even still, Blaster had a reasonable chance of detecting fake transmissions as well as outright bluffs and lies. //But certainty is eighty-two percent and rising. If Starscream is truly planning a preemptive strike….// Blaster tamped down on his worry and anger both, keeping the glyphs safely underneath the more important tactical concerns. //But why would Soundwave be on Earth? In Geneva, of all places?//
Cross-posted to tf2007fun