001 [AUDIO ]

[babbletechno]

[Heatwave's first post opens with him talking excitedly and very fast, as though worried that if he doesn't blurt this out immediately he'll forget it. He keeps alternating between clipped briefness like he's trying to give a mission report and...well...babbling.]

[So it's like he's trying to give a really bad mission report.]

I remember how I got

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( voice )

[flares]

They used you to test hypothetically unviable technology?

( voice )

[babbletechno]

They're Autobots.

[That obviously explains everything.]

I'm guessing they were desperate. Any back-up forces they might have had were stuck off-planet like ours. If they were able to get the Stellar Spanner working, they would be able to overrun us on Earth. Since I'm not where I'm supposed to be, I'm hoping that deters them.

( voice )

[flares]

Heatwave, you're going to have to clarify. What are 'Autobots'?

( voice )

[babbletechno]

My species has been in a civil war for...roughly six million years, if I'm converting that right. The Autobots are one of two factions. The Decepticons are the other, and I'm one of them.

[and feeling the need to expand a little because he doesn't feel right just saying, "They're the bad guys"...]

We ended up on Earth when the dying state of our planet pushed the Autobots to seek new worlds to conquer. A ship of Decepticons followed them. Due to certain unexpected technological advances in the humans race, once we reached the Sol system both us and the Autobots' ship were shot down. Now we're all stranded there. The Earth is in danger from the Autobots because it's rich in a certain energy we can use. My faction is trying to keep them under control, but if they manage to bring in reinforcements we would be quickly beaten. The Autobots are not good guys. At least, they aren't in my universe. Ratchet and Red Alert are all right.