1204/Scouting Varas Extrinsecus

Cast of Characters: | Blurr, Jazz, Onslaught, Vortex, Starlock, 135

**Blurr has posed:**
    An Autobot vessel descends toward the crumbling ruins littered across the surface terrain of Varas Extrinsecus, carrying a recon team from the Clemency outpost. It touches down on one of the few open and relatively flat areas around these parts.

    Inside are Jazz, Blurr, and Starlock, preparing to venture out onto the mostly uncharted territory with the hope of finding useful resources.

**Jazz has posed:**
Aboard the ship Jazz is readying his team. "Blurr, let's make this short and sweet. And Starlock, we are going to need you scanning capabilities, keep and optic out.

Jazz turns towards the exit waiting for the door to fall and then. He is the first to take a step out.

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock wasn't particularly joyful on being near clemency again, but the team needed a medic, and given how Blurr of all bots could be, they needed a compeitaint medic... Which was odd for her to think about, she was seen as competent.

      Once checking over her medical supplies and the like she'd stand near the door, waiting for Jazz and Blurr. "Right... Set when you guys are." She'd nod, glancing to the door, mentally preparing herself for whatever they where to find out there.

      Her finials twitched up on hearing Jazz, and nodded, popping open her arm panel to bring up the two's vitals, and her own, she'd then kick off the wall to follow behind Jazz.

**Onslaught has posed:**
Onslaught has been assigned to go to Varas Extrinsecus on a scouting mission of sorts. He's been entrusted with helping to assess V. Extrinsecus as a potential defensive position.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
After the fall of Clemency there was a sudden demand for new offworld sites for resources. One of the top candidates being that of the abandoned Varas Extrinsecus. As one of the few active with a space capable mode Sixshot accepted to scout the planet. Usually this would mean destroy any remaining life to prep for a base to be established but as currently there are only ruins this might as well be a sight seeing trip.

 Flying over the planet he currently has not taken notice of the Autobot scouts as he tightbeams Onslaught, "<<Your orders, Major?>>"

**Blurr has posed:**
    Blurr follows Jazz's lead out of the ship and starts up some initial scans. The clearing they landed in is surrounded by deteriorating buildings, shells of what they once were.

    "Well, doubt any of this is worth trying to salvage." he remarks absently. "Let's hope whoever used to live here left something good behind. Or that there's something they never got the chance to touch."

    "Huh." he frowns at a readout. "I might have a passage leading underground."

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz nods and responds, "Which direction? Let's head that way. Blurr, you take point. Starlock, for up in between of. I'll bring up the rear,"

His visor falls over his optics and he waits for his crew to get formed up.

"Keep you weapons handy, we don't know anything about the nature around here."

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock was mainly scanning for life signals, after all, that's what her equipment was mainly for, she couldn't help but sop to look at the buildings, attempting to imagine what once was there... ConsiderinG Blurr's words, she'd look to Jazz. "Any idea, what or whom, used to live here?" She'd question.

      Starlock then looked to Blurr, her finials twitching upward. "Underground passages?" Her helm then swiveled back to Jazz and raised a ridge, a slight questioning as to why she was in the middle, but nothing came from her, other than a "Understood Sir." Before her battle-mask and visor slid into place and did as told.

**Onslaught has posed:**
Onslaught considers his orders. <<Scan the area,>> he says. <<If you have the capability of doing a spectroscopig analysis of the terrain, that would be a bonus. If we're going to use this as an outpost, it'd be good to know if we can mine this place for resources. Anything we odn't have to transport here would be a bonus."

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
"This is why should have dragged a Constructicon or their equipment along.", Sixshot says to himself before transmitting back, "<<Don't have that advanced of sensors but will do what I can.>>" Engines ignite as he starts a sweep of the planet.

**Blurr has posed:**
    "Dunno, whoever they were it was a loong time ago. These ruins have been here since before this place was discovered." Blurr replies to Starlock's question.

    Anyone scanning for potential resources might get a reading on some unusual energy signatures and atmospheric activity off to the east. Blurr heads over toward what might have been some kind of public transit passage that led underground, but finds it mostly collapsed in. He pauses in front of the obstacle. "Guess we could blast our way through, but not sure if it's worth it."

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz frowns slightly, "Nothing that the sensors can pick up behind the blockage?" he asks Blurr.

"I have something a little further east but would like to not pass anything up. WE have the time."

**Starlock has posed:**
     Two purple pings would ring out on her field monitor and she'd frown. "Well isn't that just our luck." She'd vent, "Speaking of, seems we have a pair of unknown Decepticon signals a number of Kliks out." She'd keep her free hand over her belt where her of her blades, pistols, and stave where located as she walked.

      "The fact their close enough I picked them up, does not make me comfortable." After all, if she could pick them up, they could pick them up on their sensors. She'd look to Jazz, awaiting his decision.

**Onslaught has posed:**
Onslaught nods, sighing. <<Do the best you can, it's all I can ask,>> he says. <<Apparently the Constructicons were busy with other, more important matters.>> He snorts. "Typical."

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
"<<Strange energy signatures along with atmospheric activity to the east.>>", Sixshot tightbeams as he continues to scan. Noticing a red ping he immediately marks the location, "<<One Autobot signature detected, identity unknown. Sending co-ordinates, will rendezvous after checking the strange energy.>>" He turns to fly towards the source of the energy signal.

**Blurr has posed:**
    "No idea, my scans won't penetrate this material." Blurr replies with a shrug. "I think it has some kind of zolanium alloy in it. If you've got a definite 'worth-investigating' thing on your sensor arrays I'd say let's head in that direction instead of wasting energy on something that might be nothing." But he tenses up a bit when Starlock mentions a Decepticon presence. "Slag, I figured they'd show up. Any idea on their movements? They coming toward us or?"

    As Sixshot approaches the location, he'll find what appears to be a massive lightning storm cloaking a mountainous formation filled with molten metal. Just what sort of metal it would require closer inspection, though it doesn't exactly look safe to fly...

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz points east then, "OK That way then."

"Let's use a bit of cover as we go. This is a recon mission, let's only engage if we have to. This location may not even be worth fighting over."

**Starlock has posed:**
     "One's moving quickly to the east." She'd reply, watching the purple blip move away from the group. "Other's moving slowly, no idea on direction yet." She'd frown behind her mask, and looked back to Jazz. "Understood." She'd take a slow vent and followed the group, keeping an eye on her radar.

**Onslaught has posed:**
Onslaught isn't moving, beyond taking a few steps to explore the general area he's in. <<Understood, Sixshot,>> he says. <<I'll hold position until I hear your report. Give me an idea of who the Autobots have sent to infringe on our territorial claims.>> He sends out a second tightbeam. <<Vortex, if you're done playing around, meet up with Sixshot and assist him with the Autobot intruders.>>

**Vortex has posed:**
Vortex flies in overhead in his helicopter mode. <<Right, boss. Let's give them a little bit of the old distracction laser>> he starts to circle "Hey. Autobots. Come meet Miiiister Blooopy."

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Taking note of the storm Sixshot quickly moves to land. Before making impact he quickly shifts to wolf mode and looks about, "Well what do we have here." He braces himself for any lightning strikes as he makes his way to where the molten metal is. His signal fading outta sight as his lupine form disappears, "<<The Autobot signal is moving towards my location. Studying the metal before preparing for ambush. Suggest ground travel cause of weather.>>"

**Blurr has posed:**
    "Yessir." Blurr transforms and starts heading off in that direction, weaving his way quickly between the various corroded structures. Then Vortex starts circling overhead and taunting them. "I guess it was only a matter of time." He transforms again and aims a stun at the Combaticon, attempting to knock him out of the sky.

    Sixshot's signal is now completely obscured not only to the enemy but also to his allies, due to the interference caused by the storm. As he enters its radius, he'll see that lightning is striking the mountain every few astroseconds, which might be the reason for the white-hot metal flowing and oozing down its sides. The longer he's here, the harder he'll find it is to avoid getting struck himself...

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz sighs, "I guess we don't have a choice," with that he subspaces his gun in a brilliant green flash.

"Since he is not here alone and has attacked..I'm sure he wouldn't come up without backup, look for other combatants."

"Thank Cover autobots!"

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock looked both surprised, yet not, when Vortex arrives, as he was a third blip on her raar now. "Aye!" Starlock would quickly make her way to get behind cover and opticed over Vortex who was currently in sight. She'd transform into her alt mode and attempt to strike the Heli-bot.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Sixshot stops in his tracks as the lightning gets intense. Looking at the pool of metal he debates attempting a scan until he receives that Vortex has engaged the enemy. Quickly turning back in the direction of the Autobot signal he starts to charge forwarD, taking to the air once clear of the storm. The sixchangers optics narrow as he gets close, focusing on the mini-medic who he quickly lunges at.

**Vortex has posed:**
Vortex is shot down by Blurr! He cackles as he crashes into the ground and right into Starlock's attack. He transforms but falls face first, stunned for a moment. "Gimme a minute. I got something just for you...in one ARGH...minute" his body shakes as he tries to move. When he finds himself able to move he rises to the sky, transforming again. "Now. Where were we. I think you guys need to come out for a whirl. Who is first. Maybe...the medic. Then the speedster!" he cackles as he sends a windfunnel towards Starlock, the one he has a better chnce of hitting.

**Blurr has posed:**
    Blurr smirks with satisfaction as he watches Vortex fall out of the sky and get cannoned by Starlock. "Outnumbered and outmatched. Doesn't Onslaught teach you stuff about odds?"

    Then Sixshot comes barreling out of the storm clouds around the mountain, and it seems the medic is drawing all the aggro. Well she can't have it -all- to herself! The speedster fires an EMP missile at the Decepticons.

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz turns his rifle towards Sixshot, "That's the guy I was looking for. Hey. Sixshot. You have been a big problem, I intend to end your threat here," he drops his visor once more and gets a nice good bead on the changer.

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock cringes as she's struck by both Sixshot and Vortex, being knocked dizzy, so much for her cover... Can't rally fight wind and a sneaky flying wolf!. She's drawn all their fire, yep, she's good at that. She'd swivel her cannon around and fire it now at Sixshot, attempting to weaken his armor like she did with Vortex, trying to get her targeting system straight.

      "<<So either their still on the tactic of 'kill the medic' or their just reaallly scared of my cannon.>>" She'd radio over the communlink.

**Vortex has posed:**
Vortex is shot by the EMP and arghs as everything goes black for a moment. He shakes it off, and resumes cackling. "Oh no no no. I outnubered but never outmatched. Here. Catch a missile." with that he launches a rocket at the speedster, still working on being the distraction bait.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Sixshot looks down at Starlock preparing to bite before he's distracted as the blue speedster sets off a emp. Quickly backing up as he tries to regain his bearings he doesn't even glance at Jazz, "You can try." The sixchanger slides back as tbe cannon impacts his armor. Taking note of the three bots he focuses on Jazz before letting loose a howl in the officers direction.

**Blurr has posed:**
    "Never, huh?" Blurr grins. "I guess the answer to that question is 'no'." he chuckles, as the rocket flies at him, and he jumps and twists sideways, allowing it to pass harmlessly under him. "Or are you going to blame it all on bad luck?"

    Landing once more on the ground, he darts forward and tries to flank them. << Maybe it's both? >> he answers on the comms.

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz throws his back again one of the abandoned buildings and gets small, "You are...yelling at me?"

A furrom comes across his brow and he snorts. "Ha. I guess you are not the threat that I thought you were. But I still have to put you down robodoggie."

"Autobots, lets make this decisive. We don't want the cons dropping in on us at will. Take prisoners if you can."

With that he levels his rifle and fires at the wolf thingie.

**Starlock has posed:**
     "<<Probably both.>>" She'd agree, as her optics narrowd up at Sixshot, however, with the distraction, she'd quickly zip away fro Sixshot's grasp, and transform back into her mini-bot mode, and draw her dual blades, before speeding after Sixshot once more! Was now time for her to be truly annoying as she kept an optic on her teams vitals.

      "<<If you need your systems, armor, a patch, or a refueling, let me know, I've got everything on me.>>" She'd quickly say over the communlink as she attempted to slash at some of Sixshot's exposed wires.

**Vortex has posed:**
Vortex is hit hard! but then he hears Jazz order to take prisoners. His optics glow a firey red, as his cackles turn to mad snarls. "Not again." he transfors and heads towards Starlock, rotor blades in hand. He holds the blades by the blade itslef, the things dont exactly have hilts as he cuts at her. "Not Sixhot. Not me. Not any Decepticon. You will not take us!" Blurr's taunts dont seem to affect him. That order hit him hard.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Sixshot doesn't reply as he moves away from the Autobots. He grumbles as the shots hit before bracing himself as the medic cuts into him. Leaping aside he quickly transforms to carrier mode. His treads and wheels tearing up the ground as he backs away, missile pods opening before he unleashes a barrage.

**Blurr has posed:**
    Blurr notices the sharp change in Vortex's demeanor. "Aww, what's wrong? You scared? Don't tell me you don't miss good 'ol Garrus-1." he taunts. Though he pays for that with an explosion to the back as one of Sixshot's missile pods explodes too close for comfort, sending him flying into a half-collapsed structure.

    He doesn't come out of it just yet.

**Jazz has posed:**
Boom.

POW.

JAzz takes his lumps but Sixshot could not have done anything better.

After rolling a little bit and taking a mini missiles Jazz yells, "Woo Hoo. Now this is a party," he hand changes into a grappling hook and after climbing just a bit higher he fires it at Sixshot attempting to now use the carrier for a ride.

"I don't mind if I do, my feet were getting tired anyway!"

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock cries out in pain as one of her leg servos is damaged, it's not bad, but it's enough to make her limp and slow her down enough to where Sixshot's missile sends the small femme skidding across the ground in pain and bleeding, she would however be able to get herself back up and limp to near cover to tend to her wounds.

      "<<Zrrk.. Okay.. That.. That hurt.>>" She'd cringe as she attempted to stop said bleeding, and get her damn alarms to quit blaring at her.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Sixshots sensors look in Blurrs direction as he turns to blast the building with a burst of sonics. This gets interrupted as Jazz jumps uptop, "No hitchhikers!" He quickly moves forward looking for anything to slam the Autobot off his roof.

**Vortex has posed:**
Vortex turns from Starlock a bit too quickly. "You dont know, Speedster. Dont comment on things you dont know about. Here. Have a laser. I'll be over there in a minute" he aims his gun at blurr and fires off a shot, his voice becoming more casual again as his playful mask slips back into place. Truely a vortex tonight.

**Blurr has posed:**
    Vortex is right, Blurr doesn't actually know. But he just opted to taunt him about one of the Bots' worst prisons because why not? Also what other prison is there that would elicit such a dramatic reaction from even someone like Vortex?

    Fortunately for the speedster, the offered laser just hits the outside of the defunct structure Blurr is hiding in, causing some more debris to fall but no more than that. The Autobot watches from cover as Jazz hitches a ride on Sixshot, eager to see how that's going to end up.

**Jazz has posed:**
IT obviously ends up with Jazz flying off and hitting the ground. Hard.

"Oof," he says and scrambling on the ground then rolling on to his back to catch his breath he sighs, "OK. Maybe that wasn't a good idea."

He pulls himself up to his feet and shakes his head looking around the field he says, <<Status Report.>>

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock only manages to get some of the bleeding to stop, but not all of it, it wasn't enough, her alarms still blaring she had to keep himself hidden, and continue with repairs, mainly in that limp of hers, but before she does she checks her readout monitor of her teammates.

      Once she noted they where not yet in need of repairs she'd go and tend to her leg wound, as that would be the death of hers if she didn't get herself moving again quickly. "<<Read out's indicate you two are still yet to hit to critical of a point.>>" She'd instead send Jazz her own readouts.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
"Is this really the best you got? I've had hunts in the Umdergrid more challenging!", Sixshot yells out after getting the Autopest off his back. He quickly checks his sensors for each of the bots possible positions. The carrier slowly turning before firing off a few rounds at each location.

**Vortex has posed:**
Vortex sees a weakness and moves on Starlock "Neither of us are going down so you may as well surrender." he quips back to his normal self as he fires his laser at her.

**Blurr has posed:**
    Having taken enough time to reorient himself and after hearing Jazz's transmission, Blurr leaps out from cover, twisting in the air again to avoid Sixshot's potshots. "The odds are stacked against you this time--might as well surrender while you still -can-." he transforms and charges toward Sixshot, aiming to knock some large pieces of already-crumbling buildings down onto him with those sonic booms of his.

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz is hit, again, but not as bad this time as he throws his arms up to cover his faceplate, <<Acknowledged. Starlock, fall back for repairs if you need. I think that I am going to be OK. I'll provide you some cover."

With that after the last attack he SPRINTS towards Vortex and attempting to grab him tries to flip him.

"You are a little bully, pick on someone your on size....or just a little smaller. HIIi YAAA"

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock quickly duck-and-rolled out of the way of the missle, having successful repaired the damaged servo to her leg, but lands on her back and is bared down upon by Vortex, who blasts the patch keeping her from bleeding out, right off, and she lets out another yelp of pain, doing her best not to actually scream.

      Knitted her ridges, hearing Jazz's rallying over the communlink, she'd get herself up and away form Vortex, looking down at her field monitor once more and checked over everyone's vitals.

      She'd look up at Jazz, (Her Hero~) just in time to see him Flip Vortex, with him being close enough she'd slap a repair patch over one of his wounds and start rushing for cover.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Sixshot is stopped in his tracks as the rubble is launched his way. Emitting a rumble from his engines he quickly shifts to root mode as he pushes it off. Optics shift towards the blue speedster as he pulls his blasters from their maglocks. Quickly turning he charges at Blurr while drawing his sword. Taking a swing once he gets close.

**Blurr has posed:**
    Blurr transforms, ready to open fire again but gets slashed in the side and chest a couple of times as Sixshot comes at him with blades this time. "Frag, are you sure you're the sixchanger? I thought you'd hit -harder-." he taunts.

    Still, he knows he can't let the enemy get a bead on him--he's not built to take hits. Thus, he backpedals suddenly, then ducks partially behind a lone wall to fire yet another EMP, aiming to distract and disorient and cause the Decepticons to lose track of him.

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz makes a quick move to the left then back to the right.

"Yes. Vortex, I love games AND I think I have to take you in for a few murder charges," he throws and martial arts kick towards Vortex.

It will be nice to get you off of the streets, then guess who is next...-ALL- of your combaticon brothers.

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock got herself behind a wall and took a moment to disengage the lock on her auxiliary tanks hose, and transfer some of its contents back into her fuel lines. "<<Right Blurr, got one last Combat-medipatch on me, and it's yours, Does /anyone/ need energon before I head for the ship?>>" She would ask over the radio.

**Vortex has posed:**
Vortex tilts his head, hs look of playful madness in his optic as he full body attacks Jazz, trying to tackle him to the ground still. "You're not taking me back there you know. Nor my brothers. We're better then you. Dont believe me ask Blast Off." he says. He radios <Sixshot the medics healing them take her out will ya? I got this one." he seems to be ejoying his new little playmate, chuckling softly to himself.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Sixshot quickly covers his optics as another EMP is set off but is too late. Losing sight of the speedster he works to regain his focus. He doesn't immediately go in to attempt another attack. Instead quickly moving behind a building to recover.

**Blurr has posed:**
    Blurr quickly assesses the situation, watching as Sixshot retreats to cover. Of course, Vortex is still out in the open and continuing to brag, despite the fact that he's in poorer condition than Sixshot. Well if the Combaticon has a deathwish, then the speedster is happy to oblige.

    He charges at the chopper mech, attempting to slam him right into the framework of a building that must have rotted away vorns ago and is filled with sharp metal protrusions where it has cracked or splintered.

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz is actually offended, "Better than me?"

He recovers his leg only to take a punch to the faceplate.

""But as he falls JAzz snorts. "Ha Better."

He looks up to find Sixshot and fires off a small shoulder mounted weapon "Back to you my friend."

<<Negative Starlock, take care of yourself and reengage when you are able.>>

**Starlock has posed:**
     Starlock knitted her ridges over what she heard over the communications link and peeked out from the wall. "<<Affirmative to that Jazz.>>" she'd respond, but she'd note Jazz's choice of weapon takes a moment to rush out and get Jazz refueled before rushing back to her hiding place.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Sixshot checks his systems along with enemy positions before noticing that Vortex has gone down. His optics narrow as he braces himself from Jazz's shot, "Decimation it is." He quickly transforms back into carrier mode and fires off another barrage of missiles.

**Vortex has posed:**
Vortex is thrown back HARD into the rotted framework of the building. A piece of rebar is slammed through hiis back, sharp metal protruding out of his chest as it impales him, a fraction of an inch more and it would have impaled his spark, game over permanantly. As it is, his body twitches and he gives out a cry of unwanted pain, before he coughs roughly, his body limpening instantly and optics going offline. One Combaticon down.

**Blurr has posed:**
    Blurr ends up getting scraped a little himself, but it's sure worth the triumph of watching Vortex get what was coming to him. Even at the speed he's going, he manages to stop just short of the dangerous rusty spikes of dilapidated framework as the Combaticon gets impaled through the chassis. He stands there for a moment, folding his arms as the mech cries out. "Really? C'mon, I thought you enjoyed pain, Vortex. You'd think, from the way you keep on asking for it."

    Then he darts off toward the stormy mountain. << Jazz, I'm headed for the mountain, gonna check out those readings you were getting. Keep Sixshot occupied? Let me know when we need to bail. I'll try to get a sample. >>

**Jazz has posed:**
"Far be it from me to tell you that after I take you down, I am taking you both in to the brig," Jazz says.

Jazz arrghs as the missiles hit him again this time he falls back and his damage is now noticable. With a grimace his rifle appears.

"If I were you, I would run. Run run run from the fun fun fun."

He quickly drops to a knee and pulls the trigger a few times.

**Starlock has posed:**
     Unfortunately, Starlock is not as fast as she normally was and ends up taking the missle to her back, leaving quite the gapping blast wound, energon spattered from her, and her blown auxiliary tank as she goes sliding a crossed the field, lying unconscious there in the open in a puddle, Vortex wasn't the only one taken out of the fight.

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
"You think I'm insane like others. Is that what you think of Quick, sometimes? Just as the Senate fools did?", Sixshot says as he braces himself for the hit. He grumbles before shifting back to root mode and makes his way over to Vortex's position. Once close enough he takes aim not at Jazz but at the surrounding buildings. His intent not to collapse them on the bot but to kick up enough dust to extract the combaticon from the spikes and take off.

**Jazz has posed:**
Jazz steadies up for another shot, but the falling debris makes his dive over on top of Starlock to cover the mech. Covering his and her head he glances back at the fleeing con. His optics narrow..yeah..Sixshot is too dangerous to let move freely.

 He yells, "Quickswitch is an AUTOBOT. And a trusted member."

Jazz stands and brushes the debris off of himself, he considers pursuit but then looks down at Starlock.

"Starlock is not going to be happy," he says more to himself than anyone then speaking into his radio he informs, <<Blurr, this is Jazz, the cons have withdrawn. Continue with your assignment, I have to get Starlock back to the ship and stabalized. Return -after- you have some information. Jazz Out.>>

**Sixshot (135) has posed:**
Sixshot doesn't reply as he flies off on the fastest route back to Cybertron, shifting to fighter mode.