Grave Consequences

**Grave Consequences** is a Spotlight Mission featuring Megatronus that ran from October 4 to November 1.

## Changes/Rewards

"For this month only, rewards have been updated in Expert and Master Difficulty. We've added T4 Basic Spark Essence to the Completion and Mastery rewards for Expert, and have bumped up the T3 Class Spark Crystal Shards and T4 Basic Spark Essence, and introduced T3 Alpha Spark Essence to rewards available in Master!"

## Chapter 1 - Passing the Barrier

### Warning Signs

Part 1

* Prowl: *Commander, the situation is dire. It has been to long since our last contact with Optimus or Ultra Magnus. We have assembled a team to seek them out.*
* Ratchet: I'm still getting a readout from Optimus' vitals, but the signal is almoat as weak as his chart is. We're going to need to get moving.
* Jazz: *I'm ready to lay down track! Let's save the big boss Bots!*
* Arcee: *I'll take up the rear, but I'll checking in through my scope for trouble ahead.*
* Prowl: Everyone keep your optics open and your blasters hot. Let's just hope to Primus that we're not too late.

Part 2

* Arcee: *Trouble incoming!*
* Bludgeon: *Trouble? I am here only to give you valuable information.*
* Prowl: *Move aside, Bludgeon. We have no quarrel with you today.*
* Bludgeon: *You are not the first to come this way, and none have returned. Why not end your journey here?*
* Ratchet: *You'll have to excuse us if we don't take your advice.*
* Jazz: *It's just that you're a massively untrustworthy skull-faced scrapheap.*

Part 3

* Prowl: *One last warning Bludgeon, stand down. We can avoid needless violence.*
* Bludegon: *I have never encountered violence that wasn't needed, I'm certain there will be a good reason for it.*
* Ratchet: *I don't think he's the type of Bot we can reason with, Prowl.*
* Bludgeon: *There is a dark power waiting beyond here. I had hoped to challenge it while I was fully rested. But I suppose I can consider your destruction a warm up.*
* Ratchet: *It still may be wise to stretch first, because we're going to make sure you break something!*

### The Dark Path

Part 1

* Ratchet: *The closer we get to the signal, the weaker it seems to be getting. That just doesn't add up.*
* Prowl: *Maybe your readouts are faulty. Have you run a self-diagnostic?*
* Ratchet: *My internals are clicking along just fine. It's something out there that's causing the feedback.*
* Jazz: *The spooky vibes are nasty and they are everyone.*
* Arcee: *I'm seeing more movement ahead, and it's coming toward us.*
* Prowl: *Whatever challenge lays ahead we'll head it off as we push towards the last received signal. Out friends need us.*

Part 2

* Soundwave: *Autobots! Cease your interference. Your inferior methods are causing faults in my tracking.*
* Jazz: *One of your tapes pop a spool big guy? You're probably the one spinning our dials.*
* Soundwave: *I spin nothing. The Electro Map was fully functional until you approached.*
* Prowl: *Electro Map? I haven't seen one of those in ages. What are you following?*
* Soundwave: *I do not have time for your pointless interrogation.*
* Ratchet: *I highly advise you make time.*
* Soundwave: *Time cannot be made. But if you insist on delaying me I shall use these extra moments to end you.*

Part 3

* Soundwave: *I am on a priority mission to track and retrieve Megatron. You will remove yourselves from this path.*
* Arcee: *We're trying to find Optimus, perhaps we can align our goals? Whatever is out there may require all of us to defeat it.*
* Soundwave: *My preference is to render you all non-functional, eliminate the interference, and continue alone.*
* Prowl: *We tried asking nicely. Let's put him down and continue along.*
* Jazz: *I am so ready to drop a beatdown on this overgrown Megatron megaphone.*

## Chapter 2 - Signal Anomalies

### One of Us

Part 1

* Ratchet: *Soundwave's Electro Map is simplistic but functional. I've tuned it so Optimus' signal is amplified. But...there's something else.*
* Jazz: *Don't stress us with the anticipation Doc, what's the diagnosis?*
* Ratchet: *I'm not just receiving a tracking signal, something seems to be sending pretty heavily encoded data bursts as well.*
* Arcee: *Our tracker is being tracked?*
* Prowl: *That does present a distinct tactical disadvantage.*
* Ratchet: *It's still our best chance for finding Optimus. I'll continue decoding while we're on the move. Hopefully it's just some background distortions.*

Part 2

* Prowl: *Ratchet, you will cease tracking Optimus.*
* Ratchet: *What? I've just about figured this out. Give me a moment.*
* Prowl: *That wasn't a request. Something is wrong. The code...I can feel it. You will stop tracking immediately.*
* Jazz: *Ease up there, Prowl. You're gonna pop a siren.*
* Prowl:*YOU WILL OBEY MY COMMANDS.*
* Ratchet: *Quintus wept ... it isn't a tracker. It's an override!*

Part 3

* Prowl:*WHY CAN YOU NEVER JUST FOLLOW PROTOCOL?*
* Ratchet: *Prowl, please focus! This isn't you. Something is taking control.*
* Prowl:*CONTROL IS ALL I'VE EVER ASKED FOR. OBEDIENT, LAWFUL, CONTROL!*
* Jazz: *Hey buddy, Barricade already has the bad cop side covered. Maybe make a swerve to protect and serve?*
* Prowl:*CEASE YOUR PRATTLING! OR SHALL I CEASE YOUR FUNCTIONS FOR YOU?*
* Arcee: *Ratchet, is there any way we can safely shut down Prowl?*
* Ratchet: *It's not medially advisable, but lacking anesthetic and based off the hand twitching over his blaster, I suggest rendering him unconscious manually.*

### Corruption

Part 1

* Jazz: *Did you see Prowl's face back there? Gears are grinding in my gut when I think about him goin all Zombie-Bot on us.*
* Arcee: *We'll check in on him once we've eliminated whatever is causing this.*
* Ratchet: *My friends...I am...sorry.*
* Arcee: *What is it Ratchet?*
* Ratchet: *I've been trying to fight it off. But I can feel the same corruption that took Prowl burning through every firewall to the core of my circuits. A last word of advice...*
* Jazz: *Any help you need we've got your back!*
* Ratchet: *Not help for me...a task for you...*
* Arcee: *What should we do?*
* Ratchet: *SEND ... MORE ... PARAMEDICS!*

Part 2

* Jazz: *We've got no map, no medic, and no chance in the Pit of getting where we're going. Time to call in reinforcements?*
* Arcee: *I can't seem to get a signal back to base. Besides, with whatever is changing us still active I wouldn't want to throw more of our friends at it.*
* Jazz: *Yeah, that's not a party I want to attend! Well, long-shots are your specialty, you got a plan?*
* Arcee: *We've journeyed too far to turn back. We keep going until we locate whatever corruption is out there...and hopefully Optimus and Ultra Magnus.*

Part 3

* Shockwave: *Autobots, perfection. I required sacrifices.*
* Jazz: *The perfection part I understand, I don't even got a ding on my panels. but what part of your cracked cycloptic cranium is talking about sacrifice?*
* Shockwave: *The force which lays beyond is emanating an ancient energy. Utilizing archaic displays of worship is the logical choice to gain its praise.*
* Arcee: *You're so ready to follow any evil that comes along? I thought you were made of stronger steel than that.*
* Shockwave: *Incorrect. I wish not to serve. I have checked odds for survival and this is an ideal start. Your appearances presents an opportunity for a calculated advantage.*
* Jazz: *So we throw down gladiator style? Make sure the mystery evil is entertained?*
* Shockwave: *Negative. Something more primitive is required. Solution: present your disconnected heads as a sign of fealty.*
* Jazz: *You want to play medieval? Come pay the iron price!*

## Chapter 3 - The Tomb of the Relics

### Deception

Part 1

* Jazz: *Arcee, that new beat Prowl and Ratchet were sining to...it's not good...but it's catchy.*
* Arcee: *That may mean we're getting close to the source. Just try and hold on.*
* Jazz:*MAYBE I"M FED UP WITH HOLDING ON. WHAT IF I WANT TO PLAY FROM A LOWER KEY?*
* Arcee: *You're better than this, push through! We're close to Optimus I can feel it.*
* Jazz:*THERE'S A VOICE SCREAMING IN MY HEAD! I'M JUST TRYING TO BRING IT SOME HARMONY!*
* Arcee: *Voice? Jazz, you just need to get away from this. Point back to base and floor it.*
* Jazz:*IT IS TELLING ME TO HANG YOUR BROKEN OPTICS FROM MY REAR VIEW MIRROR!*
* Arcee: *I'm so very sorry old friend. I hope you survive the attempt.*

Part 2

* Arcee: *There's got to be something out here. I can't have traveled all this way for nothing.*
* Optimus Prime: *Arcee...Is that you?*
* Arcee: *OPTIMUS! You're wounded! We need to get out of here.*
* Optimus Prime: *We cannot leave. I have sustained heavy damage but there is still work to be done.*
* Arcee: *We can't! Something has been taking control of our friends!*
* Optimus Prime: *It is the work of Megatronus. Ultra Magnus and I attempted to contain him, but his wave of corruption has been sweeping the area. You need to seal him in.*
* Arcee: *What can we do Optimus? What if I lose control? Or you? I just can't...*
* Optimus Prime: *You are an exemplary soldier, Arcee. I believe in you. We were creating a seal using so of the relics within Megatronus' lair. But something is preventing it from closing.*
* Arcee: *Alright Optimus, wait here. One way or another, the Commander and I are going to end this.*

Part 3:

* Starscream:*BEHOLD THE HERALD OF MEGATRONUS!*
* Arcee: *Starscream, is there no limit to your treachery?*
* Starscream:*YOUR PETTY JEALOUS WORDS MEAN NOTHING!*
* Arcee: *But what is there to be jealous of? You're a puppet! You should have refused Megatronus!*
* Starscream:*GALVATRON ATTEMPTED TO REFUSE! FOOL!*
* *I AM NOW THE EMISSARY OF DECEPTION! NONE ARE MORE DECEPTION THAN I!*
* Arcee: *You are truly deceived, Starscream. If you think this is a fight you are going to win.*

### Place of Shadows

\*Note that this map is unique as it only has one path and two versions of Megatronus.

Part 1

* Arcee: *This is definitely the right place. I can feel the pulses of corruptive energy all around me. But why is it not affecting me like the others?*
* Megatronus: *Perhaps you are not like them. Perhaps you were destined for more.*
* Arcee: *Know that I am not here to bargain with you Megatronus. I'm here to to stop you.*
* Megatronus: *But you do not even know what you are stopping. You merely follow orders. Why not take them from a being more powerful than you have ever encountered?*
* Arcee: *I don't follow power. I follow my morals, and I upload the freedoms which are a right of all sentient beings.*
* Megatronus: *Hollow words, echoed from 13. I tire of this. I am from the place of shadows, you and your vermin Commander shall soon understand what awaits you in my darkness.*

Part 2

* Megatronus: *Child of Solus Prime, Do you know that it was by the destruction of your ancestor that I first fell? Now as I slay you I shall rise again!*
* Arcee: *I know that I am not a pawn in your melodrama! But, if you're looking for closure I can provide it, by shutting a horror like you down.*
* Megatronus: *You know not of horrors. Horror is an endless life spent serving those weaker than you. Watching worlds rot and not lifting a digit to truly save them. I have had my fill of horror.*
* Arcee: *For all your talk what have you done? Slain those you love and spent an eternity exiled?*
* Megatronus: *I have planned. I have waited, I have gathered relics and soon all shall feel the will of Megatronus.*
* Arcee: *No, you have prepared a tomb for yourself...and I intend to bury you in it.*

Part 3

* Megatronus: *Blast and damnation! Why prolong the inevitable? I was one of the first online and I will still function long after you turn to rust.*
* Arcee: *Being older doesn't make you any better. I've stood at the side of Primes before, eventually all it takes is one good shot.*
* Megatronus: *Can you even comprehend how many have fallen while trying to oppose me? Know that even if you think you can defeat me, you will never be rid of me.*
* Arcee: *We will never cease pushing back against you. Stop or be stopped, it's all going to end the same.*
* *Commander, let's finish this and seal him in.*

Conclusion

* Arcee: *THE SEAL IS CLOSING!*
* Megatronus: *NO! THE DARKNESS! YOU CANNOT HOPE TO CONTAIN ... THE ... DARKNESS!*
* Arcee: *As long as one Autobot Spark still burns, we can always shine a light on your darkness.*
* Optimus Prime: *Thank you for all you have done. Communications are back online and your team is getting the help they need.*
* *The Tomb of the Relics is now sealed...we just have to hope that will be enough.*