EPISODE SUMMARIES AND PREVIOUS PLOT
Mar 9, 2012 17:23:22 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2012 17:23:22 GMT -5
EPISODE SUMMARIES
Below are image-links to the scene archives/timeline for each episode and a summary of events behind a cut. So for new players looking for a quick and dirty lowdown refer to the events below. Any highlighted names indicate the character's first appearance in games and their faction at the time.
Below are image-links to the scene archives/timeline for each episode and a summary of events behind a cut. So for new players looking for a quick and dirty lowdown refer to the events below. Any highlighted names indicate the character's first appearance in games and their faction at the time.
Episode 0: The Fallen
Autobots Shadowrunner, Blaster, Ironhide, and Bluestreak arrive just in time to join Team Prime and be hazarded by Megatron's latest super weapon, a warship brought to earth by Megatron's infiltrator, Barricade. To make things worse, Shockwave arrives to take up a research position on the Nemesis... watching everyone... creepily. Due to a fluke processor-link between Bee and Megatron the scout intercepts information about the ship and puts the Autobots on alert. They recall long-range Bot League to base. Meanwhile Sniper, another Con on board, incites the rage of Decepticon command by spying. He's tortured then left for dead. Sniper, after being rescued by Bee, tells the Autobots Barricade has a self-destruct code for the ship. While the Decepticons launch a massive attack on human power stations to energize the war ship, Barricade attacks Bluestreak’s human friend, Ray Clancy, killing him. Ironhide and Shadowrunner chase him down and brutalize him for the code, giving him to Blaster to hack when he doesn’t crack. They bury Cade and use the failsafe to destroy the ship. Optimus defeats Megatron and Shadow, Hide, and Blaster vow not to tell Optimus anything about how Cade died.
Episode 0.5: Time Jump
Some time passes after the events of 'The Fallen' and new arrivals from both factions make a bee-line for Earth... with varying levels of piloting success. Steeljaw, Rhinox, Ratrap, Airazor, Jazz, Legion, Dreadheart, and Moonshot. They even recover the Autobot locomotive, Piston Gasket. On the Nemesis, Megatron displays increasingly erratic behavior, leading Knockout and Breakdown to the conclusion that his insanity is tied to Barricade’s MIA status.Crew morale plunges and Starscream picks up a pet human, Soledad. No one is sure why, but burger runs happen, also the Vehicons start collecting Happy Meal toys. In Nevada, Optimus promotes Jazz (old friend, spec ops agent and morally gray nice guy) to lieutenant and team bonding happens. Meanwhile, a pair of Neutrals named Cleaver and Reflector find and repair Barricade, picking up Cat and Moonshot along the way. The Neutral Faction establishes a Neutral base in Africa under the direction of Cleaver. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe join the Neutrals.
Episode 1: Forget Me Not
Optimus sends Jazz and his new unit of spec ops Bots to sabotage the Nemesis in a hit and run guerrilla strike. At some point during the fight, Megatron sustains neural net damage and flees, leaving the Nemesis - and its shocked crew - to Starscream. The Autobot celebrate victory and both Jazz and Rhinox take some leave. Smokescreen and Fortress Maximus arrive. Shadowrunner rescues Soledad from the Deceptions. An amnesiac Megatron retreats to the Neutral Base where Cleaver offers medical attention. Meanwhile, the Cons on the Nemesis argue. Slipstream arrives. Barricade, after returning to the ship and recovering his memory files, is deployed by Soundwave to find Megatron. Arma and Fairwinds come along. Before long the Autobots Shadowrunner and Ironhide discover Megatron's condition and location and call Optimus. Optimus and Megatron - who thinks he is still Megatronus - discuss the past, only be interrupted by the arrival of Barricade. The infiltrator immediately blows Hide and Shadow's protocol infraction into the open, and informs them Cleaver is responsible for his recovery, then leaves with Megatron.