Episode 2 Plotting Thread

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Hello all!

Episode 2 is nearly upon us, and as such it's time for a plotting thread! If you have any plot ideas you would like to develop for your characters over the upcoming new episode - whether one-shot character development stories or longer running side-plots - then this is the place to share and discuss them if you're looking for a place to toss out ideas!

(and if you'd like to keep them a secret for now, that's all good too <3)

As for over-arching plots for Episode 2, the Mod Squad has indeed been working out several major story events that will soon come into play. I shall leave it to my fellow Mods to explain what they will be planning in as great or as little detail as they desire!

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And to get the ball rolling, as for myself...

1) As many of you have already guessed, MECH will indeed be ramping up their operations come Episode 2. They are learning better ways to down, dissect, and kill Cybertronians with every encounter, and have been developing better weapons to do exactly that. The days of bullets bouncing off robot armour may soon be drawing to an end. Jet-types, you will be especially at risk, because they studied Air Raid's transformation sequence and all of its weak points extensively, and used him as a test subject for those new ballistic weapons I mentioned. Should he survive, he apologises in advance for that. Those interested in more details should speak with Ratchet!

At any rate, MECH has a few plans they will be carrying out during Episode 2. Joy!

2) There's another side-plot I'll be running that is currently a secret. I will likely be poking a few people to see if they are interested in getting involved with it, but that likely won't be until a little later on in the Episode. Mwaha.

And as always, if there is any side-plot you would like my help in getting off the ground, or you would like to thread with one of my chars, or you need an NPC played, or you would just like to have a nasty encounter with MECH, please don't hesitate to PM me at either this account or a character account, or through the MECH account! A MECH operator will be standing by to take your calls, BEEP.

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How safe is it for Cybertronians to be out and about in Episode 2? I know many of our robots know well enough to avoid humans, but will MECH be patrolling more barren and deserted areas for them?

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It depends! In a group, you're safe. But a lone 'Bot or 'Con without backup, or possibly even two out on their own...

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HUZZAH PLOTTING. Here, have the stuff that's been rolling around in my brain.

The only major plot thing I want to get rolling for my characters at the moment is Wheeljack. Some of you may know since I've mentioned it a few times in cbox and in his ep 1.5 threads, but he's been getting progressively antsier the long he's stayed at Bot base. I'd originally planned to have him free roaming round Earth, with him being pulled into Bot base on the occasional crash landing. There were uh. A lot more crash landings that I was expecting and because I let actual in-game time pass for Wheeljack as he works, he ended spending most of ep 1 and ep 1.5 actually in the Omega base and not out of it.

So! If anyone was planning an upgrade for their weapons or wanted some neat toys built for them and needed Wheeljack's help, hit him up before he leaves the Omega base in ep 2. He'll be turning over his workshop to Ratchet and possibly Rook, though Rook might be in secret...? Wheeljack can be called back in case of emergencies, if there's something that needs desperately to be built or maybe for as a fighter, if they need a heavy hitter (though the Bot base has plenty of fighters, so maybe not). If the hangar he used to keep wrecks in gets too full from more crashed ships in, he can also be called in to deal with that.

Wheeljack will be out and about in the Jackhammer. His primary aim is trying to uncover stuff about Shockwave. He'll be heading over to Haven, since the Bots know Shockwave's been spotted there. So, hullo to all you neuties. You prolly don't want him around for too long, he's a terrible guest and really doesn't like Cons. Whether or not he'll make any progress on his little quest, well, I'm open to how it ends. A confrontation with Shockwave at some point would be great or Wheeljack can just remain eternally frustrated and bitter over this unresolved issue.


Oh! And one more note. Smokescreen: he walked away from his little vacation in a Decepticon prison ship with some very deep problems. Which I'm thinking of exploring and expanding upon in ep 2. He's claustrophobic and will have difficulty staying in the Omega base before the need to get and stretch his wheels gets too much for him. Which is prolly bad for him at this point in the plot.

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Yaaaaay, Ep. 2

- Shockwave's sort of kind of maybe open to non-combat threads, depending on the where. He can be stupid-hard to interact with, but if anyone wants to dance with the Big Purple People Eater, PM away with your ideas. Sorry, House, I've plans for the Big Lug and cannot have him embroiled in fighting or injured. Yet.

- Soundwave is always open, be it for a cameo or for flat out threading. He is, at current, relaxing somewhere with a mojito. My only caveat with Sounds is that I would prefer his show-baseline remain: he's never failed a mission (even if the mission ends up more costly than he'd like.)

And if you need a grunt, be it Con or Bot, my other two boys are always up for work. They're the all-work-and-no-play sorts, anyways.

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Here's what I have to throw in:

- At this moment in time, Sarita is travelling with the jetformer Deuce on a mission to help him find Dart. She'll be spending a lot of time with him in North America with him, but doesn't take her obligations to Haven lightly; she'll be flitting back and forth with supplies for the Neutrals. If anyone has any ideas for the wee human, I'm up for that.

- Buffalo Dump visits Haven as much as he is allowed, so Neutral threads are also an option with him. I am especially interested in having him meet and interact with more Decepticon characters, and I am also open to combat threads. I am especially, especially interested in maybe a few flashback threads with him, so if you want to have flashbacks to Cybertron to establish people he knows on the Nemesis, I'm all ears for that too.

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Ooh, boy, plots!

I'm not quite sure what Tailgate's going to be doing in this Episode, but here are some points I'd really like to do!

-Tailgate becoming an Autobot. It won't be instantaneous, and he probably won't get his Autobrand in this episode. But sometime, somehow, in this episode, he needs to decide to become an Autobot and gets set on a track to become one officially. This means there needs to be some sort of event that compels him to join the 'bots and not the 'cons. Which brings me to my next point.

-Drama! I'd really like Tailgate and some other 'bots to be out on patrol or something and run into Buffalo Dump and maybe some other Decepticons. This has already been discussed a little in the cbox. Tailgate, being the naive new kid, won't like seeing his friends fighting each other and is going to try everything to get them to stop. Drama stuff happens. I have some ideas for what that is, so if you're interested, you can reply here or PM if you'd like!

-Other than that, there are no dead set plans on what Tailgate will do in Ep. 2. If anyone has any ideas or wants him for something, just ask~

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Hurrah for plots!

Megatron

Will have his processor all knitted back together, and isn't up to much this episode, really. Aside from eventually agreeing to a short ceasefire with the Autobots, to combine forces against their common enemy and burn MECH into the ground. Aside from that, he's pretty free for writing with. He's good to interrupt a raid on some Eradicons if anyone wants a big fight?

Fairwinds

Hanging out at the Neutral base talking, being a mischief on the Nemesis, and contributing to the truce effort. She might be doing some stuff for Air Raid towards the end of the episode.

Layby

He's going to be training up a new barkeep to help out, and generally being a gracious host at the DMZ. Layby is available to comm. in for help if a Neutral landing has gone a bit wrong (such as meeting a non-friendly Decepticon, or crashing and catching fire), so feel free to shout. He'll also be investigating the possibility of having a Decepticon and Autobot representative on-site within the DMZ. So, stay tuned for that...

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I think this could come in use for Episode 2's threads: sff.net/paradise/plottricks.htm

It generates plot ideas using things from the Evil Overlord list and a science fiction list it links to. Might make for some challenging and interesting writing.

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Okay so I'm a scatter-brained person (as most of your know) and there's probably more than a chance I'll think of random stuff and be PMing all of you at some point or another, but for now, there's this!

So excited to plot with all of you! Ep. 2 HOOO!

/dives in/

Catherine

Cat is completely open for plotting and all things are a go! She’s got hacker skills, so mostly she’s been sifting through stuff passed off to her through Layby and Cleaver, dispelling rumors, etc. — light side work going on just as a reaction to of all the stuff that’s been happening with MECH. So she’s been at the Newt base a lot, and hasn’t really left all that much except on need-based errands. She does venture out, though, and has a GB, so she can be virtually anywhere, too. looking at you, Mingo.

That said, anyone wants to hit her up, feel freeee. <333

Dusk

Dusk, aka Ratchet’s Lil Helper, aka Med Bay Puppy. Ex-Guardian darling, original function being a field medic, so he’s built to be out in the field with your standard military issue weaponry in order to help other folks survive on the field! He’s been going through some stuff, as most of you know, and it’s shaken him up, so he’s going to be spending a lot of this Ep working through that! Toggs and Lex, I’d love threads with you both regarding this, and that goes without saying, but imma say it anyway.[/i]

He hasn’t really gotten to know anyone on the Autobot base yet, so any threads (either mingling, battle or otherwise, drunk or not) would be most welcome.

Stormbreaker

Storm is… Storm. She’s not really mean.. not really nice.. but she likes Earth animals and thinks they’re ‘interesting’, so that’s something. (She also likes to watch the Radcons play their poke’games, but that’s neither here nor there). She’s pretty easy to get along with and a good aerialist to have with along missions, and hey, she’ll even grab your back in combat (even if it’s probably because she sees saving someone’s aft as a means to an end). Doesn’t really hold a grudge against any Autobots… it’s mostly just a ‘my job, your job’ thing. She doesn’t exactly broadcast that way of thinking, though, and actually makes an effort to appear as a ‘good soldier’ to commanders. She likes to be under the radar and blend — after all, that’s what she does.

And, like Dusk, she hasn’t really met anyone on the Nemesis sense she got there except for Pyrotech. Though I don’t blame anyone, she isn’t exactly smiles and social. XD Still, if anyone has any ideas, or wants to hit her up, please do!

I did speak with Toggs a bit about some battle threads — Thunder and Storm (lol) are going to clash in the sky eventually — anyone wants in on that, or something else, say hey <3

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Throwing Endymion out there. Besides meeting Buffalo Dump and getting in a fight with Buffalo and some Autobots, Endy's been a fair bit of a recluse. He spends quite a bit of time aboard the Nemesi, as he's a navagations tech, but I can also throw him pretty much anywhere on the ground, as he's also a scout. I'd love for him to get more social with other Decepticons- maybe a team pub night is in order? Hah!

If anyone's down for hanging out with him or kicking his aft send me a PM. I can be a little slow due to midterm season, but I'm almost always lurking/checking my messages.

EDIT: I'd also totally love to throw him into any site-wide plots that are being cooked up by the mods!

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Mwaha, I think I can drag kicking and screaming find some room for Endymion in a site-wide plot or two, Dante!

YOU TOO, CAT.

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There's actually a handful of chars I will be poking at some point for certain plot things that I've been working on, but I shan't name names yet - when it happens you'll know XD.

Anyhoo! I've had a couple people ask when Episode 2 will be starting! Speaking for myself I've got one or two threads I would like to wrap first before I get going on Ep 2, just to wrap some plot bits as well to keep my plate from getting too full, but other than that I am all set to go on my end! :3 I think it shall be quite soon now, but allow the Mods to quickly confer before any official date is set.

And before I forget! All my characters are totally open for any threads during Episode 2 as well. Well, Air Raid is a bit, er, unresponsive at the moment, but Ratchet is available should anyone need him, Starscream is hella pissed and plotting but also around, and Wash is likewise up for grabs. Deuce is in North America now too, and while he is travelling with Sarita he will undoubtedly be harrassing a few of you, mwaha. And finally, Fort Max is on leave at the military base in Black Rock, and will not be returning to the Autobase any time soon, but if you can find him, he's yours to thread with! Just fire me a PM any time if you want any of them

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*laughs*

Well, I've got a few things going I can't reveal, I'm afraid. *grin* I'll be poking folks for some plot-driven moments on my end as well.

If anyone wants a thread with one of my characters, just PM and let me know though. Love to play with anyone on anything, and most of mine are fairly -- well, they're fairly mobile to most places in some way or another!

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*coughs her head off*

Roulette: I nominate her for any truce and DMA shenanigans. I would love to have more interaction with her with Bots (be they violent or not.) She's also embroiled in sekret plots with Shockwave.

Thana: Probably doing super, secret things. But I wouldn't be adverse to a big event with her and plenty of violence. Bitch gotta go.

Airachnid: I would love to do more with her. Depending on how busy Ep 2 gets, I may pm the bosses about her involvement with the MECH skirmish.

Miko: Open for anything.

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Well I definitely wold love to throw Kitandcaboodle in what ever I can, I really would like to put her in something more than fluff, that actually furthers a plot, eg. combat or scouting or spying.

I also have Sunspot - Decepticon seeker - in the pipeline, and he really want a huge aerial battle, which would end with him being scared away - typical glass cannon stuff.