[ti]Ep 3[/ti]Preparations [Skirmisher/Open]

[Skirmisher]

[Week 3, Day 1]

[Location: Earth: North American Continent: United States of America: Nevada: Jasper: Omega Outpost: Corridor outside of Optimus Prime's Quarters/Office]

The Procedure of creating three Back Up Copies of his Operating Systems, Memory and other items had concluded without Skirmisher having been interrupted by others or events at the Outpost. The Procedure had been a success having filled several Data Slugs with of the Data Slugs prompting the Praxian's systems to return to full power, and after having activated an internal diagnosis the Enforcer had found the efficiency had increased with the removal of junk data -- mostly superfluous data that hadn't been vital to his functions which included RAM allocated to having recalled cat videos he'd seen on the human Internet during one of his various attempts in finding anything relevant to Human Law Enforcement. Storing the filled Data Slugs in several places throughout his Quarters, with two of the Data Slugs in a false bottom of the desk while the other two Data Slugs he'd stored in a foot locker beneath foot of the Recharge Rack beneath some parts and other things he'd collected. He'd secured, and locked both the false bottom of the desk and the foot locker.

An idea had come to mind -- one formed since the arrival of Prowl through the Ground Bridge -- that with the increasing numbers of the Garrison and that there seemed to have been a fairly decent presence of Enforcers that a Squad Compartment or a Bullpen had been in order. The Enforcers in the Garrison hadn't had a place where they could have met without having been in the way of others, and where it could have brought some sense of familiarity for the present Enforcers. The Bullpen could have doubled as a secondary command post for the Outpost, with functions accessible for Optimus Prime and Red Alert among others if the Main Control Room had either been occupied or the Systems had been rendered off line either through intent or by a malfunction given the Human-Cybertronian Hybrid nature of the Systems. Skirmisher had thought about the requirements behind it, with an existing compartment or one that could have been dug out of the rock or even off site -- though the last one had been only a last resort if the others hadn't worked out.

Taking a Data PaDD from the desk, the Enforcer began recording the details and lastly to the purpose of it. He'd included a list of the Pros and Cons of it, but in his mind and in his experience the Pros outweighed the Cons. A list of supplies had been included, though not enough to have put a dent in the supplies available to the Garrison. He'd even offered to have dug the compartment out of the rock if it had been required. Saving the Data File, he'd sent it in triplicate to Optimus Prime, Red Alert and to Prowl while having kept the original copy for himself.

Unlocking the internal door mechanisms, he'd let the mechanisms retract into the surrounding bulkheads before unlocking the hatch to step into the outside corridor. The hatch slid shut behind him before he'd submitted a code he'd devised locking the hatch. He'd switched the lights off in his quarters before having left them, and after locking the hatch proceeded down the corridor to begin his Duty Shift in the Main Control Room.