TEST DRIVE MEME #1

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No gimmicky dinosaur setup this time round, since the game is actually rolling now! If you've got a character you want to try out in this setting, make a thread with them on here, and if you don't, see if you can tag other people with your characters.

Test drive threads can be anything you like, in-person or online, just make it clear which one your thread is when you start it. Make sure to put the name of the character and what canon they're from in the subject, so people know who they are and where they come from.

Can I use test drive threads as samples for my app?
Indeed you may, fair stranger

Can I decide a test drive thread is game canon?
Heck yeah you can, provided the person you threaded it with is cool with that too!

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Shockwave | Transformers Prime

[cyclogical]

Any wandering desert dwellers may notice an interesting sight today. Right out in the middle of nowhere, in the scorching heat of midday, is a large, mono-eyed robotic addition to an innocuous looking network tower.

With a touch all too gentle for someone that has a tank cannon for a left arm, Shockwave plugs in to the tower and makes easy work of the data stream, situating himself as he gathers information on the world he'd found himself on.

Following Megatron's signal is what caused him to visit this rather unfortunate looking planet, with an extenuating set of circumstances that led Shockwave to logically conclude that he would be stuck for a while. Arrival by Space Bridge left his presence mostly unknown for the first few days, unless nearby Decepticon scanners were tuned to the frequency he'd used on arrival, but he doesn't expect any help.

He is on an alien planet and needed to establish a base before moving forward.

[starscheme]

Starscream has been finding himself taking a lot of 'leisure' flights lately, what with the Decepticon base being inhabited by an extremely irate Megatron and an even more mopey Orion Pax. ...Okay so in truth he is mostly avoiding Megatron. It's for the best really. The less time they spend in each other's presence, the less of a chance there is that Starscream will say or do something that will constitute the final straw.

At any rate he is currently making his way back from the coast, casually performing the occasional mid air twist or roll out of sheer boredom. He's been scanning for any signs of synthetic energon, of course, in the event that he locate a lead on their current quarry, but so far nothing has turned up. Typical. His scans do turn something up though: A Decepticon signal... an odd find, considering that as far as Starscream recalls everyone present should be back on board the ship and otherwise preoccupied. Unless Knock Out was out for a drive and shirking his duties again...

Which wasn't too much of a stretch to assume, honestly. And if he was correct, then this was the perfect opportunity for Starscream to pull rank and harass him, which would be welcome catharsis from the shit couple of weeks he's been having. Without a second thought he veers off towards the source, arriving on the scene in a flash and landing with a quick Transformation after double checking for the absence of any humans.

He's all swagger and confidence until he locates who's really at the source of the signal. Then he just positively droops like a balloon slowly losing all of its hot air, mouth hanging open stupidly as the smug reprimand he'd been preparing to dish out is cut off before he can even vocalize it.

[cyclogical]

Starscream grabs his attention the moment he nears in his jet mode - the sound of turbines are difficult to miss. Shockwave still draws power to his cannon even after the telltale sound of transformation, out of caution, mostly. He has cables buried into the data tower with information dancing across his vision. He wasn't exactly in a defensible position.

When Starscream is the one that slips out of his earth jet mode, the weapon lowers. There's a slight rise of the shoulders, a slight tilt of the helm that said Starscream was the last person he wanted to meet right now. Gross.

"You survived," he adds coldly, referring to the last battle in which Starscream mysteriously disappeared while it went to shit. Again.

[starscheme]

Gross? Wow Shockwave. The feeling is mutual.

He's just going to ignore that rather rude, leading statement (it's not like military issues are any of Shockwave's business anyway) and cut right to the heart of the issue: "What are you doing here!?" Starscream splutters in disgust, as if Shockwave's mere presence on the same planet as him is an affront to his refined sensibilities.

[cyclogical]

Shockwave takes a moment to peel away from the network tower so that he can focus on Starscream and his 'refined sensibilities'. Cables are pulled out and snapped free as he turns to face him fully. The data stream stopped.

"Megatron has not kept contact for the last several weeks. It was imperative that he be found," a short and simple enough explanation. Starscream didn't need to know any more details. Shockwave's mission wasn't about him. It was about someone more important.

[starscheme]

Starscream listens to Shockwave's explanation with a blank look on his face, and then suddenly he's letting out a bark of laughter. He swells up once more like goddamn peacock, an obnoxiously smug smirk spreading across his face.

"Hasn't kept in contact with you perhaps. Seems someone is a bit out of the loop," he purrs, crossing his arms and leering at the scientist. "I'm actually out on a bit of business for him at this very moment. I'm surprised that you aren't as well!"

[cyclogical]

Shockwave just watches him as he puffs himself up. He should probably feel more devastated at the news and all, but this was Starscream. It's more likely Megatron caught him running off and was keeping an eye on him.

"Then you have a base on this planet. I will need the coordinates," he says, sounding as if he had zero shits to give about his social status with Megatron - or Starscream's business with him. Until Starscream can start designing proper world-threatening death rays, he's going to consider his science funding securely confirmed.

[starscheme]

"Who said anything about there being a base on this planet?" he asks looking suddenly unimpressed, one eyebrow arching up. "Presumptuous."

Deep down he knows that he's going to have to bring Shockwave back to base eventually, whether he wants to or not. He can't risk pissing Megatron off any more than he already has. But that doesn't mean he has to be polite about it.