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[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

[Heatwave's first post opens with him talking excitedly and very fast, as though worried that if he doesn't blurt this out immediately he'll forget it. He keeps alternating between clipped briefness like he's trying to give a mission report and...well...babbling.]

[So it's like he's trying to give a really bad mission report.]

I remember how I got here.

[Yes, he sounds horribly pleased about this. He doesn't hold much hope out for his memories, okay.]

It was the Autobots. They had a Stellar Spanner - which is impossible technology. They shouldn't have had it, which is why I had to go talk to it even though it was a glitched thing to do. Sorry, Blitz. Long story short, they caught me and decided to use me to test it. I can't exactly blame them. There is always a danger of finding yourself at the far reaches of the universe if something goes wrong with one, and that's if you're lucky. Or that's what we think, anyway. This is all theoretical. The only mech who had a Stellar Spanner before this was the Old One and he was...well, crazy's putting it lightly.

I freed myself, but it was too late by then. I couldn't get the Spanner to shut down once it had started. Rude, stubborn guy. I was sent through and the next thing I remember, I'm here.

The Stellar Spanner is transwarp technology. I don't know much about it; I'm not a physicist. Part of what I do know I'm not sure I can translate appropriately into any human language. I either don't know enough of human sciences or there is no translation yet, not helped by how the majority of my knowledge isn't from a fellow Cybertronian but solely from what I heard from the Spanner before it attempted to transport me, and my memory isn't as clear in this form. I'm not sure how much I've already forgotten.

[He dissolved into muttering toward the end there, but now he takes a deep breath and speaks up]

Simply: A Stellar Spanner is a method of teleportation across space and time - kind of like the Warp drives that were mentioned earlier, except it involves the..."spaces in between realities." [He hesitates] Not...subspace. It was talking about something else. Sorry. That's a rough translation at best and the Cybertronian glyph it used has fictional connotations, so I'm not sure how to best describe it. The Spanner wasn't exactly clear, either. No one is certain of how it works. I don't think even the Old One did. Slag, I don't think it did, and a machine that doesn't understand it's own function isn't the most stable of sources.

One consistency is that you need two Stellar Spanners to travel, or at least two very similar points; one at the beginning and one at the end. I'm not saying this is the reason for our existence here, but I obviously didn't make it to my intended destination.

[and obviously getting out is of MUCH MORE IMPORTANCE NOW thank you chase.]

[ADDENDUM: After Red Alert's freakout. CYBERTRONIAN ENCRYPTION, UNHACKABLE]

[Ratchet, your comm is going to be flashing at you and this message will stay at the top of your comm until you give it attention. Sorry. Heatwave can't let someone have a mental breakdown in the middle of a ship full of civilians without alerting the only Cybertronian officer on board.]

Ratchet. Red Alert isn't handling my allegiance very well. I think he needs someone to check on him.

Comments

audio;

[soulbonder]

This Stellar Spanner sounds like the Gate...

[audio]

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

The Gate? Do you know how it works?

Re: [audio]

[soulbonder]

No... I just know it acts as gateway between universes.

[audio]

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

[that has his attention]

Actual universes, not just time and space in the same universe? Is it a common method of transportation in your world? Were you using it at the time? [but that's probably too much to hope for]

[soulbonder]

It's not common transportation. The price is too great. In order to pass, you must give up something of great importance in exchange. I only know one person who dared to barter with it twice.

I was not using it at the time.

[Cybertronian Encryption //Audio]

[pretendernoia.livejournal.com]

[Well this was an interesting theory to hear while combing through the device for information. This really would take someone like Perceptor and Wheeljack to figure ou-

Wait a minute...did he really just say? Did that Blitz mean what he thinks it means?]

What do you mean it was the Autobots?

[That was a bit high pitch at the end there, but it's deserved because he was talking to a Decepticon.]

[Cybertronian Encryption //Audio]

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

[Oh, right. He never told you his allegiance, did he?]

[Heatwave doesn't sound very concerned about this as he nods an affirmation Red Alert can't see. Not near enough concerned, oh Heatwave.]

Yes. I am a Decepticon. The Autobots aren't good mechs in my world.

[Cybertronian Encryption //Audio]

[pretendernoia.livejournal.com]

[No, no you did not. Which would have at least showed Heatwave to avoid this particular Cybertronian with everything he has.]

I..you...you didn't think that was important to know!?

I gave intel to someone that might want to kill me. I showed weakness to you. Oh Primu--

[The number you are attempting to dial is currently fumbling and barricading himself into his closet. Please hang up and try again when he's high on tranquilizers.]

[Cybertronian Encryption //Audio]

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

Why-

[And then Red's signal falls off the network. Heatwave pauses, hesitates, then tentatively tries to re-establish a connection whether Red's comm wants it or not. He understands being afraid of the enemy, but Heatwave's not and he can't leave Red Alert panicking somewhere.]

Hey. Come on. You have me outnumbered anyway, right? I'm not going to hurt anyone.

Voice

[walksonrooftops]

[Pause. There's someone on the other end of the line, judging from the faint static.]

...what?

Voice

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

Is something wrong?

Voice

[walksonrooftops]

What are you even talking about?

Voice

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

The last thing I remember before I got here. There have been a few people trying to figure out a way back. The method of transportation I was talking about sounded similar to their original ideas, so I thought it might help whatever scientists are exploring this.

voice;

[in-three.livejournal.com]

So you could have intercepted another space/time rip in the process.

voice;

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

That's what I think. If something similar was happening on this end, it could have tricked the Spanner.

voice;

[in-three.livejournal.com]

That could explain how you got here.

But it doesn't help with anyone who was doing regular, every day things.

[but Jim is becoming more and more convinced it's because of singularities that they're all here.]

voice;

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

Maybe they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Something in their universe might have aligned just right and been triggered by whatever happened here.

[Cybertronian Encryption // Audio // Not Hackable]

[hummerdoc]

Primus. I could have told you that! We're going to have to find his aft. And by Stellar Spanner, you mean space bridge?

[Cybertronian Encryption // Audio // Not Hackable]

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

[Hey. He's not the one outnumbered here.]

I didn't think he'd react that badly. I don't think he moved far. Any idea where his quarters are?

If a Space Bridge operates the same way, probably. I haven't heard it called that, though.

[Cybertronian Encryption // Audio // Not Hackable]

[hummerdoc]

He's high strung. I was hoping it wouldn't have happened this soon.

[he hums]

If I am correct, then the numbers we have engraved in our flesh would possibly correspond to quarters. We did have lockers with our numbers. I'll stop by medbay and find some tranquilizers. I'm afraid that is the only way to calm him down enough to make him functional.

It is supposed to work that way. The technology was too new to be tested properly, but that is a moot point as the inventor perished with it while escaping Cybertron during the final battle on the planet.

[Cybertronian Encryption // Audio // Not Hackable]

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

Probably a good thing. I didn't like that machine.

[Rude guy, and way too stubborn for its own good.]

Are you sure sedating a human is a good idea? [IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY, DOC?] If you know his number, I can go keep an eye on his door. Make sure he doesn't go anywhere.

( voice )

[flares.livejournal.com]

They used you to test hypothetically unviable technology?

( voice )

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

They're Autobots.

[That obviously explains everything.]

I'm guessing they were desperate. Any back-up forces they might have had were stuck off-planet like ours. If they were able to get the Stellar Spanner working, they would be able to overrun us on Earth. Since I'm not where I'm supposed to be, I'm hoping that deters them.

( voice )

[flares.livejournal.com]

Heatwave, you're going to have to clarify. What are 'Autobots'?

( voice )

[babbletechno.livejournal.com]

My species has been in a civil war for...roughly six million years, if I'm converting that right. The Autobots are one of two factions. The Decepticons are the other, and I'm one of them.

[and feeling the need to expand a little because he doesn't feel right just saying, "They're the bad guys"...]

We ended up on Earth when the dying state of our planet pushed the Autobots to seek new worlds to conquer. A ship of Decepticons followed them. Due to certain unexpected technological advances in the humans race, once we reached the Sol system both us and the Autobots' ship were shot down. Now we're all stranded there. The Earth is in danger from the Autobots because it's rich in a certain energy we can use. My faction is trying to keep them under control, but if they manage to bring in reinforcements we would be quickly beaten. The Autobots are not good guys. At least, they aren't in my universe. Ratchet and Red Alert are all right.