[center][h3][color=0054a6]NAUTICA[/color][/h3][color=0054a6][b]Location:[/b][/color] Engineering > Bridge[/center][hr]Well, at least they did not appear to be sinking. Oh, this simple joys in life. Nautica received Septishock's communique through her own radio - It looked like engineering might have lost power, but other parts of the ship were still functional. That could be good, but it could also be bad. Damaged energon cells would of course keep providing power. Until they suddenly blew up and took the ship, and the nearest island with them. She had to get diagnostics up sooner rather than later.

She saw something interesting though. In the sea, two schools of fish seemed to be engaged in what she could only describe as maneuver warfare. One school were eely things with pointy, sword-like jaws. Teh other were bulbous things with what she could only describe as rock formations for armor. The first ones seemed to be attacking the latter, having little luck. Until one of them figured out that heading at the armored fish jaws first and sinking their jaw-blade in between the armor plates was the way to go. Then, the waters turned red as it was discolored by spilled blood.

When the red haze cleared, Nautica's optics widened. That the attacking fish were eating their prey was nothing spectacular. IT was that as they did, they seemed to themselves bulk up and grow rocky armor of their own in the span of a few minutes that made her record the occasion and send it to the scientist for analysis. [color=0054a6]"You know what? I like that."[/color] she smirked, and scanning beams shot out form her eyes, targeting the sleek, rock armored fish. Once the scan finished, she could feel her t-cog working to adjust her shape and internal structure to match her protoform and alternate mode shapes more closely together. Once that was done, she grinned, took a few steps back, and with a running leap jumped out of the hull breach.

[color=0054a6]"Nautica - Traaansfooooooorm!"[/color] she shouted in elation as the armor plates on her back unlocked, her limbs tucked in and her form changed to that of the rockfish. Facing sword-jaw first, she gracefully pierced the surface and got to work. Keeping a good look around for threats, she swam zig-zag across the length of the ship, checking what damage it suffered, before making her way towards the bridge. Shooting out of the water like a blue missile, she transformed mid-air, threaded through a broken bridge window and landed on the bridge, sparks flying form her heels as she skidded to a halt. [color=0054a6]"Good news and bad news. Good news: The ship is in better shape than I expected. If we can find enough resources, I believe it to be repairable enough to get us home. Bad news: Check you inbox. I've seen something of the local fauna and the little I saw is enough to terrify me. We need to prepare to fight an enemy that will adapt to anything we throw at them."[/color] she reported to Septishock.