[u]Darkstar[/u]
The mechanic paused when Darkstar mentioned it wasn't an Autobot that shot him down. So he'd gotten his first taste of Decepticon betrayal? But he didn't push any further when Darkstar changed the subject. It was obviously a tender subject. [b]"Oh, that? That was the Ark. It was supposed to find a new source of power, but we lost contact shortly after its launch. Optimus took the best of us with him on that ship, and now, well, you can see what followed."[/b] By then, both knee joints were replaced and new armor bolted onto Darkstar's legs, and Spotweld had moved on to the arms. [b]"It's not the most ideal way to live, but at least we're online. Hyperspeed makes sure we get what we need, so repair supplies aren't too big of a problem. The only real problem is getting energon. Shockwave guards the energon refineries well and tracks all output, but we manage to skim off a bit every now and then."[/b] Of course, by a bit, he meant a lot. Shockwave often finds that a refinery produces far less than ideal every now and then.

[u]Metalstorm[/u]
The Seekers obviously were not expecting the attack, and the one he targeted went down fairly easily. By then, though, the others had caught on that this was not a potential ally, and split off from each other to give two separate targets rather than a cluster, making them a tougher fight. Machine gun fire came from two different directions, and alerts went off in Metalstorm's systems that a lock-on was in progress. But with one of their wingmen down, the Seekers were already a truncated force, as Seekers worked best in trios rather than pairs.

[u]Overboost[/u]
Overboost was led underground, through the same cave system Darkstar had been led through. When they reached the main chamber, Hyperspeed was waiting for them. He looked up and down Overboost, and a sort of sadness was in his optics. How could Crosswire even call himself Autobot while denying several Cybertronians their transformation? Not even the Decepticons were as cruel as that as far as he knew. [b]"I just want to say I am very sorry for what that madbot did to you. We did our best to find Crosswire before the damage was too great."[/b] He nodded to the guard, who returned to his post. Hyperspeed gestured to Overboost to follow. [b]"You're probably surprised to find you're not the first. We've come to call your kind Actionmasters, due to their greatly amplified combat ability. But even though we've given them a name, we've only seen three others before you, and only one remains at this moment. He was the only one that could deal with being unable to transform. The other two... well, it wasn't pretty."[/b] He stopped and turned to Overboost. [b]"I hope you'll consider joining our resistance. You'll be happy to know we're not like most remaining Autobot groups. We don't mindlessly charge Decepticon strongholds and offline as many as we can until we're all offline. Our goal is not to kill Decepticons for the sake of killing them, but to stay alive as long as possible, and hope the Ark's crew contacts us soon."[/b] After a million decacycles, though, most had lost hope of contact. Even so, they weren't about to go mindlessly raiding strongholds.