Chapter 3: Cybertronian Alpha
From Axalon RPG
The first Cybertronian Alpha space station(CA1) is constructed, meant to be a beacon of peace to all comers. No one seems to get the memo about the 'peace' part. The station and the new Red Star battle fleet become magnets for factional strife and the first incursions into this universe of something called the Greater Force (GF). The arc ends as the station is self destructed in order to stop a GF organic ship attack.
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Enter Cybertronian Alpha...
Ambassadors, military personal, and various others began to arrive at the newly built Maximal space station, Cybertronian Alpha. Some had peace on their minds and some had ‘other’ things. Quade, the station commander, was adjusting to his new post as was the rest of his crew – some faster then others. Quade revealed himself to be Jungle’s brother.
As the last few ambassadors arrived, something went terribly wrong. The docking doors un-expectantly closed on the vessel carrying Tyre, the Predacon Alliance Ambassador. The result was the ship being torn in half. No survivors were found and tensions on the station erupted.
Various alien governments blamed the Maximals for the incident and riots began to occur on the station. To help calm things, Quade commissioned a Predacon security force, led by Edge. Despite talks with the newly appointed Predacon Ambassador Blackarachina, of Beast Wars fame, the situation remained unresolved.
An investigation headed by Icerunner revealed that Tyre was alive and in fact responsible for his own assassination, with the aid of Transformers from all four of the Transformer factions. The overall objective of this ‘four faction group’ (4FG) was to spark a galactic war which would weaken all the major governments enough for them to move in and take over.
The Predacon fleet that was sent to commandeer the station was diverted thanks to Icerunner’s revelations and life began to turn back to normal on the station. But not all ended well as the Carbation Empire announced a declaration of war against all the Transformer factions, using Tyre’s actions as an excuse.
A Mid Summer Night’s Dream...
Repairs to the station were well underway and the station was filled with new arrivals. The assassination scandal was still on the minds of everyone and the thought of war still rang in the air. Unexpectedly the station was hit by a 'strange beam', knocking everyone on the station, offline/unconscious.
Everyone awoke soon after and went about their routines, but questions still remained. Several crew members began to report having trouble reading and others such as Heretic and Oracle began to have ‘visions’.
Unfortunately, Quade had his own problems as the Maximal High Council had un-expectantly handed control of the station over to the Predacon Alliance. On top of that, the Maximal High Council had decided to give the Carbation Empire large amounts of Maximal territory. This was all part of a new peace treaty. Quade began to feel that the price of peace may be too high.
As the situation grew dimmer, enough strange happenings occured which convinced the crew that everything occurring since the beam hit the station was nothing more then a dream. But then came the question of how to wake up?
It was decided by Icerunner that the creation of a large explosion in the dream world would over load the systems that are controlling the dream in the real world. The theory being that the equipment responsible for all this should only be able to a handle so much neural energy at once.
The dream station was therefore blown up and the crew awakens with large headaches and surrounded by Quintessons and Sharkticons. A battle occured and in the end, the Quintessons flee the station, but not before mentioning something about a ‘greater force’ (GF) that was coming. The Sharkticons are dealt with by being lowered into a cargo bay by the scent of energon and are subsequently blown out of the station. The scheme was devised by Temperance.
Several were killed in the course of things, including Quade's first officer. Thus Quade chose Edge to fill the void. Quade was then recalled to Cybertron.
Also an alien known as CaVin arrived on the station, to open his bar. Heretic who was functioning as the head of station security, expected nothing short of trouble from CaVin.
Meanwhile, Volotar remained attached to the dream equipment as he would not wake up.
Enter the Red Stars...
Quade returned to the station with three ships belonging to a new class of warship dubbed ‘Red Stars’. The ships are small, fast, highly maneuverable, and pack a tremendous amount of fire power – perhaps too much for their small size.
Quade announced plans from the Maximal High Council to enter Carbation space and liberate Maximal prisoners on an asteroid prison. In addition to the humanitarian aspects, the mission was to help show the kind of power that the Maximals have at their disposal in order to attempt to calm the Carbation’s war rally.
En-route, a distress signal was received from a transport ship. When the Red Stars arrive, they found that an ‘organic’ ship was attacking the transport and that the organic ship was commanded by Megatron, the famous Predacon rogue of Beast Wars fame. A battle occured and Icerunner and Squirrely boarded the organic ship. Icerunner found that the organic ship shared DNA similar to that of beast warrior Transformers.
Megatron received orders that the ‘test’ was over and implies that he was working for the ‘Greater Force’ to Icerunner and Squirrely. Megatron poisoned the organic ship and vanishes in a flash of light.
Realizing that its end was near, the organic ship transported Icerunner and Squirrely back to the safety of the Red Stars. When the organic ship exploded, an energy rift was created that catapults the Red Stars quite some distance.
A Maximal distress signal was then picked up from a near by planet and the Red Star commanded by Quade investigated it, leaving the other two behind to finish repairs.
Due to atmospheric storms, Quade's ship crashed near the source of the signal. It was revealed that the signal was sent from a crashed MSP ship, commanded by DeVin. DeVin convinced Quade and his crew to help her and her agents fight the inhabitants of the planet, which they believed to be working for the Carbation Empire. Quade agreed to help.
During the resulting battle, Quade announced how he did not feel that the creatures were the Maximal's enemies. DeVin was enraged by this and ordered her agents to attack Quade and his crew. During the battle, a bomb hooked to a large energon deposit was set up by DeVin's agents. The bomb was discovered only cycles before the detonation time.
The other Red Star ships arrived at the planet and evacuate everyone off the planet, except for the natives who refused to leave their home. The remaining two Red Stars took off and go into transwarp. A few moments later, the long range sensors picked up an explosion. It was then that the crew realized that Icerunner was not among them. They deduce that she must of been left behind on the planet and believe her to be dead.
DeVin offered her help in attacking the prison. Quade reluctantly agreed and the remaining two Red Star Ships headed to the prison to carryout their original mission. Jungle was revealed to be one of the prisoners there as the Maximal prison he was serving his sentence out at was attacked during a Carbation raid. DeVin used all the commotion of the battle to steal a Carbation shuttle and escape.
With the aid of Jungle and the rest of the prisoners, the prison was liberated. The Red Stars dropped Jungle and the other prisoners off at Cybertron and then returned to Cybertronian Alpha.
The Beginning of the End...
The Red Stars arrived back at the station, only to find that several changes had occurred. After an investigation, it was revealed that Volotar, who had not been released from the Quintessons's dream generation devises, had somehow merged with the station's main computer and had thus begun to recreate the station in his own image. The result was a far superior station.
This event attracted a great deal of attention. Even the attention of the ‘Greater Force’ was gained. Organic ships therefore arrive and attack the station. Quade ordered the station evacuated and has the two Red Stars cover the escape ships. Most of the escape ships were able to leave the area with out incident as the organic ships were only targeting the station itself.
Once all escape ships were clear, Quade activated the station’s self destruct sequence and he along with Temperance evacuated the station in the last remaining escape ship. The main computer core of the station which now contains Volotar's conscience was taken with them as well.
The station exploded, taking a number of organic ships with it.
Quade is left hoping that peace did not end with the station.
