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40 ABY

Cybertron

"Decks six through ten have reached full capacity!" a tech shouted over the din. "Crew cabins in Block Alpha-Red also at max fill!"

"Overall power at eighty five percent and rising!" another answered.

"Great! The Plasma Batteries have done their duty!" Optimus Prime said. He jogged over to a line of computer stations that had been monitoring the little things: the spatial anomaly now positively ID'd as Grimlock's portal, the state of the Nemesis's launch area in East Iacon, the ever-changing ETD of the Ark. "How long until we can depart, soldier?" he asked the femme manning the latter station.

"It all depends on the launch crew, sir," she replied. "We're almost done loading the ship, but it's still not quite reached capacity yet. Should I send the boarding call out now, or wait for a few more breems . . ?"

Suddenly, all the lights in the nerve center went red. An alarm blared once or twice.

"Optimus Prime, sir! The portal Grimlock reported - it's just grown unstable!" a red-and-gold Autobot cried

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"Optimus Prime, sir! The portal Grimlock reported - it's just grown unstable!" a red-and-gold Autobot cried.


"Oh, no . . . surveillance shows greatly increased activity at the East Iacon launch site!" another reported. "SLAG! We just lost visual! Someone get me eyes on that compound, stat!"


At that moment, Medical Officer Ratchet approached Prime's right-hand side. "I hope you know what you're doing, Optimus. If not . . . well, we'll be personally responsible for everything that happens afterward."

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