Fera Islands, Mediterranean Ocean, Earth
Spring 1938
"Thissss had besst be good Major." The hiss that rolled in the voice was silibant, yet carried a tone as if it was used to being in control.
"I wouldn't have called you and Lord McCullen here unless it was." The man who lead them, Major Sebastian Bludd, stepped over the corpse of the monk, who until hours ago, was apart of a brotherhood who defended this place. The uniform was dark olive in color, and the red bandanna on his arm was emblazoned with the symbols of his order, the swastika backed by the flared cobra head.
"Under the Fuhrers orders, we've been scouring the world for sites of power. Tomax and Zamot discovered the location of this Island Chain while studying one of Merlin's grimoires..."
"The sorcerer," queried a scottish voice. The voice seemed to echo for a second against the stone, carrying a strange metallic quality to it.
Bluud looked into the metal mask worn by Destro, James McCullen XXII, and nodded, "The same sir. In it he mentioned talks of Giants of Metal and Fire, capable of laying waste to the world. He said they were sealed by Metal Gods, locked away on a remote Island chain - and a holy order was founded to protect their corpses."
The three men stopped before a massive stone wall, it's surface emblazoned with symbols foreign to any human tongue. In it's center, a hole was carved, oblong in shape, nearly half a foot deep. As if something had been pried from it, and waited to be replaced.
Two men, near identical twins, turned as the three approached. Their brown hair was trimmed short, and their face bore identical scars, though on opposite cheeks.
"Tomax, Xamot, report," ordered the hissing voice.
"We believe this to be a lock of some sort," began the one on the left, the sentence continued on by the twin, "hiding something of great power."
"While Radar detection shows there is nothing"
"But through our divinations, we"
"Have discovered great wards. We have"
"Been focused on location of what we believe to be the key"
"But to no great success yet" the two finished in unison.
"The metal giants Merlin spoke of?" The voice belonged to Major Bludd.
"Yes" came the united answer, without the two even looking at each other.
"Find me the key Major.." the hissing voice spoke again, "Do not rest until you do...The Fuhrer will wisssssssssh to know of thisssss"
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Fera Islands, Meditarranian Ocean
Summer, 1938
The Commander stood once more in the crumbling ruins of the once great monastery, once more in front of the great carved wall.
"All thesssse months of sssearching," the Commander spoke, the black hood covering his head did not so much as move, "And it wasss here all along. Thisssss key to ultimate Power."
In his hands, The Commander held the object in his hands, the key to the secrets long hidden. A oblong metallic handle carved in ancient runes encircled a decided orange metallic housing. Within the center housing, gleamed a jewel of near unimaginable brightness.
"We believe it is called the Matrix," Xamot spoke, for once without his twin nearby, you must simple place it within the lock, and the seal should release..."
"Are you sure of this Commander?" the deep voice of Destro spoke behind, "We do not know what this power could be,"
"Enough Desssstro. The Fuhrer is growing impatient, it isss time to sssseee if thisss hasss been worth it.."
The Matix glowed in the Commanders hands, as he lifted it to the wall. Before it was within a meter, the ground began to shake, rumble, the heave upward. Xamot scrambled back as he lost his footing, Destro and the Commander backed away. The wall had not parted gently, instead it seemed to cave in, the centuries old stone flooring beneath them was becoming dishelved.
"Let me out of here!" the Commander's voice rasped, pushing Destro aside, the blue officer's cape flaring out behind him as he attempted to avoid begin crushed.
The voice which spoke was booming, gravely, and filled with menace as it spoke, "You would be conquerors...destroyers..you seek power..."
The stones of the temple fell away, the ground erupting as a massive metallic hand reached for the air, in the darkness of dusk the giants frame was dark, except for glowing red eyes, "Then come forth, for you have awakened..the Ultimate Power, you have awakened The DECEPTICONS"
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Earth: Summer of 1940
The world has been at war for three years.
With the discovery of the Decepticons in the Fera Islands, the Cobra Society has risen in prominence within the Nazi Regime, when the Fuhrer eventually disappears, it is the Cobra Commander which takes his place as leader of the Third Reich. Adorned with the Matrix on his chest, the Commander has become a feared Warrior-King.
Utilizing the advance technology of the Decepticons, the Third Reich has steamrolled over the Allied defenders of Europe, leaving destruction and devastation in their wake. Cities lie crumbling, the lands dying.
Before the discovery of the Decepticons by the Cobra Society, the United States had made their own discovery - a group of ancient, immense metal beings - the Autobots.
Studying the ancient machines in a remote military facility, US Scientist had begun cracking the technology which made them function. Eventually, the robots themselves came to life, as if on their own, refusing to become involved in the humans war.
Until the rise of the Commander. When his optics fell upon a image of the hooded human leader of the Third Reich wearing the Matrix, Optimus Prime knew the Decepticons were involved.
The Autobots were mobilized....
Our War has become theirs.
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New game, open to new characters, or some "returning". Characters will be approval be solely by the GM. Player input it allowed to help refine a character.
Players will create a new Autobot, a member of the Ark's crew who was awakened in the 20th century, at the height of the Second Great War.
Players will have their own strike group, working to help the humans against the Decepticon backed Third Reich.
There will not be any techspecs used, character sheets should be done in a "Profile" type, similar to the following (char pics not needed of course):
If you wish to see the original storyline this idea was cribbed from, feel free to download the comics here
