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Date Posted: 11:13:50 07/20/01 Fri
Author: NOVA*Beacon
Subject: Even as Darkstar’s clever doppelganger dealt with Veridian’s vengeance....
In reply to: Dark Star 's message, "Dark Star watched as the chaos began to build...." on 20:07:47 07/19/01 Thu

...Darkstar herself, awaiting word from Ferris Magnum, heard instead from the ship itself! The booming voice of a unispark comprised of the slain sparks of a thousand victims of the mech-life hating Nebulan TLA, was surprisingly gentle.

”DARKSTAR.

YOUR SACRIFICE IS APPRECIATED, BUT UNNECESSARY. OUR--MY--PREDICAMENT IS SLIGHTLY MORE COMPLEX THAN YOU REALIZE. WHEN MY CENTRAL PROCESSOR WAS RAVAGED BY THE ELECTRIADER KNOWN AS POWERLINE, MY SPARK WAS CUT OFF FROM ALL MY SUBSYSTEMS EVEN AS A VIRUS ATE AWAY AT MY PERIPHERAL DATATRACKS. WHEN CHRISTOPHER BRADDOCK RESCUED MY CORE PROGRAM HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TRANSFER ME INTO THIS VESSEL’S SUBSYSTEMS. MANUAL CONTROLS WILL FUNCTION ONCE REENERGIZED; I MYSELF AM STILL CUT OFF UNTIL THE BURNED OUT SYSTEMS ARE REPAIRED.

EVEN NOW I FEEL MYSELF SLOWING...THE VENTING WILL LEAVE US DRAINED OF MOST OF OUR POWER OTHER THAN LIFE SUPPORT, GRAVITY AND MOST LUMINARY SYSTEMS. HOWEVER...WE WILL SOON STOP.

THIS BODY IS ALREADY BUILT UPON TOO MANY VICTIMS. WHEN RAPH SAR AND HIS MINIONS IN THE TLA TORE THROUGH THE GALAXY, THEY DID MORE THAN SLAY ANY AND ALL SENTIENT MACHINE LIFE THEY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH. HEAR NOW THE DEPTHS OF HATRED AND THE PRICE PAID FOR MY EXISTENCE! SAR’S DISMANTLER’S DISSECTED EACH OF US, USING US AS SPARE PARTS! AS HIS REIGN OF TERROR GREW SO DID THE VESSEL ONCE CALLED THE BEACON OF NEBULOS! THE SHIPS IN MY DOCKING BAY--THE ANOMALY SWEEPERS AND COSMOGLIDERS AS THEY CALLED THEM--WERE ALSO CONSTRUCTED FROM ONCE LIVING, SENTIENT MECHANOIDS!

CAUGHT IN BETWEEN HERE AND OBLIVION, OUR SPARKS ROAMED AND SUFFERED UNTIL THE VALIANT CREW OF THE SP BOARDHOPPER, LED BY FERRIS MAGNUM, FINALLY DEFEATED THIS VESSEL’S BIGOTED MASTERS. WE LAY FOR MONTH’S BENEATH THE FROZEN WASTE OF ICE COMP BEFORE ANOTHER USED US FOR HIS OWN EVIL ENDS. THE WR@ WARRIOR @LPHA PUCK PROVED TO BE OUR SALVATION THOUGH. WHEN HE UNITED OUR SPARKS INTO ONE HE GAVE US NEW LIFE, NEW PURPOSE! WE AROSE AS ONE, CLAIMING THIS BODY AS OUR OWN! IT WAS NOT THE LIFE WE--I--KNEW, NOR WOULD WE EVER WANT TO SEE ANOTHER ADDED TO IT.

YOU ARE AS SPECIAL AND UNIQUE AS MY COMPOSITE PERSONAS ONCE WERE. YOU DISPLAYED GREAT BRAVERY IN AIDING THOSE WHO TRIED TO SLOW ME AND SURPRISING SPECIAL ABILITIES, INCLUDING SIZE-CHANGING AND DUPLICATION!

PLEASE--REMAIN AS YOU ARE. WE WOULD HAVE YOU AS OUR FRIEND AND NOT ANOTHER VICTIM. OUR LIFE WAS NOT WORTH THAT OF THE ONES LOST BEFORE; NEITHER NOW IS OUR INDEPENDENT MOBILITY. YET PERHAPS THERE IS MERIT TO A VARIATION ON YOUR IDEA. WE HAVE OBSERVED THE BOND BETWEEN THE WARRIORS CALLED EBONHAWK AND MERCADO, AND PERHAPS--WAIT! DO YOU FEEL THAT?

I THINK WE’VE STOPPED...”

Outside the ship, as the haze of energon slowly cleared, the rescuers looked anxiously for those left behind.

Space was unforgivingly silent...

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