Video: A formal call to the Decepticons of this lovely city

[aminerproblem]

I've been told time and time again that this war is over, but I have yet to see it beyond a tolerance teetering on a knife's edge between episodes of unnecessary, extreme violence. We can do better than this - we can do better than wallowing in our circumstance.

To the Decepticons here who still follow my word: If you can hear this, now is the time for you to break out of this malaise and act. I am in need of your skills, and we've remained scattered in this rubble for far too long. 

We, of all of us here, should understand how to build something grand from nothing.

It is time we take that first step. 

(Private To Sixshot)
Sixshot, how skilled are you at tracking someone's scent?

(Private To Spinister.)
Spinister, I am in need of a medical advisor. It is important you come to the Autobot clinic immediately.

Comments

[loyaltyandhonor]

Megatron. We have not spoken directly, but I have spent some time with the Decepticons from your universe. Consider me an observer to the state of your leadership.

I cast my lot with your Decepticons out of hope that you would prove more honorable than your counterparts. Yet all I have seen you do since arriving on this planet is assist the Autobots and punish the very soldiers who once pledged loyalty to you, and who rightfully oppose our greatest enemy. As far as I am concerned, you hold no more authority over the Decepticons than the Megatron who defected to the Autobots.

Given the choice between a leader who rewards traitors and one who punishes loyalty, I am beginning to wonder if the decision to ally with your Decepticons was an error made in haste.

[aminerproblem]

[He's not aware of everything Dreadwing had mentioned, but he's assuming part of it is referring to Tarn.]

I assume you're unaware of my agreement with Tarn, and, frankly, I'm not here to debate whether or not you think I responded to him correctly. I don't pretend to hold any authority over anyone unless they choose to give it to me, and Tarn swore to uphold the Decepticon ideal.

I don't consider that ideal to be to brutalizing and torturing Cybertronians when they have not provoked you, and I refuse to endorse it. That is why I took his badge.

It is up to you if you wish to follow me or not, but I will not pretend that I will allow this if you do.

[loyaltyandhonor]

I agree. Tarn should have ended the Autobot's life rather than prolong his suffering, but that is besides the point. I know you lack any military experience, but to ostracize a soldier for fighting against the enemy is folly.

The Autobots killed my twin and countless other Decepticon warriors. Only a naive fool would trust them not to attack if given the opportunity.

[aminerproblem]

[Dreadwing's insistence on butting his head on the issue seems to draw a little anger out of him.]

A soldier who doesn't know when to cease fire has no place in any army of mine. Restraint and the discipline not to attack is a greater strength than blindly shooting at whatever shadow seizes your spark with fear.

Look around you. The Autobots are better organized, better equipped, and greater in number. If they wanted to kill you, you'd be dead on the ground.

[loyaltyandhonor]

[You calling him WEAK, Megatron?!]

Underestimating me would be a grave error, Megatron. These odds are hardly enough to justify submission to the Autobots. If we had given up at the slightest disadvantage the war would have been lost long ago.

Perhaps I was too quick to assume the Decepticons of your world are equal to those of my own. As a group you certainly lack the resolve and resilience I would expect from my kind. This conversation has done nothing but solidify my doubts that there could ever be a place for me among your ranks.

[aminerproblem]

I question your military judgment if you can't even recognize when you're trapped in your own wartime mentality.

It's over. It is time for us to rebuild.

But you're welcome to remain floundering in your past if that's what you wish. Don't interfere.