User blog:Bzero/Megatron – Response

Megatron sits on his command dais in the throne room of his castle. He glowers at the camera, his intense gaze projected out across Cybertron. “Soundwave,” he growls. “I require more information. Bring Redline to the site of the new alien menace to collect samples. Then send the Sweeps out based on those samples to trace down the source of this threat and eradicate them!”

“You are authorized to work together with the Autobots against the Fallen as long as you continue to share only what is immediately needed and withhold the rest. Once the Fallen is defeated we will use the use the information gained during our alliance to destroy the Autobots next.” Megatron leans forward from his seated position. “We will use the Autobots as the front line against this enemy and let them absorb the brunt of the damage before we go in for the kill!”

Megatron leans back once more. “As for the Central Spaceport in Ibex... let them have it. They can drain their resources supporting these pathetic refugees that, had they any value, would not have fled Cybertron in the first place. Retain control of the Hydrax Spaceport, but let the Central Spaceport go. I have more important uses for my Decepticon Aerospace than chasing flying cans of Cybertronian detritus.”

“As for your observations,” Megatron says dangerously. “... I agree. We will begin a harassment campaign at once, and I will take your post to mean you volunteer to lead the first assault! You will travel to Messatine in the Delta Quadrant. The Autobots have both a medical facility and a mining operation there. You will steal their research, capture or kill their scientists, and seize or destroy their mines. Whatever they are researching, I will know it. Soon.”

“The rest of you,” Megatron orders, “prepare to launch a series of continuing attacks against the Autobots. I will require all divisions to be ready to move at an astrosecond’s notice. We will show these Autobots this is not a time they can rest and recharge. A common enemy does not make us true allies. It makes them useful tools in particular circumstances – that is all.” With a striking motion of his hand, Megatron cuts the signal.