User blog:Bzero/Slamdance - Kimia Destroyed

Slamdance appears on the Iacon Plain, the burning wreckage of Kimia behind him. Standing next to him is a damaged-looking red robot. Behind them Ratchet and Fixit carry out the badly-burned body of Console. Overhead, a large propeller-driven Decepticon bomber buzzes in the distance.

Slamdance looks into the camera and says, "I'm standing here with Rad, former commander of the Kimia Research Facility." A small graphic identifies Rad. "He is one of the survivors of a meteor strike last night that damaged Iacon and destroyed Kimia."

Slamdance looks at Rad. "What is the status of Kimia now?"

Rad frowns. "A complete loss, along with all of our prototypes. At least most of our data was backed up in Iacon proper.  Even worse, one of our security staff, Pointblank, was killed, and a half-dozen more seriously wounded.  The entire extent of the damage hasn't been assessed yet, but it looks bad.  I barely got out myself."

Slamdance asks, "Do you this this was a natural phenomenon, or some sort of Decepticon attack?"

Rad's frown deepens. "The surgical nature of the strike indicates it had to be of Decepticon origin. No other areas of Cybertron were damaged -- just Iacon.  I'm not sure how they accomplished it, but we're working to get Iacon's shields back online before they try it again."

Slamdance turns back to the camera. "There you have it. We'll continue coverage of this story as it develops.  I'm Slamdance, reporting for ABN."