User blog:Spikewitwicky/April 27th, 2015 - Spike's Journal Entry



So, Jumal has left. He's making stops in the US before he flies back overseas. He's coming back in a few days though. I got a rather ominous "we have much remaining to discuss" from him. Sort of like when you were a kid and you were lucky enough to escape your parent's wrath due to a scheduling conflict, but then having your dad or mom say "oh, believe me, we're going to talk tonight."

I will remain one of the biggest cheerleaders of the Autobots until I die. But even Crosscut can't talk his way out of this. If the Autobots are viewed as agents of peace, who are here not only to save us from the Decepticons, but to save us from ourselves, and such human rights-robbing regeimes as Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and China (and to be honest, I'm looking at you, United States, we haven't had exactly a spotless resume either) - I would have to give 2014 and half of 2015 a very anemic C- or D grade. Even though, I've told Jumal until I'm blue in the face: the Autobots have had a bit of a busy year, keeping Earth ... Earth, and not an energy-rich suburb of Quintessa or Decepticon-occupied Cybertron.

And when Jumal gets back... he's going to see that instead of making a concerted effort to reup our commitment to human rights... he's going to see that I'm reaching out to privileged billionaire G.B. Blackrock. Most likely either hosting him at Autobot City, or eating with him at a fancy restaurant (although knowing G.B., he'll opt to eat at a small, local diner to keep his 'blue collar-billionaire' persona intact). Why? Simply put, the Autobots are low on supplies. Chromia, Blurr , and Elita-One have sent out a "not quite distress, but pretty close to distress" call that they need supplies - raw materials. Cybertron doesn't have it. We're operating on a 3-day reserve in Autobot City, so we don't have it. But who has energy and raw materials to spare? Good ol' G.B. - and the question is What can we offer him in return?

The Autobots desperately need these supplies. Without them, key areas on Cybertron could fall. And when Cybertron falls to the Decepticons, Earth will be next. But try telling that to Jumal. Or more bluntly, envision him visiting people who have been political prisoners and beaten in Trucial Abysmia. And he returns to find what? The Autobot ambassador telling him he wishes the Autobots could do more - only to then wine and dine a billionaire into making a deal for supplies.

Spikewitwicky (talk) 14:08, April 27, 2015 (UTC)