Episode 8

TFWire presents War Stories, a fan fiction podcast.

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition

of TFWire .com's War Stories, Episode 8. I am

your host, Steve slash Megatron. Today I'm reading

a story by Nico. The story is called Collateral

Damage. prologue like so many of the powers of

the universe the origins of the artifact were

a mystery as were the keys that operated it four

keys to each side of the universe as goes the

saying the keys existences were not even known

until well after the war began on a planet far

from the centre of the universe a race of sentient

machines were taking their first steps into freedom

having broken the bonds of enslavement from their

techno -organic masters the machines commandeered

a barren planet once belonging to their former

captors building creating growing soon the barren

rock became a civilization greater than any other

it was called cybertron the people flourished

under the joint rule of the prime and the tron

but political unrest soon set the stage for war

when their planet was the sparkling jewel of

technology that they had set out to achieve the

tron and his supporters howled for empirical

expansion while the prime and his supporters

wished to make peace and establish trade with

neighboring planets starting as a political campaign

the tron movement soon evolved into a coup that

planned to assassinate the current prime and

it succeeded the third prime sentinel prime was

publicly assassinated before his supporters during

a peace conference calling for Cybertronian talents

of organic species. This action by the Tron Rebels,

now calling themselves Decepticons, issued in

a response by the Prime Supporters, now calling

themselves Autobots. Thousands perished, planets

destroyed, entire species erased from existence.

and all because of one being's thirst for power

and intolerance for lesser species. His name

was Gigatron. He didn't live to see his dream

of power and empire come to fruit. Three Vorns

after the assassination of Sentinel Prime, Gigatron

was cut down by one of his own. He was a former

gladiator of the Pit Wars. His real name has

been lost to time, but after deactivating his

party's leader, He was henceforth referred to

as Megatron by his Decepticons. Just as Megatron

replaced Gigatron, Sentinel Prime's successor

was named. He was once a clerk in the Chamber

of Elders, but during the fight for emancipation

became a skilled major and one of the Prime's

inner circle and stood by Sentinel's side when

he was cut down. On the Prime's last dying breath,

he said these words to the young major. Optronux,

you must lead our people. Do not let the darkness

overcome all that we have fought for. Keep the

light shining for them. Take it. Keep it safe.

Reaching into his chest, Sentinel pulled forth

a glowing sphere of energy resting in his ceremonial

case, the Matrix. Optronux's optics widened in

sudden awe and fear. No. He said flatly, I cannot

take this from you. You must, Orion. Sentinel

rasped, his eyes already dimming. Optronix felt

a twinge of guilt deep inside of his cortex as

his commanding officer used his nickname. The

light must live on. His face turned soft and

he smiled. Even if I do not. No! Optronux denied

angrily. We'll get a medic! You will live, Sentinel!

Prime smiled, lingered, as he looked at his young

major. I could not have asked Primus for a more

trustworthy comrade or such a worthy successor.

You will lead our people to prosperity, Optimus

Prime. and so a new chapter began as the old

one faded both political parties grew into military

factions and millions of megavorns ticked away

as their war ravaged their side of the universe

during the fifth great war the tide turned that

was when the artifact was found a glowing sphere

of energy not unlike the autobot matrix was found

on a planet inhabited by insentient organic animals

and predatory vegetation The one who found the

object was a wing squadron commander named Starscream.

The energy of the artifact overwhelmed him, and

he made an attempt to overthrow Megatron. His

attempt failed, and Megatron came into possession

of the artifact. And in a questionable move,

he made Starscream, the would -be murderer, his

second -in -command. With the power of the artifact

at his disposal, Megatron was able to claim over...

The planet of Cybertron and surviving forces

of the Autobots were forced to flee. However,

in a last -ditch effort to regain control of

Cybertron, Optimus Prime faced off against Megatron,

during which, for some unknown reason, the artifact

that gave Megatron the bulk of his power split

into four keys and scattered. And where our story

begins is not on some far -reaching battlefield

of space. Here's of the Cybertronian conflicts.

And our hero is not some high IQ intellect of

human progression, but a young girl whose involvement

in the intergalactic war began when she was but

a child. A child who tried to catch a falling

star. And that's the end of our story. And if

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And for now, this is Steve slash Megatron, signing

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