[VIDEO][001] - Backdated to Magnus' Arrival

[onlytwoexpressions]

[The video feed flickers to life, and despite the commotion, it's very much intentional. For those of you who know Riptide, you can see him frantically trying to escape from two hands that about as big as he is. Finally, one hand seizes Riptide and slams him to the floor. With some stability now, the camera is able to focus on Ultra Magnus. For those of you who don't know him, prepare to be bored. For those of you who do know him, it's possible that he's much much bigger than you remember, having had a few necessary upgrades recently.]

[He clears his vocalizer.]

Attention to all those who receive this broadcast. My name is Ultra Magnus. I have recently come aboard this ship and have been given the position of bailiff and parole officer. Let it be known that I have served as an officer of the law prior to my enlistment aboard the Moira, and as such, I promise that I will treat my duties and responsibilities with the utmost care, respect, and diligence that is befitting the position. I am fair and even-handed, and I look forward to working with all of you and becoming a productive member of the community.

That said, I have in my custody the one known as Riptide. He is a former comrade of mine, who served aboard the same ship as I did. Some of you may know him, and I am obligated to inform you that trusting this individual is a huge mistake. He is, as of now, being apprehended for being an accessory to mutiny.

[If Riptide wriggles, Magnus quickly presses his considerable weight down on him to make him stop.]

As I am still unfamiliar with the ship, I wish to know where the brig is located. I also wish to know everything about the due process aboard, as I intend to have this...this...ne'er-do-well answer for his crimes against his chain of command. In addition, if there are any forms and paperwork associated with the booking of prisoners so that they can be properly processed, I will more than happily fill out any and all necessary forms.

Again, I hope to make your acquaintance and let's all be sure to follow the new rules and expectations set forth by our current caregivers.

Magnus out.

Comments

[onlytwoexpressions]

Feasible, but his actions suggest he knows about the mutiny I'm referring to.

[averagehero]

Yeah, people tend to act weird when you throw them on the ground and accuse them of stuff. It's called "scared".

[onlytwoexpressions]

Which is also something that happens when you're caught.

I understand you may be Riptide's friend. I was once as well...before all of this. He and I served on the same crew and he was relatively little trouble.

...Relatively. Considering the rest of the crew.

[averagehero]

It also happens when you're confused and getting attacked. Don't jump to guilty because you scared him, sheesh.

We're buddies, I can vouch he's not getting up to trouble while here. Leave your homeworld drama at the door and lay off him.

[onlytwoexpressions]

I am still obligated, as his commanding officer, to bring him to our captains to sort all of this out. I'm not here to sentence him. But he, at the least, owes us an explanation should he know anything.

[averagehero]

Your people don't run this ship, so I hope you mean the Moira Captains. I don't think they'll care what he's done off this ship.

[onlytwoexpressions]

I mean the captains that Riptide and I both served under. They're here as well and his knowledge affects them as much as it does me.

I have no desire to see Riptide harmed, and he won't be. But if we are to trust in him, we need to know why he did what he did. If it's something that can be prevented, then we're certainly going to try.

[averagehero]

Keep your ship authority out of it, then. Being assigned to patrol here has jack shit to do with your baggage from back home.

Not to mention you probably got the wrong guy, anyway.

[onlytwoexpressions]

Among the Cybertronians here, there still exists a chain of command. Granted, it likely means little aboard this ship, but the majority of us still respect that particular chain.

You are, in no way, beholden to my authority and you do not have to report to me. But we still have duties towards each other. I am second-in-command to both Rodimus and Megatron and I will defer to them as per the usual.

[averagehero]

I don't give a damn about your chain of command, I care about Riptide.

So if you mistreat him, I'll be standing between you and him from now on, got it?

[onlytwoexpressions]

I am not the type to mistreat anyone, but very well. I'll keep that in mind.