Test Drive

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"Stupid slagging diode-blooming meatship downgrading meee-eeeeee!" Sentinel roared his displeasure as he veered around another corner. He was still getting used to the different sense of balance with his reduced size. The change in mass was playing havoc on his handling. How did the damn Bumbler deal with the change?

He clipped another corner, not slowing down as he refused to give up. Hopefully none of those skittering organics would get in his way this time.

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Sentinel huffed. "Technological is a normal animal."

He opened one optic wider at the next question. "Oh they're the scum of the universe. But they wouldn't dare try anything with an Elite Guard member here to trounce them." He sported a cocky grin.

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Jamie sincerely hoped that if Sentinel's description of his enemies was true, he had the skills to back up his boasting. Doubly so, actually, if they were going to be on the same team and Jamie'd have to trust the robot to watch his back on a mission. "Well, it's...good to know you're on the job, then."

He narrowed his eyes a little in contemplation. "Um. So there's an entire planet full of, uh...robots like you? Do they all transform into little cars and stuff, or is that just an...Elite Guard thing?"

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"Oh there's more than just our home planet. We've got outposts throughout the galaxy as well. To answer your question though, yes, all of us transform. It's how we survive." He paused. "And there's nothing 'little' about my proper form! This damn bio-nightmare shrunk me down!"

He huffed and folded his arms across his torso. "Most of us do turn into terrestrial vehicle modes though; usually four-wheeled."

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"You need to transform to survive?" Jamie wondered if it was like some mechanical version of evolution - adapting to one's environment and all. "How come you take those particular forms, 's there any reason? And - how big are you, normally?" he added, giving Sentinel a scrutinizing gaze. He was envisioning the robot's vehicle form being more in the range of a normal-sized car, scaled to carry humans - but if Sentinel was from an alien planet where, from all indications, humans didn't even exist, maybe his 'proper form' was considerably larger than that.

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"We don't need to, but it helps a great deal. We usually attempt to scan modes that have some kind of correlation with our real vehicle modes." He grimaced. "And I'm normally grand and massive enough to form the full-sized version of that.. snow.. plow... thing."