Character name: Fracas Character journal:redshirtrobot Altered History: Fracas’s life has been profoundly unremarkable, save for one instance. No, not the zombies! Fracas lost an optic in combat, which facilitated a change in his career path that led him to where he has ended up; a mechanic, slowly learning to be independent and an individual while arguing for the rights of Vehicons with others – or trying to explain the lack of Vehicon rights to them. What if his reaction to the loss of his optic led him somewhere entirely different? Point in fact, what if it led him to the Autobots? Following the battle that cost Fracas his optic, he didn’t immediately leave the security division of the Vehicons. Instead he seriously considered his options… and the course of the war. He realized that if he stayed with the Decepticons he was likely to end up dead, whether it was at the Autobots’ hands or those of his own comrades. The next time he was sent into combat he promptly surrendered to the Autobots. After the inevitable extensive grilling to find out he knew zilch, he was tentatively allowed to join the Autobots. Fracas eventually started proving himself to be useful as a decent mechanic and fair in combat and over the centuries his (rather paranoid and distrusting) squadmates became comfortable enough with the presence of a former Decepticon to allow him a little free reign. He only continued to build his skill from there, and come to the conclusion that Vehicons were just as worthy of freedom and independence as everyone else. He even started making headway in convincing other Vehicons to, if not join the Autobots, then to at least leave the war. Rumors have it that there are scattered colonies of neutral Vehicons on hospitable planets scattered throughout the galaxy… though these are still just rumors, as no one else has ever located them. Fracas only made it to Earth within the last year, having mostly participated in skirmishes across the galaxy as he tried to find his way to the coordinates that Optimus Prime sent out during the fall of Cybertron. He has never actually worked with Team Prime even so, preferring to find his way to Decepticon mining operations to offer the Vehicons there an alternative to enduring their Decepticon masters until they end up in pieces. It’s done little good in reducing the number of Decepticon troops, but even one less soldier fighting the Autobots can make a difference.
Altered Personality: Fracas originally arrived in Haven as a timid, hyper-polite fellow that has slowly started growing into his own and becoming more and more vocal about his world and his people – for better or for worse. This Fracas has gone through centuries of this growing period already and has become the individual he needed to be, whether he truly wanted to be or not. He is still as polite as he can be, admittedly. That’s just how he’s gotten used to dealing with people. Even so, he’s significantly more comfortable talking to other people, whether they are other Vehicons or other Autobots. He is also much more confident in his abilities, even if he’s not the best at them. He’s much more willing to say “I’ll see what I can do” rather than “I don’t know how much I can help”. He’s much more hopeful about the future than when he was with the Decepticons. He used to spend much of his time expecting to die, to enemies or friends. Now that his friends don’t shoot at him, he can kind of see a light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe he can survive this… and maybe his side can win, too. Sometimes he wakes up from recharge and is still amazed by that feeling. Really, it brightens his day – and mood just a little. It lets him stay a little calmer than he might otherwise be. No terrified shrieking over Starscream or other Decepticon officers. More to the point, he accidentally took a page from Optimus Prime’s book and makes a concerted effort to convince other Decepticons – or at least other Vehicons – that they would be better off with the Autobots or leaving the war entirely. Making the choice to surrender to the Autobots was an independent and very freeing decision for Fracas, and it went to Fracas’s head a little bit; now he wants to share the ability of choice with those that are trapped the same way he is. He doesn’t let it interfere with combat because he knows that’s a good way to get killed, but outside of combat he’s certainly willing to try to convince Decepticons to abandon Megatron’s grand, insane schemes and fight for the other side.
Altered Appearance: Fracas’s appearance has, in fact, changed… to his current appearance. The only real difference is in the reason for the changes. Rather than in an attempt to disguise himself from Starscream, Fracas made the changes to give the Autobots someone in the air… and so the Autobots wouldn’t accidentally confuse him with his still-purple brethren. The last thing he wants is to be killed by friendly fire. However, he still wears his mask – mostly for intimidation, but also to hide his still-red optic.
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Altered History: Fracas’s life has been profoundly unremarkable, save for one instance. No, not the zombies! Fracas lost an optic in combat, which facilitated a change in his career path that led him to where he has ended up; a mechanic, slowly learning to be independent and an individual while arguing for the rights of Vehicons with others – or trying to explain the lack of Vehicon rights to them. What if his reaction to the loss of his optic led him somewhere entirely different? Point in fact, what if it led him to the Autobots? Following the battle that cost Fracas his optic, he didn’t immediately leave the security division of the Vehicons. Instead he seriously considered his options… and the course of the war. He realized that if he stayed with the Decepticons he was likely to end up dead, whether it was at the Autobots’ hands or those of his own comrades. The next time he was sent into combat he promptly surrendered to the Autobots. After the inevitable extensive grilling to find out he knew zilch, he was tentatively allowed to join the Autobots.
Fracas eventually started proving himself to be useful as a decent mechanic and fair in combat and over the centuries his (rather paranoid and distrusting) squadmates became comfortable enough with the presence of a former Decepticon to allow him a little free reign. He only continued to build his skill from there, and come to the conclusion that Vehicons were just as worthy of freedom and independence as everyone else. He even started making headway in convincing other Vehicons to, if not join the Autobots, then to at least leave the war. Rumors have it that there are scattered colonies of neutral Vehicons on hospitable planets scattered throughout the galaxy… though these are still just rumors, as no one else has ever located them.
Fracas only made it to Earth within the last year, having mostly participated in skirmishes across the galaxy as he tried to find his way to the coordinates that Optimus Prime sent out during the fall of Cybertron. He has never actually worked with Team Prime even so, preferring to find his way to Decepticon mining operations to offer the Vehicons there an alternative to enduring their Decepticon masters until they end up in pieces. It’s done little good in reducing the number of Decepticon troops, but even one less soldier fighting the Autobots can make a difference.
Altered Personality: Fracas originally arrived in Haven as a timid, hyper-polite fellow that has slowly started growing into his own and becoming more and more vocal about his world and his people – for better or for worse. This Fracas has gone through centuries of this growing period already and has become the individual he needed to be, whether he truly wanted to be or not. He is still as polite as he can be, admittedly. That’s just how he’s gotten used to dealing with people. Even so, he’s significantly more comfortable talking to other people, whether they are other Vehicons or other Autobots. He is also much more confident in his abilities, even if he’s not the best at them. He’s much more willing to say “I’ll see what I can do” rather than “I don’t know how much I can help”.
He’s much more hopeful about the future than when he was with the Decepticons. He used to spend much of his time expecting to die, to enemies or friends. Now that his friends don’t shoot at him, he can kind of see a light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe he can survive this… and maybe his side can win, too. Sometimes he wakes up from recharge and is still amazed by that feeling. Really, it brightens his day – and mood just a little. It lets him stay a little calmer than he might otherwise be. No terrified shrieking over Starscream or other Decepticon officers.
More to the point, he accidentally took a page from Optimus Prime’s book and makes a concerted effort to convince other Decepticons – or at least other Vehicons – that they would be better off with the Autobots or leaving the war entirely. Making the choice to surrender to the Autobots was an independent and very freeing decision for Fracas, and it went to Fracas’s head a little bit; now he wants to share the ability of choice with those that are trapped the same way he is. He doesn’t let it interfere with combat because he knows that’s a good way to get killed, but outside of combat he’s certainly willing to try to convince Decepticons to abandon Megatron’s grand, insane schemes and fight for the other side.
Altered Appearance: Fracas’s appearance has, in fact, changed… to his current appearance. The only real difference is in the reason for the changes. Rather than in an attempt to disguise himself from Starscream, Fracas made the changes to give the Autobots someone in the air… and so the Autobots wouldn’t accidentally confuse him with his still-purple brethren. The last thing he wants is to be killed by friendly fire. However, he still wears his mask – mostly for intimidation, but also to hide his still-red optic.