Late Information/Permissions Post

[docbot]

Hey all! I know that earlier, Ratchet offered to scan anyone who was interested, in order to get some initial records of what their structures were like for any future repairs. Instead of doing a log, I figure we can handwave those interactions, but I'd still like a record of who Ratchet's got "blueprints" for, and who doesn't. Leave me a note here if you want a check-up to have happened, and if there's any limits on what Ratchet can know (aka: does your bot have a secret ability thing that Ratchet shouldn't have picked up with his dinky scanner?) let me know about that too!

Thanks guys!

Comments

[raceme]

feel free to assume he got Blurr's since he scanned him in the junk pile log. Blurr engine/processor/self lubricant system and wheels are probably designed a bit different than the rest of mechs, that's why he's so fast. Ratchet is allowed to know that of course.

[docbot]

Gotcha. If I have Ratchet do anything with relation to Blurr's specialized parts, I'll clear it with you beforehand :D

[raceme]

Oh Mr. Ratchet, don't touch his special parts without buying him a drink first or giving him flowers.

[docbot]

Oh but Blurr-chan, you're so cute that he can't help himself~

[raceme]

Oh, stop....you are just saying that UwU

[sword_redemption]

Obviously Ratchet had his way with Drift out there on the Junk Pile.

O_O

Okay, that came out wrong. or did it?

Drift's systems might seem a bit more like Wing's than other IDW mechs--he got pretty much a complete rebuild in Crystal City. He's had a makeover since then, but the base components might still seem a little...odd.

He has no secret abilities. Though the Great Sword might. But this response is weird enough already without talk of Handling Drift's HUGE Sword.

[docbot]

So I'm just going to put down that Ratchet's gone all the way with Drift and knows exactly how large his sword is, and leave it at that.

You're not the only one who can make terrible innuendos.

[sword_redemption]

...one day Drift will actually win one of these verbal spars, Ratchet.

[docbot]

BUT NOT TODAY XD

[wakizashi_straight]

Ratchet is free to have scanned Noisy Boy sometime after the event. Most of his official specs are listed here and if Ratchet can't pick it up on his scanner, it's all on Noisy's diagnostic screen (with proper labels as appropriate) along with all dem combos.

[docbot]

Great! I'll keep a note of that. And if you want to plot something involving getting Noisy some hands after this event, let me know and we can start working something up!

[wakizashi_straight]

I thought it might be a helpful reference. And I'm definitely interested in hands get!

[invisiblepinkboat]

I think we can safely assume both Jetfire and Elita wandered over to get scanned. xD The only "different" thing might be the alloys in Elita's armour, which allows her to camouflage/something siliar to complete invisibility standing still or moving slowly.

indulges in use of icon

[docbot]

Awesomesauce :D

[winged_knight]

Wing's already agreed to a scan and asked for a full systems check since he was pretty much dying the moment he got pulled through. Ratchet won't find anything physically wrong but if he's keen he'll probably notice some psychological effects. It really depends on how much he gets into the reason why Wing wants the reassurance that nothing is wrong.

Similar to Drift his frame and systems are different since he's from New Crystal City and the technology has progressed separately from the core of the Cybertronian race. Wing's build is not new however, and since Ratchet is a smart guy he'll probably make the connection that Wing has some tech that is previous gen compared to Drift's.

He has nothing else that's special, aside from the Great Sword... Though I wonder now if it's possible to detect the spark energy within the blades? That might throw Ratchet for a loop.

[my_own_trope]

Semi-related, but I figure it's safe to say Ratchet already knows Starscream inside and out?

/Awkward
/But a mech's gotta do, what a Mech's gotta do.

[aerospacecommander]

Starscream totally wouldn't go in for a scan, but if anything ever happens feel free to have Ratchet learn whatever you want with his scanner.

He does have the immortal spark ala G1 cartoon, but its never come up. His "genetics" might be slightly different but I don't think anything noticeable. The Autobots didn't seem to notice anything when Ratchet was pulling out a piece of his arm for Starscream's energy signature in the comics.

Other than that I don't think he has anything really different from any other TF.

[mccrane]

McCrane was planning on heading over to get a thorough check-up from you, and I'm more than happy to handwave that~

He wants you to be fully aware of what the BP systems are like, so he'd have let you look over anything and EVERYTHING, particularly pointing out his fifth generation Fahrzeugronne computer: his AI unit which looks like a cassette tape.

Obviously, the Earth-made robots will be far simpler than anything Cybertronian, which...is probably a good thing. He'll be really easy to repair, provided parts can be obtained, and he's built with easy access points since it was humans working on him before. Upgrading his engines might be the more difficult part, but since he's essentially a crane that transformers, taking it out and putting in a new one won't be the end of the world--not much more difficult than replacing a car's engine.

Most interesting thing of note about McCrane is that he's a combiner. He has three modes--Robot, Crane, and also giant torso with head. Obviously he can't do much with that other mode here, but it would be something Ratchet doesn't see so often.

McCrane is also very familiar with his own specs, so he'd be able to answer any question asked, and would also be interested in discussing your profession with you. I'd find that fun to play out, some time?

[namesnotprowl]

Whoops almost forgot to do this.

Barricade will be willing to hand over his specs and his repair records for the last two years. All of his armor was replaced in 2010 and he had to rebuild his legs from the knees down recently (around March/April-ish). His formal blueprints include the modifications that were done to allow him to host Frenzy as a symbiont.

... That being said, Ratchet might want to do a scan of him in addition, since he might have erased evidence of the two data uplink cables (as iconned) in the backs of his shoulders from his blueprints. By which I mean he definitely erased those from his blueprints. The lying liar.