TheLunchKing
Heed my words... Egg.
Hurray for mommahood indeed.Great chapter. I enjoyed it throughly. Also, hurray for motherhood(?) If I couldn't tell how badly canon was derailed already this absolutely does it, our girl made Shockwave proud today, for SCIENCE! As much as I'd love to see Momisis interact with other characters more I completely understand her need to play things with caution given how she's (formerly) alone, and lacking allies to back her up. It doesn't help that she's literally the cybertronian version of Frankenstein's Monster (the book-accurate one).
Canon was taken out back to be put down like old yeller the moment I brought NemeSIs into existence and decided to also shove Warhound, more bots and cons, custom relics, and more OCs into the story.
Indeed. Now NemeSIs Prime has kids and she no longer alone and so horribly outnumbered.
Shockwave: "Hmm... Interesting. Recording for future experiments. It would perhaps be logical to establish a rapport with my creations. Camaraderie and all that to prevent betrayal of any kind."I mean, NemeSIs did do it like shockwave. It's just that in canon Aligned Cybertronians don't have a concept of parents.
First of all, the pics don't necessarily already give them all their weapons. Those are just references for their appearance and any possible weapon in the future. But I will answer as much as I can without giving much away right now.
All of them are capable of mechashifting their arms, I intend to at least have all of them carry a ranged weapon in said arms.
1st Scout
Indeed a modern car, still thinking of which one.
She'll have ranged options in her arm, the Harbinger's still not yet fully explored by NemeSIs due to sheer size and being so busy with the Relic Blitz and making sure Starscream stays asleep. Also both her and Support have actual faces, those are just visor masks that came with their cold forging.
Support
Chosen intentionally for appearance, he'll be acting on a similar role to Soundwave in terms of being reconnaissance, espionage, communications, and groundbridging. Here's a hint. (He will be the more problematic of NemeSIs kids but not in the way one expects)
His pic just doesn't have any items. <:3
I will say, Support and Bigger Boy will be flyers. Got something in mind for Support's alt mode.
Big Boy
His pic just doesn't make him look large due to the size of the items he is holding. He's going to be the same size as NemeSIs, only chunkier, like the Ironhide pic I showed a while back.
He is indeed a military transport. Only with better protection per being a cybertronian so he fast and durable. I'm having him keep the shield and lance with some modifications only because I'm a sucker for that kind of equipment.
Bigger Boy
Is indeed an Osprey, he is the biggest and definitely hits the hardest aside from NemeSIs.
In future alt-mode he is large enough his smaller siblings. 3 Scouts can fit inside while transformed with a slight modification to alt-mode width.
I find the arm engines/rotors a nice touch actually.
The rotors can fold up and collapse into the hull.
Split-Spark Twins
They are actually a Mazda, looking into the 2nd pic a little bit closer.
Hope that clears some stuff up <:3
Apologies on that front, I didn't mean to make it come out as something so sinister. I meant to make it sound as if they would have an easier time recognizing her as a trusted individual but still keep their personalities intact without any sort of blind loyalty. But with NemeSIs' last thoughts before the procedure went underway, they have a more friendly disposition towards NemeSIs straight off.That is creepy AF, and also a generally bad idea.
First, there is how you make them loyal to 'you and you alone'. Whether you're making some sort of hard-wired IFF, or setting your voice/appearance as 'master' then you're asking for trouble if anyone works out exactly what you did and spoofs it. If someone is following you because they want to then they'll be quick to pick up on doppleganger/spoofing situations, but if it's hard-wired they may be unable to tell something is wrong or unable to disobey fake-you even if they can tell.
The best you can do is to aim for personalities that have a general pack-tendency and desire to seek direction and build up loyalty the old-fashioned way.
Don't worry, they aren't like mindless controlled drones with fake personalities. (Though that could be argued considering they were Cold Forged) They all have their own personalities, likes, dislikes, and maybe will get their own dreams. They just now have a more friendly start off with NemeSIs as her last thoughts carried over to them and kinda made them imprint on her as their 'Mother' on accident.
Hope it clears up and doesn't sound so sinister. <:3