TFP S.A.R.I AU
What is the TFP S.A.R.I AU?
TFP S.A.R.I is an AU centering around the concept of the Aligned Continuity with the addition of Sari Sumdac from the TFA with an added Aligned Continuity twist. Mainly because I think the idea of a Half-Human/Half-Cybertronian along with the dynamic of an 8-year-old kid who actually acts like a kid and I think a lot of aspects in TFA with Sari went underutilized and I think a human for Ratchet or Optimus would be cute especially if their human was a little half alien/half human finding her place in the world.
2. Abilities
Sari's body is capable of converting food into Energon her body can use. Though nutritionally it is probably best to eat energon but she prefers human food. Normally she gets this by like eating her human food and washing it down with a cup of Energon. Her abilities would not manifest until near the end of season 2. Due to her small size, the type of power meant for a full-size Cybertronian(like a small plane due to her flight abilities) getting condensed to a compact human form. so she is small but packs a punch but doing things like an ion cannon blast quickly tuckers her out. Kind of like how when Antman was shrunken his punches hit worse. But she would not get the hang of that until the Time Skip. She also gets nauseated with the smell of Dark Energon. She would be detectable by Scraplets but when they take a bite they do not find her appealing. Her blood also has the ability to be transfused with humans, as she volunteers herself to donate blood/energon to Raph when he got shot with Dark Energon.
Her struggling to access her powers in the main series is a huge point of insecurity of hers.
3. Where did Sari come from and How did she get into Team Prime
I think in this AU Sari's origin could potentially tie with M.E.C.H and Cybertronian Colonists that tried to colonize Earth eons ago. Ā Her unique existence might have occurred when M.E.C.H. Agents found a Cybertronian Protoform and in a fluke accident, the Protoform interacted with a human. Her Protoform is a leftover remnant of Cybertronian colonists, kind of like Amethyst from Steven Universe
Ā M.E.C.H. encountered Sari's Protoform without knowing what it actually was or connecting to Cybertron. Just knowing that it was an organism that took on a form with the local flora and fauna and that it had Interstellar origins. Sari's initial name with M.E.C.H was the acronym S.A.R.I, standing for Ā Sentient Artificial Replicating Interstellar lifeform.
Isaac Sumdac is in this AU as a researcher for M.E.C.H. and one of the few individuals in M.E.C.H. that treated Sari like an actual child and not a lab rat. Often putting off serious or dangerous lab tests on Sari in favor of I.Q tests, puzzles, and the like. However, Isaac probably decided to go turncoat when realizing that M.E.C.H. is not above tearing apart an infant to advance humanity. He decided to go off and escape with an infant Sari and take her to a potential Government contact where she would be safe, being Agent Fowler. However, this selfless decision would cost Isaac his life. When Fowler took the child in for standard tests in a hospital they found that Sari had both CNA and DNA.
She came into Team Prime when she was aroouund 3-5 years old, and has been there for possibly 3-5 years. Sari would not really remember that time in M.E.C.H. too well, always just thinking it was just her, Fowler, and the Autobots and thinking those memories were just a bad dream. She would follow Ratchet and Optimus like their little shadow, and try to be useful here and there. Her cannon age at the start of the Prime series was 8 years old. Second to Fowler she is the second "Human" that was on Team Prime for the longest. Being both the youngest member and the second "human" that was longest on Team Prime she would have a bit of a jealousy when Jack, Miko, and Raph join the team. Though she would look up and admire Miko and try to emulate her by putting her hair in twin tails like Miko, Miko and Arcee would say the look fits her and she stuck with the twin tails ever since.
3. Sari's Role in Team Prime/ Season 1.
Sari would know right away that she is half Cybertronian and be considered an Autobot-in-Training despite her powers not manifesting yet. She would be considered Ratchetās Ward and actually get the idiot to study some human biology due to her needs. Sari also starts showing an interest in Cybertronian Medicine and learning how to be a medic after CliffJumper's disappearance and death. Ratchet allows the help because it helps her to process what happened, and due to how small she is and how she can fit into tight spaces. Ratchet made a joke to Sari saying āWhat? Are you going to be my medical assistant now???ā And she takes her role very seriously despite it being a joke. She would actually be the person to enforce bedrest on Optimus purely by either holding her breath till she passes out, or sitting on Optimusās chest and saying sheās not moving, and if he moves he would cause her to go splat. But she ends up just falling asleep and itās kind of like a cat on your lap moment for Op where you donāt move because the cat chose to be there. Ratchet would actually be proud of Sari for keeping Prime in line.
Realistically Sari is probably both Optimusās and Ratchetās kid. Sheād often jump onto Optimusās head and sit on his shoulders.
Often if Jack wants to sneak out and do shenanigans, heād have to bribe Sari for her to look the other way, and she provides an additional service of providing cover/excuses for Jack if he pays another 10$. She would use this money for her candy stash/buying RC vehicles to bug Ratchet. They would more or less have an Arthur/DW relationship.
How she often distracts Optimus is telling her about Cybertronian history, or telling her about his past and sheād genuinely try to pay attention but end up confused or fall asleep.Ā
However it is only Jack and Smokescreen that she does this with. She does it for free for Miko because she thinks of Miko as cool and looks up to her, and looks up to Arcee and June.
June would GUSHHH over Sari, thinking of her as the daughter she never had, buying her various outfits and toys, and Jack would be shocked and surprised seeing his mom act like this and June is like āOh please Jack Grow up.ā And Sari would stick her tongue out at Jack because she knows heās jealous.
Sari would be rather insecure about her struggle to get her abilities to work. Or think to herself would they ever work at all. Especially hearing one night Ratchet arguing with Optimus saying that she might not have any abilities outside of reading Cybertronian and consuming energon, and that it would be better to have her placed with a human family. And Optimus bounces back telling him that just because her abilities are limited doesnt make her a liability.
Sari would use herself as bait for the Scraplet episode being organic and inorganic, where they would see her and bite her but find her absolutely disgusting. She would say it didnāt hurt at all to be tough but it did hurt and she cried when Ratchet put rubbing alcohol on the bites. And at least didn't forget to get Raph the snowball-mainly to chuck at him at high speed.
She would always wonder where Prime would go on his drives and one day she snuck inside his Alt form to find out. Specifically when they were having the celebration party with WheelJack, and the Autobots tell Sari and the other humans that āPrimes donāt partyā, Sari feels really bad for Prime being alone and sneaks off to be with him and an hour into the drive says āWhatcha you doingā and that legitimately startles him.
Sari would find Birthdays to be a big deal, especially because Agent Fowler on her birthday would usually sneak her out and go to things like Chuck E. Cheese or an Arcade/Movie to celebrate her birthday. She asks Optimus when his birthday is, Optimus doesnāt remember the specific day for his birthday Sari just declares that his birthday is this very day and steals Jack or Miko's cell phone to call Agent Fowler or June to help organize a Birthday party for Optimus.
Before Optimus goes to Unicronās core, he would give Sari the key to Vector Sigma (as also a nodd to her having the key to the All Spark in the original series), and seeing her pinkie promise to Miko, did a pinkie promise with Sari asking her to protect it. Telling Sari that it is the key to the Ground Bridge power supply, and how in recent days shown enough maturity to be given some responsibilities as an Autobot in training. Mainly in how she stepped up to use herself as bait during the scraplet infestation, and due to her being half human offered herself to be a conduit of Energon for Raph when he got shot with Dark Energon. But also due to her showing much interest in Cybertron, itās past, and Optimusās story (Mainly to serve as a distraction for Jack Sneaking out). With her recognizing that Optimus when he is back to being Orion Pax still thinks he and Megatron are still friends from all the stories he told her about the past.
Sari would freak out realizing she was given something this big, and having to go to Cybertron for the first time. Jack steps up and tells Sari he would go with her as he was the one that asked her for help being a distraction. When separated from Arcee and going inside to see Vector Sigma Sari would want to hold Jackās hand. But as soon as Arcee came back she would quickly let go and wipe her hands.
4. Sari's Role in Season 2.
During season 2 she would completely take advantage of Smokescreenās lack of knowlege of earth and sort of serves as his liason to earth but she couldnt even say the damn word. And when he tried to sneak out with the relic she would use that as blackmail and said āYk, what couuuld convince meā¦ā¦ā¦give me a ride to the toystoreā and Smokescreen was like āAnd what are you gonna do-ā and Sari would start yelling saying āSmokescreen is doing something with the reliiiicccā
She would also be incredibly horrified seeing Silas/Breakdown as that amalgamation.
When Miko invites Sari to get revenge on HardShell, Sari declines saying āā¦I thinkā¦Ratchet needs me here to help with BulkHead.ā Sari would not know how to feel with the possibility of Cybertron being restored. Asking the team if that means they would be leaving Earth behind? Or if sheāll have to say goodbye to her Earth friends forever? And Ratchet would say āā¦.Wellā¦.it does not have to be. Earth is just as much home for you as Cybertron. We can figure something out.ā Sari still felt uncertain and scared with that possibility. When the team prime goes on Cybertron and Ratchet is focused on the Omega lock mission.
Sari, frustrated sneaks off to go to the teamās human school. Ether Miko would see Sari and see her upset and let her tag along for the day. Or the humans would call June and she and Sari would go for a drive, and get ice cream and Sari would vent about being scared of possibly being left behind on Earth or leaving everyone and going to Cybertron. Especially scared because her powers are not manifesting and she doesn't know if they will ever manifest.
June would assure Sari saying āDo you really think Optimus and the others would do that? If they say that they will come up with something, have faith that they will.ā And Sari would feel alot better and ready to go back to team prime base, so she would wait with the Prime Kids for Ratchet. That's when the Decepticons kidnapped them.
She would have her Steven Universe āIām a Crystal Gem tooā moment at the hostage exchange on Cybertron, where she very much tries to get her T-Cog to work and says āDonāt forget Iām an Autobot too!ā And blows a hole through her container
I added as much as I could today from my notes. I will add more tomorrow about what I am thinking of in this AU. I know there will be a time skip but it will not be Robots in Disguise. Sari would be staying at around 8-9 years old in the Prime series then there would be a 10 year time skip after Prime. More like an Amalgam of IDW, Cybervers and other media. Though I will have to get caught up on IDW (I only just started). I do plan on sketching out this version of Sari some time this week.
