#lostlightshipwide

Drift is nervous. In the time since Rodimus left the ship and put Drift in charge, this is the first time he’s collectively addressed the crew in any way other than memos and the occasional shipwide announcement. Now here they are, though, assembled in front of him on the bridge, waiting to hear him speak, for the first time.

And probably the last time.

Come on, Drift, you’ve made speeches before. Just tell yourself you’re not stabbing Rodimus in the back and everything will be fine.

“You’re aware that, over the past few days, I’ve been conducting a poll about the future of the Lost Light. Whether we should stay the course, hard as that may seem, and remain at our posts as we search for a—a miracle—a miracle like we’ve seen many times before on our journeys—to get us back into space... or whether we should break up the crew, and go live our own lives, populating the Lost Light with only a skeleton crew, as we search for a way to get it space worthy again. I’ve gathered you here to announce the results of that poll.”

Deep breath. “It’s with a heavy spark casing that I announce that... you have voted not to remain on the ship. And... as your acting captain... I accept your decision.”

There are murmurs, of course. Drift waits a moment to see if they’ll grow into shouts; when they don’t, he speaks again. “Just—give me a moment to finish, and then I’ll—I’ll be happy to answer your questions.

“First—this means, of course, that you’re all released from your duties. Good news: no more cleaning duty.” (There are a couple of halfhearted cheers. Drift smiles weakly at them. Thanks, he needed that.) “You’re also released from the ship. If you want to, you can move to Iacon, to Crystal City—to anywhere else on Cybertron or in space, wherever you want. Just... if you can, let me know where you’re going. Because I want to know. And I’m sure Rodimus will too, when he’s back.

“Second—and this is important—you can leave, but that doesn’t mean you have to leave. I know that, for some of you, the Lost Light was just a job—some place that would pay you after the war ended. But for others of you... including me... the Lost Light is more. It’s your home. And you’re not going to be kicked out of your home. The Lost Light is going to need people to help maintain and defend it while we’re looking for a way to repair it—and we are looking for a way to repair it—so anybody who wants to stay can stay. We’ll be happy and grateful for your support.

“Third—I know some of you will want to leave, but don’t know where you want to go. You’re not going to be tossed out in the cold, either. As your interim captain, I’m making myself available as a resource to you, for anything you might need to help you find a new place in the world. Helping you find a job, looking for a place to live, providing money to get you a ship or help you start up a business or just stay afloat while you’re looking for a job—anything you need, I’m here for you. And your fellow Lost Lighters will be too. I’m going to be setting up a board on the bridge so that we can all offer and ask for assistance from each other. Check it regularly to see if there’s anything you can provide to someone else who needs it, and leave a notice if there’s anything you need help with or anything you can offer. The ship and its space bridge will remain open to everyone here, so you can come back any time you want.

“Fourth... this—this isn’t over. Our mission, our quest—it’s not over. I’m not giving up. Not on getting the Lost Light into space, and not on finding the Knights of Cybertron. So as much help as I’m offering you as you leave the Lost Light, I’m going to ask you to help me, too. If, in your own travels, you hear any rumors that might connect to the Knights of Cybertron, or lost Cybertronian colonies and ships on alien worlds—please, contact me. Tell me. I’ll also be sending every one of you a memo with the supplies and materials our engineering crew says are needed to repair our engines. They say that half of these supplies don’t even exist yet—but someday, I’m sure, they will. And the multiverse is a wide place, maybe somewhere they already do. I’m not asking you to continue the quest all on your own. I’m not asking you to seek out rumors of the Knights or, or beyond-cutting-edge quantum engine repair tools. Just to remember us—to remember this ship, all it’s done for you, and all it still might do for Cybertron—and to say something if you happen to stumble across something useful.

Our IDW Transformers roleplay group (loosely called RoboStars) is currently looking for new players to officially join our timeline. If you’re interested in joining, you can fill out IC applications to join Cybertron or the Lost Light, or OOC talk to one of our mods, Roddy or Puff (me). If you have questions or want to know more about our timeline, read on below! If you still have questions, feel free to contact one of our mods, we’re happy to talk.

Listed below: Why you should join us! Who we’re willing to take! AU details Requested characters Current characters How to join

    The story of the play follows our main lead, Hot Head, and his merry crew on their valiant quest to do...Something or other, its never made quite clear what it is they’re after.

   Along the way they encounter many misadventures. An attack by a spark eater, failed inventions that lead to wacky misconduct, as well as larger events including a mech who had has made a means of destroying half the cybertronian population because he does not agree with bots who lack noses.

  As well as mere mention of other events like the young captain taking on a dare to bring a dangerous criminal on board. A pretty common running gag about people being from other universes, and other playful banters.

    The tone keeps up as humorous for most of the performance, building up this young captain character to be quite ridiculous. Arrogant, immature, making rash decisions without thinking before he jumps into action. Putting himself, his crew and the entire mission into jeopardy on more than one occasion.

   All around the story makes you question more and more why is this mech in charge? But as things begin to settle, the audience finds themselves relating more to him than other characters. You see he’s trying, he may be struggling at times but he IS putting in the effort. His spark is in the right place. Sure he wants to succeed, he wants the glory of doing something great that no one else has before! but...We all sort of want that, don’t we?

    Overall the performance is a satire of the struggles this ship has gone through, familiar scenes with a playful twist, but the lessons stay the same.

    It closes with our main lead and his second in command discussing as trivial as a parking ticket that was placed on their ship.

  SIC: I can’t believe this, how could you be so reckless? I asked if you paid the meter and you said yes!

Hot Head: Yeah, well we weren’t gonna be here long and I didn’t have any change, I thought we’d be out of here before anyone noticed.

SIC: That’s crazy, loading supplies takes hours! Why would you think it’d take them that long to notice?!

Hot Head: (Lights dim as he stands stoically) Well my friend, the universe is a wild and crazy place, sometimes to survive it you’ve gotta be just as wild and crazy yourself..

SIC: That doesn’t have to do-....-sigh- We’re leaving without paying the ticket aren’t we?

((This is an IC application for characters who want to join our group's Cybertron. Read about our group here. If you want to join the Lost Light instead of or in addition to joining Cybertron, go here. If you're interested in our group but don't know where you want your character to go, contact one of us OOC and we'll be happy to work something out!))

((If you’re interested in doing this, please fill out and submit the census to Prowl (me) or Starscream, or post it and tag it #RoboStars2k17. Applying to be a citizen of Cybertron and applying to join the Lost Light are separate; doing one doesn’t automatically do the other.))

For a brief time, Lord Starscream (High Chancellor of the Refulgent Cybertronian Dynasty, Emperor Perpetua, and Defender of the Realm) is generously opening the gates to the Republic of Cybertron, and inviting everyone—regardless of their former faction, their history, or even their universe of origin—to apply for citizenship. Whether you're a current Iaconian resident, a prospective multiversal immigrant, or anything in between, all you have to do is fill out this simple 10 question census, and you will be admitted to the Republic of Cybertron as a new citizen.

Regardless of your origins or past, all citizens are eligible to receive the same, equal civil services and protections—provided you submit to Cybertronian law. Autobots and Decepticons are now welcome to become citizens, provided you understand that the Republic of Cybertron does not recognize these factions, you will not be permitted to maintain a residence inside of Iacon if you wear your badge, and cross-factional hate crimes will be punished severely. You do not need to maintain a residence inside of Iacon in order to be considered a Cybertronian citizen. Gaining citizenship in Cybertron doesn’t negate your prior citizenships; you may maintain dual citizenship with other nations.

If you're a current resident of Iacon or are interested in becoming a citizen, fill out the below census. When it's completed, submit it directly to the office of Lord Starscream, or (for a faster response) to Starscream's secretary. Someone will review your application shortly.

IC info post available here.

Starting on July 3, the Lost Light will be having a Host Club style party! If you’ve seen Ouran High School Host Club, or are familiar with host/ess clubs, it’s the same concept. If you haven’t: your character can come to the party and request one of the available Lost Light crew to be your host, and then, for the duration of a thread, that crewmate will hang out with your character. They’ll be willing to sit at your table, have drinks with you, carry on a conversation, play games with you, give you a tour of the ship... etc. Basically, anything you want to do. Great way to meet new folks!

The event is open to the multiverse: all characters from all continuities, including OCs and AUs, are free to participate. 

The Host Club is technically an in-universe charity event; but if your character doesn't have money to contribute to the charity, don't worry about it, we'll handwave it. We're more interested in playing with folks! Same goes for if your character is technically on a different planet or in a different universe. We've got a space bridge, we can get you to the ship no problem.

Other events available on the Lost Light include a shipwide party; a carnival on the roof; and tours of some interesting ship locations (the bars, the bridge, the medibay, the rec room, the oil reservoir, several hab suites...). These are just recommended activities, though; you can do any, all, or none of the above.

If you want to participate with one of the hosts, tag #lost light host club or #lostlighthostclub, and go @username at whoever you want to visit; or, drop an ask in the inbox of whoever you want to play with. If you want to participate but don’t have a specific host you want to visit, just make a general starter post with one of the above tags, and someone will hop on it—or, browse the tags and see if anybody else has made a general starter post you wanna jump on.

Participating hosts are:

@rodimusstars Rodimus @rurounidrift Drift @verdigrisprowl Prowl @my-shovel-your-face​ Crosscut @mightiestofminibots​ Tailgate @hookchainandmaintain​ Hoist @protectobotmedic​ First Aid (only available by visiting the medibay for a tour) @whenthemusicisrockin​ Blaster (only available by visiting the bridge for a tour) @chronosmith​ Whirl's pet space barnacle, Killer (only available by visiting Whirl's hab suite; for a small charitable donation, you can feed it trash)

The carnival on the roof will be run by @tachysparkia​, @buggy-bot, @pole-dancing-peacock​, and the rest of the Carnival mechs at @carnivalcrew (currently under construction).

«Since our current crew has just quadrupled, we need to make sure there are enough supplies for everyone.»