Cultural Exchange and the Happiest Robot Ever

[terrykun]

So shall we review?

Combaticons (what's left of them) are working for/with North Korea.

The US President has declared any nation cooperating with Cybertronians will be labeled a terrorist faction.

A covert group of the US military, led by Commander Spike Witwicky, has been working with the Autobots to capture or disable any remaining Decepticons. Well, President or not, they're not just gonna sit around...


As we begin, our heroes have attempted to infiltrate North Korea via cargo ship, but after their bogus shipping manifesto is called out as such, a dock worker just gets punched out and chucked into the water.

Don't worry, he had a life-jacket on. He'll wake up in an hour or two, the soldier swears.




How... how do you look that excited without a mouth?

Oh, and here's a little somethin' somethin' for the ladies (and some gents).


 

Comments

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

They've only extorted enough to slide by, to prop up their regime but not nearly enough to be on solid ground. North Korea relies on outside help and foreign aid to avoid starving to death, which would be in short supply following an alien invasion.

Given that, and likely the illusion that he can control several of the most powerful aliens (the Combaticons can combine and it was stated they're playing him), making a power play is probably the only thing he can do. Otherwise, his army revolts or implodes

[halialkers]

Given that their regime survives at all, that's solid ground. And it's less foreign aid than their holding the entire population of Seoul hostage and using it to take money from the rich countries to develop nukes. The Chinese only support them for fear of an even bigger refugee crisis.

In any case there has to be an explanation for why the Chinese are tolerating a possible and real military threat on their border, which in this scenario would resume North Korea's traditional policies of allying with Russia.

[terrykun]

The Combaticons can't combine. They're missing Swindle and Blast Off for one thing, and the only gestalts so far are based off of deriving from the original, Monstructor.

The Constructicons were a success, but Menasor was only put together through Swindle's knowledge of the process, and it didn't work very well. Swindle hasn't hooked up with the other C-cons in a while.