Other voices, Part One: arrival



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BEAST WARS
"OTHER VOICES, Part One: ARRIVAL"
ACT ONE

FADE IN:


EXT. SPACE - downshot on the BEAST WARS PLANET

PAN UP and AWAY from it, past the TWO MOONS and out towards the dark vastness of space.

For a moment, there is nothing. Then, with an eerie Spielbergian ALIEN CHOIR VOICE, a WORMHOLE begins to appear there, growing larger and larger.

In the center of the wormhole is a bright spark, as though of a distant star, rushing at us. The light gets brighter and brighter, larger and larger -- then abruptly FILLS SCREEN with a FLASH as we:


CUT TO:

INT. MAXIMAL BASE, COMMAND CENTER - Dusk

Suddenly a light flashes on the console and we hear:
MAXIMAL COMPUTER (VO)

Alert. Power anomaly in Grid Trion.


RHINOX(R)

Display coordinates and cross reference energy signature with Datatrax Tau-7.


TIGHT on the display as the view switches to a grid map with a Maximal base icon in the center. There is MUCH STATIC, but visible, far from the base is a pulsating BLIP.

MAXIMAL COMPUTER(VO)

Energy signature identical with previous alien contacts. ***
WIDE as Rhinox(R) reacts with interest and Optimus(R) studies the display.
RHINOX(R)

Looks like our unknown "friends" have finally arrived.

optimus (r)

Just what we need. A visit from the landlord.

Optimus(R) crosses to the image projector. He hits a button and calls up a holographic map. The location of the power anomaly is shown by an icon, pulsating amidst some low dunes. Other icons show the position of the Maximals in the field. Two such icons are closest to the power surge.
OPTIMUS PRIMAL(R)

Rattrap and Air Razor are closest. Send them a message to check it out and have all our other units converge on those coordinates. I'll meet them there.


Rhinox(R) replies from, his chair, as he hits com buttons.
RHINOX(R)

The Preds will have picked up this signal.


Optimus(R) looks grim as he strides through an exit.
OPTIMUS PRIMAL(R)

We still have a truce. I hope **


As he goes, Rhinox(R) shakes his head, disturbed.

CUT TO:


EST. - EXT. PREDACON BASE - Dusk
We see a brief glimpse as we hear:
MEGATRON(R,VO)

So. Back on line, are we? Yess.


INT. - PREDACON COMMAND CENTER

MEGATRON(R) is in his command chair, looking at Waspinator, who is rising from the Pred restoration chamber with his head on backward. Waspinator grabs his head and twists it into proper position.

waspinator (R)

No thanks to Tarantulas! Waspinator find spiderbot and tear him new waste disposal unit!

megatron (R)

I have no time for these petty squabbles now! No. Larger goals are at stake. Proceed at once to coordinates 6-5-9 and secure the area. I will follow shortly.

waspinator (R)

Not fair! Waspinator always gets slag assignments!

Megatron stands, his blast-head-hand swinging around to the fore.

megatron (R)

May I remind Waspinator that the current cease-fire applies only in reference to Maximals?

Waspinator gulps.

waspinator (R)

(gulp)


Waspinator go.

He TRANSFORMS to Beast Mode and flies off. Megatron watches him go with satisfaction.

megatron (R)

That’s better.

He turns to look at the alien golden disk, still suspended in the tractor beams nearby.

megatron (R)

From now on, I must play this carefully. Very carefully indeed.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. - TARANTULAS'S LAIR - TIGHT ON COMPUTER DISPLAY
On the display, we see an icon representing the power anomaly, as we hear:
TARANTULAS(R, VO)

They are here --


ANOTHER ANGLE... TARANTULAS(R) stands before the screen, manipulating control pads on a console.
TARANTULAS(R, con't.)

As I anticipated, given the data I hacked from Megatron’s private files. Computer! Calculate next stasis pod landing.


PRED COMPUTER(VO)

Stasis pod will achieve planetfall in 30.6 mega-cycles.


TARANTULAS(R)

Slag, not soon enough. I must find another means of escaping this dirt ball.


BLACKARACHNIA(R, OS)

And why would you want to do that?


Tarantulas(R) whirls, drawing his blaster, even as:
Blackarachnia(R) steps out of shadows.
BLACKARACHNIA(R, con't)

Partner.
Tarantulas(R) makes a DISGUSTED NOISE, but puts away his blaster as Blackarachnia joins him.

TARANTULAS(R)

I'm not your "partner". Now go away!


BLACKARACHNIA(R)

Oh, you don’t have a choice, legs.

She indicates the transwarp cell (ref #24) in its mount nearby.

blackarachnia (R)

You don’t want me telling Megatron about that Transwarp cell you stole, do you?

tarantulas (R)

(irritable noise)

blackarachnia (R)

Besides. You need me to get past the Maximal's defense shield.
TARANTULAS(R)

(mocking laugh, then)

To what end? The Axalon will never fly again.
BLACKARACHNIA(R)

Granted. But the Maximals have intact stasis pods. A clever spider -- one with a transwarp cell -- might use such a stasis pod to create an escape ship.


TARANTULAS(R)

Hmm.
BLACKARACHNIA(R)

Most of the Maximals are off chasing that power anomaly. We could have that pod in just under two mega-cycles.

new angle -- on a monitor screen

We SEE Blackarachnia and Tarantulas on it. Megatron is watching them. We HEAR:
BLACKARACHNIA(R, IMAGE)

So what do you say..? -- Partner.

Megatron CLICKS OFF and chuckles.

megatron (R)

(chuckle)

Ahh. Most excellent treachery, yes. Properly guided, it should serve me well.


CUT TO:

EXT. DESERT TERRAIN - STONE SQUARE -- dusk


We see 4 large stone pillars set into the ground in a square configuration. In the center of the square is a round pedestal from which the tip of an ENERGON CRYSTAL protrudes.
AIR RAZOR(B, OS)

Looks like we found the source of

the anomaly --
REVERSE ANGLE - Against a BG of sand dunes, RATTRAP(B) looks toward the Stone Square. AIR RAZOR(B) is beside him.
RATTRAP(B)

Lucky us. Now we can be the first to get vaped.


AIR RAZOR(B)

Do you ever think positively?

They start moving into the stone square as Rattrap replies.
RATTRAP(B)

That WAS positive, sister. I coulda said: “Now we can be the first t’get tortured and then vaped.”

air razor (B)

You’re a real fun bot, you know that?


TIGHT on the pedestal. The energon crystal embedded in it PULSES with power, growing brighter by the minute, BUT unlike the usual random pattern this crystal is sending out regular, concentric waves of energy that play across the top of the pedestal (like ripples extending out from a stone thrown into water). Rattrap(B) and Air Razor(B) move into frame and Rattrap reacts:
RATTRAP(B)

Whoa! Strip my circuits and call me a toaster, this crystal's stable!


AIR RAZOR(B)

Then I should be able to scan it safely.


Air Razor(B) TRANSFORMS to ROBOT MODE and looks down at the Pedestal.
ROBOTIC POV - THE PEDESTAL...
Through Air Razor's(R) eyes we see the pedestal and the crystal in flashing schematics. Readouts of Cybertronix letters flash alongside the view.
AIR RAZOR(R,VO)

It's a field generator --


TIGHT ON ONE OF THE PILLARS
As a panel in it slides open, revealing another energon crystal. It GLOWS as it builds power.
WIDE - ON AIR RAZOR(R), RATTRAP(B)
Air Razor(R) is still scanning the pedestal.
AIR RAZOR(R, con't.)

And it's building up tremendous --


Suddenly, a beam FIRES from one of the pillars and blasts Air Razor, sending her flying.
AIR RAZOR(R)

Ahhhhh!
She lands at one end of the Stone Square and lies still.


Rattrap(B) reacts:
RATTRAP(B)

Air Razor!


But before he can rush to her side, the pedestal suddenly WHINES and SINKS into the ground. It's ripples of energy become huge pulsing circles, spreading across the bottom of the square to the pillars.
The whole structure becomes a whirlpool of energy which LIFTS Rattrap(B) like a rag doll and HURLS him out of the Square.
EXT. DESERT AREA - OUTSIDE THE SQUARE
As Rattrap(B) lands hard.
RATTRAP(B)

Oooof!
He shakes it off; gets to his feet. HE looks OS, reacts!


RATTRAP(B)

Oh my aching coils!


POV - RATTRAP - THE STONE SQUARE
A maelstrom of pulsating energy envelops the square. Something starts to form there, something massive... WE:
FADE OUT:
End Act One


ACT TWO
FADE IN:

EXT. THE STONE SQUARE - (CONTINUOUS) -- dusk


With a brilliant FLASH, the whirlpool effect ceases and a BIO-DOME (See Set List for full description) is left where the square was. There is no visible entrance.
Rattrap(B) looks at the Bio-Dome, astonished.
RATTRAP(B)

This is not good!


Rattrap(B) TRANSFORMS to ROBOT MODE, activates com mode.
RATTRAP(R)

Rattrap to Optimus...


EXT. SKY - OPTIMUS PRIMAL(R)
Optimus(R) soars thru the skies at top speed, as he hears:
RATTRAP(R, VO, con't.)

Come in Fearless Leader!


OPTIMUS PRIMAL(R)

Optimus here. Have you reached the anomaly?


EXT. BIO-DOME - ON RATTRAP(R)
Rattrap(R) replies, agitated:
RATTRAP(R)

Have I ever! It's some kinda nutty alien bungalow. And it swallowed Air Razor. You better get your monkey butt over here before --


Rattrap(R) is "interrupted" by Waspinator, who ZOOMS IN unexpectedly and SLAMS him OS!
RATTRAP(R)

Yowwwwww!!!!


EXT. SKY - OPTIMUS PRIMAL(R)
Optimus reacts:

OPTIMUS PRIMAL(R)

Rattrap! Rattrap!
Optimus increases his speed, as we:

CUT TO:
INT. INTERROGATION CHAMBER OF THE BIO-DOME


Inside the Bio-Dome, we see a round chamber, composed of huge computer banks, flashing screens and mechanical SOUNDS. Air Razor(R) lies on the floor, starts to stir, ALIEN VOICES are heard, coming out of thin air.
ALIEN VOICE ONE(VO)

Shi tok, alokra tey fa.


ALIEN VOICE TWO(VO)

Nu krisk, lor a va dobro.


Air Razor(R) rises and looks around the chamber as the voices continue. No exit can be seen.
ALIEN VOICE THREE(VO)

Hhhirma, gull hhhiro. Kroat tah.


AIR RAZOR(R)

Hello? Can you understand me?


ALIEN VOICE ONE(VO)

Nok oura, kosh ja vey.


The VOICES become a soft murmur, like a crowd of people whispering to each other.
AIR RAZOR(R)

I mean you no harm -- AAAAAAAGH!

She is suddenly enveloped in glowing beams of energy which lift her off the floor, holding her suspended as her circuits POP and SPARK.
AIR RAZOR(R)

(jolting yell)


CUT TO:
EXT. BIO-DOME - RATTRAP(R)
Rattrap(R), face down on the sand, arises painfully.
RATTRAP(R)

This is definitely not my day!


WASPINATOR(R, VO)

Waspinator secures area!


Rattrap jerks his head up to see:
POV - RATTRAP(R) - WASPINATOR
Landing and TRANSFORMING to Robot Mode, advancing toward Rattrap menacingly.
WASPINATOR(R)

Maximal will leave or be scrapped!


RATTRAP(R)
Getting to his own feet.
RATTRAP(R)

No chance, bugface. I got here first. Besides, we gotta cease-fire goin’, remember?

waspinator (R)

So? Waspinator not shoot.

WHAMM! He BELTS Rattrap hard, knocking him backflipping through the air.

new angle on rattrap

Rolling to his feet and feeling his jaw.

rattrap (R)

Ow. Man, it’s amazin’ how sweet we’re all being these days.

He DIVES forward, TRANSFORMING in the air as he does so. His Beast Mode form hits tthe ground in a ball and ROLLS forward, SLAMMING into Waspinator’s legs. Waspinator flips in the air and CRASHES to the ground.

waspinator (R)

Ooof!


Rattrap TRANSFORMS back to Robot Mode.

rattrap (R)

Problem is, you fight with a rat --

He KICKS a footful of sand forward. Waspinator is just getting up when the dirt hits him in the face.

rattrap (R)

-- And ya better fight dirty!

waspinator (R)

(muffled AGCH!, sputter)

Rattrap steps forward as Waspinator brushes at his face. Rattrap slams a fist into Waspinator’s midsection which doubles the Predacon over.

waspinator (R)

Ooof!

rattrap (R)



Oh, yeah! He don’t like that!

He grabs Waspinator’s head under one arm and grinds his knuckles into Waspinator’s metal skull so hard that sparks fly comically.

rattrap (R)

Robo-noogie!

waspinator (R)

YAAAAAAA!

Rattrap spins him around and kicks him in the skid plate. Waspinator tumbles OS.

rattrap (R)

Now get lost!
Waspinator bounces off the bio-dome and crashes to the ground. He shakes his head, it rattles.
WASPINATOR(R)

Waspinator thinks area is secure enough.


He TRANSFORMS to BEAST MODE and tamely flies away.
Rattrap(R) grins as Optimus Primal(R) lands in frame. Optimus sighs.
OPTIMUS PRIMAL(R)

I swear, I can’t take you anywhere.


RATTRAP(R)

Hey, just keeping th’ peace.

Optimus turns to look at the dome.

optimus (r)

So Air Razor’s in there, is she? Is there a way in?
RATTRAP(R)

You see a doorbell anywhere?

optimus (R)

Try a cutting laser.

Rattrap jacks one out of his forearm.

rattrap (R)

You got it!

He aims the laser at the side of the dome, activates it. The beam sizzles forth...

cut to:

int. bio-dome -- on air razor



Still suspended in the air by the beams, crackling with EFX.

air razor (r)

AAAARGH--B-Beast-M-Mode!

She TRANSFORMS to Beast Mode and falls from the beams, THUDDING to the floor. The beams shut off.

first alien voice (VO)

(startled)

Hak twa?

second alien voice (Vo)

Cybertron!

and cut back to:

ext. the bio-dome -- rattrap and optimus -- dark

Rattrap’s laser is still sizzling against the bio-dome. He shuts it off. They both examine the unblemished surface.

rattrap (R)

Nada. Whatever this is, energy beams don’t mean slag to it.

Then both REACT to:

megatron (B, vo)

As I anticipated.

new angle -- wider

Megatron, with Scorpinok and Terrorsaur, have arrived onscene. All are in Beast Mode.

optimus (r)

Megatron!

rattrap (r)

Holy swiss cheese, we’re in for it now.

megatron (B)

Did you really expect energy beams to work? These aliens can create Energon itself. I suggest a different tactic.

optimus (R)

Biological?

megatron (B)

Exactly. Scorpinok!

Scorpinok TRANSFORMS, bringing up his tail launcher.

scorpinok (R)

One toxic sting, comin’ up!

He FIRES. The missile STREAKS FORWARD and IMBEDS itself in the dome.
EXT. THE DOME AREA
There is a strange ALIEN HOWL from the dome as Scorponok's projectile SIZZLES WETLY. A hole opens up in the wall, as if the wall were wounded. WEIRD energy surges play around the rim of the hole.
OPTIMUS PRIMAL(R)
Glances at Megatron.

optimus (R)

Looks like you guessed right, Megatron. But our teammate’s the one trapped inside. We go in first.

rattrap (R)

Hey! What’s this WE stuff?

WIDER


Megatron eyes them thoughtfully a moment.

megatron (B)

Hmmm.

Then he comes to a decision and gestures magnanimously.



megatron (B)

But of course. Be my guest. We DO have a truce, remember?

optimus (R)

(suspiciously)

Just as long as YOU don’t forget. All right, Rattrap. Let’s go.

Rattrap sighs as they transform to Beast Mode.

rattrap (B)

Man, I want extra hazard pay for this.


In Beast Mode, Optimus and Rattrap plunge into the hole in the dome and disappears inside it.

on megatron

Looking darkly pensive. He leans toward Scorpinok.

megatron (B)

This is a calculated risk. We shall let the Maximals serve as primary targets. But if things go awry...

scorpinok (R)

(holds up claw-launcher)

I got a mega-missile right here. Can fire it right through that hole.

megatron (B)

Excellent.

(mutters to himself)

Now, if only Inferno is doing his job as well.

cut to:

int. the bio-dome



Air Razor (B) still lies on the floor, dazed. Optimus and Rattrap enter cautiously.

optimus (B)

Air Razor!

He checks her quickly, then gestures at Rattrap.

optimus (B)

Get her out of here. Quickly.

rattrap (B)

Man, you don’t gotta tell ME twice! This place is creepier than Crystal City on Constructicon Day.

He grabs Air Razor under the wings and begins to drag her toward the hole. Air Razor looks back at Optimus dazedly.

air Razor (B)

Optimus...! Don’t stay...

on optimus

Looking grimly determined.

optimus (B)

I have to. Since our arrival on this planet, we haven’t exactly been the best of tenants. These aliens have a right to expect some answers. And I’m going to give them.

on rattrap and air razor

Air Razor protests feebly as Rattrap drags her back through the tunnel.

air razor (B)

Optimus.... no....

The tunnel starts to close up.

on optimus

He turns, looking around at the interior of the dome.

optimus (B)

All right. Whoever you are, I’m -- AAGH!

He REACTS as pseudopods SHOOT UP from the floor, ENVELOPING him in their coils! They LIFT him toward the center of the dome, energy EFX CRACKLING over him --

optimus(B)

AAAAAAAAAAAGH!

and fade out

end act two

act three

fade in:

EXT. MAXIMAL BASE - NIGHT


The Perimeter shield is up. Tarantulas(B) and Blackarachnia(B) scuttle close to it.
TARANTULAS(B)

You said you could breach their shield. Prove it.


Blackarachnia TRANSFORMS to ROBOT MODE(B) and takes a somewhat goofy-looking device from a compartment.
BLACKARACHNIA(R)

You're not the only techno head around here partner.


She activates the device, sets it on the ground, points at the shield. She steps back as it HUMMS and fires a beam at the shield. A visible rift appears in the shield, big enough for them to move thru in single file.
Blackarachnia(R) turns smugly to Tarantulas(B).
BLACKARACHNIA(R)

Spiffy little gizmo, huh?


TARANTULAS(B)

(snorts, ignores her)

We'll move in by the roof hatch.
He moves thru the shield, she glares at him for a moment, then TRANSFORMS back to BEAST MODE and follows him. As they disappear in the darkness --
Inferno(B) appears, feelers scanning. He spots Blackarachnia's machine and the rift in the shield.

inferno (B)

The Royalty was right. The spiders spin their own web of intrigue.
He moves to go thru the rift, the machine fails and the rift closes. He stops, grinds his mandibles. Then he assesses the shield.
INFERNO(B)

Hmmm...
And starts to tunnel his way downward.

zip to:

ext. the bio-dome -- night



It is starting to GLOW and CRACKLE with energy. From within, we hear:

optimus (B faint, distant)

AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

PAN OVER to REVEAL Megatron listening to the sound beatifically.

megatron (B)

Ahh. Would that I could record that sound to lull me to sleep each night.

Beside him, Scorpinok points.

scorpinok (r)

They’re comin’ out!

angle on the hole in the dome

It is starting to close, but we can SEE Rattrap inside, trying to pull Air Razor through. PUSH IN.

air razor (B)

We can’t leave Optimus in there!

rattrap (B)

(straining)

Hey, ours is not t’ reason why, but t’ blow this joint before we die. UUGH!

With a last YANK he pulls Air Razor outside just as the hole CLOSES. They COLLAPSE to the ground, Rattrap on his back, eyes closed and panting.

rattrap (b)

(gasping pants)

Whew.


At that moment he HEARS SFX: CLICK-SHACK! He opens his eyes.

rattrap’s pov

Megatron and Scorpinok, both in Robot Mode, are standing over them with weapons trained.

wider -- on rattrap

Looking up tiredly.

rattrap (B)

Lemme guess. Th’ truce is over.

cut to:


int. the bio-dome -- on optimus

Held in the pseudopods, the energy discharges CRACKLING over him.

optimus (B)

AAAAARRRGH!

The discharges FADE. Optimus SLUMPS in the grip of the pseudopods. We hear:

FIRST ALIEN VOICE

Scan complete. This is the specimen we analyzed before.

optimus (B)

(raising head weakly)

Who... are you?

new angle -- ots optimus

In the middle of the dome a GIANT HEAD starts to appear. A massive robotic face under a great horned helmet. It is UNICRON.

optimus (B)

(gasp)


Unicron!?

“Unicron’s” head examines him gravely.

“unicron”

We have no physical form you could comprehend. We chose this figure of authority from your datatrax.

optimus (B)

If you’ve scanned me... you know that we did not come to this planet by choice.

“unicron”

Yet you are here.

optimus (B)

We mean no harm. To you -- or this planet.

“unicron”

It is too late. You and your enemies have already contaminated the project. The harm has been done. That which does not become part of the One shall become void.

optimus (B)

No! Wait! We can fix whatever damage was done!

“unicron”

We are not interested. The experiment will be sterilized.

optimus (B)

You can’t do that! There are living creatures here! You, with all your power -- even you have no right!

“unicron”

We have no choice. There is more danger than you know. Begin termination sequence.

optimus (B)

NOOOOOOO!

The head of “Unicron” becomes a glowing flare of energy that spreads to the walls. Energy EFX begin CRACKLING and SNAPPING over everything. Optimus STRAINS against his bonds.

optimus (B)

AAAAAARGH!

He RIPS LOOSE.

Optimus (B)

Optimus Primal -- MAXIMIZE!

He TRANSFORMS, ripping completely free of the bonds. The dome is GLOWING and CRACKLING with energy --

cut to:


ext. the dome

Megatron and Scorpinok are staggered as the dome begins to GLOW and CRACKLE. Rattrap and Air Razor are still on the ground.

megatron (R)

What!? What is it?

rattrap (B)

Call it a lucky break!

He LUNGES up and GRABS Scorpinok’s missile-claw, shoving it toward Megatron.

scorpinok (R)

HEY!

FOOM! The missile FIRES, BLASTING Megatron backward.



megatron (r)

AAAAAGH!


on scorpinok

Furious, he GRABS for Rattrap.

scorpinok (R)

Why, ya little --

But Air Razor has already TRANSFORMED.

air razor (R)

Back off!

She BLASTS him with a wrist-missile. Scorpinok FLIES back.

angle on the dome

It has become pure energy now, glowing and semi-transparent. As we watch, Optimus comes SMASHING out of it in a spray of fire and sparks on his jets.

optimus (R)

YAAAA!


on rattrap and air razor

As Rattrap transforms and waves.

rattrap (R)

Hey, big banana! What’s the haps!?

Optimus LANDS beside them grimly. All are shielding their optics from the glare of the dome.

optimus (R)

They called it a termination sequence. We’d better get out of here.

rattrap (R)

You just said my favorite phrase!

Air Razor transforms and LAUNCHES herself into the air as Optimus grabs Rattrap and follows.

on megatron

Rising dazedly from where he has fallen and looking after them.

megatron (R)

A termination sequence. That was always a regrettable possibility.

(grim chuckle)

Fortunately, there is still another hand to be played.


EXT. - THE BIO-DOME
Suddenly, a wide, continuous beam of energy FIRES upwards from the Dome. It is so bright and LOUD it hurts.
EXT. SPACE - STASIS PODS
The pods float in the atmosphere when suddenly the beam appears in frame, bathing the pods and continuing past them. The pods crackle, spark and fall, flotsam hit by a tidal wave. Then...
EXT. FURTHER IN SPACE - THE TWO MOONS
The beam lashes into frame and STRIKES one of the moons. The moon absorbs the beam's energy, as we:
CUT TO:
INT. MAXIMAL COMMAND CENTER - RHINOX(R)
Rhinox(R) works a console, frantic. Only one screen is up. it shows a simulation of the beam firing toward the moon.

MAXIMAL COMPUTER(VO)

Massive Energon surge emanating from Grid Trion. Communications impossible.
RHINOX(R)

Can you track the stasis pods?


MAXIMAL COMPUTER(VO)

Negative.


RHINOX(R)

Divert all power to space scanner, lock on their beam and ride it --


MAXIMAL COMPUTER(VO)

Boosting power...Interlocking...


CLOSE on Rhinox(R) as he views the screen; adjusts controls.
MAXIMAL COMPUTER(VO)

Lock achieved. Imaging...


OTS Rhinox(R) on the screen as bursts of static give way to a view of the "moon" absorbing energy from the dome's beam. The “moon” is starting to SPLIT along clearly defined lines, UNFOLDING like a flower...
Rhinox(R) reacts to the sight.
RHINOX(R)

What the slagging -- UHHHHH!!!


Widen as Rhinox(R) catches one of Blackarachnia's darts right in the back. A CYBERVENOM CHARGE surges thru him.
RHINOX(R)

AGHHHHHH!!! --

wider

Showing Blackarachnia and Tarantulas have entered the room. Dinobot, at another console, reacts, drawing his weapons.



dinobot (R)

Invaders! AAACK!

Both Blackarachnia and Tarantulas oprn fire with their machine guns simultaneously. Dinobot is hurled backward by the firepower to CRASH against a console, which EXPLODES.

Tarantulas moves quickly to Rhinox’s console. Blackarachnia looks over his shoulder at the beam and the unfolding “moon.”


BLACKARACHNIA(B), TARANTULAS(B)
They are looking toward the beam.
BLACKARACHNIA(B)

What is it?


TARANTULAS(B)

The beginning of the end.

(low chuckle)

ext. the base -- wide -- night

We SEE the beam in the distance, streaking up to the unfolding moon, and we:

fade out


end part one


BEAST WARS
"Other Voices - Part One - Arrival -- REVISED"
(BW025)

Written By:


Larry DiTillio and Bob Forward

First Draft

8/29/96
Second Draft

11/05/96
** FINAL DRAFT



11/11/96
Copyright 1996 Transformers Production Company Inc.
CAST LIST
ALL THE REGULARS

SET LIST: EXTERIOR


MAXIMAL BASE
PREDACON BASE
EXT. STONE SQUARE - This is just 4 large pillars (like the ones in the Stonehenge structure in Episode Five) forming a square. In the center of the square is a meter high pedestal out of which the tip of a symmetrical energy crystal pokes. It is in reality - a "receptacle", by which alien structures are transported to the planet.
EXT. BIO-DOME... Okay, this is the big one fellas. Imagine a kind of dome-shaped thing, but one which incorporates flesh, plant and machine into one Lovecraftian melange. It's machine aspect should look something like the probe in Episode 5 "Chain of Command", but this time it is much, much bigger and has fleshy bits(like brain tissue) and plant bits(vines, bushy growth etc.) and all kinds of sci-fi antennas and panels and lights and such. No eyes or maws please. It isn't a creature, it's a building.
EXT. DESERT AREA AROUND BIO-DOME... Just your standard desert terrain, Dunes, sand etc.
SET LIST: INTERIOR
MAXIMAL COMMAND CENTER
PREDACON COMMAND CENTER
TARANTULAS'S LAIR
INT. MAIN CHAMBER OF THE BIO-DOME... This incorporates the Stone Square(see above), with the weird interior of the Bio Dome. There are holes in the walls, openings to other areas of the dome. This is where the machine holding Air Razor is.
INT. CORRIDOR IN THE BIO-DOME... More strange, twisty walls, like walking around inside a sponge.
NOTES:
1) There is a lot of nifty voice overs work in this script. There are several voices speaking in alien tongues, these "conversations" are mainly overlapping, like lots of people all talking at once. Any quirky voice patterns the actors would like to try will be welcome.
The Voice of Unicron should be sinister yet majestic, the voice of a dark god.
2) There are some very strange visuals in this script and a pretty strange plot. I am available for consultation for anything you don't quite get.

3) Everything in this script should play at breakneck speed from Act Two on. DON’T dwell on battle action, make it fast, get in, get out, quick cuts, sharp angles (we have more than enough stock to make this doable). ***


4) The Bio-Dome special EFX (the dome appearing, and morphing, the walls,) will appear again in Part Two of the finale, so once done, Two can be produced faster. ***
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