Telephon shook his head. "The boards are fried and the wiring is all ripped up. I would attempt to repair it, but I have certain limitations." He pointed to the dead sockets where his optic receptors had been which still bore scorch marks. "Best I can recommend is we get some mini-bot repair drones in there to reattach the wiring."
His leg lurched suddenly as it began to lose strength, and he forced himself to stand on it in spite of all the internal failures going on in it. He had not done a self-diagnostic routine and had not realized the extent of his own damage. He was glad that his expression was hidden under his faceplate, since his metal grill chomped against itself to stabilize the vibration shaking his framework. He did his best to remain steady, however, not wanting to look weak in front of the humans.
"They must have targeted the shield grid purposefully for it to have taken this much damage. I am afraid we must have a sabateur in our midst. I would not put it past the Deceptacreaps to have a double agent amongst the Autobots or even your own men, Captain." Telephon was unsure of the man's rank, not being able to see his uniform well enough to tell, but he figured "Captain" was a fairly non-offensive term.
The man left after that, replaced by an officer sent to assess the damage of the shields.
Yakk played amongst the debris nearby, rolling around what appeared to be an inactive warhead. Telepohon had not realized what the dogbot was doing at first. "Yakk, get away from that!" Suddenly the warhead exploded without warning, sending Yakk flying into Telephon and knocking him down, barely missing the officer. He pushed Yakk off himself and was sensing the bot had been injured in the blast. In truth, one of the dogbot's legs had been blown apart and much of its outer casing was now missing. Telephon felt along its surface and became aware of the damage. He was still getting a feed from the receptors of his companion, fortunately, so the damage seemed superficial.
The officer had managed to take cover just as the bomb went off, but Telephon could not tell if he was hurt.
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