Comments on 'The Marauder Deception'The Marauders—aka the Lordun Protectorate—knew just what tack to take with us Decepti-fans. Not like that's a surprise; our blogs and forums go all the way back to the twencen. They didn't try to snow us that they were "just like" the Decepticons, since we could _sort of_ distinguish fact from fiction. They admitted they weren't aliens from space—some of their robots had even used to _be_ humans, how cool was that?
They played up the whole "fighting for the good of their race, with their own moral compass" angle that Decepticon fans loved—with the change that in this case, their "race" was all humanity, be it as giant robots or our squishy selves. They warned us that we'd be considered "terrorists," but that all freedom fighters and revolutionaries were "terrorists" until they won.
And they pointed out that their main adversary would be an arm of the paternalistic, overbearing United Nations, casting them in a similar light to the "heroic Autobots" of the TV show.
What wasn't to like?2008-07-03T02:42:51Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/25853Comment on The Marauder Deception<p>You’re absolutely correct. My bad.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25853?basename=758232008-07-03T02:42:51ZJohn Perkinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21Comment on The Marauder Deception<p>Nope, it’s “tack.” Comes from the nautical term for the method of setting your sails so as to sail at an angle to the direction of the wind.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25853?basename=757312008-07-02T23:16:55ZRobotech_Masterhttp://ficlets.com/authors/robotechComment on The Marauder Deception<p>What’s not to like indeed.<br />However, it’s “tact,” not “tack.”</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25853?basename=756952008-07-02T21:54:14ZJohn Perkinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21