Thanks to Khalthar who gave me the idea for one of the rules from We Speak the Future.

note I do not own any characters except the original ones. Hasbro owns the others.

To understand and not spoil the other story, please read We Speak the Future.

Rules

By Sarah Twintower and John Swiftrain

Foreward: As you should know by now, we've gotten a wave of reinforcements for the NEST team from space including the SIC to Optimus Prime.

Through discussions, it has come to the liaisons attention that some new rules need to be put in place for the newer members and to reiterate existing ones.

1. Do not prank the liaisons - Any prank made against the liaison team will result in Optimus Prime and Major Lennox doing all inventory requests. We will consider any prank to be coming from both sides of the team. The first prank will bear the probation period of two weeks. Further infractions within the probation time will double the time.

2. To promote mutual understanding, please reference the sheet to the side. These are terms our Cybertronian comrades use and their English equivalents. If you wish for a copy in another language, please submit request form 11287-AZ89 to one of the liaisons.

3. There is box of nerf footballs in the medbay. This is not for impromptu football games. These are there to ensure CMO Ratchet can throw something at a target and not injury the fragile humans on base. If you wish to know how painful a ricochet or direct hit can be from a metal wrench taller than yourself, please direct inquiries to Privates Holster and Gruend.

4. Sarah Twintower will not accept requests to talk, dress and/or act like a pirate. She has no need for treasure nor booty of any type. Peg legs and parrots will not be accepted.

5. We have a new scientist on base. His name is Wheeljack. He is why everyone has been issued basic safety glasses and ear protection. They are required to be on your person while on base and in areas marked with the goggles, they must be covering your eyes. The ear protection is to ensure you are not deafened in case one of his experiments get interesting. The protection will also help in the medbay lab where the liaisons assists the team through medical supplies.

6. To promote team cohesion, there is two movie nights a week. This is to enable those off duty to enjoy a movie with their teammates at least once per week. Some movies will need a form 368449-PRF to obtain, so if you have an idea, please submit early enough we can attempt to get approval. Note that our base commander, Colonel Fulton, has discretion to ban movies.

7. Drag races around the base are prohibited. We are aware that this base affords many long stretches for high powered vehicles, however this is barred due to a number of accidents including mud on some VIPs we had on base. Though they were goodnatured about the incident, we cannot allow this. All training for terrain will need to be vouched by the instructors prior to the training.

8. None of those from the prior base recommend solo heroics, including Sarah Twintower. There are many stories and rumors going around so here is the true story. Sarah saw the enemy had a bomb in hand and acted on an idea to get it as far from the base as possible. She backstabbed the enemy, snagged the bomb and ran like a coward. The enemy caught up and tore through her armor like tissue paper. Only a chance explosion saved her from dying. Teamwork helps everyone survive without permanent damage. If you want to know how terrible recovering from broken bones, sprains, and blood loss along with a bum eye, Sarah will be happy to schedule a meeting and give details. Otherwise, no solo heroics.

9. Those suggesting that Sarah has a collection of castrated balls to explain her bravery need to be aware that this is not acceptable to the upper echelons. No one needs balls to get this job done. They need brains, brawn and courage. Balls only get in the way of running, especially big ones or collections.

10. Those that continue to submit inappropriate suggestions to the box will find themselves on cleaning duty with toothpick brushes. You know who you are and so do we.