Theft of the ASWS Truck

The Theft of the ASWS Truck is an event that occured in the Voltex Universe and is the when The Gang got their base and their name.

Finding a possible base
After Reece, Wall-Z, Zeve, VOTE-X Abrams, Vohantex and Spitfire came back together after the latter three renegaded from ASWS they consider places they could establish a base they can plan their next move. Zeve suggests going underground but Spitfire and Vohantex object to the suggestion as both of them are quite big and requires to find a big enough underground bunker. Spitfire suggests a submarine but Wall-Z gets anxious of the idea due to his inability to swim as well as the difficulty of finding a large enough submarine to begin with.

Vote-X suggested a an extremely large truck they could use to both get out of the city as well as serving as their main base of operations. Reece was initially skeptical about the idea due to its absurdity but after Vote-X explains that he saw such a truck in a facility not far from their position and showing how the truck looks like, Reece and later the other four bots agreed to the idea and the group waited till the next morning before they make their move.

The plan
At 9:34 AM, the group formulate a plan to break into the facility and steal the truck. Spitfire comes up with the plan after Vote-X provided the details of the facility including layout and security, while Reece was opposed to the idea of her taking point he was willing to give her a chance. The plan was simple:


 * Wall-Z sneaks in from the roof and knock out the guards in the camera room.
 * Vote-X and Zeve enter from the front gate once the cameras are down.
 * The two then take out the perimeter guards and motion sensors.
 * Vohantex enters the area and shoots down an armored door to the activation key for the truck.
 * They all enter the truck before ASWS arrives.

The plan was coordinated by Spitfire herself and from a distance in the sky. Wall-Z was successful in doing his task and when Vote-X and Zeve was supposed to take out a group that Spitfire was tracking, she accidentally gave out a command that was supposed to be for Wall-Z which resulted in Vote-X and Zeve mistiming their attack which alerted some guards. This caused Spitfire to enter a panic and was preoccupied with telling how many guards were heading towards the pair and did not inform Wall-Z of a motion sensor which triggered the alarm.

Stealing the truck and accidental destruction
Reece is disappointed by this and heads towards the facility to deal with the first responders while Spitfire decends and assists Vohantex in breaking open the armored door housing the activation keys but it backfires as Spitfire accidentally obliterates the entire room that housed the activation keys. After dealing with the first responders and remaining guards, they scramble into the truck and Vohantex detects a large military force sent by ASWS heading their way. Reece proceeds to hack the startup sequence of the truck but this takes longer than usual due to the enhanced security systems. He manages to break into its propulsion systems just as the military force arrives and Vote-X takes control of the vehicle but was driving blind due to other systems not fully booting up yet.

Unbeknownst to the group, the truck was driving through a city plowing through countless small buildings and several bigger buildings and even a skyscraper resulting in its collapse. As well as obliterating every ASWS personal and robot that was in its path, so did countless civilians that were unfortunate enough to be in the path and a news helicopter captures the carnage from a distance at the same time. When the truck's system fully boots up Vote-X quickly drives away from the city and enabling it's cloaking systems that hides them from view.

After escaping the city
An few hours later, the group regained composure and agreed that the plan went sideways the second the alarm went off and blamed Spitfire for her lack of coordination. Despite this she declares herself as leader but Reece says that he should be the leader instead. Spitfire was not too keen on letting him taking the role and promptly challenges him to a fight, he accepts and immediately overpowers her in hand to hand combat much to Spitfire's shock. She eventually yields and gives the leadership role to Reece.

Shortly after, a news report appears on TV about ASWS declaring that the group as terrorists due to destruction of property, killing countless lives and stealing military property and issues a bounty on their heads and refers to them as "The Gang". While annoyed, they knew it was their fault for the public destruction and deaths they caused. The group soon asks the question of what they should call themselves in the future, which Vohantex suggested calling themselves The Gang after what ASWS called them. While initially disagreeing, they couldn't think of an alternative name and settled with "The Gang".

Aftermath
Due to Vote-X's driving the ASWS Truck in panic, countless lives were lost and caused millions of dollars worth of damages to a city. ASWS quickly stepped in to blame the group for the cause of death and destruction that had occured although they manipulated the information to make the group appear more worse in the public eye such as labeling them as terrorists. This caused public support for ASWS in the country to soar and resulted in most cities being afraid of a potential attack from the group.

Despite this, many believe what has happened is the start of a revolution.

Trivia

 * The large truck The Gang steals is based on the G.U.N Truck from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
 * The name "The Gang" is usually an informal way to refer to the group of robots, in the VU however its somewhat of an official name for the group due to ASWS giving such a name.
 * At this point of time, Thompson has yet to join The Gang.