[Mostly accidental post w/ purposeful content; OPEN]

[death_chopper]

[search parameter=: DIAGNOSTIC SUBROUTINES]
[COMMENCING SELF-DIAGNOSTIC SCAN 038: MECHANICAL INTEGRITY]
Command> ANALYZE AND EVALUATE
data?input=: tactile perceptors
data?input=: stress gauges
data?input=: nano self-repair data cache
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...
...RUNNING

ANALYSIS COMPLETE, DISPLAY Y/N?
Command> Y
...
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structural integrity//endoskeleton: DIMINISHED 19.80944%
structural integrity//joints: DIMINISHED 23.47882%
structural integrity//exoplate: DIMINISHED 27.00829%

[COMMENCING DIAGNOSTIC SCAN 056: MECHANICAL INTEGRITY//symbiont]
Command> ANALYZE AND EVALUATE
data?input=: tactile perceptors//symbiont
data?input=: stress gauges//symbiont
data?input=: nano repair data cache//symbiont
...
...
...RUNNING

ANALYSIS COMPLETE, DISPLAY Y/N?
Command> Y
...
...
...
structural integrity//endoskeleton//symbiont: DIMINISHED 23.09092%
structural integrity//joints//symbiont: DIMINISHED 17.34521%
structural integrity//exoplate//symbiont: DIMINISHED 18.00290%

[search parameter=: CACHED DATA RECALL]
[COMMENCING CACHE RECALL 008: LONG TERM DIAGNOSTICS]
Command> DISPLAY DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS ?(default) Y//symbiont ?(date) 109384.1229.109238383
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...
...CACHED DATA ?(date) 109384/1229/109238383
structural integrity//endoskeleton: DIMINISHED 04.98003%
structural integrity//joints: DIMINISHED 09.98456%
structural integrity//exoplate: DIMINISHED 12.65931%
...
structural integrity//endoskeleton//symbiont: DIMINISHED 13.00683%
structural integrity//joints//symbiont: DIMINISHED 12.11450%
structural integrity//exoplate//symbiont: DIMINISHED 16.57591%

[search parameter=: PROBABILITY GENERATOR]
Command> PROJECT PROGRESSION OF MECHANICAL INTEGRITY default//symbiont
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...
...RUNNING

PREDICTION COMPLETE, DISPLAY Y/N?
Command> Y
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...
default=? PREDICTED PROGRESSION: DIMINISHING
symbiont=? PREDICTED PROGRESSION: DIMINISHING

Hnhh, I was afraid of this. Eros, I need to return to my originating universe.

((TL;DR on the diagnostics: the metal that makes up his and Scorp's body is degrading because it's been repaired and reconstituted over and over with Earth alloys. Also, that 'date' up there's a bad translation of the Cybertronian time-keeping system and corresponds to before Ares' attack on Blackout before the Family Unit Virus.))