Starscream rolls his eyes. "Fearless! Noble! Steadfast!" he says mockingly, the words sounding like they've come straight off an Autobot recruitment poster. "She's not stupid, I'll give her that, and her second-in-command is a seasoned veteran from well before the war, and some of her scientific advisors are graduates of the most venerated institutions on Cybertron."

Does he sound bitter about that? Maybe just a tiny bit. "I hear she gives good speeches, and I'll grant that she seems to command a lot of loyalty from her troops. Absolutely unwilling to compromise, though." As though this isn't one of Megatron's own glaring character flaws. Starscream makes a face and flicks a probably imaginary speck of dirt from his shoulder. "I'm sure the fact that she's made it personal for Megatron doesn't help. I think it clouds his judgment on occasion, but sometimes he just won't listen."

He scowls. That's about as much criticism of his conjunx as he's willing to vocalize to this Megatron, but honestly, if Megatron would just listen to reason, then maybe he'd finally just drop a bomb on Iacon and end the whole thing, Orion Pax be damned.