"Her," Starscream corrects irritably, although not because of the pronoun swap. "She wasn't promoted ahead of me. She was a Decepticon well before I was -- she was part of the original movement."

He heaves a sigh, lips thinning. "She was Megatron's...mentor, if you want to call it that. They met in the gladiatorial arena, and she encouraged him to be more proactive with his politics, and -- well, I'm sure you can see where that went. She is a competent soldier," he concedes, a massive understatement, "and she clearly has Megatron's trust, but frankly, as second-in-command, I think she's outlived her usefulness."