"Because she cares more about Megatron's personal wellbeing than winning the war," Starscream says bluntly. "I mean -- I care about his wellbeing, obviously, but Strika's losing her perspective. The plans she objects to are always the ones that carry any serious physical risk for Megatron. She's overprotective."

He scowls at the thought. Obviously Strika and Megatron have a deeper relationship than just leader and subordinate, but sentiment isn't going to win them the war. "And so her tactics always carry that bias. Megatron needs objectivity. If he'd just let me into the tac meetings..." He bites off that thought with an annoyed little grunt.