"So did my Megatron," Starscream says with totally undeserved and unnecessary smugness. "He just did it in posts instead of chapters. And it wasn't so one-way -- putting it on the net allowed an exchange of ideas. Strika wasn't the only one who encouraged him. He had followers long before the Decepticons were even founded. It's where he met Orion Pax."

He makes a disdainful little sound. Seriously, Orion is extremely lame and he does not get why Megatron is so hung up on them. "Anyway, he had a little help staying under the radar -- and by the time the Senate realized how far it'd spread, it was too late to stop what was happening."