"He enjoys a good debate," Starscream says, shrugging. "But the Decepticon philosophy is pretty well established by now, and the fundamentals of that were really embodied in his transition to more radical politics. That was why Orion Pax broke up with him, you know," he can't help but add, like the unpleasant shitbird he is, "and as for the Autobots -- Elita One can't be reasoned with. She won't settle for anything less than unconditional surrender."