Knock Out cringes visibly at Megatron's biting rebuttal. Oh, this is not going well. This is so much worse than bad. So much for Starscream's -- admittedly pitiful -- last ditch attempt at a desperate save. Part of Knock Out appreciates the effort, but the rest of him just wants to punch Starscream for making it worse.

So Knock Out resolves to be especially helpful in handling this extremely dicey conflict.

"We've been under Commander Starscream's diligent supervision since he arrived," Knock Out says, rolling his optics in Starscream's direction. He even manages to sound relatively composed, as he inches just a little closer to Breakdown. "Perhaps he should have the...honor of delivering our progress report."