"Hmmm what hasn't happened? Between the Alternians giving us grief, Breakdown's condition, and being low on energon, our prospects of establishing a stronger presence on this planet are rather bleak at the moment."

Starscream puts on his best pandering, guilty face and looks Orion right in the eye: "I did what I could to remedy the energon issue at least, but Megatron has... taken issue, shall we say, with my handling of the situation, and has gone out to take matters into his own hands. But I fear he doesn't possess the subtlety needed to successfully broker an agreement with the local organics."