"Doctor Baelheit." The holomatter avatar flickers and appears next to the jet, hands clasped behind its back as Starscream himself skims the surroundings with his sensors carefully, making sure of the absence of any traps. It's probably easier on the human to have the avatar present for the sake of interaction.

He chuckles darkly, sounding strangely echoey as his voice emits from both plane and avatar. "I'm guessing that my current appearance hardly answers any of your questions", he says cryptically. This was not an opportunity for blustering. No, this situation called for careful, restrained admission of the facts, at least until he had a better idea of what he was dealing with.