Everyone else might be viewing Rodimus as a complete joke, but Starscream is, unsurprisingly, still overly cautious of his presence on the ship. When you make being treacherous practically your second job, you make an effort to keep all of your bases covered. The "ex"-Autobot might be a crap spy, but that's no reason not to keep en eye on him.
As such, on the day he'd arrived outside the Conquest, Starscream had ordered that Rodimus not be allowed a single moment around the warship unsupervised, until "such a time that he truly proves his loyalty to the cause". That was a bit more of a 'hands on' leadership decision than what he'd usually make, but with Megatron essentially being absent from command for the time being, naturally someone has to step up to the plate. Rodimus can stick around until he's outlived his usefulness, be that as a hostage or until his entertainment value wears off.
Unfortunately at the current time neither of those requirements have been met yet, and Starscream's cautiousness has totally backfired on him (as it tends to do), as he's the only one, at the moment, that can enforce that his own rule. All of the other cons are busy, which leaves Rodimus in Starscream's.
They're both in one of the Conquest's cargo holds, and Rodimus has been given the exciting directive to stack cubes of synth-en while Starscream does some important internet research on a data pad and barks orders occasionally. It'd be a pretty sweet gig if he didn't fucking hate this tool so much.
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As such, on the day he'd arrived outside the Conquest, Starscream had ordered that Rodimus not be allowed a single moment around the warship unsupervised, until "such a time that he truly proves his loyalty to the cause". That was a bit more of a 'hands on' leadership decision than what he'd usually make, but with Megatron essentially being absent from command for the time being, naturally someone has to step up to the plate. Rodimus can stick around until he's outlived his usefulness, be that as a hostage or until his entertainment value wears off.
Unfortunately at the current time neither of those requirements have been met yet, and Starscream's cautiousness has totally backfired on him (as it tends to do), as he's the only one, at the moment, that can enforce that his own rule. All of the other cons are busy, which leaves Rodimus in Starscream's.
They're both in one of the Conquest's cargo holds, and Rodimus has been given the exciting directive to stack cubes of synth-en while Starscream does some important internet research on a data pad and barks orders occasionally. It'd be a pretty sweet gig if he didn't fucking hate this tool so much.