Knock Out had good reason to stay on edge, it seems -- he almost cringes, but doesn't quite, managing a scoff instead. "How could I have responded to a distress signal I wasn't even around to receive?" he retorts. He's beginning to think he shouldn't have left his Decepticon communications frequencies offline for the last five years. If he hadn't, he might have actually known Starscream was here. "I've barely been here a week. And -- I think part of my transponder may have been damaged in the crash..."