“No. This one is not to be offlined-“ The older mech growled as he aggressively pulled a Cybertronian stranger onboard his ship and out of his crewman’s line of fire and close to himself.

“I have dreamed again recently, we will need them. They shall replace our recently terminated crewmate Cannonlane. Question me about it one more time, and none of ye will like what will happen shortly after.”

It had been surprisingly easy to make the crowd on the upper deck disperse and make them all go back to their post-raid duties after THAT particular threat.