[ Whereas Starscream assumes that any delay is simply a result of him not yet accumulating enough goodwill among the Anchorites to warrant urgency. Being under Megatron's command does not do wonders for one's skewed sense of merit. ]

I will send you a file regarding cubes, but refining for immediate use needs to take priority over storage. If it cannot be done here, I will assemble a power core and take the distillation unit out to the crevasse and use it on site.

[ Look, he's really hungry. Qubit's offer to get him settled in the R&D sector is interpreted not as a gesture of kindness, but as a proposal meant to be bartered for. ]

In exchange for?