Flight Speed

They were primarily Seeker variants, their transform modes specialized for atmospheric combat, and they all flew skillfully; but Thundercracker drifted significantly out of formation simply to have the pleasure of more flying room, and Skywarp wasted energon firing at passing avians for no purpose. Ramjet, Dirge, and Thrust maintained position, but they spent the entire flight talking amongst themselves on a trine channel the rest of them could pick up as muffled static, irritating yet incomprehensible. Astrotrain and Blitzwing occasionally exchanged a vicious remark about the others, quiet enough that Cyclonus could only hear them thanks to his deep-range sensors. Starscream ignored all the indiscipline: he himself occasionally performed pointless showy maneuvers mid-flight, and set an energy-inefficient pace that appeared to be slightly uncomfortable for the triple-changers, which Cyclonus initially thought merely selfish incompetence, and only realized was malice after Astrotrain finally lost patience and broadcast, “Hey! I’m sick of the new guy’s nosecone up my afterburners! Quit it, he’s not having any trouble keeping up!” and Starscream grudgingly cut their speed.