Skill

Cyclonus came up silently and watched with him: the base computer of course had far greater processing resources than his own brain to contribute to the analysis, but he compensated for that by devoting regular processor time to the task, and there had not been a great many random factors at play in the combat. The computer examined every move and found no beneficial alternatives, and only two equally good choices—for him, at least; Grimlock had made a variety of minor tactical errors, unsurprisingly, as his tactical processor was quite basic and primarily relied on his usually overwhelming power to obtain victory once battle was joined. However, Cyclonus was pleased to see his own choices had been optimal even if Grimlock had not made the mistakes: the entire battle had been decided by Grimlock’s opening attempt to rush him, which had enabled Cyclonus to take out the first rear talon without exposing himself to potentially fatal damage. Cyclonus nodded with satisfaction as the analysis completed.

“Yes,” Megatron said shortly. “Very impressive. I don’t think I’ve seen a literally optimal fight since I was in the arena, and those were staged beforehand. That analysis you run in advance seems to be highly effective.”