Shockwave just watches him as he puffs himself up. He should probably feel more devastated at the news and all, but this was Starscream. It's more likely Megatron caught him running off and was keeping an eye on him.

"Then you have a base on this planet. I will need the coordinates," he says, sounding as if he had zero shits to give about his social status with Megatron - or Starscream's business with him. Until Starscream can start designing proper world-threatening death rays, he's going to consider his science funding securely confirmed.