[ It doesn't take much for Starscream to figure out that something big is happening in the city, even trapped as he is in vehicular mode; the panicking soldiers skittering all around the base are enough of a tip off to that. The commotion itself is of little interest to him, but chaos breeds distraction, and now seems like the perfect time to take advantage of that and send the holo-matter avatar out do a little gathering and reconnaissance. There's a perfect lab that' he's sniffed out that he's had his eye on for quite a while...]

[And of course, just when he's just outside where he needs to be, in the process of bypassing security, he hears rapidly approaching footsteps from just around the corner. He leaps back, startled, and attempts to appear casual hopefully before whoever is approaching catches him appearing suspicious]