Starscream is caught entirely off guard by this question. He hadn't actually had the foresight to think of a reasonable cover identity for situations such as this; usually he manages to go undetected and even when he is noticed most people simply ask what he's up to, which is easily dodged enough.

He didn't get to the top of Decepticon command without being able to think on his feet though, and he has done a bit of homework on the humans behind this place; perhaps there's a way to turn this around.

"AH, Dr. Julius Baelheit, correct? My apologies, I didn't recognize you for a moment there. I'm an agent with...." Slag it, what was the name of that branch again? "....DORPA? your assistant set up an appointment last week for you to show me some of your work for consideration for possible government funding. I suppose the situation outside has scared many of your people off because there was no one out front to give me proper access, so I decided to drop by and see if there was anyone inside the lab itself to let me in." He flashes a winning smile, just for good measure.