As the Decepticons passed the Damocles shielding, they noticed some weird blue boxes. However, they decided to ignore them as they weren't doing any harm at the moment. They started circling the massive fortress, awaiting a location for them to land.

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Back on the Nemesis, Soundwave was busy analyzing the threat the blue boxes posed. After a bit of remote scans, he could tell they were probably very powerful. He decided to deploy Laserbeak, with the intent of gaining a sample of the potentially hostile object. The small blue bird-like robot detached off the Decepticon communications officer and flew out of the bridge and down the hallways. It eventually made its way out of the Nemesis and towards one of the blue boxes.

While Laserbeak exited the Nemesis, Soundwave doubled the shields in the direction of the blue boxes, in the case that they were some type of weapon. He also alerted Starscream of his suspicions.