Knock Out's about to ask her why she keeps talking about the war like she wasn't in it when she's got an Autobot badge glaring on her plating just like the rest of them, but it's that last gem of information that commands all of his attention at once. He looks at her sharply for a moment, but then he laughs.

"Megatron captaining an Autobot ship, right. And here I thought you weren't the straight-faced type, Nautica. Oh, I'll admit -- you really had me going there for a minute..."