alright! so we've got starscream and skyfire- screamer landed in the arctic when the nemesis went down, and ended up running into skyfire who was working on a research grant studying wildlife. (I do want to draw them meeting still! I have a vision)
Essentially the cons know that tarn was working with someone when he took down the nemesis from inside, and given his less than Stellar track record- the Blame falls on starscream. except.. it wasn't actually him.
we also have blurr and slipstream! (also a wip of a mini-comic with shockwave and sunstorm- all four are a package deal)
when the quintessons attacked cybertron it was without any real warning, the decepticons in this au consist of any survivors who are willing to fight back, with Megatron as their leader.
however, not everyone made it onto the nemisis on time to escape the planet, blur and shockwave being two who where left behind, they've been stuck in shockwaves lab scrounging for resources and trying to figure out a way to fight back. shockwave has been trying to create new soldiers from leftover DNA (starscream's) leaving him with sunstorm (who he considers a failed attempt) and slipstream.
unfortunately while stuck in the lab, blurr starts to realize that shockwave's intentions may not be as altruistic as he claims, as he realizes he and tarn have in fact been working together,
