Star, what did you want to study before you were made a soldier? In other continnuities, and in some fanfics, you were a scientist before the war.
Hi, Ogdit! I was a scientist first. I studied biology, rock analysis, all that kind of stuff. My job was to look for intelligent life on other planets, but I had studied far more than that.
Megatron gets frustrated with me because I'm... jittery... in places I'm not familiar with. But if he'd been through half the things me and Skyfire went through, he'd be nervous too.
"Scientists shouldn't believe in bad omens!"
Ptooee! Yeah right.
Know what his problem is? He paid for my illustrious education and he was proud to see me and Skyfire travel the universe. He always told me to look out for sources of energy we could use. I did take note of a few, but I decided to play it smart and not tell him about them as soon as I left, so nothing could be pinned on me. They were all too far away anyway, so I didn't have to worry.
By the time I had my job, he could barely scrounge together enough energy to feed everyone in the faction. I had to try to save fuel from my trips. It was... hard. For everyone. And Megatron is the most dangerous – unpredictable, bad-tempered, aggressive – when he's starving himself so others can live.