#the djd only wants a different commanding officer when they have to suffer through onerous and exhausting performance reviews

[bad-tf-fic-ideas]

(231) Helex realises he is short on continuing professional development requirements for this cycle. This is typically not a huge problem, because the vast, vast majority of Decepticon officers do not give a fuck, including Megatron. But Helex's commanding officer is Tarn. There is no regulation about which Tarn is indifferent.

But there's just no way he can get in the hours before his commanding officer notices how behind he is... unless he comes up with something else to keep Tarn distracted.

The Peaceful Tyranny always runs within regulations. But Helex's willing to bet that Deathsaurus's warworld — housing five hundred separate sparks — can't practically do that all the time. So all he has to do, he figures, is find a few really serious hazards (or create some) to keep the commanders focused on bickering between themselves and delay his own performance review. Easy, right?