"What are you doing up here?" Came the voice of Corvus, causing Hotplate to whip around in surprise, nearly slipping off the end of the ship's wing.
"You seem distraught," The black mech continued, the white lights on his second set of wings blinking. "You can speak all your qualms to me."
"I have done nothing," Hotplate whispered. "We've been assaulted by Icestorm nearly five times now and I am far too busy panicking. If I try to help, I can't. I can't shoot a gun or torrent. I can't drive this ship. What use I am on this 'mission?' Do you know Corvus? You seem to know everything."
Corvus made no reply, simply staring into space, shuffling against the magnetic field keeping them both attached to the ship. After a few moments of silence, he slowly sat down next to the blue mech.
"Do you want to know something my colony believes in?" Corvus asked, attempting to look into the mech's optics, whom kept looking away. "We believe that no one is useless."
"No?" Hotplate asked, in slight sarcasm, looking back at the black mech.
"No. No one is useless. We are all created to be a part of something greater. If anything, always remember that. You'll feel more at peace if you do."
"How do you know I'll 'be at peace?'"
"Because we've all been in your situation. You just do not know what you were mean't to be a part of yet. It'll come soon enough."
Hotplate looked away, lost in thought. Corvus sat by him, awaiting for conversation to start once more. However, there was only silence for a long while. Corvus was about ready to stand once again and return to the bridge when Hotplate finally spoke.
"What else do your people believe?"
Corvus expected to hear sarcasm, or see it in the other mech's eyes. However there was none. Only honest curiosity.
"I'll tell you inside. It is best we don't stay out here too long."
Hotplate nodded, and they both stood. Walking back into the ship via a hatch, Corvus began tell his story to his foreign friend.

I drew a thing and wrote a thing about it! Might notice Corvus's quote is in my signature as well! Really wanted to draw these guys together. You may notice Corvus's design changed to. And the white marks light up! Everyone on his colonial planet has some form of communicative lights on their frame. Corvus has his on his wings. His mentor, Thero, has them on his face and chestplate. I have NO IDEA where this came from, but it came up and I was like "This is canon."
Hotplate isn't really good at fighting. And since he and his friends are being chased around by Icestorm, he feels completely useless and more so a burden. Of course, Corvus has other ideas and says otherwise. Hotplate will later adopt Corvus's ideals.

Art, story, and characters: PenyiarWolff
Transformers: Hasbro