Maybe Starscream will let you borrow the Air Defence Team. It's not as if he actually likes his adopted Minicons, after all.

You walk up to the Decepticon Air Commander. "Hey, I want to know if I can ..."

Starscream turns to you with fevered optics. "Are you busy?"

"Well, I'm trying to ..."

But he isn't listening. "Great! You get to babysit. If anyone asks for me, I'm getting drunk with Skywarp." Before you can protest, he transforms and takes off. The Minicons watch after him sadly.

Well, at least you've got use of the Air Defence Team for the afternoon, even if they think you're their babysitter. You tell them to transform and follow you; you're going to teach them a game called 'Usurp Megatron'.

Being Starscream's adopted Minicons, they think this is a great idea.

You and your little team find the Predacon commander and land. "Megatron!" you say. "I'm taking over the Predacons, and there's no Maximals or plot contrivences to mess up my plan!"

Megatron doesn't look impressed. "And your plan is?"

"I have Minicons now," you tell him. "I'll use them to become super powerful!"

"Terrorsaur," says Megatron, "you aren't from Armada. You don't have power links. You can't use Minicons."

"Yes, I can!"

Okay, so you can't powerlink. Instead, you order the Minicons to ...

Transform to jet-mode and attack?
Transform and merge into the Star Sabre?
Hug Megatron?