Nautica had a lot of threatening friends, but she herself wasn't what anyone would call imposing.

Or perceptive. Intent as she was on her tasks, if Starscream hadn't spoken, she might not have noticed him lurking in the shadows. He had spoken, however, so she stopped, looked him up and down, and shrugged. "I don't know. Are you any good with power systems?"

Yes, she'd taken the question literally, though even Nautica wasn't clueless enough to miss the (entirely unwarranted, gosh!) hostility in his tone.