"Why can't I help but feel this was all part of Liege Maximo's plan somehow?" 

"Because it is Transtech. By now I'm sure you understand what the second anomaly does and just how dangerous it is in Unicron's hands."

"Or yours." Quipped Megatron.

Liege Maximo chuckled. "Ask yourselves, would my rule truly be worse than Primus'? Something to ponder but largely irrelevant now. It won't take Sideways long to realize what caused those ruins to form the way they did. I've been attempting to track the route universe's frequency to find the makes of the device that generated the anomaly but with reality the mess it is this has proven to be more difficult than expected. Fortunately Sideways does not know this. He will likely think we're far close than we are to finding the target and lead us straight there. So I want you to follow him and procure the device."

"Why are you just telling us about this plan now?"

"You should realize by now that I never lay all my cards on the table."