*grins* Well, that's what I'd do, go with the Autobots. They'd get alone better in the long run with the rest of the players. Or... more interesting, one could have both Autobots and Decepticons, their ships completely non-functional and having a truce for the moment. Then, later, the Decepticons could break away and join whoever while leaving the autobots to hang with the fleet.

Admittedly, that's pretty basic and without detail but I'm just spinning here.