Getaway was born an Autobot. In a moment of desperation, his spark was thawed out of cold storage, placed in a body, and his mind was installed with the subroutines only necessary for combat. He was given a gun at a few hours old and tossed overboard into the nearest battlefield.

Violence is all he's ever known, and it would be immensely cruel to tear away what little he has left.

[ Prowl is acutely aware of the horror of it all. He'd given the order many times himself to commission MTO battalions, feeling something chip away at him every time all that life was guzzled away. ]

Besides, it would be dishonest of me to pretend that Getaway is not a product of the Autobot machine the same as Kup or Springer or Optimus Prime is. I hope you understand.