Well, Velocity is among Nautica's amica circle, so they are presumably that close (though I wouldn't have thought so before that scene, tbh). But both of them, Velocity especially, are still getting used to the weirdness and danger. Even if they stayed, it's weird to me they wouldn't object to or even seem reluctant about going out into such a lopsided battle when it isn't necessary yet. Then there's Brainstorm, who's a committed coward and reluctant to use a weapon himself. Ultra Magnus and Skids should both have a better appreciation for considered strategy than they display. Rewind and Chromedome were previously said to be giving each other the cold shoulder over both remaining in danger. I'm still scratching my head that Ravage not only went out into the battle without Megatroin but also actually stuck around to fight.

Honestly, it isn't even just that they go out to fight that gets me, it's that they settle so quickly on doing so. Like they're beholden to Tarn's time limit despite having found a way to hold the DJD and company at bay. They could give Chromedome more time to recover, have Brainstorm make some more weapons, wait for Rung and Nightbeat to get back, try to convince Megatron to join the fight, come up with an actual battlefield strategy since they were relying on the shield right up until the last minute, see if the enemy will waste energy and ammo on the shield and force them to rethink their own strategy. Idk, I'd think the opportunity to say, "Screw you, we'll come out and fight when we feel like it," at least would be appealing. Like, I harp on about the shipjacking because it's my personal favorite alternative to the way the story went, but the base level is that I can't get into the way the story went.