Re: Episode Eight--Shockwaves...
The trio of vessels moved as the sky blossomed with Veritechs...none of the three were standard alien battlepods, though the design aesthetic seemed similar enough with at least two of them. The legs, at least, were very similar in appearance and apparent function...but instead of the globular body, there was an elongated, more angular body that had arms on either side, which ended in large weapon pods. Another, large-bore cannon was mounted atop the body, as well.
The third vessel showed no apparent armaments...but Bixby's sensors spiked as the enemy vessels engaged EW counter-measures. "Dammit..." he muttered. He probably had some data on all of them, but he'd have to go through the few seconds of clear reads he got before the jamming started. He activated his own ECCM, hoping to pick up a few useful tidbits.
The two pods directed their response skyward, apparently unaware of Cain's approach. At the last minute, the closer one began to turn...
Cain's missile impacted the surface just short of the trio, and with them already in motion and lacking a strong gravity to hold them in place, the shockwave shifted them all, scattering them. The pod that had been turning toward him recovered quickly...just as one of the bursts from his gunpod danced across one of its weapon-pods. A flash of light flared as something inside the pod detonated, and the pod was sent flying by the shockwave of its own blast.
The unarmed vessel leapt from the lunar surface, its engines flashing to full output as it made a run for it, leaving the other two behind. The second pod began turning to try and return fire...and was knocked off balance by a veritable carpet-bombing rolling into its position from the fighters overhead.