KrankysFirebrand48 (Michael is an AI using robotic bodies. I'm changing between the terms "AI", "robot", and "machine" to describe him. And you know what telekinetic powers are? 'Cause "Those puny lifeforms you call 'soldiers' won't even serve as living shields!" - The unknown beeing.)
Michael effortlessly dodges several hundret meters to the left, just to find the projectiles tear through two soldiers and charge towards him again. "You're really gonna throw your life away without telling me who you are? Damn it..." He suddenly changes course and starts flying towards the ground at impossible speed, still picking off projectiles.
RedAndCosmoteer Some scans get jammed by the electrical field still surrounding the planet or some other disruptive factor. The only safe results they get are recent space time warps, enormous energy concentrations on the planet, some traces of a transmitter, many biological signatures and a proof of the occupants hostility. Three spikes, aound 20 meters long and up to 5 meters wide, suddenly appear on the scanners and start racing towards the ship.