Flares and exhaust plumes dotted the sky as the living planes tried their best to throw off the rockets. Luckily, they were mostly unguided but a few homing rockets were mixed in.
"I see the cruiser!" Captain Fairchild exclaimed. Sure enough, the smoking hull of the downed starship was visible. An explosion nearby indicated that Major Lockie had blown up a group of Rocket Macaques with his cannons.
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Unfortunately, Mr. Bigmouth's repulsorsled was unarmed. As a result, all he could do was weave precariously around the plumes of water kicked up by impacting rockets.
The soldier on the back of the sled fired his rifle at various Rocket Macaque positions, killing a few but mostly scattering them.