It pursued the thing with a burning vigor it had never felt before. The dropship landed and the three men quickly moved down the ramp. They fanned out in the clearing, searching for any threats that the scanners may have missed. One of them radioed in. This is Exterminator One.
Area is clear.
The three men raised their pulse rifles, ready to take on anything that was thrown their way. Suddenly, one of them went flying to the ground with a bodily thud. The other two men turned around just in time to see the shape looming above the fallen man. Before the two men could aim their weapons, the creature's long tail had jabbed into the fallen man, skewering him. It raised its ugly head, and was promptly blown away by Teflon-coated depleted uranium slugs.