Blisterback (Earth-5875)

"Getting ready for a barrage."

- - Unidentified Blisterback pilot

The Blisterback is a hexapedal heavy-air vehicle designed by the Banished and used as one of their main vehicles.

Design
The Blisterback can alternate between two main stances, ground and air. In the ground, they enter a "lockdown mode", stabilizing until its carapace opens, releasing Annihilator missiles from its silo, which can pulverize enemy targets. They can also exit the lockdown mode to become aibrone tucking its legs underneath the body and becoming a VTOL and using its plasma cannon as the main armament.

History
Blisterbacks were used by the Banished against the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire during the Second Battle of Installation 00 in 2565. Many of them were sent to kill Professor Ellen Anders at the control room of Installation 04C, but were destroyed when she used the gravity anchors from the ring to launch all local Banished forces to space. One Blisterback was later used to defend the Banished forces that entered High Charity around the holy city's crash site on Installation 00, which was later besieged and overwhelmed by xenomorphs. Pavium chose to abandon the base, and the Blisterback was destroyed.