Right. I liked this, particularly the imagery of the predatory ship and it’s television static ray, which looks really quite cool in my head…!
A few little things. I think it would read more professionally with hyphens instead of ellipses, especially in the first paragraph where it just looks a little messy. Also, you’ve missed a full stop at the very end.
But I preferred this to the previous installment, and am keen to read on! MH :)