The big, diverse platoon had ended up vanquishing the bloated-backed monsters before Khan could finish his battle. After all, they were better-equipped elite warriors, and their opponents seemed to stand at the bottom of the Scarlet Eyes' food chain.
Defeating the bloated-backed monsters didn't solve that predicament. Technology still didn't work, and the limited experimental fuel Khan's forces had managed to produce after obtaining Rodney's sample had to be split carefully, leaving little of it for evacuation vehicles.
Nevertheless, the evacuation proceeded. Part of the platoon took care of filling and moving the few available vehicles away, while other soldiers dealt with securing a defensive perimeter.
A last group of soldiers headed for where Monica's jeep had stopped, only to discover that everything was being taken care of.
