Knocked out a couple more.
Dark Mother... Yeah, SM and others have already summarised. Potentially great idea completely ruined by shitty writing and a feeling the author doesn't really know what he's talking about. Plus, when you get the impression no one has even proof-read what you're reading, you know you're up shit's creek.
Episode 22, on the other hand, I loved. It was completely left-field in tone and form, and I liked that. It read like something I could imagine seeing on TV. I enjoyed that it gives some backstory on such a classic fictional weapon and, so far as I could tell, it all matched up with Colonial Marine Tech Manual. Plus I loved how the talk of the initial M41 suffering from jamming issues tied into the 1999 Aliens versus Predator game, which featured the M41 and yep, that bitch would randomly jam at inopportune moments.
My only real issue was that it overlooked the fact Heckler & Koch solved the issue of ceaseless ammunition overheating with the G11 in the 70s
They also invented the rotating breech. Still, a strange read but one of the most enjoyable so far.