It is the year 1973. The world repels the deployment of Yuri's Psychic Dominator network. To counter their efforts, Yuri's secret moon base decided to turn the most fearful force into a weapon: gravity. However, they did not expect the gravity distortions their experiments caused to be picked up by an outside force...
"There were ships of shapes and sizes scattered out along the bay..."
my guess is: Thunder's son
"The Martians released their Black Smoke, but the ship sped on, cutting
down one of the tripod figures. Instantly, the others raised their Heat Rays and melted the Thunder Child's valiant heart."
Exactly, but considering that this is just a homage and Tripods are T2 and it's a British hero unit... here Thunder Child shall blow up Tripods with ease. ;)