I saw this once and was also confused.

Its always the damn vanwyrm they shoot

Save it!

Test drive?

Also Grenades that explodes around the Pal damage and possibly one shots said Pal in the cage and still look alive Edit Also when they die in the cage they will be dead in the paldeck

Pal enemy bases always registers the captured pal as hostile if it's too big to fit into the cage. Vanwyrm is one of those.