Soundbyte isn’t able to pick up anything inside the room.
Assuming things are all clear he turns the handle to open it up.
The room is empty, save for a few desks with old and worn out chairs at them. There are monitors at each desk, and one of them seems to be functioning. There is also a door at the end of the room marked Repairs.
Once Soundbyte gives the all-clear, Bravo follows them into the room. Noting the active monitor, Bravo looks at Krizen and jerks his head towards it.
"Krizen? Do your thing," he says quietly.
Krizen nods his head at Bravo's quiet words, and pulls his tools out from his pack as he moves towards the monitor. He works quickly to access the monitor and any connected subnet, knowing that their time is limited.
Krizen begins going through the files of the computer, and largely just finds administrative reports from when the place was operational. There is, however, a strongly encrypted chunk of data. While Krizen isn’t quite able to hack into it, he notices similarities to the code from the original data chip.
The SRO stands by, observing how his new companions operate and getting a grips on their situation.
"Folks? There may be a problem... I cannot get all the way into the system, but I think the chip we lost has already been introduced into this system. Keep an eye out for a repeat visit from rather arrogant cyber entities, right?"
Krizen cannot get through all of the systems protections, and doesn't see anything immediately useful to them. "I think we should keep moving. Not much here for us to use."
"I'll be sure to keep my arrogance in check." Soundbyte played. Taking some Initiative, he leaves this room behind and moves back into the hallway. He performs the same scans on the door opposite the room they were just inside.
"At least it was released into this relatively isolated system rather than in a heavily-networked urban center it could spread easily in. As long as you don't jack into the system, Soundbyte, you should be fine," Bravo replies.
He joins Soundbyte in spotting.
Soundbyte’s sensors seem to have finally kicked in. He senses a single entity inside the room, though what exactly it might be is beyond him.
Instead of replaying audio, Soundbyte turns to the group and holds up a single digit, indicating the lone occupant's presence. He leaves it to them to decide how they're proceeding.
Bravo nods silently to Nalun.
The SRO does not make to stop the Solarion, and watches in stark silence as the human bursts in full speed. "Going in loud it is then."
Nalun bashes into the door. His slams against it with his full body weight as he comes to the unfortunate realization that the door is locked. Whatever is inside can be heard whirring slightly.
Bravo, for his part, tries not to laugh at Nalun's folly as he takes aim at the door, ready to fire at whatever comes through.
Krizen winces as Nalun bounces off of the door. "Ouch. Bet that hurt...." He checks that his pistol is fully loaded, just in case, but is otherwise ready to go. He moves to be slightly to the side of the door, using the wall as partial cover from whoever might be attacking their group through the now closed door..
"No need to bet, I KNOW that hurt."
The bulky SRO priest steps back half, throwing out his arms and gathering a smattering of debris in a mental hold.
A highly modified android opens the door with a startled look on her face before it morphs into anger as she says, "Heretic! Blasphemer! His judgement shall be swift and painful!"
With that, she pulls out a pistol and fires it at Bravo. A small silver pellet flies at Bravo before bursting and burning into his skin for 6 damage.
She then steps backwards into the room, out of view.
"Only one way in!" Krizen yells as he dashes through the doorway, looking for cover on the other side before taking aim at the android.
"Godsdammit, Krizen you were right. Ilyania's let Unity out of the box!"
Bravo moves around into the corner and turns back to shoot at the compromised android.
Soundbyte sends the projectile forward, having little luck in his aim as well.
Despite an impressive array of attacks, not a single one hits the android woman. She sneers and says, "My god shields me! I cannot be harmed!"[/ooc] With that, she steps back and points at Nalun and says in a voice that reverberates in Nalun's head, [b]"Kneel!"
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Nalun resists the magic and slashes again at the android
Bravo says nothing, but fires off another shot.
The SRO gestures towards the raving Android. When he speaks, his voice is oddly accompanied by a snippet of music. "Lay down your arms!"
"Shield this!" Krizen yells, then looks slightly abashed at the verbal outburst. He does not let it affect his actions, however; the digital being is too dangerous.
The woman manages to dodge Bravo's attack but Nalun's solar blade and Krizen's pistol hit her soundly. Soundbyte's voice resonates in her mind, and her arm extends seemingly against her will. She says through gritted teeth, "No! Only my lord can command me!" The gun drops from her hand.
With a wave of a hand Soubdbyte draws the pistol towards himself, and then pockets it within his bag.
"Shut up!" Bravo growls as he fires another shot.
Krizen sees that their opponent has been disarmed, and he steps forward. "Wait! Let's subdue her, and maybe get some information! Krizen moves forward towards the now unarmed android.
"Noble idea, Krizen, but do you think we're gonna get anything but more ranting about Unity's supremacy and impending domination of the galaxy?"
Nalun grabs the woman in his steely grip, and holds fast despite her attempts to escape.
Bravo lowers his gun.
"Nice work, Nalun...so who wants to try and get through to her? I'll keep an eye on the door in case she yells for help."
Soundbyte approach, and takes a moment to survey the room before posing a query. "We need to put this no good varmint in chains."