The Krak Rocket slammed into a wall of energy, while a wave of electrical pulses flashed around, pulling the energy away from the egg and directly into the techpriest, slamming her into a wall and then into an exposed metal vane, slicing her head cleanly off.  The decapitated techprestess fell to the ground feet first, unnaturally maintaining a standing position as the decapitated head stubbornly refused to bleed.<br/><br/>The servitors took no notice and launched another massive barrage of autogun fire into the sentinel, accomplishing even less than their last effort.  A deep, feminine voice came from the egg.<tt class="bbc_tt">"THREAT DETECTED.  THREAT WILL BE NEUTRALIZED.  RESIST, AND YOU WILL BE PUNISHED."</tt><br/><br/>The egg opened very slightly, and a massive wave of bolter fire lanced outwards from it, riding red laser beams like rails.  The bolt shells struck the viewport of the sentinel, creating tiny cracks in it while a lucky ricochet caused a nearby steam pipe to rupture, filling the room with a thin fog.  The egg tossed a grenade launcher to the headless techpriest, then jammed back into place, closing back up.<br/><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=104145.msg5206481#msg5206481">Quote from: Tagan on 14-09-2011, 04:28:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Sarah moves the lander carefully between the men and the sails, and makes her first use of the audio capabilities of her famous armor, even while matching the tone and vocal pattern of her vid self... something fairly easy for her now after over a month's practice.<br/><br/>"Stop, all of you!  Sarah is speaking to you... please listen to me!  Stop and wait for your Captain's orders... Cortez is coming!"<br/><br/>45/65 command test (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=31461)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The lander hovered over the group of Ratings, as they obediently paused just outside sniper range of where Lilith had fallen.  A thought pushed itself into Sarah's mind:  "I'M STILL ALIVE, YOU KNOW.  I'LL EVEN FORGIVE YOU, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GET OUT OF THOSE CLOTHES FOR ME.  DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET THOSE SAILS UP WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.  YOU NEED ME.  YOU NEED ME.<em> YOU NEED ME!</em>"<br/><br/>(A successful willpower roll will enable Sarah to shut out Lilith's thoughts, though she can still attempt mental influence within line of sight)