[ Delayed by human reaction time and simple disbelief, it takes to now for the alarms to go off, bright red and white lights strobe from the corners. There's no peel of a siren, in a place like this, it isn't needed. But from the prone guards, there's a static of orders before someone is wise enough to swap channels.
The sealed door is a problem though. With a flick of their wrist, they swap from the stunner to a plasma arc. One short burst takes the control panel, a controlled, tighter stream is aimed crosswise at the door, not close enough to cut, but enough to melt.
Above and around them, the thrum of some giant machine starting shudders under the floors and the walls. ]
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The sealed door is a problem though. With a flick of their wrist, they swap from the stunner to a plasma arc. One short burst takes the control panel, a controlled, tighter stream is aimed crosswise at the door, not close enough to cut, but enough to melt.
Above and around them, the thrum of some giant machine starting shudders under the floors and the walls. ]