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You draw your weapon and fire at the android's exposed back panel, a crucial vulnerability that would cripple its systems. The energy blast strikes true, burying itself deep within the android's circuitry. The machine spasms violently, its limbs jerking and twitching as the overload sears through its innards. Sparks and smoke pour from the ragged hole, the acrid stench of melted wiring filling the passageway. The android collapses to the ground with a metallic clang, its sensors flickering and dimming as its core systems shut down.

Serra's weapon continues to fire, the energy blasts searing into the first android's frame.