Max's electric shock hits home, rippling through the drone with a brilliant arc of light. It seems to pause for a moment as if temporarily stunned. But the effect only lasts a moment; its armor is too thick for the electricity to do much real harm. It does back off for a moment, though, retreating from Max to get a better bead on the group as a whole.

Anyone watching their regular suit power levels may notice something alarming: they are starting to drain. A few percentage points have dropped since the start of the fight, and the rate of depletion doesn't seem to be slowing. And anyone who was within that first blast still doesn't have their powers back.

Satisfied with its distance, the drone slows to a halt. A compartment opens on its back, revealing an enormous laser canon. It takes aim at the group as a whole and fires a concentrated laser at them. Wildly painful even with a near miss, and capable of removing limbs if it intersects with someone directly. The beam starts on the left of the group and moves across in one swift motion.