The Last Station Standing
"We felt the pulse when the Scavenger died. We knew the Vessel would seek the deep signal."
"You're killing these people, Miller," Kazimir said, stepping into the light, his blade ready.
"We are preserving the mission!" Miller shrieked, his hand hovering over a High-Voltage Toggle. "Without power, we are nothing! We are just meat! We are using the meat to find the Master!"
"I am the Master now," Elara said.
She stepped forward, her presence filling the room with a cold, silver light. She didn't use a weapon. She simply reached out and touched a Faraday-Cage (a grounded metal enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields) surrounding the central transmitter.