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Diamond Drills

High-precision diamond-tipped drill bits mounted in a compact rotary tool, their edges glinting under the harsh lab lights. Lamia wields these specialized tools to probe the alien relic's surface, carving through its unknown composition with controlled bursts of heat and friction. The drills' vibrations hum against metallic resistance, betraying the artifact's unnatural resistance to standard analytical methods.
2 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S16E15 · The Androids of Tara Part 3
Lamia probes the alien relic origin

Lamia’s diamond drills are used with increasing frustration as they fail to penetrate the Key Segment’s surface, their noise and futility underscoring the artifact’s technological alienness. The drills symbolize Lamia’s hubris and the limits of her understanding, contributing to the lab’s transition from controlled experiment to sites of crisis.

Before: Active, mounted on surgical apparatus; successfully resisted earlier brunt of force
After: Still blunt and inactive on the Key Segment, having yielded no data but amplifying Lamia’s desperation
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S16E15 · The Androids of Tara Part 3
Grendel orders assassin android created

Lamia’s diamond drills, previously used to futilely probe the Key Segment’s resistant surface, now shift to Grendel’s new directive—crafting a precise Romana android. Their mechanical hum transitions from analytical failure to sinister production as they are repurposed for clonally murderous duplication under his orders.

Before: Being used by Lamia to attempt extraction or analysis of the Key Segment’s composition
After: Repurposed for rapid machine duplication, now tools of assassination rather than inquiry
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