The door to medbay one is shut and locked. Its occupant protective of his identity has instructed Socrates to disable the security camera's in the room. Laying on the autodoc table, Rex Miller reaches over to the control panel and initiates the procedure.
Bright light illuminates the patient and the sound of servos begin to whir. Two of the three autodoc robot arms reach Rex and pin him to the table. All preprogrammed, he still felt surprised and a little nervous. The procedure began. The electromagnetic arc worked its way up from his feet. The thrum sound an indication of the power it consumed. As it worked its way up his body a slight ripple like something crawling under his skin moved away from the pulse the arc radiated upon Rex's body. Across his stomach and chest it continues to retreat. Pain now visible on Rex's face as the pulse forced the consolidating Nanites upward.
Visible swells could now be seen travelling up Rex's veins. Suddenly the third arm of the autodoc stuck holding a device; a small glass container held safely in metal rings with tubes leading to hydraulic pumps ending in a dozen fine needled, it pierced the skin where the swell was retreating, the needles in a row penetrating the vein sucking blood and nanites out at once. Rex Screamed and passed out!
The arm swung over to the lab's bio waste incinerator and ejected the container and all. Then swung around and loaded the ready new injector, its contents a dark red swirling mass within the vile. Mercilessly, the injector was jabbed into the unconscious victim's carotid artery and the vile emptied. Rex shook once and a few moments later came to consciousness.
(Hello my new friend)O0o. thought Rex to the new symbiotic nanites. Released now from the table he dressed, placed a small band-ade on his neck, a larger one on his arm and then with a mental instruction activated the new Sandcrab suit. The process began as the Nanites exited his pores and replicated instantly forming the Sandcrab suit over him. Everything felt the same. H.U.D. readout reported all systems operating. Including the upgrades. He activated the Nanite Swarm, the 360 degree spatial awareness showing him every room of the base and everyone within. M-Nanite status : Negative. No mental powers present within HQ.
"Great. Maybe a field test." Sandcrab said to himself and with that, exited the lab.