Brain Tendril
this defensive mechanism guards the Charon starship Desolate's main computer node. The brain-like computer, when attacked, can extract several thick tendrils, each of which is tipped with a glowing sphere. Each tendril can lash out at a target, and the spheres are capable of firing plasma bolts. Each tendril is also equipped with a pair of arm-like appendages which can grasp a target and neutralize it.