diff --git a/code/modules/detectivework/scanner.dm b/code/modules/detectivework/scanner.dm
index 7bafd4a31fc..448425e454d 100644
--- a/code/modules/detectivework/scanner.dm
+++ b/code/modules/detectivework/scanner.dm
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@
 	attack(mob/living/carbon/human/M as mob, mob/user as mob)
 		if (!ishuman(M))
 			user << "\red [M] is not human and cannot have the fingerprints."
+			flick("forensic0",src)
 			return 0
 		if (( !( istype(M.dna, /datum/dna) ) || M.gloves) )
 			user << "\blue No fingerprints found on [M]"
+			flick("forensic0",src)
 			return 0
 		else
 			if (src.amount < 1)
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@
 			return
 		if(istype(A,/obj/item/weapon/f_card))
 			user << "The scanner displays on the screen: \"ERROR 43: Object on Excluded Object List.\""
+			flick("forensic0",src)
 			return
 
 		add_fingerprint(user)
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@
 			if(!isnull(A.blood_DNA))
 				for(var/blood in A.blood_DNA)
 					user << "\blue Blood type: [A.blood_DNA[blood]]\nDNA: [blood]"
+					flick("forensic2",src)
 			return
 
 		//General
@@ -88,10 +92,12 @@
 			user.visible_message("\The [user] scans \the [A] with \a [src], the air around [user.gender == MALE ? "him" : "her"] humming[prob(70) ? " gently." : "."]" ,\
 			"\blue Unable to locate any fingerprints, materials, fibers, or blood on [A]!",\
 			"You hear a faint hum of electrical equipment.")
+			flick("forensic0",src)
 			return 0
 
 		if(add_data(A))
 			user << "\blue Object already in internal memory. Consolidating data..."
+			flick("forensic2",src)
 			return
 
 
@@ -116,6 +122,7 @@
 		//FIBERS
 		if(A.suit_fibers)
 			user << "\blue Fibers/Materials Data Stored: Scan with Hi-Res Forensic Scanner to retrieve."
+			flick("forensic2",src)
 
 		//Blood
 		if (A.blood_DNA)
@@ -127,11 +134,13 @@
 			user.visible_message("\The [user] scans \the [A] with \a [src], the air around [user.gender == MALE ? "him" : "her"] humming[prob(70) ? " gently." : "."]" ,\
 			"You finish scanning \the [A].",\
 			"You hear a faint hum of electrical equipment.")
+			flick("forensic2",src)
 			return 0
 		else
 			user.visible_message("\The [user] scans \the [A] with \a [src], the air around [user.gender == MALE ? "him" : "her"] humming[prob(70) ? " gently." : "."]\n[user.gender == MALE ? "He" : "She"] seems to perk up slightly at the readout." ,\
 			"The results of the scan pique your interest.",\
 			"You hear a faint hum of electrical equipment, and someone making a thoughtful noise.")
+			flick("forensic2",src)
 			return 0
 		return
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 05f4b222a8e..02fffec17b4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -1119,8 +1119,8 @@
 		del(feet_blood_DNA)
 		return 1
 
-mob/living/carbon/human/verb/yank_out_object()
-	set category = "IC"
+mob/living/carbon/human/yank_out_object()
+	set category = "Object"
 	set name = "Yank out object"
 	set desc = "Remove an embedded item at the cost of bleeding and pain."
 	set src in view(1)
@@ -1137,89 +1137,62 @@ mob/living/carbon/human/verb/yank_out_object()
 		usr << "You are restrained and cannot do that!"
 		return
 
-//	/*
 	var/list/valid_objects = list()
 	var/datum/organ/external/affected = null
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/S = src
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/U = usr
+	var/self = null
 
-	if(S == U) // Removing something from yourself.
-		valid_objects = get_visible_implants(1)
+	if(S == U)
+		self = 1 // Removing object from yourself.
 
-		if(!valid_objects.len)
+	valid_objects = get_visible_implants(1)
+
+	if(!valid_objects.len)
+		if(self)
 			src << "You have nothing stuck in your wounds that is large enough to remove without surgery."
-			return
-
-		var/obj/item/weapon/selection = input("What do you want to yank out?", "Embedded objects") in valid_objects
-
-		for(var/datum/organ/external/organ in organs) //Grab the organ holding the implant. Messy as Hell, TBD: fix.
-			for(var/obj/item/weapon/O in organ.implants)
-				if(O == selection)
-					affected = organ
-
-		src << "<span class='warning'>You attempt to get a good grip on the [selection] in your [affected] with bloody fingers.</span>"
-		bloody_hands(S)
-
-		if(!do_after(U, 80))
-			return
-
-		if(!selection || !affected || !S || !U)
-			return
-
-		visible_message("<span class='warning'><b>[src] rips [selection] out of their [affected] in a welter of blood.</b></span>","<span class='warning'><b>You rip [selection] out of your [affected] in a welter of blood.</b></span>")
-		selection.loc = get_turf(src)
-		affected.implants -= selection
-		shock_stage+=10
-
-		for(var/obj/item/weapon/O in pinned)
-			if(O == selection)
-				pinned -= O
-				anchored = 0
-
-		if(prob(10)) //I'M SO ANEMIC I COULD JUST -DIE-.
-			var/datum/wound/internal_bleeding/I = new (15)
-			affected.wounds += I
-			custom_pain("Something tears wetly in your [affected] as [selection] is pulled free!", 1)
-		return 1
-
-	else // Removing something from someone else.
-		valid_objects = src.get_visible_implants(1)
-
-		if(!valid_objects.len)
+		else
 			U << "[src] has nothing stuck in their wounds that is large enough to remove without surgery."
-			return
+		return
 
-		var/obj/item/weapon/selection = input("What do you want to yank out?", "Embedded objects") in valid_objects
-
-		for(var/datum/organ/external/organ in src.organs) //Grab the organ holding the implant. Messy as Hell, TBD: fix.
-			for(var/obj/item/weapon/O in organ.implants)
-				if(O == selection)
-					affected = organ
+	var/obj/item/weapon/selection = input("What do you want to yank out?", "Embedded objects") in valid_objects
 
+	for(var/datum/organ/external/organ in organs) //Grab the organ holding the implant.
+		for(var/obj/item/weapon/O in organ.implants)
+			if(O == selection)
+				affected = organ
+	if(self)
+		src << "<span class='warning'>You attempt to get a good grip on the [selection] in your [affected] with bloody fingers.</span>"
+	else
 		U << "<span class='warning'>You attempt to get a good grip on the [selection] in [S]'s [affected] with bloody fingers.</span>"
-		U.bloody_hands(S)
 
-		if(!do_after(U, 80))
-			return
+	if(istype(U,/mob/living/carbon/human/)) U.bloody_hands(S)
+
+	if(!do_after(U, 80))
+		return
 
 		if(!selection || !affected || !S || !U)
 			return
-
+	if(self)
+		visible_message("<span class='warning'><b>[src] rips [selection] out of their [affected] in a welter of blood.</b></span>","<span class='warning'><b>You rip [selection] out of your [affected] in a welter of blood.</b></span>")
+	else
 		visible_message("<span class='warning'><b>[usr] rips [selection] out of [src]'s [affected] in a welter of blood.</b></span>","<span class='warning'><b>[src] rips [selection] out of your [affected] in a welter of blood.</b></span>")
-		selection.loc = get_turf(usr)
-		affected.implants -= selection
-		src.shock_stage+=10
 
-		for(var/obj/item/weapon/O in S.pinned)
-			if(O == selection)
-				S.pinned -= O
-				S.anchored = 0
+	selection.loc = get_turf(src)
+	affected.implants -= selection
+	shock_stage+=10
 
-		if(prob(10)) //I'M SO ANEMIC I COULD JUST -DIE-.
-			var/datum/wound/internal_bleeding/I = new (15)
-			affected.wounds += I
-			custom_pain("Something tears wetly in your [affected] as [selection] is pulled free!", 1)
-		return 1
+	for(var/obj/item/weapon/O in pinned)
+		if(O == selection)
+			pinned -= O
+		if(!pinned.len)
+			anchored = 0
+
+	if(prob(10)) //I'M SO ANEMIC I COULD JUST -DIE-.
+		var/datum/wound/internal_bleeding/I = new (15)
+		affected.wounds += I
+		custom_pain("Something tears wetly in your [affected] as [selection] is pulled free!", 1)
+	return 1
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/get_visible_implants(var/class = 0)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
index f7b2caecae3..4107b30d877 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
 			// Begin BS12 momentum-transfer code.
 
-			if(speed > 20)
+			if(speed >= 20)
 				var/obj/item/weapon/W = O
 				var/momentum = speed/2
 				var/dir = get_dir(M,src)
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@
 
 				if(near_wall(dir,2) && W.w_class >= 3 && W.sharp) //If they're close to a wall and the projectile is suitable.
 					visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src] is pinned to the wall by [O]!</span>","<span class='warning'>You are pinned to the wall by [O]!</span>")
-					src.anchored = 1
-					src.pinned += O
+					if(!istype(src,/mob/living/carbon/human))
+						O.loc = src
+						src.embedded += O
+						src.anchored = 1
+						src.pinned += O
+					else
+						src.anchored = 1
+						src.pinned += O
 
 
 /mob/living/proc/near_wall(var/direction,var/distance=1)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index f7154694f7e..74bd81ca934 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 		AdjustParalysis(-1)
 
 	//Movement
-	if(!client && !stop_automated_movement && wander)
+	if(!client && !stop_automated_movement && wander && !anchored)
 		if(isturf(src.loc) && !resting && !buckled && canmove)		//This is so it only moves if it's not inside a closet, gentics machine, etc.
 			turns_since_move++
 			if(turns_since_move >= turns_per_move)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/vox.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/vox.dm
index e73249f2bc8..2ea43707ba8 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/vox.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/vox.dm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	icon_living = "armalis"
 	maxHealth = 500
 	health = 500
-	response_harm   = "flails ineffectually at the"
+	response_harm = "slashes at the"
 	harm_intent_damage = 0
 	melee_damage_lower = 30
 	melee_damage_upper = 40
@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@
 	wall_smash = 1
 	attack_sound = 'sound/weapons/bladeslice.ogg'
 	status_flags = 0
+	universal_speak = 1
+	vox_talk_understand = 1
+
+	var/armour = null
+	var/amp = null
+	var/quills = 3
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/vox/armalis/Die()
+
+	living_mob_list -= src
+	dead_mob_list += src
+	stat = DEAD
+	visible_message("\red <B>[src] shudders violently and explodes!</B>","\red <B>You feel your body rupture!</B>")
+	explosion(get_turf(loc), -1, -1, 3, 5)
+	src.gib()
+	return
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/vox/armalis/attackby(var/obj/item/O as obj, var/mob/user as mob)
 	if(O.force)
@@ -44,11 +60,102 @@
 	set desc = "Fires a viciously pointed quill at a high speed."
 	set category = "Alien"
 
+	if(quills<=0)
+		return
+
 	src << "\red You launch a razor-sharp quill at [target]!"
 	for(var/mob/O in oviewers())
 		if ((O.client && !( O.blinded )))
 			O << "\red [src] launches a razor-sharp quill at [target]!"
 
 	var/obj/item/weapon/arrow/quill/Q = new(loc)
-	Q.fingerprintslast = src
-	Q.throw_at(target,10,15)
\ No newline at end of file
+	Q.fingerprintslast = src.ckey
+	Q.throw_at(target,10,20)
+	quills--
+
+	spawn(100)
+		src << "\red You feel a fresh quill slide into place."
+		quills++
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/vox/armalis/verb/message_mob()
+	set category = "Alien"
+	set name = "Commune with creature"
+	set desc = "Send a telepathic message to an unlucky recipient."
+
+	var/list/targets = list()
+	var/target = null
+	var/text = null
+
+	targets += getmobs() //Fill list, prompt user with list
+	target = input("Select a creature!", "Speak to creature", null, null) as null|anything in targets
+	text = input("What would you like to say?", "Speak to creature", null, null)
+
+	if (!target || !text)
+		return
+
+	var/mob/M = targets[target]
+
+	if(istype(M, /mob/dead/observer) || M.stat == DEAD)
+		src << "Not even the armalis can speak to the dead."
+		return
+
+	M << "\blue Like lead slabs crashing into the ocean, alien thoughts drop into your mind: [text]"
+	if(istype(M,/mob/living/carbon/human))
+		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = M
+		if(H.dna.mutantrace == "vox")
+			return
+		H << "\red Your nose begins to bleed..."
+		H.drip(1)
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/vox/armalis/verb/shriek()
+	set category = "Alien"
+	set name = "Shriek"
+	set desc = "Give voice to a psychic shriek."
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/vox/armalis/attackby(var/obj/item/O as obj, var/mob/user as mob)
+	if(istype(O,/obj/item/vox/armalis_armour))
+		user.drop_item()
+		armour = O
+		speed = 1
+		maxHealth += 200
+		health += 200
+		O.loc = src
+		visible_message("\blue [src] is quickly outfitted in [O] by [user].","\blue You quickly outfit [src] in [O].")
+		regenerate_icons()
+		return
+	if(istype(O,/obj/item/vox/armalis_amp))
+		user.drop_item()
+		amp = O
+		O.loc = src
+		visible_message("\blue [src] is quickly outfitted in [O] by [user].","\blue You quickly outfit [src] in [O].")
+		regenerate_icons()
+		return
+	return ..()
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/vox/armalis/regenerate_icons()
+
+	overlays = list()
+	if(armour)
+		var/icon/armour = image('icons/mob/vox.dmi',"armour")
+		speed = 1
+		overlays += armour
+	if(amp)
+		var/icon/amp = image('icons/mob/vox.dmi',"amplifier")
+		overlays += amp
+	return
+
+/obj/item/vox/armalis_armour
+
+	name = "strange armour"
+	desc = "Hulking reinforced armour for something huge."
+	icon = 'icons/obj/clothing/suits.dmi'
+	icon_state = "armalis_armour"
+	item_state = "armalis_armour"
+
+/obj/item/vox/armalis_amp
+
+	name = "strange lenses"
+	desc = "A series of metallic lenses and chains."
+	icon = 'icons/obj/clothing/hats.dmi'
+	icon_state = "amp"
+	item_state = "amp"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
index 6e9beda1bad..02ea1aa4e7f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
@@ -596,8 +596,6 @@ var/list/slot_equipment_priority = list( \
 			M.LAssailant = null
 		else
 			M.LAssailant = usr
-		if (M.pinned.len)
-			usr << "They're pinned, gtfo."
 			return
 
 	if(pulling)
@@ -895,3 +893,66 @@ note dizziness decrements automatically in the mob's Life() proc.
 
 /mob/proc/flash_weak_pain()
 	flick("weak_pain",pain)
+
+mob/verb/yank_out_object()
+	set category = "Object"
+	set name = "Yank out object"
+	set desc = "Remove an embedded item at the cost of bleeding and pain."
+	set src in view(1)
+
+	if(!isliving(usr) || usr.next_move > world.time)
+		return
+	usr.next_move = world.time + 20
+
+	if(usr.stat == 1)
+		usr << "You are unconcious and cannot do that!"
+		return
+
+	if(usr.restrained())
+		usr << "You are restrained and cannot do that!"
+		return
+
+	var/mob/S = src
+	var/mob/U = usr
+	var/list/valid_objects = list()
+	var/self = null
+
+	if(S == U)
+		self = 1 // Removing object from yourself.
+
+	for(var/obj/item/weapon/W in embedded)
+		if(W.w_class >= 2)
+			valid_objects += W
+
+	if(!valid_objects.len)
+		if(self)
+			src << "You have nothing stuck in your body that is large enough to remove."
+		else
+			U << "[src] has nothing stuck in their wounds that is large enough to remove."
+		return
+
+	var/obj/item/weapon/selection = input("What do you want to yank out?", "Embedded objects") in valid_objects
+
+	if(self)
+		src << "<span class='warning'>You attempt to get a good grip on the [selection] in your body.</span>"
+	else
+		U << "<span class='warning'>You attempt to get a good grip on the [selection] in [S]'s body.</span>"
+
+	if(!do_after(U, 80))
+		return
+	if(!selection || !S || !U)
+		return
+
+	if(self)
+		visible_message("<span class='warning'><b>[src] rips [selection] out of their body.</b></span>","<span class='warning'><b>You rip [selection] out of your body.</b></span>")
+	else
+		visible_message("<span class='warning'><b>[usr] rips [selection] out of [src]'s body.</b></span>","<span class='warning'><b>[src] rips [selection] out of your body.</b></span>")
+
+	selection.loc = get_turf(src)
+
+	for(var/obj/item/weapon/O in pinned)
+		if(O == selection)
+			pinned -= O
+		if(!pinned.len)
+			anchored = 0
+	return 1
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
index c83909fd8a9..0a41d0d60ce 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 	var/unacidable = 0
 	var/small = 0
 	var/list/pinned = list() //List of things pinning this creature to walls (see living_defense.dm)
+	var/list/embedded = list() //Embedded items, since simple mobs don't have organs.
 
 	var/name_archive //For admin things like possession
 
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/projectile/bow.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/projectile/bow.dm
index 6a8c3510f8e..aa113e86599 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/projectile/bow.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/projectile/bow.dm
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@
 	icon_state = "bolt"
 	item_state = "bolt"
 	flags =  FPRINT | TABLEPASS
-	throwforce = 12
+	throwforce = 8
 	w_class = 3.0
 	sharp = 1
 
-/obj/item/weapon/arrow/proc/removed() //Helper for metal rods falling apart..
+/obj/item/weapon/arrow/proc/removed() //Helper for metal rods falling apart.
 	return
 
 /obj/item/weapon/arrow/quill
 
 	name = "vox quill"
 	desc = "A wickedly barbed quill from some bizarre animal."
-	icon = 'icons/mob/vox.dmi'
+	icon = 'icons/obj/weapons.dmi'
 	icon_state = "quill"
 	item_state = "quill"
-	throwforce = 15
+	throwforce = 5
 
 /obj/item/weapon/arrow/rod
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	icon_state = "metal-rod"
 
 /obj/item/weapon/arrow/rod/removed(mob/user)
-	if(throwforce == 20) // The rod has been superheated - we don't want it to be useable when removed from the bow.
+	if(throwforce == 15) // The rod has been superheated - we don't want it to be useable when removed from the bow.
 		user  << "[src] shatters into a scattering of overstressed metal shards as it leaves the crossbow."
 		var/obj/item/weapon/shard/shrapnel/S = new()
 		S.loc = get_turf(src)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 			if(cell)
 				if(cell.charge >= 500)
 					user << "<span class='notice'>[arrow] plinks and crackles as it begins to glow red-hot.</span>"
-					arrow.throwforce = 20
+					arrow.throwforce = 15
 					arrow.icon_state = "metal-rod-superheated"
 					cell.charge -= 500
 			return
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 			if(arrow)
 				if(istype(arrow,/obj/item/weapon/arrow/rod) && cell.charge >= 500)
 					user << "<span class='notice'>[arrow] plinks and crackles as it begins to glow red-hot.</span>"
-					arrow.throwforce = 20
+					arrow.throwforce = 15
 					arrow.icon_state = "metal-rod-superheated"
 					cell.charge -= 500
 		else
diff --git a/icons/mob/vox.dmi b/icons/mob/vox.dmi
index 6f0172bba70..6abba5c9e03 100644
Binary files a/icons/mob/vox.dmi and b/icons/mob/vox.dmi differ
diff --git a/icons/obj/clothing/suits.dmi b/icons/obj/clothing/suits.dmi
index 29487a42863..cf9c6d511d6 100644
Binary files a/icons/obj/clothing/suits.dmi and b/icons/obj/clothing/suits.dmi differ
diff --git a/icons/obj/device.dmi b/icons/obj/device.dmi
index 1e9f1c1efb4..003bf5c9f10 100644
Binary files a/icons/obj/device.dmi and b/icons/obj/device.dmi differ
diff --git a/icons/obj/weapons.dmi b/icons/obj/weapons.dmi
index ecce9fa6aae..c15523cd40a 100644
Binary files a/icons/obj/weapons.dmi and b/icons/obj/weapons.dmi differ