Complex sentence: First the robots in MedievalWorld begin suffering an inexplicable number of systemic failures; then a robot rattlesnake bites Blane; against her programming, an android refuses a guest's request for sex.
Split into simpler sentences: First the robots in MedievalWorld begin suffering an inexplicable number of systemic failures. A robot rattlesnake bites Blane, then against her programming, an android refuses a guest's request for sex.