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Salamar’s Firearm

A compact, matte-black projectile weapon Salamar brandishes during the power struggle. He wields it with practiced ease as the command area dissolves into chaos, its muzzle flash and report marking the fatal shot that ends the guard’s life. The weapon’s utilitarian design contrasts with the sterile environment, its lethal purpose unmistakable as Salamar shifts it toward Vishinsky’s allies.
3 appearances

Purpose

To discharge kinetic projectiles for neutralization or elimination of targets

Significance

The catalyst for Sarah’s intervention—Salamar uses it to escalate hostilities, forcing her decisive action to seize control of the command systems and divert disaster.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments
S13E8 · Planet of Evil Part 4
Salamar seizes control through bloodshed

Salamar wields this projectile weapon to execute the guard, leveraging its lethal authority to demonstrate his violent dominance and enforce his demands over the probe’s systems.

Before: Secured in Salamar’s possession under the command desk
After: Having been discharged, its threat remains palpable as Salamar shifts it toward others
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S13E8 · Planet of Evil Part 4
Sarah stops the escalation between Vishinsky and Salamar

Salamar’s firearm is drawn and discharged in a single lethal motion, ending the guard’s attempt at intervention. The weapon’s report echoes sharply in the confined space, crystallizing the moment of irrevocable violence and shattering the brittle chain of command.

Before: Holstered or secured until Salamar chooses to brandish it
After: Still in Salamar’s hand, now an instrument of fatal authority
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S13E8 · Planet of Evil Part 4
Vishinsky makes the irreversible choice

Salamar’s firearm is discharged mid-scene, its lethal report echoing through the command area as the guard steps forward, ending his intervention in a single shot. The pistol’s abrupt violence anchors the scene’s shift from crisis to bloodshed and authoritarian breakdown.

Before: Fully loaded and readied by Salamar as part of his personal arsenal
After: Fired once with one round expended, muzzle smoking in the sterile command chamber
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