Object
Brigadier's 9mm Round (covering fire)
The shots ring out as disciplined three-round bursts from the Brigadier's service pistol, each report sharp in the palace corridor's confines. The Browning Hi-Power flashes in the dim light, its blued steel frame already warm from two controlled volleys into the Gel horde. Splinters burst from the palace doors where the Gels' crystalline limbs had begun to fracture the wood, the impacts creating just enough space for Benton and Jo to squeeze through. The Brigadier's grip steadies with each shot—no heroic stance, just the steady focus of a marksman who knows each bullet must count.
3 appearances
Purpose
To provide suppressing cover fire sufficient for breaking through barricaded doors and creating escape routes under direct threat conditions
Significance
This marks the first moment in the crisis where conventional small arms prove meaningfully effective against the Gel entities, reversing the prior pattern of impotence. The Brigadier's intervention transforms the tide from certain defeat to a fragile opportunity for regrouping.
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