Pomet's Sidearm

A compact handheld firearm (likely a stolen Starfleet phaser) used by Pomet during a corridor chase to hunt Picard. Dropped after Picard wounds Pomet with a crossbow bolt and later seized by Kiros.

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Purpose

Handheld firearm to shoot intruders during security search

Significance

Slipping from Pomet's grasp offers Picard a narrow chance to rearm and fight back, but Kiros's intervention snatches it away, reversing Picard's ambush into total surrender and amplifying the terrorists' control ahead of the baryon sweep.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S6E18 · Starship Mine

Picard disarms Pomet but Kiros ambushes him

Pomet’s weapon slips from his fingers as he collapses, its potential as a countermeasure against Picard neutralized. The object represents the terrorists’ firepower and their fragility when caught off-guard. Its brief moment of vulnerability—dangling from Pomet’s weakening grip—highlights the tenuous nature of their control over the Enterprise.

Before: Firmly in Pomet’s hand, aimed at Picard.

After: Loose on the corridor floor, unused, as Kiros’s phaser takes precedence.

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