Service Weapon

Service Weapon in the Astral Plane during Welcome to the Oldest House

The **Service Weapon**, also known as the **Director's Gun**, is an Object of Power belonging to the Federal Bureau of Control. It is the primary weapon Jesse wields throughout *Control*. Owning the Service Weapon makes the owner the Director of the FBC by definition, as The Board ordains through the gun the Bureau's leadership.

## Description

### Overview

The Service Weapon is an Object of Power tied to the Astral Plane, and only those chosen by the Board are considered worthy to wield it — those found to be unworthy are killed. To prove oneself worthy of becoming Director, the Service Weapon is held to one's head (much like one would in a game of Russian Roulette), and — if the individual does not meet the Board's approval — they are shot dead. Should the Board find the candidate in question worthy, however, said individual immediately becomes the Director of the FBC.

The Service Weapon is a shapeshifting firearm that can assume a variety of different forms with different applications. It is also implied that it was not always a gun, and took the form of whatever the general collective subconscious would perceive as an appropriate personal weapon in a given historical era, such as a sword in the time before firearms. The FBC hypothesizes that previous wielders may have influenced the Service Weapon to manifest as weapons from myths and folklore, such as Mjölnir, Excalibur, and Varunastra.

Security Chief Simon Arish notes that he has seen images of the weapon in the form of a firearm prior to Jesse's binding to it, but that it appears to be different now than he remembers. This is because the Service Weapon had a unique, unnamed form resembling a snub nosed revolver when it was bound to the previous Director, Zachariah Trench. When Jesse was accepted by the Board and bound the Service Weapon to herself, the first form it took on for her was the Grip form.

### Containment Procedure

The Service Weapon has no unique containment procedures as specified in its documentation.

## History

### Discovery

The Service Weapon was discovered by the Bureau on August 4, 1964, shortly after the discovery of the Oldest House itself. While investigating the caverns below the House (later known as the Foundation,) Acting Director Broderick Northmoor became the first to encounter the Service Weapon, presented to him by the Board on a pedestal at the base of the Nail which had not been present during earlier examinations of the area. Through his binding of the Service Weapon, Northmoor became the first Board-ordained Director of the FBC, a status which greatly contributed to his hunger for power and control.

### Events of *Control*

The Service Weapon is the first Object of Power which Jesse Faden binds after entering the Oldest House, upon which she succeeds the very recently deceased Zachariah Trench to become the Bureau's newest Director. The Service Weapon becomes Jesse's primary weapon in her fight against the Hiss and the other threats rampaging throughout the Oldest House.

### Parautilitarians

The following are known parautilitarians who have bound this object to themselves at some point:

* Broderick Northmoor
* Zachariah Trench
* Jesse Faden (Current Wielder)

## Forms

The initial form of the Service Weapon after being bound to Jesse Faden is "Grip". Other forms can be constructed later when the required materials become available and Jesse has gathered sufficient Source; these requirements vary from form to form. Being able to switch between two forms with just a wave of her hand, or to other forms by accessing the Loadout, Jesse can adjust her armament to the respective combat situation. Further customizations can be applied through the use of modifications, both general or form-specific ones. In addition each form can be upgraded twice, to deal higher base damage and allow more modifications, again as an Astral Construct at a Control Point and consuming more materials and Source.

The known forms of the Service Weapon include:

A form which can fire grenades that stick to enemies or surfaces before exploding. When aiming down the scope, Jesse is able to fire up to three grenades by pulling the trigger which will either automatically detonate after a few seconds or when Jesse presses the trigger again. Pulling the trigger while not aiming down the scope will manually detonate any placed grenades.

## Achievements and trophies

The following achievements and trophies are related to the Service Weapon in general; see the Surge Form for three more, specific ones, only available in the expansion *AWE* and the game's *Ultimate Edition*.

## Gallery

Back view, Grip formService Weapon Case File imageIn Jesse's handGrip formShatter formSpin formPierce formCharge form
## References

1. ↑ The Board during Welcome to the Oldest House:
*"< You/We wield the Gun/You >
< The Board appoints you >
< Congratulations, Director >"*
2. ↑ Objects of Power (Multimedia)
3. ↑ Service Weapon (Collectible)
4. ↑ Log 2: Foundation
5. ↑ Events of Welcome to the Oldest House

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