It's a normal sidearm, perhaps disappointingly, but that does mean it should be easy for Ianto to use. No learning curve.

"Well," he says, picking over his own gun. "I'd rather you have it just in case. The city is mostly evacuated because of the storm, but these people took that as an opportunity to invade us and seize control."

Which he can tactically respect, but is a problem when the storm is imminently going to destroy the city.

"Now, since this isn't real my overall grip on the situation is tenuous at best. But, if we go by the script I cut power to the control room to stop them keeping control of the city."