"Huh. Yeah. That shouldn't fucking happen," Barry said frowning slightly as he gave the gun a quick physical inspection. "The power source won't die for at least several years yet."

Finding nothing wrong on the physical side and checking the trigger mechanism, he shrugged and took it over to his work area and placed it on the table, pulling out various bits of equipment and plugging it into the gun's data ports.

"My guess is that there's a faulty transponder conduit or one of the circuits had its fucking polarity reversed. Shouldn't take long to diagnose."

He looked over his shoulder to give Summer a grin. "Recovered from our trip to Japan?"