Cross Gun

Procedure

1. Restate the target, success condition, and no-touch boundaries before you spend the chip.
2. Name the center point and the side-step lanes worth catching.
3. Fire one compact cross-pattern action across the center and its immediate diagonals.
4. Read which lane reacted, then choose whether the follow-up should tighten or widen.
5. Package the result with concrete evidence, what stayed untouched, and the next recommended chip only if follow-up is truly needed.

Deliverables

• One compact action that covers the primary target and its immediate side lanes.
• A short note on which lane actually moved or changed.

Pitfalls / Guardrails

• Keep the metaphor anchored to a real operator move instead of drifting into lore.
• Do not pretend diagonals matter when the problem is really just straight ahead.
• Do not use Cross Gun as an excuse for broad speculative splash.
• If one lane is enough, use Cannon or Shotgun instead.
• Keep the chip metaphor anchored to a real operating move; do not let flavor substitute for procedure.

Verification

• Check that the response includes every promised deliverable and leaves an inspectable audit trail.
• Check that confirmed facts, assumptions, and proposed follow-up are visibly separated.
• Check that the metaphor still maps cleanly to a real operator mechanism.

Example Invocation

/cross-gun fire across the center and the immediate side-step lanes around it, then report which lane actually changed and what that says about the next move