diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/objective.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/objective.dm
index bb39c282c9f..f38b1f2139b 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/objective.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/objective.dm
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ datum
 			check_completion()
 				if(issilicon(owner.current) && owner.current != owner.original)
 					return 0
-				if(!owner.current || owner.current.stat == 2)
+				if(!owner.current || owner.current.stat == 2 || isbrain(owner.current)) //Brains no longer win survive objectives. --NEO
 					return 0
 				return 1
 
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/guns_new.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/guns_new.dm
index 3eb83e5f1d2..5971206ee5d 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/guns_new.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/guns_new.dm
@@ -877,6 +877,18 @@
 				force = 10
 				origin_tech = null //forgotten technology of ancients lol
 
+				New()
+					..()
+					charge()
+
+				proc
+					charge()
+						if(power_supply.charge < power_supply.maxcharge)
+							power_supply.give(100)
+						update_icon()
+						spawn(50) charge()
+						//Added this to the cap's laser back before the gun overhaul to make it halfways worth stealing. It's back now. --NEO
+
 			cyborg
 				load_into_chamber()
 					if(in_chamber)