The Beat of the Day - The Empty Quiver

The Empty Quiver:

This is when a great and powerful weapon has gone missing and now the race is on for the character (the protagonist, secondary characters, support characters or even perhaps the antagonist and anyone aligned with the antagonist) to retrieve it before it falls into the wrong hands.

Example:

The trope name comes from a US military code phrase, meaning any situation involving the theft or seizure of a functioning nuclear weapon. The accidental loss of a nuclear weapon is also included in this trope, though the military uses a different code phrase for it, being Broken Arrow (which continues the archery theme).

What do you think about this particular story beat? Is it something that you would use? Drop me a comment, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the matter.