You look at the now understandable rifle and you could read the glyphs now. The first setting was a Genome Accelerator that accelerates the Animal Soldier Code transformation. From Dawdson's memories the Genome Accelerator can't be used on beings not yet implemented a Code or they will die of old age within minutes. The Animal Soldier Coder was the middle setting. It scripts a code within the target and changes them according to their surroundings and primal instinct or the animal inside. And the last is the Contain Rogue. It traps a rogue or rampant soldier inside. Dawdson didn't use it because he was new. He didn't have battle training therefore Briar's intimidation forced him to drop his rifle. Shooting the Genome Accelerator on a Contain Rogue apparently strengthened the rogue inside and weakens the container. When Briar touched it, which was supposed to be kept in a capsule away from any organic humanoids. Since Briar was already an Animal Soldier he didn't get took over. Instead he and Dawdson merged and became a hybrid. It was a 50/50 merge therefore within Briardson there is the need to go back to Sarge due to his adoration and repulsion at the pig anthro. You also remembered that the ship has a tool allowing a soldier to assume a human disguise suitable for their forms. That was the only chance they could be human again.
Hearing a groan Briardson saw his friend coming to.
"Hey Briar, when did you evolve?"
Briardson gave a intimidating wolfy grin at the lion anthro. Erection growing stiff.