Age: 35
Hometown: North Corel
Occupation: Rebel
Weapon: Cybernetic Arm
Barret is the leader of Avalanche, a small group of Rebels situated in the Sector 7 slums of the huge industrial city Midgar. Midgar is run by the power hungry Shinra, Inc. After Shinra destroyed his hometown of North Corel, killing his wife and injuring his arm, he vowed to put an end to them. He's impatient, brash, and rude, but he has a good heart and he knows how to get the job done. There's a lot of hurt pent up in this guy and he releases it with heavy agression on his enemies. His cybernetic arm allows him to attach several different types of weapons from machine guns, to laser beams, to powerful drills. He has no trouble unleashing his wrath in the form of powerful energy beams from his guns obliterting his enemies. He's weak with magic, but he certainly makes up for it with the power of his many weapons.
Where you meet him: Cloud starts the game working for him. He joins for the first adventure, the destruction of the first Mako Reactor
Level 4 Limit Break - Catastrophe
Barret jumps up and sprays his enemies with 20 massive energy beams that hit for 1000 to 2000 points of damage a piece. You get this after the event in which you must chase down the train carrying the Huge Materia from the North Corel Reactor to North Corel. Just talk to a guy in one of the houses. You can get it whether you fail the Huge Materia event or not.
Most Powerful Weapon - Missing Score
Like most of Barret's weapons, this is a long range weapon. It's power increases with the AP total of all of Barret's equipped materia. You can get it if Barret is with you when you're climbing to find Hojo in Midgar at the end of Disc 2. You can't get it if Barret isn't in your party.