Some qualities would be to have strength - to hold the hose and to carry all of that heavy equipment, to have speed, accuracy, and precision, good eyesight, and good hearing would be some positive qualities.
Your answer would be that:
the paragraph's meaning changes slightly. First, it meant that that 'you' were the one in line to inherit the special or unordinary piece. Now, the paragraph means that 'you' were the one in line to inherit the piece in which has great value.
B r a m b l e h e a r t.................
Platoon means a group of people or things that work together under a leader.
Examples can be:
A platoon of soldiers, which has ~16 - 50 soldiers
A platoon of tanks, which has ~4 - 9 tanks
etc.
hope this helps
