Next up is going to the Marines and that means a service that makes sure everyone knows who to use a cutlass but not a rifle and their Lt's get revolver training. Seriously what is up with all the swords and knives and other D&D crap? I wish I could remember who said/wrote an explanation of why high tech societies using ancient tech weapons I could live with was but I don't. The gist of the premise was there is so much technology stuff on a starship that bullets and energy beams flying around would cause all kinds of collateral damage that could be fatal to everyone on the ship. Damage the controls of M Drive and off you go into an orbital body or the deep dark. Unplanned jump anyone? Runaway power plant to ruin the day? That's just the engineering deck. Now add that you are in a vacc suit/combat armor with restricted vision in the tight close range of a starship interior and it becomes more likely intended or not hand to hand becomes more common. Also as I seem to think I read somewhere else humans find the idea of being attacked with a knife much more frightening than a gun. I fear it was a police show where I heard it so it could be total BS but I could see someone trying to hack my arm off rather than shoot me being more terrifying.
Most of this is me trying to come up with a reason worth suspending disbelief and still using the rules as presented. Let me be clear in that I am not saying the Marines or anyone else for that matter are going in without guns. The nature of shipboard combat gives a the reason so many people know how to kill you with a knife or sword or spear. Any one buying this because I am still underwhelmed. More so considering most times the character spends 4 years of their life and said primitive weapon is the most noteworthy skill they pick up.
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