As someone who carries a loaded firearm upon their waist every day and has practiced point-shooting at common personal combat ranges with regularity, I can assure you that Alex is unlikely to miss a large alien bug jumping at him in 1/3 Gs. There's a few commonly popular self-defense pistols that lack any kind of sighting arrangements whatsoever based on the simple premise that they are designed for use at ranges where any sighting accouterments whatsoever are effectively useless.Cthulhu wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:44 amYes, except that the kinetic-based weapons should have a slightly different recoil pattern. Also, the Bellarmine would be equipped with laser pistols, I guess? Those don't even have a recoil, and Beryl should know this from the examination of the wreck. Therefore, Alex is highly likely to miss his first shot, at least, and she dialed the blasters power down to prevent accidents.
There are people in this world who cannot strike targets at a range of nine feet. I call those people "strange." I presume Alex is not one of them.