>>24837859Heh. Operating under a budget like that of our sister team -- the Rockets, is like trying to search for a competent and intellectually stimulating HR rep among their ranks -- blatantly and shamelessly impossible. Most of those guns only had but a single bullet in them, and if my record serves correct, this was merely an 'intimidation round'. Fired to prove the gun was capable of holding bullets, and then never release their finger from the trigger until they had what they want. The propellant was so clunky, and cost-inefficient you would have to actually fire it from the range of OP's picture to actually do anything notable. You'd sooner die of infection from the..haha, sorry, can barely even type this without laughing "rounds" that pierced skin like blunt-edged stones than from their immediate after-effects.
In addition, they were rendered obsolete upon the amazing realization that the Pokemon they stole could be, wait for it, actually used to benefit them. Zubats to locate intruders and render their subterfuge useless, Rattata to sear into flesh inflicting grievous pain without running the risk of killing, and Ekans for your run of the mill antidote-power-grab routine.
Now Team Galactic? We still use bombs, teleportation-bound top of the line security systems, and commit unsolved arson cases in [topographical location redacted] around [redacted numerical value] times a year for what we need. Our numbers are also adequately trained to use the tools they are given, and not unreasonably expected that the meager pay cuts they receive will somehow magically make stumbling buffoons competent. One of the many reasons we're infinitely better.
