: I always found that strange. Why the heck did Durandal only equip the Bobs
: with .44s, anyway? I mean, yeah, they're not as tough as a military
: cyborg, but surely they were physically capable of wielding an assault
: rifle or a rocket launcher. They do get the fusion pistol later on, but
: only in the universe where Durandal is losing . What's up with that?
Meta-wise, probably to save time (and system memory) on sprite-making. In-universe, not all of Durandal's BoBs had much combat training before this, so maybe he didn't trust them with the higher-grade weapons.
Anyway, the "your battleship" line amuses me with its unintentional implication that the SO is already some kinda space merc (you can't tell me that he and Durandal didn't essentially become these after M2).