Will Parson EVER change clothes?? [Speculation spoiler]

[Imgran]

The whole point was, he could still use a siege crossbow. First, they're meant to be operated by the smaller Erf dwellers (i.e. loading is easy enough), second, crossbow is aim&shoot technology so no skill required. No waving around either, if he's able to lift it, he's able to use it.

No skill required?

For a crossbow?

Umm... no. There's a lot more skill required for a bow than for modern point ant shoot weapons like guns.

Besides, any crossbow worth the name would require a lot of muscle to pull the cord back -- so much that trained crossbowman needed winches to prepare them..