Paige watched with interest as the corporal prepped his weapon, she was interested to see how quickly it could be reloaded and re-cocked, because from her acquaintance with Orc crossbows, they were slow to reload. An Orc bow was generally too big for a human to wield and not all Orcs carried them. Apparently a crossbow conferred some sort of status or rank. Even so, it generally took one of the aliens a good second to pull the wire back to the latch and place a new bolt.<br/><br/>Jordan, on the other hand, had just grabbed something and pulled, then dropped the new projectile into the slot, re-aimed and fired, in less than a second. She was, secretly, impressed, especially when she walked forward and examined the target. "Not bad. Of course the only reason your second shot penetrated the poly was that the first had already destroyed the steel and weakened the second layer. I spaced my shots because I didn't want to put two bullets in the bulkhead. The Fleet doesn't like it!"<br/><br/>She watched as Jordan recovered the two bolts. The one that had hit the bulkhead was slightly bent, but the other looked fine. "Reusable ammunition is an advantage too. I guess the Orc bolts are just too big? Show me how you re-load it at speed?" She grilled Jordan, then on the weapon, it's construction, materials, cost, range, accuracy, rate of fire, projectile velocity and penetration, susceptibility to weather... Her questioning lasted half an hour, and any answer she wasn't satisfied with, she made him elaborate on.<br/><br/>At the end, she simply grunted, and picked up the phone. "Master At Arms? Live test fire complete." She hung up. "I'll let the LT have my report, and we'll let you know".