User blog comment:Aghostintheboat/The Official Roleplay Room/@comment-27820070-20150123044038/@comment-10700122-20150123213254

Because TEO has existed for far longer than a lot of Earth navies. The navy page only was founded when they landed; technically, they were a navy for far longer. Also, DMRs and railguns won't do anything in CQC, especially when you're up against basically three laser machine guns + a hard sound grenade launcher in one.