Choose your own adventure (CYOA), Steel Quest: Intro.
Primitive ranged weapon skill: bows, crossbows, blowguns, and throwing weapons. you don't need a firearm to be deadly at mid-range. while not as sophisticated, some models do exist that improve on these ancient and time tested designs.
Crusader Part 7
Magnum's suit and elvo's automata smash their way through the carrier, the vectors smg having run dry and now stored on the backpack and now he only had his power sword to use and elvo's ranged weapon wasn't far behind, it's energy capacity almost drained.
Dreadnaught
The jaxal carried a powerful looking sniper rifle whereas the lupon seemed to have much smaller ranged weapons, apparently preferring close quarters combat.
Walls: Exodus 29 - A Towering Descent
Aiming it would be difficult at short range, which meant that the weapon on the other arm was most likely an alternate short-range weapon.
Survivor - PERM Edition
His chosen long ranged weapon was affectionately called the '_asylum_' for one reason alone.
Blood and red paint
The crossbowmen dropped their ranged weapons, and drew gigantic two-handed swords, and charged outside, fully prepared to die while fucking up as many of the blood masks loyalists as they could to avenge their clan's chief. the two other enemies split.
Cultist Brood: Chapter 2
Of course i remembered it was the first day i was taught and the day i regretted asking to be trained with a ranged weapon. "unfortunately... yes."
Bloody Sunrise: Act 3
Armed with a variety of ranged weapons they looked at brad as though he was crazy, with his bow, six arrows, and a sword. "your nuts-o boy!" declared one of the survivors, he was an old hound that that looked as if he'd been a farmer of some sorts.
War tails of the white Wolf (Ch 5) The Freelancer
. \*\*\*\*\*\* delta herded them towards the lz, armed with a couple short range weapons and knives.
Zion: Light of the New Moon, Milestone 2a
Those without long range weapons spent their time running back and forth for supplies, or else they threw heavy objects down upon the sweeping tide of the ferocious army of beasts. "they aren't getting through the walls."
Across the Rift 13
Rauth said somewhat dismissively, he did not approve of ranged weapons beyond that of a javelin, claiming they were dishonorable, a viewpoint which was echoed by most of the drakai and meechan population.
1- Wandering Mindlink
Prior to the jedi purge, the temple on coruscant trained jedi snipers, and there were those of both the guardian and sentinel paths who utilized ranged weapons." he smiled wryly.