It's west coast fallout by Bethesda, and I really don't know how I expect them to handle the established material. I hope they do justice to what's been written already
And also, it's confirmed bachelor and lady killer for men interacting with other men and with women, and cherchez la femme and black widow for female PCs against women and men (respectively)
A basic sling should be very consistent and simple. Early bows have a lot of advantages but the mechanical complexity makes them less consistent. 50cm of rope is 50cm of rope, it's gonna throw the same every time as long as you're practiced. Bows are made of natural wood and fibre with all kinds of tensions and inconsistencies, as well as requiring more work to repeat the same action precisely
Our Modern times in star trek are more like the Roman empire, slowly crumbling and about to collapse, which then leads to the actual dark age (I.e., WW3, eugenics wars)
I considered the katana since they're great for cutting exposed areas but honestly I'd rather just sharpen a long stick