>On the other hand, if it does have a Reflex cannon, I can imagine
>Truss saying, "Valen, if I ever see you, I'm going to have you explain
>why I need one of these."
>

I suspect he'll find out in The New Frontier, if not sooner... well, if we're right about him having one.

“They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.”
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington