Ok, so I'll say now that I play with lots of mods, so it could easily be a weird mod interaction, but...
Anyone ever had a brawler equip a longsword and get a notification saying "Brawler has a ranged weapon", THEN proceed to get attacked and said brawler (with a longsword) steps up and obliterates the lone raider with a hail of mini-turret bullets? :o
I mean, I don't mind having that kind of firepower in a strictly medieval colony, but dang that caught me by surprise.
"The ancient weapon of kings, the longsword can be used for slashing or stabbing...or gunning down enemies at 2000 RPM."