Hello,
A player is going to be a smuggler/gambler. The build is going to be a smart alien race who does know and bets the odds. While things such as card counting can be done in his sleep, combat is unknown. Still if planning to clean out a Hutt casino, one should have a weapon.
Stealing a plot from a John Wayne movie, I have this idea. A partner of the Duke's can not shoot. The Duke gets him a sawed off shotgun as a pistol. The idea, it would hit something it was pointed at. Some versions of the DL-21 blaster have a flared muzzle to scatter the blast, like Dengar's. I think it would be a blaster pistol with blast. While it may help with hitting something, it may not always be what he was aiming at.
I also thought about a bryar pistol. It is described as a sawed down rifle and accurate, but not very powerful and a charged up blast drains the ammo, If the player does get into blaster fight he will need damage and ammo to correct for no blaster skill. So I don't know about it.
Any ideas for a weapon?
Thanks.