Random thoughts I have during my game.

You don't think Aksul missed on purpose?

I just get the impression that Lexi is of the view the stopping the heart at any time risks not being able to restart it... even for an AI as smart as SAM.

As for Aksul missing Jaal... my take on this is that Jaal knows Aksul would never actually kill him (for whatever reason is buried in the past between them)... so very likely that Aksul either consciously or subconsciously pulled the shot to the left. I also think it is just the angara way to use whatever weapons and equipment they can generally take of their enemies rather than manufacture their own. They seem more focused on manufacturing nutrient paste to feed their population even when they have minimal viable land on which to grow things. We don't really see any sign of Angara mining or other forms of industrial activities. The avengers were probably scrounged from earlier skirmishes with exiles (perhaps those killing off yevara for the angaran doctor (The Lost Song quest).

Any random thoughts I have during my playthoughs are generally not on the game I'm playing unless my strict attention is required. My thoughts tend to range from movies, TV shows, comics, politics, professional wrestling, comments on various message boards that I belong too, other games, personal stuff, and so on.