Since he is older, he could always change his weapon of choice, if you'd like. I'm just advising as a heads up, if he's going to be more of a supporting player (in the fighting sense), make sure it's something wide enough to help his friends. He's got enough experience to have a nit more fun and free-range, of course if he's from a small sector, he probably hasn't had the need to change if the Vs he's encountered have been lightweights. So if you want, you can change his skill set to karate, hand to hand combat has its fair share of pros and cons.