yeah, the preference would definitely be non-lethal in miles and bel's opinion! he's not interested in dying on this ship (he already died on their planet once ffs) but he'd rather save lethal measures for a last resort. but he'll be glad to have the option, don't get him wrong.

THIS IS...TRUE... if that gets brought up in discussion, the use of tranquilizers might be recommended instead as a tertiary strategy, a near-last resort if they have no other way of non-lethally stopping the boarding party.

ALTHOUGH I JUST REMEMBERED that miles bought a bunch of stun weapons for the security force before it was canceled, so he'd definitely want to arm anyone who was comfortable with wielding one with a stunner.