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Why is the Mandalorian's weapons locker on the Razor Crest so easy to open?

Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked by L.T.Smash on January 18, 2021

In the first episode, the Mythrol the Mandalorian captured goes to use the vacc tube as a guise to poke around the ship and while snooping punches some buttons on a keypad. Doors on the opposite bulkhead open revealing a cabinet full of weapons. That might have been a fluke but it happens two other times in the series. When the Jawas strip the Razor Crest for parts they take all the weapons and when Din is transporting Ran’s crew to the New Republic prison ship, Burg again punches the keypad and the weapons doors swing open.

I feel like it is actually a locker for the weapons for two reasons. The first being that it is good practice to keep weapons locked up even if you are a bounty hunter and need quick access to them. The Razor Crest is a pre-Empire military gunship so it may not originally be a locker, again for ease of access, but if you are transporting bounties you might want to change that. The other reason is that both the Mythrol and Burg seem to punch more than a few buttons to open the weapons cache. It crossed my mind that this could be a trap used by Din to see who he could trust and who he had to freeze in carbonite but this seems unlikely since it showed Greef Karga’s goon unloading the bounties and they were all frozen but they were all criminals or at least had bounties out on them and thus all failed the test.

Why is the Mandalorian’s weapon locker onboard the Razor Crest so easy to open? If it is shown that the cabinet is not intended to guard the weapons and keep them from unapproved use then I will accept that as the answer.

3 Answers

Why would he lock the weapons away? He (and maybe some of his allies) are the only ones on the ship. The bounties are frozen and can't threat him, there's no use to lock them away.

Assume you have weapons in your house. You only have guests in your house you know are loyal to you (or frozen) and know how to handle weapons. Locking them up properly only takes time to access them in time of need and doesn't give you any advantage. They're stored out of reach of anybody simply snooping around and no one can access them without clicking the right button on the keypad. That's enough security for somebody travelling alone or with people he trusts.

Answered by Shade on January 18, 2021

The answer is simple: He needs them to be ready at all times, and stowing them away or locking them would make it difficult to defend himself if needed. He does not expect anyone but himself and his captives to be aboard his ship, so why hide them? The Mandalorian himself answered your question: "Weapons are part of my religion"

Answered by Just another Star Wars geek on January 18, 2021

There's something we're missing on these responses... why the hell would you need to have quick access to your weapons on a suposedly secure environment where there can only be allies and/or frozen targets?

My guess is that the this not a military ship, so it hasn't a secure space for weapon storage, at least not as a default option. So to speak.

Answered by Bardo on January 18, 2021

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