Grappled & Ranged Attacks: Martial Arts vs. Tactical Shooting vs. Technical Grappling

[vicky_molokh]

Greetings, all!

I'm seeing a threefold conflict on how ranged attacks are treated if the attacker is grappled. Basic Set is, of course, the simplest - it forbids ranged attacks entirely. Of course, Basic Set is assumed to be overriden by specialised rulebooks. Martial Arts seems content with the rule as-is (I haven't found a change in MA). Technical Grappling penalizes ranged attacks by the grappler's Trained ST (modified for relative ST of the victim), which basically means that only Ogre Slingers and fellas with over-the-top shooty skills can do a ranged attack while grappled. But then it turns out that Tactical Shooting allows ranged attacks out of a grapple - even if the weapon is grappled by winning a Quick Contest of DX or Retain Weapon against the grappler's DX, apparently without any extra penalty. Finally, maybe I missed something, but it seems that in TG, Retain Weapon can be used to regain weapon Grip ST, but the usage to resist the penalties to shoot while grappled is unaccounted for.

How do these get reconciled?

Thanks in advance!