star forts: why is wall defense so inefficient?

[Sheogorath]

Forts should also come with a basic garrison crew that mans the guns. While I'm delighted that CA put guns on the walls, having your line infantry man them is pretty silly.

To paraphrase the ever-relevant Mr. Pratchett, "There is one way to load a cannon correctly, and about a hundred ways to do it explosively wrong."

Somehow, I don't think line infantry of the 18th century were overly adept at practical artillery usage. By my knowledge, even garrison artillery crews were regarded as semi-elite and had to be fairly intelligent fellows in order to A) Avoid blowing themselves up and B) Actually hit something.

Although this might explain why (for me, anyway) fort cannons are so spectacularly incapable of hitting anything.