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[Animorphs] Why did the Yeerks refuse to utilize their dracon beams properly?

The. Animorphs always fight in morph, meaning they're only dangerous in close quarters as many, many Hork-Bajir controllers discovered. But it seems that a dracon beam is fairly standard issue for the Yeerks, why did they never just shoot the Animorphs? It seems that their soldiers are practically never armed even if they're guarding the cities kandrona generator, just relying on the Hork-Bajirs physical abilities to safeguard them. Why do they not just shoot their enemy they know is completely disadvantaged at long range?
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In the early period of the invasion, Yeerk Dracon beams were designed to be used by Hork Bajir and thus were very unwieldy for human controllers to use. The advantage at range is a fact, however the Animorphs tried to use tactics that never left them exposed to that range, instead trying to close distance as quickly as possible and get in the middle of Yeerk forces to discourage friendly fire or standing near delicate machinery the Yeerks would not want to shoot. Also there were high bounties for capturing a morph capable body which would discourage using incinerator rays.

For pure speculation, Hork Bajir being herbivores who never evolved for striking prey with projectiles at a distance might be worse at such a task than humans. Even three years later most Yeerks in security posts seem to be given Hork Bajir bodies.

Also the high ranking Yeerks may not want their underlings heavily armed with weapons that could result in "friendly fire" promotions. It is clearly established that there is very low job satisfaction in the invasion forces.