Range weapon damage caculation for enemies

[Dragente]

I was running a group through the dead suns adventure and I noticed that the enemies have 1d4+1 for azimuth laser pistol and other weapons had bonus damge to range weapons.

What is giving them the bonus to the ranged damage? I could not find a rule or explanation.

[Claxon]

Enemies don't use the same rules as PCs. Enemies always get their level to damage, IIRC.

[Isaac Zephyr]

Basically, they're all considered to have Weapon Specialization. Something pretty much everyone gets at level 3 (even Pathfinder legacy characters). It's just default added to every enemy rather than waiting for them to hit level.

[Claxon]

It's more complicated than that though, because even if they only have basic melee weapons or small arms they still add their level to damage, while PCs cannot.