Oh no please, not my fellow french ancestors ! ! !
(i'm from Québec here hehe)
As for the plasma caster, despise the fact that Dan thought it would be a instant win button, i like to think in my personnal headcanon that maybe the Yautjas just didn't invent it yet back in 1719.
Not much because they didn't have the mean or the tech to create it but more because maybe it just didn't cross their mind yet...
I mean, no armored vehicle, no kevlar vest, no sophisticated weapon like we see in the original 1987 film. I can hardly picture Feral being like 'Oh geez, i need something with more OOMPF for these indigenous people'!