Simple Melee Weapon Familiarity is a Weapon Familiarity that uses the Melee Combat Operation. These share some or all common features of Simple Weapon Familiarity.
Powered Melee: Powered Melee Does not have the weight and the physics of their use relies on an energy source to project or simulate normal simple or martial damage types in addition to different types based on specific tech.
These are weapons of higher technology; Technology offsets the principles on which they are based and makes them much more accessible to all in places where the technology and energy sources are prevalent.