the handheld flare gun idea is treading rather dangerously i fear (hope) to territory they have already said wont be put into the game: crew weapons. if you have the framework of a handheld flaregun, its only a short skip to having rifles and grenades. the flare has a HUGE arc to make it useful, but a complete 360 arc complementary of a handheld device changes the utility of an already seriously useful gun, even at the cost of a hardpoint
