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Flare Gun
Production information
Affiliation

The Resistance

Manufacturer

Orion

Model

Orion 12 Gauge Flare Gun

Type

Handgun

Technical specifications
Damage

12

Magazine Size

1

Maximum Ammunition

20

Ammunition Type

Flares

Range

Short

Usage
Used by

Gordon Freeman

Counterpart(s)
Game information
Entity

weapon_flaregun

The Flare Gun is a weapon cut from Half-Life 2. It can be found in the playable Half-Life 2 Beta.

Contents

[edit] Overview

The weapon was to be found on the Borealis and Kraken Base.[1] When shot, the flare stick to the player when approached and can damage their health.[2] Due to general ineffectiveness and redundancy as weapon, it was cut early in the game's development process.

The gun still exists somehow in the Half-Life 2 universe, evidenced by Overwatch Soldiers along the Coast using one to summon a Gunship, to light an area after deactivating the ceiling lights during the chapter Entanglement and a Civil Protection officer firing one when the player assaults a power generator during the City 17 uprising. Each time a flare is shot, the shooter is invariably out of the player's reach to prevent them from seeing any flare gun.

[edit] Behind the scenes

The flaregun handle was originally to be red, and be used by a female NPC, as evidenced by textures files found in the playable Half-Life 2 Beta texture files for the flare gun.[3] This probably refers to a very early version of Alyx, the "I.A. Latham" concept, although the arm texture appears in the orientation of a player texture.[4]

[edit] Trivia

  • In the Half-Life 2 files, several texture files for HUD weapon icons can be found, most of which still containing the icons for almost all of the cut weapons. The Flare Gun is among them.
  • In Half-Life 2: Episode One, disposable flares were introduced. They can be used with the Gravity Gun, mocking the operation of the flare gun.
  • The Flare Gun is available in the mod Missing Information, at the start of the Borealis chapter.
  • The Flare Gun concept was reused in Team Fortress 2 as an unlockable weapon for the Pyro, used to ignite enemies from long range.

[edit] Gallery

[edit] List of appearances

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

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Half-Life 2: Deathmatch S.L.A.M
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Half-Life 2: Episode Two AR3 (non-existent) · Autogun · Magnusson Device
Half-Life (cut) Black Hole Gun
Half-Life: Opposing Force (cut) Flash Grenade
Half-Life 2 (cut) AK-47 · Brickbat · Combine Guard Gun · Combine Launcher · Desert Launcher · FIM-92 Stinger · Fire Extinguisher · Flare Gun · GR9 · HK-707 · Hopwire Grenade · Ice Axe · Immolator · Incendiary Rifle · Molotov Cocktail · MP5K · MP7 · Physgun · Pulse Shield · Rollerwand · S.L.A.M · Sniper Rifle · Socket Wrench · Sticky Launcher · Stun Baton · Thumper · XM29 OICW
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(cut from Half-Life 2)
Harpoon
Half-Life 2: Episode One (cut) Vortex Hopwire
The Resistance
Leaders / key members Barney Calhoun · Odessa Cubbage · Gordon Freeman · Isaac Kleiner · Arne Magnusson · Judith Mossman · Alyx Vance · Eli Vance
Minor members All-Knowing Vortigaunt · Couch Couple · Dog · Father Grigori · Griggs · Joe · Lamarr · Laszlo · Leon · Matt · Mirt · Noriko · Sandy · Sheckley · Sweepy · Unidentified deaf character · Uriah · Victory Mine Vortigaunt · Vortigaunt Shepherd · Winston
Weapons .357 Magnum · Alyx's Gun · Pheropods · Crossbow · Crowbar · Magnusson Device · RPG · Ravenholm traps · Tau Cannon · Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Vehicles Airboat · Mil Mi-8 · Muscle Car · Scout Car
Technology Communication · Antlion Detector · Dog · EMP Tool · Generator Trailer · Lever Bridge · Retinal Scanner · Supply Crate · Teleportation · Television · Transponder · White Forest rocket
Locations Black Mesa East · Bridge Point · Dock 137 · Kleiner's Lab · Lighthouse Point · New Little Odessa · Ravenholm · Shorepoint Base · Station 6 · Station 7 · Station 8 · Station 9 · Station 12 · Underground Railroad · Victory Mine · Vortigaunt Camp · White Forest · The White Forest Inn
Other Lambda logo · Vortigaunt
Leaders / key members (cut) Eli Maxwell · Helena Mossman · Odell · Vance
Minor members (cut) Animal · Johanssen · Mambridge · Peters · Skitch
Weapons (cut) Brickbat · Fire Extinguisher · Flare Gun · Ice Axe · Molotov Cocktail · Physgun · Socket Wrench
Vehicles (cut) Borealis · C-130 · Jet Ski · Jalopy · Submarine · V-22 Osprey
Locations (cut) Alyx's Home · Borealis · Kraken Base · Vance Headquarters
Other (cut) Conscripts