Flare

A flare found aboard Sevastopol Station in 2137.

A flare was a type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares were used for signalling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications. Flares could be ground pyrotechnics, projectile pyrotechnics, or parachute-suspended to provide maximum illumination time over a large area. Projectile pyrotechnics could be dropped from aircraft, fired from rocket or artillery, or deployed by flare guns or handheld percussive tubes.

Weyland-Yutani manufactured a model of flare used aboard Sevastopol Station.

Overview

In 2004, the Weyland Industries expedition to Bouvetøya, Antarctica made use of flares to light their way through the Norwegian fishing station on the island and the Yautja Pyramid under it. Flatres manufactured by Weyland-Yutani were used aboard Sevastopol Station in 2137 and in the Fiorina 161 Class C Work Correctional Unit on Fiorina "Fury" 161 in 2179, where they were labeled as mining flares. Additionally, the United States Colonial Marine Corps utilized M-94 Marking Flares.

Appearances

• Aliens
• Alien³
• Aliens versus Predator (1999 video game)
• Alien vs. Predator/novel
• Aliens vs. Predator (2010 video game)
• Aliens: Infestation
• Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013 video game)
• Alien: Isolation

Gallery

Corporal Hicks holds a flare.

Cpl. Hicks tosses the flare to mark their position.

Hicks holds another flare.

Hicks throws the flare.

Mining flare boxes.

A box with 5 mining flares.

The flares being grabbed.

An empty mining flare box.

The label on a mining flare box.

A flare box prop used in Alien³.

External links

• Flare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia