====== Flare ======
[{{ flare.png|Flare program icon}}]

**Flare** is a [[breaker|breaker program]] which breaks 4 [[:firewalls]], but also raises the firewalls on all unhacked [[:mainframe devices:]] by 1 when it is used. It costs 0\ [[:PWR]] to use, and has a cooldown of 3 turns. Flare can be bought from some [[:mainframe devices:Server Terminals]] for 450 [[:credits]].

Flare raises firewalls on devices after breaking them on the target device, so if Flare is used to fully break the firewalls on a device, its firewalls are not also raised by 1; otherwise they are, so Flare effectively breaks 3 firewalls in this case. If Flare is used to hack a device with a [[:daemon]] installed, then the daemon's effect is triggered before Flare raises firewalls; for example Flare also raises the firewalls on a device recaptured by [[:daemons:Echo]].