A covert signal launcher that fires an infrared flare invisible to the naked eye but detectable by any IR-capable optic, BCI overlay, or surveillance system. The Ghost Light is designed for tactical signaling between operators who need to communicate position, status, or rally points without revealing themselves to observers who lack IR capability. The flare burns for 60 seconds at altitude and can encode simple messages through pulse patterns.

Vantablack developed the IR-2 for its own security operations, where maintaining covert communications during field operations required a fallback system independent of electronic networks. The Ghost Light has since become standard equipment for anyone operating in GLMZ's shadow economy — runners, smugglers, extraction teams, and criminal organizations use IR flare patterns as a communication system that is invisible to most observers and leaves no electronic trace.

The weapon's dual nature emerges from its targeting application. An IR flare fired at ground level marks a location — a vehicle, a building, a person — with an infrared beacon that is invisible to the target but visible to anyone with IR optics. Snipers use Ghost Lights to mark targets for engagement teams. Drone operators use them to designate strike coordinates. An invisible mark that only your allies can see is a death sentence the target never knows they've received.