With the FPS combat having weapons like assault rifles, pistols, laser weapons etc..., can we also expect to be able to "improvise" with salvage/mining tools, say, a hand-held plasma-cutter, and and other types of "power-tools" for the occasional "pirates boarding your Orion/Reclaimer" situation?asked by MuddyGrimes

I can't tell you the depth to which this will happen, like I don't know if you can even get a power drill, say, in the game, but if you could get one and use it to drill things then yes, you could use it to drill an enemy. Same thing with the PAW (personal arc welder) which could be used for repairing things or opening locked doors etc, it could also be used because it heats up, if you take that and apply that to a person, that'd probably hurt them!

I'm imagining the scene from Chronicles of Riddick where he says I'll kill you with this cup, twists it and stabs it into a guy's heart.

The Equilizer did something similar. I like that movie. So yes.