We think there were too many mercs in JA1. We understand that every player have his own favorites, so we tried to have more mercs, then it was in JA2. We tried to have all the most interesting mercs in the game. Really there are some problems with having a lot of mercs.

I hired Wink in JA1 too.

So, how to make them:
You need to have a can with oil, a gas can and a string. You add a gas can to a can with oil and the add string to this.
Now you do not need any alcohol for making cocktails. There were some problems with merges in code, so now it works in this way.
In the next version (I hope, it'll be available in September or October) alcohol will be also needed for this merge.

There is a chance that there will be a merchant in later versions. I hope, it'll be Micky like it was in Deadly Games.

Sorry, what don't you like in this line?
It is not our invention - it was so in JA1. This item has original description. Moreover, this vest really has a bonus to protection from explosions.