I really think there should be some laser weapons and wolf armors in the demo, you will release for the public.
Don't hide your selling points.
Awesome advanced technology is one of the cool things about ufo and xenonauts and right now it's just too hard to get to it.
I only managed to get laser and wolf armor once, when i didn't saved or loaded, and even then i couldn't use it in a mission because i couldn't get the corvettes down, because they were too fast.
I just think that the quick battle should show most of the things about the battles of xenonauts and the laser weaponry should be in it.