Cademimu Ranger's Blaster Rifle

I'm specifically after a rifle (for my operative) that is an aim-based rifle from a flashpoint. As far as I know, weapons don't change appearance cross-faction.

I was wondering if someone could confirm one way or the other if it is possible to get drops that would normally be for the other faction. Say I'm an imperial; could an assault cannon ever drop in a flashpoint I'm in? I've heard mixed things about this. Some people say you can get cross-faction drops; others say you could in the past but not anymore. Do I keep farming for the rifle I'm after or is it never going to happen?

Remove (or drastically lower) the Damage & Healing Bonuses From Expertise This would have a few consequences. First, reducing damage done increases TTK, and reducing healing done prevents this change from making healers god-like. Each player would have more survivability on their own, which would allow everyone to stay in the fight longer. Second, that means expertise has less of an effect on someone's performance, which would help to reduce the gear gap. These are two of the most common complaints I see, and this change would solve both. (If There Were a Second Change I'd Make...) It would be to the new resolve; the intent was actually a good one. A PuG can never coordinate CC like a premade on voice chat can, and it is clear the change to resolve was meant to reduce this discrepancy. I'm in favor of that, but it went too far; I think applying CC to a target that is already CC'd should maybe count for half the resolve it would normally incur.

http://www.torhead.com/item/a66y6SS/cademimu-rangers-blaster-rifle Can anyone confirm if this weapon drops Empire-side?

http://www.torhead.com/item/a66y6SS/cademimu-rangers-blaster-rifle#. Can anyone confirm if this weapon drops Empire-side?

I spent a lot of time going through models only to find out many of them are wrong. For example, the level 20 crafted vibrosword shows a training saber for its model. I'm going to keep searching, but I've had no luck so far.

I've found a couple green versions of this vibrosword, but I'd really like to find a moddable one. http://tor.zamimg.com/torhead/uploads/screenshots/9588.jpg It's kind of like a stun baton, which is basically the Custom Built Vibrosword minus the blade. I'd really like a moddable version, and I understand that there are some moddable green vibroswords, so that's just as good! Any information that could lead me in the right direction would be useful. Also, it may be relevant that the character I'd like it for is Empire-side.