(07-08-2016, 04:45 AM)Umbra Wrote:

(07-08-2016, 04:34 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: :p okay I won't overanalyze.

Dunno if the mercs are playing a big part in your story (considering it's Sirius' group, I imagine "yes") but the funny thing is, I've been working on a mercenary group too (minus the Reapers and magic... unless you count Kineptic "magic") but for a potential RP idea sometime in the future. Not just mercenaries though. More like an "Agents For Hire". Merc work, subtrefuge, "legitimate" diplomacy, actual legitimate diplomacy, surveillance, bounty hunting, smuggling, secret-hoarding, etc. Multiple species in a futuristic setting. Got 7 characters partially planned out and haven't even come up with the name of their group x.x (Notes call it "The organization". Tempted to just keep it that way for mysteriousness.)

Well, yeah, they are. They're the group the story centers on.
The mercenaries are 'only part' mercenaries, by the way. They actually try and enact vigilante justice by culling major threats that the corrupt government of [city name TBD] won't/doesn't care to/is being paid not to do anything about. Stuff like Mafia, drug cartels, etc.
Hence the original "Chaotic Good" designation.

(07-08-2016, 05:02 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: And yeah, mine are probably more Chaotic Neutral. They do good things, they do bad things, basically they do whatever it's in their interests to do, unless it conflicts with [organization tenets/rules TBD] (stuff like killing without enough reason, causing major disruptions that would put eyes on the organization, and removal of free will (in most cases)) If they existed in the same universe, these guys would probably end up being equally part of the problem and part of the solution. And they would switch between the two haphazardly, possibly even both at once.

(07-08-2016, 11:51 PM)SilverOtter Wrote:

(07-08-2016, 05:02 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: And yeah, mine are probably more Chaotic Neutral. They do good things, they do bad things, basically they do whatever it's in their interests to do, unless it conflicts with [organization tenets/rules TBD] (stuff like killing without enough reason, causing major disruptions that would put eyes on the organization, and removal of free will (in most cases)) If they existed in the same universe, these guys would probably end up being equally part of the problem and part of the solution. And they would switch between the two haphazardly, possibly even both at once.

Chaotic Neutral also tend to find unintended solutions to problems made only to consider the extremity answer. Because when you're not bound by laws or morals, more possibilities on how to get the job done arise.

Consider the classic Runaway Trolley: There is a Runaway Trolley, no driver is inside to stop it. You are near the track switch for two tracks, on one track is 1 person, on the other 5 people. So the question is, where do you make the trolley go? Those who are Evil select the track with 5 people (more casualties), those who are Good have a BSOD as the thought of killing someone else to save others causes a moral cascade, and those who are Lawful or otherwise Neutral select the track with 1 person (less casualties).

The correct answer is, of course, off the rails.

(07-09-2016, 01:07 AM)Comito Wrote: In other news, today is my birthday. Go me

(07-09-2016, 01:07 AM)Comito Wrote: In other news, today is my birthday. Go me

(07-09-2016, 01:07 AM)Comito Wrote: In other news, today is my birthday. Go me

(07-09-2016, 01:21 AM)Surge Wrote: http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1467482619623.webm
HERESY.

(07-09-2016, 01:07 AM)Comito Wrote: In other news, today is my birthday. Go me

(07-09-2016, 05:43 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: also the petroleum scented ants has returned

(07-09-2016, 06:28 AM)Shaadaris Wrote:

(07-09-2016, 05:43 AM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: also the petroleum scented ants has returned