How to write a Mercenary?

Identity

• Mission
• Why is the character engaged?
• Is she engaged to secure high value targets?
• Is she engaged to secure high value locations?
• Is she hired to engage Hostiles?
• Is she hired to incapacitate/neutralize Hostiles?
• Is she recruited to incapacitate/neutralize Insurgents?
• Is she employed to set up an infrastructure?
• Is she employed to frame an organization?
• In which context?
• In which kind of regions?
• Is she employed to defend and fighting for a single individual?
• Is she employed to defend and fighting for a group?

• Game
• How Strategic is she?
• Doe she play to Win?
• Does she enjoy Competition?
• Is she for Team Play?
• Does she like to elaborate Tactics?
• Doe she enjoy making Plans?
• Does she play for the Hunt?

• Rigor
• How is her Personal Rigor?
• What’s her view on Social Rigor?
• How should people behave?
• Does she consider herself as Fighting Crime?
• Is she considered to be Vigilante?
• How does she define Justice?
• Does she operate for National interests?
• Does she operate for Public interests?
• Does she always defend Private interests?

Weaponry & Status

• Blades & Blunt
• Does she use Lethal weapons?
• Does she use non Lethal weapons?
• Does she use custom weapons?
• Does she use non-homologated weapons?
• Does she use short Swords?
• Does she use twin Swords?
• Does she use Knives?

• Marksmanship
• Can she shoot her target without noticing her 1st?
• Can she intercept her target with her guns?
• Can she only shoot to defend herself?
• How does she incapacitate her Targets?
• How do the Targets respond?
• Does she use custom weapons?
• Does she use non-homologated weapons?

• Electricity
• Does she use electric weapons?
• Which kind?
• What are their properties?
• Who designed them?
• How do they function?
• When is it appropriate to use them?

• Capture
• Does she use Ropes?
• Does she use Cuffs?
• How strong is she?
• How muscular is she?
• How heavy is she?
• Can she capture her Targets with bare hands?
• Does she use incapacitating gazes?
• Does she use incapacitating gazes?
• Does she use incapacitating gazes?

The Plan

• Identify
• What’s the Identity of the Target?
• What’s their Profile?
• What are their Behavioral Patterns?
• What are their Habits?
• What do they like?
• What will they do 1st after they escaped?

• Hunt
• How goes the chase?
• How is the character Investigating?
• How is she Conducting interviews?
• Who is she Interrogating?
  • Relatives
  • Coworkers
  • Employers
  • Partners
• How is she Tracking the Target?
• Thanks to which Signs?
• Using which tools?
• Which clues is she looking for?
• How did the Target escaped?
• Where are they going now?
• What are they aiming for?

• Find
• Does she Track people to their current residence?
• Where are they?
• In which location?
• How is she Performing surveillances?
• Can she Contact the subject?
• What does she do when she Discovers them?
• What do they do when they are Discovered?
• How does she Intercept her Targets?
• What do they do when they are Intercepted?
• How does she Thwart them?
• How do they Thwart her?

• Capture
• What comes after the subject is located?
• How does she perform the due process?
• How does she capture the Target?
• How violent can she get?
• How does she control them?
• Can she try to reason them?
• Can she threaten them?
• Does she use pressure means?
• Which kind?
• How does she Collect them?
• How does she Maintain them under detention?

• Recover
• How does she transport the Targets back?
• Does she have an appropriate Vehicle?
• Does she have the materials to maintain her?
• Does she have to paralyze them?
• Does she have to put them to sleep?
• How goes the Delivery?

Rights & Responsibilities

• Killing?
• Is the character a Hitman?
• Is she a Former Hitman?
• Is she an official Paramilitary?
• Why was she given the possibility to Kill her target?
• Under which circumstances?
• Is there a special procedure?
• Must she be threatened?
• Is she pledged to a criminal organization?
• Does she mostly work for them?

• Mandated by the Government
• Is the character an Agent of the court?
• Does she ought to Monitor criminals released on bail?
  • Are they are still considered under custody?
• Does she track them only if they Violate the bail bond release terms?
• How does she Return them to jail?
• Does she have the ability to apprehend & capture criminals?
• Must she wait for the regular Police?
• Can she detain anyone who has an expired bailbond?

• With the Police support
• How does she cooperate with the Police?
• When does she cooperate with the Police?
• How is she viewed by the regular forces?
• How is she view by the regular population?
• How is she considered by criminal organizations?
• Why not Join the Police?
• Why not Join the Army?
• Was she part of the Police?
• Was she part of the Army?

• With Private Investigators & Agencies
• Distrust in Official forces?
• Does she offer a Parallel solution?
• Mandated by Individual Officials?
• Does she collaborate with private organizations?
• Is she employed by with private organizations?
• Which kind of private organizations?
• How are these organizations related to the Government?

• Providing Value
• Is she acting as a Subject Matter Expert?
• How is she Providing Advices & Counsels?
• On which topic?
• What is her experience?
• Does she acts in self-interest?
• For which Reasons?
• What are her motives Other than Money?
• How does she ensure her Own satisfaction?
• How does she define Fairness?
• How does she display a Sense of Justice?
• What is her Definition of Crime?

Types of Mercenaries

• Bounty Hunter
• What are her Survival skills?
• How does she use them in an Urban environment?
• How does she use them in an Wild environment?
• How does she offer the Best Services?
• How does she ensure Customer’s Satisfaction?
• When is she paid a bounty?
• How is she paid?
• Is she a former law enforcement officer?
• Is she a former law military personnel?
• Is she a former bail bond agent?
• How was she Trained?
• How was she certified/licensed?
• How does she practice the fugitives’ capture?
• In which jurisdictions?
• Does she serve warrants on the fugitives?

• Private Guard/Security Agent
• What does she Defend?
• In which Definite Zone?
• Does she Protect an large-scale Investment?
• Does she Protect a Hotel/Palace?
• Does she Protect a Mall?
• Does she Protect a Casino/Bank?
• What’s her Knowledge of the Area?
• What’s her Knowledge of the Customers?
• What’s her Knowledge of the Employees?
• What’s her Knowledge of the Contractors?
• What’s her Knowledge of the Threats?
• What are the most recurrent Threats?

• Militia Leader/Tycoon
• Why did she start this Company?
• Why did she start this Business?
• Does she own an Amoral corporation?
• Does she own a Fugitive recovery company?
• Does she own a Military Intelligence company?
• In which regions are they deployed?
• Why are these regions lacking a regular police force?
• Which governments and military factions employ them?
• Are there Oligopolies?
• What is the level of Competition in this sector?
• How is the Competition with the Police?
• How is the Competition with other Governmental Forces?

• Adventurer
• Why did she became a Mercenary?
• Is it for Excitement?
• Is it a Game for her?
• Which kind of game?
• Is she Killing non-Humans?
• Is she Killing non-Humanoid?
• Is she Killing Monstrosities?
• Is she only Capturing Creatures?
• To which kind of Dangerousness does she expose herself?
• Does she want to Explore Territories?
• Does she want to build a City?

Roles

• Sponsor
• Which Relationships does she possess?
• Which Relationships does she open to her allies?
• How does she Develop these relationships?
• Through which means?
• How does the Character identify an Opportunity?
• How does she gather Resources?
• How does she manage Resources?
• How does she supply the team?

• Leader
• How does she Coordinate her team?
• When does she ask for Input?
• How does she implement advices?
• How Versatile is she in combat?
• How does she enhance her team strengths?
• How is her Polyvalence displayed?
• How does she create Synergy?
• How does she act as a Catalyst?
• How does she speak to others?
• Does she make them question their beliefs?

• Rival
• Is she Courageous?
• Is she Deferent?
• How Effective is she?
• How Reliable is she?
• How Reactive is she?
• How Independent is she?
• How does she ensure her Safety during the conflicts?
• How does she Rationalize?
• How does the Character speak?
• How does she interact with people she appreciates?
• How does she interact with people she dislikes?

• Enticer
• How does she inspire others?
• Do they emulate her?
• Is she funny?
• How Humorous is she?
• Which kind of Stories does she relate?
• Does she tell Stories?
• How does she reason the Targets?
• How does she negotiate with them?