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?

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