Would you rather be a Mercenary or a Soldier?

If you have to pick. (For those who don't know, PMC's exist and those who work for it are mercenaries. Executive Operations is an example)

So would you rather fight for money or fight for your country?

I'd rather be a diplomat of peace!

A mercenary solider in Southeast Asian (Burma).

Merc ftw :P

"Private" things are always more luxurious.

Mercenary don't always get paid much, and historically they've been awfully expendable.

If you want someone dead, you better pay up... :twisted:

Or I KILL YOU!

If i had to choose, which i did, it would be neither.

I would fight for my family, and friends in which case i would call myself part of the Resistance (resist the enemy from entering my life)

Countries are invisible borders which are not worth the blood of men/women/children, the people close to me are my blood.

Mercenary don't always get paid much, and historically they've been awfully expendable.

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I guess I would rather be a soldier but not for my country but for myself.

Mercenary don't always get paid much, and historically they've been awfully expendable.

duxup

Isn't it the same? You're fighting for the interests of other people.dont-read-this

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Mercenary don't always get paid much, and historically they've been awfully expendable.

theunloved

Passage describing Machiavelli's view of mercenaries. If you don't know who he is read "The Prince".

It's fantastic. "The basic problem of mercenaries is that they are loyal to the wage and not the prince, and a wage is insufficient motivation for a man to sacrifice his life. This problem is even more stark when one contemplates the mercenary captain. If he is a capable man, he may aspire to prince-hood and take the prince's own nation by force. If he is not capable, then he will bring about that nation's ruin through his own incompetence"

The merc, soldier of fortune, always had that appeal to it. Whether it's freelance or working for a PMC (though some would argue contractors and mercs are entirely different), there is more freedom than being a soldier, though in saying that, I'm sure real life mercenaries have a way of life different to what's shown in movies in games. Still, I would rather be a merc any day than a solider.

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Mercenary don't always get paid much, and historically they've been awfully expendable.

theunloved

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Now named XE.

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Now named XE.

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Now named XE.

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Mercenary don't always get paid much, and historically they've been awfully expendable.

duxup

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[QUOTE="RedWolves_"][QUOTE="October_Tide"]Now named XE.SpidersRMe

Should have named it Clearwater... or Peacewater. (Peacewater makers me excited for MGS: Peacewalker).RedWolves_

I dunno, why water? "Blackwater" sounds like some kind of... I dunno, like some kind of bad **** that wipes out coastal villages.

[QUOTE="RedWolves_"]Should have named it Clearwater... or Peacewater. (Peacewater makers me excited for MGS: Peacewalker).SpidersRMe

I dunno, why water? "Blackwater" sounds like some kind of... I dunno, like some kind of bad **** that wipes out coastal villages.

[QUOTE="RedWolves_"]Should have named it Clearwater... or Peacewater. (Peacewater makers me excited for MGS: Peacewalker).SpidersRMe

I dunno, why water? "Blackwater" sounds like some kind of... I dunno, like some kind of bad **** that wipes out coastal villages.

It seems very little here are patriotic. O.o Or we got some greedy *** in here. :PLopur94

Both. I'd retire from being a soldier, to make more money as a merc.

Rather be asoldier. At least to have a sense of belonging.

Id be a Merc. Better Pay, no "Rules of Enagagement" crap, less restrictions (Appearance, etc), and better equipment. Usually, the members are ex-military as well.