(Originally Posted Friday 7-6-18)
The first thing that caught my eye on this was the guy’s ATV. Like it was his. As in it was issued to him. And he looks all geared up ready to deploy.
But where to? And why?
The huge plane in the background is the next focus.
Suppose it just landed somewhere in Africa or similar hotzone of contested resources. I’m going to go with a mercenary force (shocking I know) they’re unloading the plane and there’s at least two dozen of these guys all fully equipped and with ATVs plus other stuff as needed.
They’re heading out to secure a village and the terrain is such that they need to travel by ATVs. They’re not parachuting in because they need to stay mobile and be able to respond quickly to threats.
Maybe the village is connected to another village or important territory and they need to be able to get back and forth quickly.
The next question is who to use for this mission. This is an easy kind of job for The Racines. They do this all the time. they have the personal and resources to pull it off. But for this one, I’m thinking of using Grey Talon Security (GTS).
GTS is one of the best/largest security companies in the world and this is the kind of job/mission that would help demonstrate the kind of power they weld as a private company. Also, to compare, GTS is bigger than The Racines.
Now the remaining questions are,
What exactly are they doing there? Why do they need to show such a strength of force? And would they be considered the good guys in this assignment or are they bad guys?
GTS is viewed publicly as one of the good guys. A great American company. But they’ve done a lot of things off the books and in the shadows that would make some question just how good they really are.
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