" Well, it's because we can help weaken them. Every one of us they have to waste their time killing, that's another strike that you Exalted can get in against them. Buys time. And hey, I'm going to die eventually, might as well be to protect your lives." He smiles. The soldiers armor has apparently been stored already in their cabins, so currently, he stands in fairly regular garb, the only indication of his status the scars he bears across any exposed skin.