I'm glad you like it :)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=337321.msg16023984#msg16023984">Quote from: Pumpkin Seeds on 06-11-2021, 05:28:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Sounds good. Could say that maybe the leader that was assassinated was grooming her to be his/her replacement.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I wouldn't say she was groomed to be the leader's replacement - I imagine she didn't spend enough time there to make such an impression. The company wasn't some sort of mighty legion, but it was definitely bigger than one squad. Big enough to conduct assignments at multiple locations at the same time. So, from the leadership's point of view, my character was mostly another fresh recruit... although one with potential. She was smart, so she was a prospective officer material.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Maybe he was a bit of an idealist and after his death, maybe the group sort of split or something. Could bring in a big bad later that was part of the group but maybe was jealous of your character's received attention or perhaps had ideas of where the group should go.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I imagine most of the company's leaders were idealists and they tried to instill that idealism into the whole organization. Of course, not everyone fully agreed with it. So, when the leader was assassinated, when teams started getting ambushed and even financial pressure was applied against the company... eventually, the whole organization fractured. Some troopers just quit altogether, some got bought and switched sides. Of course, some got killed. So, in the end, the company collapsed.<br/><br/>Anyway, yeah - you could always bring in a former member who now works for some shady people... maybe the people who destroyed the company, even. I wouldn't say such a character would feel jealousy toward mine (as I mentioned, I don't think she was getting any special treatment or was being groomed for any special role) - but my character could definitely feel resentment toward that character. For selling out etc.<br/><br/>BTW. I was thinking on what organization might've been behind the company's destruction and I'm leaning toward some ruthless corporation. I can imagine the company getting on the corporation's bad side by refusing to, say, beat up the workers protesting poor wages etc. So, the corporation started pulling strings to dismantle the company - especially after they heard that *the workers* might hire the company to protect them...