I’ve been wondering about this after reading a TON of Deathstroke and Boba Fett related material, but does Halo have any character that is a mercenary or bounty hunter? It would be reasonable for a Spartan to desert and continue in a similar line of work… Would it even be possible Halo? What with all of the government cover ups and not wanting anything to be known outside of the special little circle called ONI I assume it would be hard to work as a rogue Spartan that just goes out to shoot stuff for money. How would you like to see a character that is comparable to Boba Fett or Deathstroke or any other mercenary type, sort of a mysterious neutral party and you never really know if they’re gonna help you are kill you.
When people split from the UNSC, it’s generally because they’re an Innie supporter.
There doesn’t seem to be many neutral people in the universe like Boba Fett or Han Solo, just out to better their own wallets or agendas.
Jackals
Locke’s one of the closer things you could come to - used to be a contracted agent for ONI, emphasis on contracted.
Otherwise yeah, Jackals will work for whoever’s the highest bidder, especially with the collapse of the Covenant.
Human wise, no, we’ve yet to see any characters that do not fight for a cause other than just money.
But the Covenant? Yeah, the Jackal ships like the Minor Transgression, who are more or less just ‘employed’ and supplied by the Covenant than actually being a part of the Empire.
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> Human wise, no, we’ve yet to see any characters that do not fight for a cause other than just money.
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> But the Covenant? Yeah, the Jackal ships like the Minor Transgression, who are more or less just ‘employed’ and supplied by the Covenant than actually being a part of the Empire.
Good point on the Jackals, can’t believe I didn’t remember probably the most obvious example 
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> When people split from the UNSC, it’s generally because they’re an Innie supporter.
> There doesn’t seem to be many neutral people in the universe like Boba Fett or Han Solo, just out to better their own wallets or agendas.
Good point, the only person who’s deserted and not become and Innie was the Spartan II Maria. I think it would be cool to see some character that left the UNSC or maybe even Spartans to become a mercenary.
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> Don’t forget Ayit 'Sevi.
Interesting… I remember that he helped Thorne a lot in Escalations but I didn’t know he was a mercenary. Thorne should totally be his partner. Some epic Sanghelli-Spartan army of two action would be epic.
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> > Human wise, no, we’ve yet to see any characters that do not fight for a cause other than just money.
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> > But the Covenant? Yeah, the Jackal ships like the Minor Transgression, who are more or less just ‘employed’ and supplied by the Covenant than actually being a part of the Empire.
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> > When people split from the UNSC, it’s generally because they’re an Innie supporter.
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> Good point, the only person who’s deserted and not become and Innie was the Spartan II Maria. I think it would be cool to see some character that left the UNSC or maybe even Spartans to become a mercenary.
I thought she had retired
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> > Good point, the only person who’s deserted and not become and Innie was the Spartan II Maria. I think it would be cool to see some character that left the UNSC or maybe even Spartans to become a mercenary.
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She did, at least from the Active Navy. And with regard to Locke being a contractor, ONI actually made him a commissioned officer in the UNSC Navy, so he’s not a freelancer.
Based on the lore there would be tons of mercenaries and private military contractors throughout space. Jackals appearing to be a society based on privateers and are turning into true piracy with the fall of the Covenant. In Halo 5 you fight along side local militia for example throughout Meridian. At this point isn’t it implied all the human colonies without large amounts of UNSC forces are policed by local militias, mercenaries, or indies. I’m assuming ONI would also constantly hire out mercenaries for wetwork where UNSC involvement would be bad; it would be hard to deny UNSC involvement if there was videos of Spartans doing the work.
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> Based on the lore there would be tons of mercenaries and private military contractors throughout space. Jackals appearing to be a society based on privateers and are turning into true piracy with the fall of the Covenant. In Halo 5 you fight along side local militia for example throughout Meridian. At this point isn’t it implied all the human colonies without large amounts of UNSC forces are policed by local militias, mercenaries, or indies. I’m assuming ONI would also constantly hire out mercenaries for wetwork where UNSC involvement would be bad; it would be hard to deny UNSC involvement if there was videos of Spartans doing the work.
Aren’t the troops on meridian corporate security forces? That certainly would fit the mercenary profile.
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Give him some red and black spec-ops armor with two energy swords and you could very well have the sangheili equivalent of Deadpool (minus the whole cancer immortality thing, ich.)
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> Give him some red and black spec-ops armor with two energy swords and you could very well have the sangheili equivalent of Deadpool (minus the whole cancer immortality thing, ich.)
Give him some Spartan Augmentations and he might be able to be!
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> Give him some red and black spec-ops armor with two energy swords and you could very well have the sangheili equivalent of Deadpool (minus the whole cancer immortality thing, ich.)
Oh my God that is the second best thing next to giving him orange and black spec ops armor and an abnormally large energy sword (Deathstroke FTW).
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> > Based on the lore there would be tons of mercenaries and private military contractors throughout space. Jackals appearing to be a society based on privateers and are turning into true piracy with the fall of the Covenant. In Halo 5 you fight along side local militia for example throughout Meridian. At this point isn’t it implied all the human colonies without large amounts of UNSC forces are policed by local militias, mercenaries, or indies. I’m assuming ONI would also constantly hire out mercenaries for wetwork where UNSC involvement would be bad; it would be hard to deny UNSC involvement if there was videos of Spartans doing the work.
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> Aren’t the troops on meridian corporate security forces? That certainly would fit the mercenary profile.
Id consider them more private militia like the Sedra Colonial Guard in Nightfall. I’m speaking specifically of mercenaries and bounty hunters like Locke was before ONI officially recruited him. The main difference between a private military contractor and a mercenary (and YES there are differences in real life) is that technically PMC’s aren’t allowed to participate in combat, or combat that is offensive a bit more specifically. In real life a mercenary is a hired soldier, that is hired to shoot whatever or whoever their employer wants, and their not particularly legal. And ShnuckTuck pointed out something, like Locke, ONI probably would hire other hitmen, mercenaries, bounty hunters, etc to do wetwork or other deniable operations they probably wouldn’t want people finding out about. Now whether a former Spartan would be hired by ONI is a slightly different matter.
> Id consider them more private militia like the Sedra Colonial Guard in Nightfall. I’m speaking specifically of mercenaries and bounty hunters like Locke was before ONI officially recruited him. The main difference between a private military contractor and a mercenary (and YES there are differences in real life) is that technically PMC’s aren’t allowed to participate in combat, or combat that is offensive a bit more specifically. In real life a mercenary is a hired soldier, that is hired to shoot whatever or whoever their employer wants, and their not particularly legal. And ShnuckTuck pointed out something, like Locke, ONI probably would hire other hitmen, mercenaries, bounty hunters, etc to do wetwork or other deniable operations they probably wouldn’t want people finding out about. Now whether a former Spartan would be hired by ONI is a slightly different matter.
I was referring to “Privet Military Companies” rather than individual contractors. So, yes and no, a PMC is 100% a mercenary company by any type of common sense definition, but legally the people who work for them aren’t mercenaries as that term has an international legal connection. Basically it is like the difference between a Bong vs a Water Pipe; they are literally the same thing, but one is legally defined as used for marijuana and thus illegal in most states, likewise a PMC is a paid soldier but mercenary I think legally defines an illegal combatant who is paid. However I think not being an active combatant or only having defensive roles does not dictate the term. The Swiss Guard for example is like the oldest PMC and they’re only contract is an entirely defensive position with the Holy See, yet in most cases they are called a Swiss mercenaries. Just because someone can’t actively hunt down an enemy doesn’t mean they aren’t a paid soldier, it is like saying an MP isn’t a soldier cause they only ever work on a base/half their job is dealing with allied soldiers rather than an enemy. Also what you are referring to is just modern legal frame work…pretty sure if you are on a colony pretty much abandoned by the UNSC your militia or security force can do whatever the hell they want, no? Even if the 2500s human government did still have those laws would they even apply to non-human targets? Like sure Sedra Colonial Guard might get attacked by the UNSC if they attacked other humans but would the same be true if they started engaging in active conflict with an alien race?
I mean if we really want to get into wording than Jackals aren’t mercenaries they are privateers, now becoming true pirates as their contract with an empire/the empire itself ends.
Sidenote: thinking back does anyone else think the Honor Guard Elites in Halo 2 were straight up Swiss Guard Aliens?
I’d think it worth-mentioning that certain Insurrectionist/Separatists were majorly-unaligned.
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> > Id consider them more private militia like the Sedra Colonial Guard in Nightfall. I’m speaking specifically of mercenaries and bounty hunters like Locke was before ONI officially recruited him. The main difference between a private military contractor and a mercenary (and YES there are differences in real life) is that technically PMC’s aren’t allowed to participate in combat, or combat that is offensive a bit more specifically. In real life a mercenary is a hired soldier, that is hired to shoot whatever or whoever their employer wants, and their not particularly legal. And ShnuckTuck pointed out something, like Locke, ONI probably would hire other hitmen, mercenaries, bounty hunters, etc to do wetwork or other deniable operations they probably wouldn’t want people finding out about. Now whether a former Spartan would be hired by ONI is a slightly different matter.
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> I was referring to “Privet Military Companies” rather than individual contractors. So, yes and no, a PMC is 100% a mercenary company by any type of common sense definition, but legally the people who work for them aren’t mercenaries as that term has an international legal connection. Basically it is like the difference between a Bong vs a Water Pipe; they are literally the same thing, but one is legally defined as used for marijuana and thus illegal in most states, likewise a PMC is a paid soldier but mercenary I think legally defines an illegal combatant who is paid. However I think not being an active combatant or only having defensive roles does not dictate the term. The Swiss Guard for example is like the oldest PMC and they’re only contract is an entirely defensive position with the Holy See, yet in most cases they are called a Swiss mercenaries. Just because someone can’t actively hunt down an enemy doesn’t mean they aren’t a paid soldier, it is like saying an MP isn’t a soldier cause they only ever work on a base/half their job is dealing with allied soldiers rather than an enemy. Also what you are referring to is just modern legal frame work…pretty sure if you are on a colony pretty much abandoned by the UNSC your militia or security force can do whatever the hell they want, no? Even if the 2500s human government did still have those laws would they even apply to non-human targets? Like sure Sedra Colonial Guard might get attacked by the UNSC if they attacked other humans but would the same be true if they started engaging in active conflict with an alien race?
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> Sidenote: thinking back does anyone else think the Honor Guard Elites in Halo 2 were straight up Swiss Guard Aliens?
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Ok that is a better explanation. I agree with your statements about PMC vs mercenary there really is no difference. I’m not sure of mercenary now is the right term, hitman or bounty hunter comes to mind more with what I am imagining. And come on I can’t be the only one that thinks Halo needs its own badass neutral antagonist like Boba Fett? And that Ayit Sevi guy seems cool.
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> Oh my God that is the second best thing next to giving him orange and black spec ops armor and an abnormally large energy sword (Deathstroke FTW).
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> Id consider them more private militia like the Sedra Colonial Guard in Nightfall. I’m speaking specifically of mercenaries and bounty hunters like Locke was before ONI officially recruited him. The main difference between a private military contractor and a mercenary (and YES there are differences in real life) is that technically PMC’s aren’t allowed to participate in combat, or combat that is offensive a bit more specifically. In real life a mercenary is a hired soldier, that is hired to shoot whatever or whoever their employer wants, and their not particularly legal. And ShnuckTuck pointed out something, like Locke, ONI probably would hire other hitmen, mercenaries, bounty hunters, etc to do wetwork or other deniable operations they probably wouldn’t want people finding out about. Now whether a former Spartan would be hired by ONI is a slightly different matter.
So more like an independent contractor then.
And on the topic of the Sedrian Guard, I always thought that they were more like a National Guard type force, where as Corporate security definitely can fill the PMC niche.
I love your point about the legality of PMCs. UEG would probably have similar laws, so it would be curious what the legal status of Corporate Security Forces are.