Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-142.51.108.254-20150922190330/@comment-67.204.217.101-20160818172649

Hey!

So after reading the book (I'm anon 142.51.122.218) I realized that Wash isn't a sociopath, the book just basically says that he is a WASH-out of the military after beating his CO to a pulp. Which supported my earlier theory of PF having had to use less than satisfactory soldiers to bolster their project's ranks. Considering the way Price went through the interview it was clear that this was the sales pitch given to a large portion of the freelancers ("this is your last chance to actually do something good with yourself, don't let a dishonorable discharge be your legacy, you have much more potential than you actually know"). This also got me thinking about ways those soldiers could have been discharged or sent to PF as "problem" soldiers.

North is always looking out for South, failing a mission objective to cover her and well, taking minigun rounds to the chest for her. Given South's... explosive... temper, and difficulty following orders, she could easily have snapped on a CO and, when a conflict ensued, North came to her rescue and they got dishonorably discharged or were pending trial for one when Price arrived.

Can you imagine Wyoming in a genuine war zone? As soon as the bullets started to fly he just hid behind cover and started disobeying orders to protect himself. While he is a sniper, snipers do get engaged in active combat situations at times and you know Wyoming would abandon his squad to look out for #1.

Maine has already been elaborated on as a failed SPARTAN-II who's mental instability made him unsuitable as a soldier (fan theory, not actually in the series).

Carolina abandonned a mission for a personal vendetta, competition and glory seeking is what she looked to get out of the military, and that makes her unsuitable for following mission objectives. She views herself as a team of one and no one in their right mind would put her in a position of power.

York's infiltration skills are pretty self-explanatory.

Florida was a genuine hippy... IN THE MILITARY! I don't know about you but that constitutes a conflict of interest and he probably got picked up by PF shortly thereafter.

Wish I could make another post about the psyche of characters, but all the major ones were covered and any extra characters haven't been given enough screen time to speculate