Which sign would be a Mercenary?

I actually like the profession of private security. I was thinking on the lines of Scorpio and Aquarius, and a few Earth signs. What do you think?

Cardinal Signs

Posted by VivaciousScorpio
Capricorn (Following dat money son)

Aries (New challenges everytime)

Gemini (The excitement of having so many identities.... plus they'd have no problem about backstabbing for more money)

Haha. I like money but my ideas and loyalties tend to swing. I think I would honestly be caught between servicing my country and servicing my self by servicing others.

pissed off libra

Posted by libra08
pissed off libra

Mmmmmm, maybe. Knowing some of my Libro friends (my term for Libra men) I don't think they would do it. Sure, join the U.S military, but stooping to PMCs? I don't think they would.

Frederick Russell Burnham - Taurus
Claire Lee Chennault - Leo
Carl Gustaf von Rosen - Cancer
Mike Hoare - Pisces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Long_% 28filibuster% 29">James Long - Aquarius
Neall Ellis - ... no date of birth, but he has facebook 😉
William Walker - Sagittarius
Bob Denard - Pisces

Then again, these are just some of the most famous ones. Your regular mercenary is invisible and is not someone you will run into on a day to day basis. So a Cap or Aquarius could have the right attitude but maybe you see them more often in the more organized forms of war.

Posted by TigerCap
Frederick Russell Burnham - Taurus
Claire Lee Chennault - Leo
Carl Gustaf von Rosen - Cancer
Mike Hoare - Pisces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Long_% 28filibuster% 29">James Long - Aquarius
Neall Ellis - ... no date of birth, but he has facebook 😉
William Walker - Sagittarius
Bob Denard - Pisces

Then again, these are just some of the most famous ones. Your regular mercenary is invisible and is not someone you will run into on a day to day basis. So a Cap or Aquarius could have the right attitude but maybe you see them more often in the more organized forms of war.

Good point. I likes it.

Posted by TigerCap
Frederick Russell Burnham - Taurus
Claire Lee Chennault - Leo
Carl Gustaf von Rosen - Cancer
Mike Hoare - Pisces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Long_% 28filibuster% 29">James Long - Aquarius
Neall Ellis - ... no date of birth, but he has facebook 😉
William Walker - Sagittarius
Bob Denard - Pisces

Then again, these are just some of the most famous ones. Your regular mercenary is invisible and is not someone you will run into on a day to day basis. So a Cap or Aquarius could have the right attitude but maybe you see them more often in the more organized forms of war.

Well I can see your point with Caps and organized forms of warfare. Because I do happen to know a Cap who's in the Army and I asked him about PMCs and Mercenaries and the such. He said he didn't like them, but the Military (including every branch) can't live without out them. He said they could try, but it would just make most soldiers cannon fodder when it comes to security, and it could potentially bankrupt the military. I do like his insight though. He's planning on retiring 30 years. Considering he's eligible for retirement after 20 years.

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Posted by everevolvingepithet
They'd have to be really pissed off imo, although I think for a Libra it would cause a conflict in some ways as the price/reason put on one would be equally relevant if it was put on them, theoretically at least?

I think if a Libra no longer believed the world could be fair, they could justify anything.

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Hahahaha, are they crazy? The world was never fair to begin with. It's called life, you have to make the best out of it.

Posted by TigerCap
Frederick Russell Burnham - Taurus
Claire Lee Chennault - Leo
Carl Gustaf von Rosen - Cancer
Mike Hoare - Pisces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Long_% 28filibuster% 29">James Long - Aquarius
Neall Ellis - ... no date of birth, but he has facebook 😉
William Walker - Sagittarius
Bob Denard - Pisces

Then again, these are just some of the most famous ones. Your regular mercenary is invisible and is not someone you will run into on a day to day basis. So a Cap or Aquarius could have the right attitude but maybe you see them more often in the more organized forms of war.

But the question is, why would they stick to organized forms of war instead of fighting for their personal interests? I like money, but then again if I were there I would rather see combat and get paid to fight. Not for a job to become a routine.

Posted by Rabbit
Capricorn or Aqua.

I think they are both capable of the necessary moral compromises that need to be made.

Scorpio....meh. Maybe. I see us as being better information gatherers and infiltrators.

Gemini would make great snoops as well.

AGREE ON ALL POINTS!

Posted by CluelessCancer
sociopaths

LOL! Good answer 🙂

Posted by SpiceNSugar

Posted by Rabbit
Capricorn or Aqua.

I think they are both capable of the necessary moral compromises that need to be made.

Scorpio....meh. Maybe. I see us as being better information gatherers and infiltrators.

Gemini would make great snoops as well.

AGREE ON ALL POINTS!

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I think Virgo would also be pretty capable as well.

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Posted by tiziani

Posted by everevolvingepithet
They'd have to be really pissed off imo, although I think for a Libra it would cause a conflict in some ways as the price/reason put on one would be equally relevant if it was put on them, theoretically at least?

I think if a Libra no longer believed the world could be fair, they could justify anything.

Hahahaha, are they crazy? The world was never fair to begin with. It's called life, you have to make the best out of it.

Life is very fair, that's what's the hardest for anyone to admit.

*puts TOK hat on* Justify your way of knowing that.

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Life is unfair because you can't get what you want out of it (only you have to put the effort in) it throws situations at you (which you can either avoid or get caught up in a shitstorm) and I kinda think life is fair by being unfair. We didn't have to be born into life but it chose to let us. It's fair to let us live, but unfair to not get what we want. And that's just the way I like it.

Posted by tiziani
Life is incredibly brutal in how simple it is... but people come up with distractions to avoid that truth.

Right, the point I was trying make.

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Posted by TigerCap
Frederick Russell Burnham - Taurus
Claire Lee Chennault - Leo
Carl Gustaf von Rosen - Cancer
Mike Hoare - Pisces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Long_% 28filibuster% 29">James Long - Aquarius
Neall Ellis - ... no date of birth, but he has facebook 😉
William Walker - Sagittarius
Bob Denard - Pisces

Then again, these are just some of the most famous ones. Your regular mercenary is invisible and is not someone you will run into on a day to day basis. So a Cap or Aquarius could have the right attitude but maybe you see them more often in the more organized forms of war.

But the question is, why would they stick to organized forms of war instead of fighting for their personal interests? I like money, but then again if I were there I would rather see combat and get paid to fight. Not for a job to become a routine.

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If we go with some stereotypes for both signs... power and influence to change something. They are both signs that will work for a family or an idea that they choose. But their motivation is external.

Are the signs of the examples perhaps more internally motivated? Like they do it "for themselves", "for the heck of it" or "shits and giggles".

Virgo.

Posted by everevolvingepithet
Ah cool, I don't really have a favoured gender when it comes to those sort of roles so long as the right people go down lol

You're the spitfire, today 🙂


What's shaking with the Leebs?

Terribly straightforward all of a sudden, but I like it.

Virgo w/Scorpio moon
OR
Scorpio w/Virgo moon