Jan 08, 2022
Thanks for reading!
I guess I never really considered how large of a showing TOAL would have. For the most part, Gus is worried about what kind of a force made Artyom lose his connection back home, so his goal is to discreetly deploy their elite strike teams rather than large masses of foot soldiers.
I was thinking that despite being around for so long, they've only found so many Earthers who are willing to join up as a soldier instead of retire wherever they found them, or join them as a researcher or civilian, that their armies are mostly groups of well-trained elites rather than a traditional army. Of course, they still have soldiers like that, however.
And yeah, for the most part, there could be a lot more fleshing out of the army. For now, I hoped to just introduce a few characters, create a general vibe, and leave the rest as something that can be talked more about in a future book.
I'm open to taking any suggestions you have on how I can flesh out the army side of things better! :)