Len

CONTRACT

HIRING COST : $28,000
EQUIPMENT COSTS : $7,845
TOTAL COSTS : $35,485

STARTING GEAR

Gear	Image
M4 Carbine assault rifle
5.56x45mm NATO x30
Syringe
Flak jacket
Uniform
Kevlar pants
Military boots

ATTRIBUTES

SKILLS

TRAITS

Team player: Morale rises when working in a full squad

Machine guns: Skilled at using machine guns

Strengths/Weaknesses

Len is a jack-of-all-trades/master-of-none sort of merc. He's a solid shooter with a decent stealth rating and middling stats in mechanical, explosives, and medical.

His machine gun trait and team player trait are two of the most common you'll see in the game. There's really nothing remarkable about Len, though he'll help fill out any squad as a dependable combat-oriented merc.

Tactics

Replace Len's starting assault rifle with a machine gun to take advantage of the trait bonus. Every little bit helps.

Over time, Len could easily develop into more of a "one man army" role, but starting out he's best suited for adding another gun to your squad's front lines.

Long-Term Play

You could really choose to take any route with Len and make it work. Sure, turning him into a medic will take more time than tuning him to be more of a stealthy shooter, but Len's greatest strength starting out is his (admittedly limited) ability to pick up and make use of many of the game's support tools.

If you like the idea of cultivating him as a one-man army, split your points evenly among medical, explosives, and mechanical until each one is roughly on the level with marksmanship/stealth.

From there, it's really player's choice as to what gets boosted next. Note, however, that it is inadvisable to send out a single merc on most missions, no matter how high his or her stats might be.

The enemy's main advantage in this game is superior numbers, meaning that even the most capable soldier-for-hire will inevitably be overwhelmed.