Life Outside the Marines

[Karmac]

On a scale of 1 to 10 how well do you personally believe your character could reintegrate themselves to society if they were ever discharged or retired from the USCM?

My character would either go completely bonkers in a week or die from drug abuse. I've done a lot of shit as Garth and normal people would probably refer to him using the terms "mentally unhinged" or "psycopath" when told about some of his actions and personal habits so I seriously doubt he'd be able to maintain an actual social life outside of talking with gun hobbyists and the like.

[Kerek]

Uh, 3, Ryan would probably get thrown into Prison. I fight with him too much, and hes prone to drug use at times. Honestly, he'll probably get thrown into a USCMC Prison before then.

[Surrealistik]

7

Sur looks like an absolute psycho, but isn't in actuality; so long as he could find a research institute/lab that didn't mind his appearance and recreational drug use during off hours (WY) he'd probably be more than fine assuming no deaths via illegal Xenu experimentation.

[Cpkeyes]

Tabatha (6) is diagonsed with PTSD, opens a business that eventually fails after two years, spends the most of her life dealing with PTSD and the fact her family just kinda....doesn't support her. Becomes a glorified mail man and generally spends most of her life sneaking healing for the horrors she saw. Maynard Santos (5?) has like five kids and becomes the USCM variant of Commandant of the Marine Corp. Gereon Aurel (7) fixes shit in space stations. Lauyrn Cody(10) opens a surgeon practice in Earth. Gaston Bradford (8) joins the CIA and Michael (10) becomes a professor.

[Shyguychizzy]

My poor old Balto would do what his original roots....wind up some bartender, bar-tending in a piratey chant. "Aye, will it be a shot o'h Whiskey for yah BIll?" Bill: "I'd like a glass of your finest blue milk, sir." Probably would wind up a drinker or serving other retirees realizing how could of been a space buccaneer or wind up starting up as a space pirate captain. Probably be single, still muttering words and yelling at men in suits recalling them as "Yah Damn suit" or "Yah dirty suit dog!" (reference to dislikes to liaison).

[Stripetail]

Joshua would likely go to manage a warehouse, it's honest work that keeps you in shape.

[Snypehunter007]

Cameron, Kam, and Kameron would probably go into business together of some sort.

As a group, I'd say they would rank a 7.

Individually:
Cameron = 8
Kam = 6
Kameron = 5

[Skimmy2]

By reintegrate into society, do you count being unemployed?
Because Steve's gonna be a solid 1-10 unemployed man who develops untold debt and just wants to play video games in his life.
He hasint experienced nearly enough fucked up shit that wouldnt leave him any more up at night then life's anxiety. Take your pick how well he would do.

Chroma probably be a 8-9, becoming a freighter pilot for Weyland Yutani though taking up a light side of drinking.

[Pictish20]

For Cavalet, I would say that it is really a toss-up. For most marine roles, he's probably leaving the Marines in a casket, whereas CL Cavalet is going to be assassinated by W-Y for knowing too much about project XX121, with all honesty. For Command staff, it depends highly on how they happen to be characterized that particular round. For instance, in my current (as of 10/17/17) commander whitelist application, I gave two different commanders, one "bad", and one "good". For the bad one, he'd likely reintegrate quite well, after all he has a nice, cushy desk job awaiting him. For the good Commander, on the other hand, my prediction for the Marines applies, methinks. I know this is not on a 1-10 point scale, but I'd rather not arbitrarily assign a number to it, the numbers themselves being unquantifiable.

[Marcus Jackson]

As dark as it sounds, Marcus would probably shoot himself when they try to discharge him. He's been in since he was 18, and not only that, personally murdered his brother-in-law with his bare hands at a Christmas party... he's got no other outstanding skills not related to being a war-machine, aside from snide comments about people he doesn't like (which is everyone), wild bouts of sarcasm, and mildly inspiring speeches that usually don't end so well.

0% integration achieved!

Achievement Unlocked: "Bang For Your Buck/Down With The Ship"; Manage to survive some of the worst experiences in a single human life, and then kill yourself when the crushing weight of your own despair is thrust upon you in the form of discharge papers.

[Karmac]

man I didn't think this would get so real

kinda cool but also kinda akward

cool

[contactdenied]

If Phillip actually manages to survive the first encounter with the xenos, I bet he'd try joining either a W-Y PMC group with the information he already has or a Freelancer group. He'd still have night terrors of his friends getting torn apart in front of him, or of a larva bursting out of the person next to him, but he'd manage. Probably a 7.

[Cry of Wolves]

Given that Sif is an extension of myself with other personalities injected into him, He would go home to his boy friend and try to live a normal life.

And wake up every night to the fear of having a larva bursting out of him or reliving watching his comrades get torn apart limb from limb til he hears their last breath.

"It's not the noises that keep me up at night. It's the silence."

I give it a 7/10 if he gets therapy.

[Heckenshutze]

8/10 , after surviving the 'First Encounter' he would feel he made something in his life and would feel satisfied with his desire for adventure, action and doing something worthy of telling. He would become a family man with nightmares and bad memories.

In the end, he would become an angry old man that feels the new generation are a bunch of weak, skinny, dumbasses who got zero idea of the danger the human race faces.

[BobaFett07]

(Marine)6/10 Ezekiel would have lost his innocence though, he is quite naive, he would be quiet and alone at all times, be an isolationist , who barely ever leaves his home, most likely suffering from PTSD.
(PO)9/10 He would work for Weyland Yutani as he used to, just transporting cargo or PMCs. Overall It would be easy for him to reintegrate, he has not seem the death of his friends as he has not made any, he would be a grunt though, not very social and would always look mad or depressed, he would most likely be fine with others coming into his home, but deep down he would be holding himself to not throw them out of a window

[solidfury7]

William Crimson as a Commander would likely go on to work as a humanitarian, focusing in defusing conflicts with the UPP or CLF. His position of power likely projecting him towards a rather cushy job 9/10

Crimson as a SL would likely go on to create a PMC/Freelancer team (Crimsons Crusaders, thanks Chen), concentrating on dealing with the slavers and pirates of the systems in between contracts. He would likely have a very jaded view on corporations and those bigger militaries in the system.
7/10

[MrJJJ]

We all know its going to be 1/10 for everyone because everybody is a baldie inside, awaiting to be unleashed. (Expect me, 0/10 lol, i am even more baldie inside, seriously if anyone seen Alexeiy Wolf, if ever considering the timezones we live in, the guy isin't exactly the definition of a man who can live without conflict)

**I need a dossier...**

[Tidomann]

10- Anderson Laborde would reintegrate fine, but he'd still be an incompetent fuckwit

[taketheshot56]

10/10 successful integration, wife makes six figures on Earth, steady government job, Patton goes home to work in the private sector, enjoy family life, have night terrors of space Nam.

[Kiroking]

For Malcolm it would be a 4 or 3, though hes a marine to his core and a lifer far more likely to die in some last ditch defense, assault or from a weyland assassin. But if he were to be discharged best case scenario he finds whats left of his family and become a Drill instructor at Paris island, worst case he starts to crack and seeks the way to his end or a new war to fight, probably by going all out punisher on the gangs of New York.

For the Rarely seen Fema Ditashki 8 as she would leave the marines using her medical merits and any program to pursue her doctorate, before going back to Alaska, some new ice colony or maybe staying on ships as a doctor.

[Sargeantmuffinman]

1 - I can't go back to society, the war has changed me too much. I'm not built for the life of a civilian.
The things I've done, wars I've fought, countless bodies piling up. Soldiers of all kinds dying. Friends into bodies, the bullets flying all around me.

There's too much of them man, they're everywhere! In the trees, buildings, toilets and even under your beds.

I can't go to sleep knowing someone out there has a bullet with my name on it. Gotta keep up, gotta stay focused. I can't stop now. Not when I have lives to save.

PTSD intensifies.

[SolarMacharius]

Lukas would be a solid 8/10. After the conflict he would most likely get promoted to command of his own vessel/fleet and would continue to serve until the USCM discharged him for old age. I imagine the first time he gets home on leave he would have nightmares and would mostly likely start concealing a variety of high caliber weapons with armor piercing rounds around the house in strong boxes (so the kids don't get into them). He would probably check every vent, tunnel, and small space for xenos for the rest of his life, and would probably suffer from the occasional nightmare (as well as never being able to look at crabs or spiders the same way again). He would have a bunch of kids with his wife and most likely spend way more time with his family.

Yasmin would be a 6 out of 10. Yasmin is far different from Lukas. She hasn't been in the Corp as long and hasn't seen nearly as many battles, so she would deal with it much worse. Seeing as she signed up to prove something to the world, and to take a break from acting, she would be heavily traumatized by nearly being killed by acid blooded killing machines. She would have night terrors of them trying to claw down her door and would never trust an autopilot again (because of the shuttle crashing into the ship). She would most likely have a very high profile and public meltdown when she returns to the movie industry, basically ending up on tabloids and trashy reality shows for a while. I imagine with counseling, hard work, and meeting with fellow veterans of LV-624/Solaris Ridge/Shivas Snowball she would eventually recover and go on to repair her image, settle down and end up having a family.

[Renomaki]

I dunno about Weenie...

Reno the Weenie joined the marines to escape a life of misery and poverty, working his way up to become a loyal grunt to the USCM. But even then, he (in canon) is made fun of by his fellow marines for being a, well, weenie. He isn't particularly strong or badass or anything like that. Hell, he is a 40 year old virgin who happens to be bald and taking orders from people younger than him. Such abuse and a desire to not be a loser in life no doubt will drive him to do foolish things in an attempt to make something of himself, such as pointless acts of heroics where none is needed, or doing insane things to protect and support his fellow marines that no doubt get him hurt, all in some attempt to earn some respect from his comrades and feel a sense of accomplishment that he so rarely enjoys since he left college.

At best, he somehow survives all that, only to find himself living a humbled, even unfulfilling life working at some dead-end job (considering his 8 years of experience in sanitation, he'd probably end up working with mop and bucket again like he did before), eager to tell his war stories to whoever might be slightest interested in a passive form of bragging. He'd look back at his marine days as the highlight of his life, back at a time where he felt he had a purpose greater than being the guy who cleans up after everyone. Sure, they weren't FUN persay, but at least he gets to well up with pride knowing that he had the honor of serving his Mother Earth protecting her colonies and fighting bad guys for a living. Surviving such a career would be his greatest accomplishment, one he would never top again as he grew old, alone, and evermore depressed.

At worse, he does something a bit too heroic and gets his ass killed senselessly.

[HR171]

Archie would probably become a Wey-Yu Freighter Captain or pilot. However, his traumatic experiences and seeing the death of his brothers in arms would leave him a heartless and brutal man who would be recruited by Wey-yu to work as an assasin or mercenary or he would contact his brother, David, and start working for his smuggling network or as a get-away pilot and gun for hire.
So, a 7 or 8 out of 10

[NenMaster]

Maybe around a 6 or 7. Malleck would probably end up taking some construction or chef job if he was ever to leave/retire. Though occasionally having flackbacks to previous missions. (E.G one were he lost his arm).