So sorry to get back so late on this. My ability to get in the forums has been extremely limited due to the user limit, and yesterday every response I wrote kept disappearing.
1) I intend to wrap this puppy up this weekend. I've been cranking on it every day (yes, I have a full time job). Almost finished.
2) The "six samples" indicated is actually meant to refer to mercenary companies. There's ten in total: 6 historical/fantasy companies, 2 modern/pulp companies, 2 futuristic companies. This matches the book's eras: historical, modern, and futuristic.
3) For the record, if any flaming happened it wasn't by me either.
4) This is not AEG's mercenaries. But they're going to be sitting next to each other on the shelf I bet. >