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<blockquote data-quote="The-Magic-Sword" data-source="post: 9497503" data-attributes="member: 6801252">I think the distinction between them really is here: In that the GM is seeing the mercenary ethos as anti-narrative, a fully gamist conceit, where the player is seeing the mercenary ethos as copacetic with the game's narrative about mercenary types. But for Edge of the Empire, I think P might actually be kind of right, its a game about navigating the Star Wars underworld-- which is famously full of weirdoes pulling off heists and other shady shenanigans to make money; and spending it on fast ships, exotic weapons, and so forth. Taking the cybernetics and selling them for cash feels like something that would absolutely happen on say, The Mandalorian, probably with someone glancing at the corpses and then a cutaway to some Watto type handing Din money. Like even compare the Publisher Summary for Edge to the one for Age:andNot only are both games telegraphing simulation-content, but Edge seems like it'd be pretty cool with stripping corpses of their cybernetics for money and looking for a big job to make bank and get upgrades, nor does it have the copy Age of Rebellion has on being heroic and self-sacrificing, it even wants morality to be gray.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The-Magic-Sword, post: 9497503, member: 6801252"] I think the distinction between them really is here: In that the GM is seeing the mercenary ethos as anti-narrative, a fully gamist conceit, where the player is seeing the mercenary ethos as copacetic with the game's narrative about mercenary types. But for Edge of the Empire, I think [B]P[/B] might actually be kind of right, its a game about navigating the Star Wars underworld-- which is famously full of weirdoes pulling off heists and other shady shenanigans to make money; and spending it on fast ships, exotic weapons, and so forth. Taking the cybernetics and selling them for cash feels like something that would absolutely happen on say, [I]The Mandalorian, [/I]probably with someone glancing at the corpses and then a cutaway to some Watto type handing Din money. Like even compare the Publisher Summary for Edge to the one for Age: and Not only are both games telegraphing simulation-content, but Edge seems like it'd be pretty cool with stripping corpses of their cybernetics for money and looking for a big job to make bank and get upgrades, nor does it have the copy Age of Rebellion has on being heroic and self-sacrificing, it even wants morality to be gray. [/QUOTE]

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