Uh, I have a couple questions, actually.

1. Will there be minions? Like, non-mercenary soldiers running about, being general cannon-fodder?

2. Death. If a character dies, are they dead for good? Or will they...respawn somehow? Like a class in TF2 or something. Or will they be dead for the rest of the battle?

3. Would that make it recommended to have backup characters? Because that CS was easy and painless to work with, no fluff involved there.