Near Future Character Oriented(With maybe combat oriented when we get into those situations) XCOM HQ And for your two recent posts - The above, plus soldiers who are good on paper. So even top recruits and freshly graduated officers could be drafted. Furthermore, soldiers recommended one way or another (even if they are not necessarily the best of the best). (I think this is the best compromise) - Player gets to act, but cannot decide the results. Aliens will act, and players cannot decide the results. (This is to follow in the spirit of Xcom, in which players must take what they are given, and suffer the pain of anxiety as they wait for aliens to appear in the horizon and fire a barrage of plasma at them. Especially in Iron-man mode)