Philosophy and morality aside, my point was that there's a stark difference between the continual conciousness of the download method versus serial reincarnation in the clone method, one that would have a huge effect on the morale of the troops.
And well... isn't that the entire point of the game..? Trying to humanise the concept too much for an RP will kill it stone dead. Getting too heavy on the details is what fucks a soldier's mind up; unless we're going for a PTSD themed RP, its kind of a moot point.