[@Red Alice]

you mention in the initial post allying a weak char with a faction that gives them upgrades, is it possible to take this a bit further and combined 2 factions together in a similar manner? My idea was to combined the Allies from red alert with over-watch, mainly to add more hero chars to the former and a supporting military force to the latter. They have the same slightly kooky future tech style going on so I think they mesh pretty well.