"Pretty much," Wash agrees, not noticing anything wrong with York's assertion. They'd killed enough people already, what were a few more? "Most of the mercs are being paid or being promised other things," he says, chewing pensively on his lip. "Freedom, having a record expunged. A lot of them are ex-UNSC." And Charon had promised them a life when they couldn't adjust to being a civilian anymore. "But there's plenty are employed directly for Charon."