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Originally Posted by (E)
. . . Question 47
After getting paid, what do mercenaries do with their money?
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The dumb answer is spend it. Why invest for the future when you're in a high-fatality profession?
More to the point in a world with bionics upgrading yourself might well improve your life expectancy. Both defensive (better underskin armor, spare heart & lungs, improved coagulation to minimize blood loss, perhaps powdered blood substitute, etc.) and offensive (hidden weapons, better senses, etc.)
And, to a professional soldier, such expenses are likely to be tax-deductible.
Wine, pleasure, & song are also traditional & I don't think this will change in 500 years.
Family expenses will be an exception to the "investment is futile" concept. Perhaps a merc is fighting to get a child a better education or other life-improving item -- buying his/her way into a higher social class, for example. Or -- to buy a farm. (Keep up those insurance premiums, soldier!)