this is excellent and very well-compiled info, ty! sorry for the delayed response; i wanted to get my thoughts and ducks in order before trying to tackle what direction i might want to take this.

at the moment, i'm most interested in her beginning her own group. octavia isn't above using the blue glow in her chest to achieve progress with that if it inspires them to follow her, so she'd be trying to gain clout via that perk and her endurance/pain threshold/efficiency in the fighting rings. if that sounds like an okay start to get the ball slowly rolling forward, let me know!

with that said, i have a couple of questions! i apologize in advance that i have so many, but ty for all the good nuggets of info and suggestions to work with that you've given me.

1. would it be viable for octavia to recruit the unseen, the disenfranchised, street urchins etc among her ranks? she would be especially trying to appeal to those that don't believe they have a place, purpose, or voice in the world to give them one. i'm not sure what the street environment is like for things like common pickpockets, those that feel the UNA or other organizations have screwed them over, and if that would be a motivating factor in getting people to join her, especially if they're afraid.

she'd also be trying to lure other gang members and criminals over that have more experience by promising them safety from morningstar. idk how convincing this would be when trying to recruit when they're currently unified against them and when the glow in her chest can easily be confused for an affiliation with morningstar.

2. if the group starts to gain notice and clout, would they be under threat from the UNA and other groups that lump the displaced in with morningstar? octavia wouldn't be subtle about the glow in her chest and trying to use it to rally people around her, so i assumed that might ... eventually cause trouble ... which i'm more than fine with!

3. ty for the info on enforcers and merc work! i wasn't sure if there was any service like judge dredd or the hunters in battle angel alita etc etc but that info gives me another question and possible avenue! how possible would it be for octavia to make this an "enforcer" slash vigilante group of sorts? it'd be rough learning (learning to duck surveillance, like you mentioned, will be a curve) but octavia's motivation would be less wealth-based and more personal, going after targets she feels are corrupt or dangerous. i'd particularly like to give her an arc with redemption elements - learning to lead in a way that isn't wholly destructive to her and to the people that follow her - and tie in octavia's moral code / understanding of morality that leans very greek epic-based into it.

thanks again!