Community member ShiningRayde from Massgate has posted up a lengthy analysis of Captain Mark Bannon, a charter from the single player campain of World in Conflict. Have a read:
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Ever since we first met Bannon, driving wildly through the burning streets of Seattle, I realized the man was more than what we thought he was... and I began to type.
It is now months later when I found this file again, four pages of analysis. I haven't added to it since then, and I was planning on posting it here long ago... but I will have to settle for now.
A few important things... Really, I know SOMEONE at Massive knows more about Bannon than I do. I hope,
if they do read this,that at least part of it they will smile and nod at, knowing someone got it, and only a little that they laugh at because I'm so horribly wrong... and the rest, they find interesting because someone thought of something they hadn't.
Secondly, this is just my writing and thinking... it's very, very unofficial. Like I said, someone knows Bannon a lot more than I do.
If I misquoted anything, feel free to comment, I'll make changes as I go along.
And so, I present to you all, my thoughts of Captain Mark Bannon
A critical analysis of Mark Bannon
Captain Mark Bannon is the commander of Charlie Company, a primarily armored company under the control of Colonel Sawyer. Through out the game of World in Conflict, of which he is a primary character, you view him in a broken sense: You see him near the end of his life, and how he dies, before you get to see just why he is who he is.
To see it in context, you must first know the history that is provided.
Ever since he was little, Bannon had big boots to fill. His father, as was stated, was in the military, as was his step-father, the abusive drunk Earl. His mother stayed his closest family bond, even enduring Earl’s drunken beatings to give them a place to live. Mark was not an idiot, though, and he knew about this – even encouraged his mother to leave, but she would not.
It is truly unclear what his father did in the military, but it is assumed that he was a hero of note who died, who Earl knew well enough to use as something against Mark. It is understandable that the young Bannon would want to make his dead father proud, so he joined the military as well. His insistence to keep in the armored infantry/Cav could be a useful clue – I believe he wants to literally fill his father’s boots, and thus, tried to occupy the same position. This in particular can be researched – from time to time you see what we presume to be his father’s old medals, and perhaps one is linked into a branch of the service.
As a side note, during a later in-game movie, it could be inferred that his father died AFTER Mark joined the military, still to try and impress him. All the same, it makes little difference. He joined the ranks to please his father, and to try and find a niche for himself, but was brash and impudent until certain events would put him in his place.
When Brannon joined the military, he would be much like he was in the beginning of the game – brash, eager to take the fight to the enemy. But he was over his head constantly. He took up armor, perhaps, to have heavy armor around him, to protect himself, and outside of his tank he always seems unsteady, easily shaken. Even in his tank, he can be routed, but only by a superior force. Of course, what he considers a superior force and what the average person thinks of one often varies significantly.
It is now months later when I found this file again, four pages of analysis. I haven't added to it since then, and I was planning on posting it here long ago... but I will have to settle for now.
A few important things... Really, I know SOMEONE at Massive knows more about Bannon than I do. I hope,
if they do read this,that at least part of it they will smile and nod at, knowing someone got it, and only a little that they laugh at because I'm so horribly wrong... and the rest, they find interesting because someone thought of something they hadn't.
Secondly, this is just my writing and thinking... it's very, very unofficial. Like I said, someone knows Bannon a lot more than I do.
If I misquoted anything, feel free to comment, I'll make changes as I go along.
And so, I present to you all, my thoughts of Captain Mark Bannon
A critical analysis of Mark Bannon
Captain Mark Bannon is the commander of Charlie Company, a primarily armored company under the control of Colonel Sawyer. Through out the game of World in Conflict, of which he is a primary character, you view him in a broken sense: You see him near the end of his life, and how he dies, before you get to see just why he is who he is.
To see it in context, you must first know the history that is provided.
Ever since he was little, Bannon had big boots to fill. His father, as was stated, was in the military, as was his step-father, the abusive drunk Earl. His mother stayed his closest family bond, even enduring Earl’s drunken beatings to give them a place to live. Mark was not an idiot, though, and he knew about this – even encouraged his mother to leave, but she would not.
It is truly unclear what his father did in the military, but it is assumed that he was a hero of note who died, who Earl knew well enough to use as something against Mark. It is understandable that the young Bannon would want to make his dead father proud, so he joined the military as well. His insistence to keep in the armored infantry/Cav could be a useful clue – I believe he wants to literally fill his father’s boots, and thus, tried to occupy the same position. This in particular can be researched – from time to time you see what we presume to be his father’s old medals, and perhaps one is linked into a branch of the service.
As a side note, during a later in-game movie, it could be inferred that his father died AFTER Mark joined the military, still to try and impress him. All the same, it makes little difference. He joined the ranks to please his father, and to try and find a niche for himself, but was brash and impudent until certain events would put him in his place.
When Brannon joined the military, he would be much like he was in the beginning of the game – brash, eager to take the fight to the enemy. But he was over his head constantly. He took up armor, perhaps, to have heavy armor around him, to protect himself, and outside of his tank he always seems unsteady, easily shaken. Even in his tank, he can be routed, but only by a superior force. Of course, what he considers a superior force and what the average person thinks of one often varies significantly.
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