Not so obviously, they instead decide to join forces against you and your mercenary company. Blindingly obvious what will happen, since you have General Ripper meeting with General Failure, they're both riding in Assault Mechs, they both brought a sizable 'Honor Guard', and your tactical officer predicted that there wouldn't be any trouble during the mission. Aggressive Negotiations: About 2/3rds of the way through the second game.
Both Desperate Measures and MechCommander 2 also feature a few in the enemy's ranks, such as Katherine Furey's Railgun-equipped Vulture in the former and bandit captain Vong's ER PPC-packing Lao Hu in the latter. Ace Custom: Making these is an important part of the games.The second game had its source code released some time ago, and a relatively new overhaul called Omnitech is being worked on. The Mechs that can be purchased will also change depending on which faction you're currently working for.
The main campaign is divided into three parts, and the player alternately works for a different faction in each part: Steiner, Liao, and a group of rebels supported by Davion.