Yes indeed. The more the merrier!
You are in for a
TREAT playing this mod!
Another option that you could pursue in regards to hiring mercs, is to take on the mission to retrieve the CIA files from the small base for Lond. Once the base is cleared, and one digs around enough, one will find a portable radio that allows for a lot of believable communications options, including those of hiring mercs! Bars no longer needed.
R@S, I'm not asking this to annoy you, although I know from firsthand experience how annoying this question is to receive as a mod developer, but due to some current and future Real Life intrusions into my schedule, my free time is going to get nipped in some major ways. That said, could you give me a ballpark figure as to when the next release of BSM is likely to be? If it's relatively soon, I'll give up playing BSM and focus on something else, and vice versa if it's a ways away.
If you don't know, that's perfectly fine. I just don't want you hating me for asking The Ultimate Annoying Question. Remember, I
LOVE your mod! And since this mod's your "baby," that means that we're like
family, right?
Yours!