@stavvers I've been imagining it as a Tom Clancy thriller except the cool secret agent protagonist has ADHD.
THIS SUMMER: Chris Pine in EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
I'm still thinking about what an accurate description this is of the experience.
I mean they’re not wrong
Jackkhie, Maikkhal grab yer coats, there's been a mAARRKKHdah.

Machiavelli is always timely and worth a read. Including that bit (he does tend to bang on a lot about the evils of mercenaries and foreign auxiliaries, but then again, he wasn't wrong).