@Reluctant_Sir
Just thought I would come back and say I am enjoying BOHICA, there are several aspects I like a lot.
I especially like the 'Control' group; the idea of a group specifically to provide support and a back-office for the frontline heroes.
I am glad you are enjoying it.
I thought that adding such would help make them more stable. Most are like Chris, not able to create things and having infinite wealth like Bruce Wayne. But not wanting to see them at risk to "turning bad" because of poverty, like Spiderman or Rorschach.
Control provides assistance, a steady paycheck, housing if needed, and any special equipment they may need. Simply in exchange for a few hours of service a week. And being "on call" if somebody needs more help.
In essence, it is much like the military. For every 1 Infantryman with a rifle, there are 100 support staff, handling all the other jobs needed to keep them in the field. Control is basically that support staff.
Not everybody can be a genius like Peter Parker and Tony Stark. Control is there to support them, provide special equipment and uniforms, and assistance to keep their identity a secret if needed. That way their only concern is trying to help others.
And depending on where you are at in the story, there is more also. A credit union, a Co-op that functions much like a labor union. Even legal services, insurance and other things. Even a charity that the Paladins themselves set up, entirely run and administered on their own. And their own news service I named snarkily "Paladin Press", after a publishing company that used to publish such books as "Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors", "The Ultimate Sniper", and "The Home Workshop Spy". Most into survivalism might catch that tongue in cheek reference.
