(I kinda get what your saying, but can't they just end up saving a few people that later turn out to know a lot about what the shinto army does and one of them is a really, really, really good mechanics?)
((are you trying to come up with another character? Anyway what group would have a good amount of mechs and no good mechanics? Also no one outside the actual army and even a good amount of the people in the army dont know alot. Its like our governemnt today the president knows alot but the vice-president doesnt know as much. Anyway whose to say that if someone who knows alot about the shinto army isnt a spy. Run some stuff by me before you post it and we will see where it goes ok.))