You, curious? Who would've thought. [ Fondly, though. ]

Freelancer had questionable recruiting methods. Less about the best of the best and more about who they could use and pressure, and who they could ensure loyalty from. [ Hence approaching him before his court-martial. ] But they also went after the bottom of the barrel. Low-level operatives pulled from their units in the UNSC for being liabilities, for one reason or another.