Hi @Zhym. The intro text is there for two reasons, (a) narrative, since these are supposed to be unarmed civilians (you just can't get normal wandering civilians in the AE so you're right about how I made them) and (b) if you attack them while Axios is with you, HE joins in and while that's hilarious you might need him later on but he's still behind you beating up lawyers. And as pointed out elsewhere, they play hell with someone using tab targeting in any of the fights. They DO provide sustenance though if anyone is playing a Warshade!
And this is one of my earlier arcs (second ever) so I was experimenting with the form, how far I could push things beyond the usual Explore/Click/Defeat that lots of missions are.