Dara and Cole: This will depend a lot on who is designated as team lead. Dara will ultimately defer to Cole's decisions should the Council put him in charge; she respects their authority more than her own qualms about going in guns blazing rather than talking the opposition down. Cole has no such respect; if it looks like Dara does her "we come in peace" shtick is going bad, he will pull the trigger, no matter what Dara told him before they entered the room. Which is the point where Dara will go back the Council to the effect of "I can't work with this man anymore."
Dara and Brit: Any team involving Brit is in instant trouble on the grounds that Brit has to have things her way (and that way is "whichever way benefits me most, up to and including cutting my losses and nuking the site from orbit"), and this regardless of who is officially in charge. Dara and Brit are the most at odds here, as Dara is all about the "we're here for others, not ourselves." I give it two missions tops before Dara tries to report Brit to the Council as a rogue.
Dara and Zaku: This would be surprisingly successful. Zaku's ego would grate on Dara from time to time, and she'd regularly chide him for his impatience (which will annoy Zaku a little but he's heard it all before). But he'd be very agreeable to her approach of "save everyone" (good thing he's there to apply his skills to what would otherwise be a near-impossible task!) She'll have difficulty keeping up once they hit the ground but won't be able to argue with the results.
Cole and Brit: The two share a certain sense of pragmatism about what to do with the target of the mission; that is, generally easier to shoot him than to waste the brig space. However, Cole will still object whenever Brit takes what he'd call a bribe (and she'd call payment for a job well done), and will loudly shout her down when she shows indifference to civilian lives (who she will let die anyway if it's the easier path to the objective). Cole, recalling Anderson and Saren's first mission, will inevitably decide Brit qualifies as a rogue, quietly set up an ambush, and take her out.
Cole and Zaku: Zaku would be fine with it but Cole would see Zaku as foolhardy, the Leeroy Jenkins in Cole's careful considerations. Much yelling will ensue every time Zaku's recklessness puts people in danger, and though Cole will run the campaign to completion rather than waste time trying to get other support, he'll flip the Council the bird if they ever try to pair the two again.
Brit and Zaku: Another successful team-up, due to mutual failure to care about the other team member. Brit will just let Zaku cut loose after some initial eye-rolling: hey, he wants to be the one up front risking his neck and drawing fire? why should she argue? Not that she'll just let him die, but she also won't weep for him if he doesn't make it back. Meanwhile, Zaku won't care that Brit is hanging back so long as she doesn't get left behind completely. The only situation where he might get at odds with her are if she promotes a method that he considers outright cowardly (e.g. poison the water supply). Whereupon she'll happily change the plan to "you engage from the east flank, I'll engage from the west," where the west turns out to be where the water supply is.
The two most effective teams both contain Zaku. This is because Zaku hates the idea of planning, and is happy to defer to someone else's leadership, including in defining good battlefield ethics. So long as he gets to show his skills in the end, he's both easy to please and flexible.
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Dara and Brit: Any team involving Brit is in instant trouble on the grounds that Brit has to have things her way (and that way is "whichever way benefits me most, up to and including cutting my losses and nuking the site from orbit"), and this regardless of who is officially in charge. Dara and Brit are the most at odds here, as Dara is all about the "we're here for others, not ourselves." I give it two missions tops before Dara tries to report Brit to the Council as a rogue.
Dara and Zaku: This would be surprisingly successful. Zaku's ego would grate on Dara from time to time, and she'd regularly chide him for his impatience (which will annoy Zaku a little but he's heard it all before). But he'd be very agreeable to her approach of "save everyone" (good thing he's there to apply his skills to what would otherwise be a near-impossible task!) She'll have difficulty keeping up once they hit the ground but won't be able to argue with the results.
Cole and Brit: The two share a certain sense of pragmatism about what to do with the target of the mission; that is, generally easier to shoot him than to waste the brig space. However, Cole will still object whenever Brit takes what he'd call a bribe (and she'd call payment for a job well done), and will loudly shout her down when she shows indifference to civilian lives (who she will let die anyway if it's the easier path to the objective). Cole, recalling Anderson and Saren's first mission, will inevitably decide Brit qualifies as a rogue, quietly set up an ambush, and take her out.
Cole and Zaku: Zaku would be fine with it but Cole would see Zaku as foolhardy, the Leeroy Jenkins in Cole's careful considerations. Much yelling will ensue every time Zaku's recklessness puts people in danger, and though Cole will run the campaign to completion rather than waste time trying to get other support, he'll flip the Council the bird if they ever try to pair the two again.
Brit and Zaku: Another successful team-up, due to mutual failure to care about the other team member. Brit will just let Zaku cut loose after some initial eye-rolling: hey, he wants to be the one up front risking his neck and drawing fire? why should she argue? Not that she'll just let him die, but she also won't weep for him if he doesn't make it back. Meanwhile, Zaku won't care that Brit is hanging back so long as she doesn't get left behind completely. The only situation where he might get at odds with her are if she promotes a method that he considers outright cowardly (e.g. poison the water supply). Whereupon she'll happily change the plan to "you engage from the east flank, I'll engage from the west," where the west turns out to be where the water supply is.
The two most effective teams both contain Zaku. This is because Zaku hates the idea of planning, and is happy to defer to someone else's leadership, including in defining good battlefield ethics. So long as he gets to show his skills in the end, he's both easy to please and flexible.