Moral qualms about killing soldiers?

[Malygris]

I've been skulking around Skethermoor for a while now, haven't killed any soldiers yet but it's getting to the point where it's going to unavoidable. And it feels odd - not that I believe soldiers are inherently good, but more than anything else they do seem to represent a "force for good" in this game and killing them because they get in my way feels morally iffy to say the least. Are there any other options or approaches here?

I do not have permission to be in Skethermoor btw. I'm not a rat.

[Wozherd$🐧]

0 qualms, They chose a military career with all the benefits and work hazards. It's ok if you have to go through a few heads for your noble goals.

[Badman]

Kill or be killed.

[Dirtyshadow]

The best way is to get the Captain in town to like you that he asks you to go.
You going to have to encounter them at some point unless your doing the Captain's full ending
Even then there are 2 bunkers in the area that will be hostile if you access.

You still need to get into the interchange and a signal device so you will need to be very stealthy and avoid them

If your worried about morals, half of them are one insult away from shooting a civilian according to half of them mouthing off. And he has imprisoned a lot of people to maintain his order mostly out of fear for his own survival

Otherwise if your not going to earn Captains favor, then its ineviatble.
You could just choke them all out and think they are asleep.

[Malygris]

I have inevitably wasted a good number of soldiers at this point, and yeah, some of them are jerks but it's still weird. More practical concerns are pressing now, I gotta get into the prison and I can't even get close without getting smoked.

It still feels a bit strange plugging guys who are just workday soldiers stuck in a bad situation, especially given that their behaviour is due primarily to their obviously not-great situation. Maybe I expected a bit more depth from Atomfall than it's able to deliver in that regard - I saw some say a while back that it's been presented as akin to Fallout or Stalker but it's really more like Far Cry, and I think there's a lot of truth to that.