The Near Future: As ethnic and political tensions flare, and terrorism strikes world-wide, corporations and despotic dictators begins to hire anyone that will fight for their cause. Killing, ironically, becomes a way to make a living. And so it is you who find yourself in command of a crack team of commandos en route to Africa, with the sole intent of carrying out a hit for whichever warmonger paid the highest price.
Two days into battle, and after taking heavy losses, you receive a simple one-line satellite transmission: "Your unit has been defunded. In laymans terms, They are telling you that the moneys dried up. You have been cut loose and left to determine your own fate.