sorry for poor english,spend some time and read.
merc countour color suggestion

so. at this moment all mercs (about player mercs) from other person have red countor, when u use aim.
when u in encounted with moonshiners, dogs, trappers or etc (in rt time) its easy to kill / hit follower of friendly player. (all npc have red countour).
so maybe just set yellow color to all mercs. (neutral mode). edited: when they attacking you or base/faction member they could turn red.
when player attack u - color change to red.
for base friend/member - green color.
see no difference in realism of game - u know that player followers before (dog / merc / slave)
its not so hard to buy new/enslave, but few times other players hit my mercs (not miss) and i killed 1 guy dog in encounter with wolfs.
i dont remember did it suggested before, but i read all suggestion few weeks ago, so sorry if suggested before.