Maro Lunsi/Characterization

Problem	Maro has outsourced his identity to the Security Service. He does not know who he is outside of the World Union, and he is afraid that he may not like the answer. Rather than investigate that fear directly, he makes himself indispensable. Rather than have a blind loyalty story it's more of a "self-erasure" so he can have some identity
Want/Goal	He wants to return to the status quo. He wants to return to service in the SS with familiar faces and a familiar chain of command. The life before the pala farm was not necessarily good, but it was predictable. He knew what to do, who to obey, who to distrust, and how to measure his worth.
Need	Maro needs to accept that he has a self beyond his service. He needs to stop treating identity as something that must be assigned by his his'e, the state, his memories/experiences, etc. He may never recover a complete past. He will find that Naloku, the Security Service, the Pasana, et al. have manipulated parts of his life. however his need is to understand that identity is not something that is given from the outside.

Foundation beats

What kind of major event would be enough to kick Maro out of his status quo [i.e., the pala farm] and into the new?	should not be just "he is recalled because he's useful again." That would preserve his old identity. Perhaps: The Architect launches an operation/attack that begins to indicate Tuvroshi survivors exist. It may be the first indication that Maro's past is somehow connected to the Tuvroshi.
What does Maro's Act 2 world look like? How is it different from Act 1? Is it different enough?	It should look like something Maro is familiar with: work, specifically the investigatory/direct action work he's used to. The official mission is to find the dissidents and prevent them from causing more harm. But now Maro is being pushed into a more active leadership position.
How would Maro change the wrong way, based on what he wants, not what he needs?	He gets what he wants through this investigation - he's back to something he's good at, making progress, stopping crimes, etc. On the surface he's more decisive and effective, but we also see him becoming a better instrument and a worse person. He might become more ruthless as things begin to unravel more.
Does he generally flounder or excel in this new world? This determines the Midpoint and whether it’s a false victory (he excels in the new world) or a false defeat (he flounders in the new world).	He would have to excel in this new world. He's reserved and cynical from the pala farm, then he proves that he is still terrifyingly effective. It's a false victory because his success comes from leaning into the false identity he needs to outgrow
How does Maro, then, change the right way, based on what he needs? This helps me start to discern my Break Into 3.	He stops trying to recover his old familiarty in the SS and starts accepting moral responsibility for what he's doing. His first real growth would be disobeying a major order of some kind.
Finally, what kind of rock-bottom life-changing event would be enough to eventually convince Maro to change the right way? This informs my All Is Lost beat—which you may recall is usually another Catalyst.	He realizes his false victory (melting into the SS) enabled some atrocity. His investigation of The Architect's network leads the Union forces into a trap that results in lots of collateral damage. Maro begins to see that the Union's "infection" is internal - a rotting institution he's using to prop up his identity. This destroys his belief that he can remain morally neutral by simply doing his job and will affect him the rest of the series.