Glorified Mercenaries (LWRPG) (Still a thing and unsure about playerlist)

So I've been kicking around this idea for a tabletop RPG campaign for a while, but not actually done that much about it. This changes now, as I am planning to start it in roughly a month (give or take, depending on people's schedules).

Basically, there are three days a week that I can reasonably run this thang, those being Mondays and Wednesdays (Past 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time) and Fridays (Past 6:00 PM, I believe) (other days are reserved for homeworkin', socializin', girlfriendin', etc.) but it doesn't really matter to me which of those days we pick so I'd appreciate input from prospective players as to which works best. In terms of number of PCs, there's probably room for about five players, maybe six tops.

The system is Lightweight RPG, and the materials are linked here, and we'll be using something called Roll20.net to do the actual game stuff.

General conceit of the campaign:

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SpoilerThe year is 1249 on the Sha'n calendar, roughly analogous to 1949 on our world's Gregorian calendar. Cars are becoming a big part of everyday life, people are harnessing new and exciting (and extremely dangerous) new sources of power, the youth and the oppressed are growing increasingly disaffected, and a good chunk of the planet is picking up the pieces from a long and hard-fought war. It's still a fairly fantastic setting; various species abound, nerds study magic rather than "our" physics, and so forth.

The main thing worth noting here, though, is the Adventurers' Guild. Established back in the 900s, it used to be a respected group that fostered scientific advancement, exploration of uncharted areas, and world-renowned heroics. But as the world got more advanced, they fell by the wayside. Scientists and explorers got more specific and spectacular, and began looking into places no group of misfits could reach. A world ravaged by war after war placed heroics in the realm of fiction, and in their day-to-day life focused mainly on keeping the increasingly industrialized world going.

This shouldn't be interpreted as some horrible thing, of course; it was progress, and by and large, people were better off. But an unfortunate consequence of that was that the Adventurers became less and less appealing and awe-inspiring, losing their luster and their capital A. Nowadays, the Guild is mainly staffed by those who can't find employment - crooks, dropouts, burnouts, old guys, hobos, and minorities - and those who won't, people who want jobs more thrilling than "secretary" or "salesman", who want that infinitesimal shot at glory that still lingers.

And you, perhaps predictably, are they.

Any questions, feel free to ask away.