Depends on how you look at it. Ex-Soldiers that were the same suicidal followers of Jenova, just like the first one. That was my first thoughts. They had cells of Jenova, so they were in Soldier, and they wanted to be the best, like Sephiroth, so they had to want the same things. The men in the black capes in the game, I think is where they fall under the catagory. That's what I was thinking. And I understand what you were thinking, it's a very good point. I think more along how they acted, as in the voice with the mouth movement was off, making their characters a little less likeable with me. But they seemed fine, other than the repeatition with "Mother"