However, it’s a very human decision that drives
Outside the Wire. After making a snap judgement to take out the potential threat of an armoured vehicle which appeared to be menacing a group of 40 soldiers, Haribo-loving drone pilot Lieutenant Thomas Harp (Damson Idris) finds himself in the firing line for the resulting death of the two who were in the blast zone.
But rather than being court-martialed, Harp is redeployed – to the frontline. “Consider it an all-expenses paid refresher in how to save the world,” his airforce base boss intones.
Once on the ground, Harp is assigned to the care of Captain Leo (Anthony Mackie). To his horror, Harp’s first task is to assist Leo in delivering cholera vaccines “20 clicks outside the wire”. “It might be a warzone, but women and children still get sick,” Leo informs him, when Harp whines that he thought he would simply be guarding a fence.