A quick couple of questions about the combat: will every district have a leader like Chelsea? And will recruiting them rather than exiling or executing them have some impact on the story?
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Yes and no in that order :)
Yes, every district will have a Boss (mostly girls, but sometimes not - as in the case of The Chief) but choosing to recruit, imprison, exile or kill won't usually have an effect on the story, beyond altering people's reactions to you and your actions (execute a lot of people and you may earn the "Monster" title, or recruit everyone and become known as an "Incubus"). There's 40+ districts in the first map alone so not every leader can have an impact.
That being said, there are exceptions, and when you come across a story-critical boss, the game will let you know they're special in some way.
This actually brings up something stirring around in my head. When you Shatter Maven, her girls are not affected and just blindly fall in line after you give the order to retain old behavior. So what happens when you execute Maven? The forest is clearly empty after. Did the rest of the minions get silenced as well? I'm running parallel games to see Kana's reaction to each.