bhg core feedback (just kidding this is the old core| feedback lol!)

[Sabru]

if I had actually kept The (BHG) Core the way it was, inRP and by lore BHG Core would have dominance over BHG. BHG would answer to my faction, and would have to put up with any RP I did even if it conflicted with their own interests (i.e Reavers with Reavers being chill with BHG Core but hunting regular BHG with them).

That might not be quite true. I sense a slight misconception of what the BHG actually is. - Here is a fitting example.

The BHG is what Outreach is in the Battle-Tech universe. For those that do not know that ... Outreach is primarily a network that collects all bounty and mercenary contracts galaxy-wide and makes them available in ONE place instead of having to browse thousands of individually placed bounties on various local networks.

The benefits are obvious - it is easier to compare and MUCH faster to use. Outreach also caters to the sponsors in a way that it rates individual Hunters and groups on a STANDARIZED scale.

This is what the BHG is - a network. The BHG members are allowed to use this network - and sponsors are encouraged to use it over non-affiliated mercenaries because

- the rating allows them a more objective review of who they hire
- they gain a sort of insurence. - If a BHG member screws up ... he gets a bad rating, hence lowering the chances for him to get a good contract in the future. If a mercenary screws up ... he just hides in obscurity.

Each member of the BHG pays a fee to the network. Additionally to the fee, BHG members also provide the network with vital information like jumpholes, nebula navigation etc. .

But the thing is....


The BHG is nothing but an assistant for INDIVIDUAL hunters ( for that matter - also teams of hunters of course ). Those teams or individual hunters do not take orders from the BHG - nor are they bound by any restrictions. It is in their self interest to play by the BHG rules because

- the benefits of doing so far outweighs the repercussions of screwing up - and the benefits that the network provides are just too good compared to not having access.

If you say "the Core owns the BHG" ( which is kind of wrong - cause if anything it is the other way round ) - the most the Core could do to the BHG is to manipulate the network - and what good is it to meddle with your own cash cow.

I think your using of outreach as a comparison example is a bit off. What you probably want to compare the BHG to is the 'Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission' which operated on Outreach and Galatea as the clearing house for mercs and contracts. Outreach itself was the planet, and belonged solely to the Wolf's Dragoons.

The way BHG seems, from what ive read, is that it is indeed like the MRBC. the whole BHG/BHG Core thing never particularly sat right to me, whereas the full separation now does which allows the BHG to be more fitting to a broad, loosely defined contracting organization.

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