New Bounty Hunter faction - kind of

[mrlance]

Hello

I'm jumping here but i colud have done that in BHL proposal too.
Two very important points were made by Jinx and R. Fitzgerald :

A bounty hunter will be MUCH more efficient, cause he has access to a complex network of informations and a centralized contract office. - so the guild is not much more than a huge bureaucracy aparatus that allows the members to easily access informations ... and as a result make their life easier in terms of getting a contract.

furthermore, the BHG provides the members with a reputation of a trustworthyness and reliablity of standards that a normal merc cannot do.

One idea I had about my participation, would be to have Bounty Hunter Guild Registered players only (IE, the ones on my Registration Database). This means anyone who wants to claim these bounties would
have to be registered to the forums. In my opinion, forum participation would improve said players' roleplay and in-game behaviour.

So the last step to build the BH GUILD as an organization. I'm not talking about the Guild Core of course which the purpose is different.

What if some players dedicated to the BHG, shared a single FL account and forum account ?
The purpose is really simple : they are the "council" of the BHG. They will receive contracts (secretly or not) and publish them on Job Board (forum)
A job board is not only on forum IT MUST BE IN GAME. Here comes the shared FL account. Create a BHG|Job board (one or more) connect regulary the job board. Players characters can contact them and be informed of the current bounties. All registered characters (forum list) with a bounty Hunter IFFTag and ID are able to fullfill the contracts (clan tag or not it doesn't matter)

The BHG|job board announces the bounty, take 10% of the bounty for administrative work, and gives the ship class target . A bounty cannot be collected by a ship of a class size greater than the target. i.e. a BC cannot collect a fighter bounty. But two bomber can collect a cruiser bounty.
RPing a "Job Board" can be very simple : consider the ship like a communication relay i.e. a data bank with an IA that can talk. Thus any players behind can RP a job board with "neutrality".

For the contrats : 3 kinds
* Hunt : one kill, the employer send half the money to an BHG|Job board. The BHG job board scan system, contact the nearest BH and assign. That can be done directly In Game
* Nightmare : repetitive kills, the employer send the money for the first shot in advance, that can be done also In Game.
* Firesupport : assistance, contract between the Guild and a house

All contracts can remains secret (PM on the shared forum account or In game with a BHG|Job board).

What is this idea ? Nothing more than what should be an faction : organization open to all "independants". This is not a player clan, it is a support for all the BH characters. But it requires dedicated players. The "council" can be 5 players who are ready to fullfil the job i.e. regular login into Job board characters. The "balance credits" will be updated on the forum to stay clean and clear. The BHG|Job boards pay the bounties and will be in charge to retrieve the money from the client. If a client doesn't pay, you can imagine the consequence of course...

This idea is nothing more than a administrative job, it is the reason why, SHARING is the most important value. Share the work load, share our RP passion for bounty hunter, share our informations. RolePlay all together as a real Guild not a bunch of "red target" for the whole unlawfuls.

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The family Lance


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