Quote:Houses do not want to get rid of the Bounty Hunters (except maybe Kusari due to the Hogosha). They do not want capital ships not belonging to their house in their space (naturally, the US wouldn't exactly want a battleship captained and crewed by former convicts sailing happy-go-lucky in San Fransico Bay or around Manhatten Island). It's a danger to civilians.[quote]
Apparently, you haven't read Jinx's eloquent and detailed description of the BHG. If you had, you probably wouldn't have bothered to write your reply to this thread. Anyhoo, in case you haven't, the BHG in a nutshell, is a lawful entity. Being part of a lawful organization, a BH capship is unlikely to do something in Liberty space to jeopardize relations with a House government. So why the paranoia? If a BC flies through Liberty space minding it's own business, what's the fuss?
Houses tolerate Bounty Hunters because of what they do: kill criminals for money. These are predictable, greedy people for whom the almight Credit controls their hearts and souls-- and Houses have far more Credits than criminals do. The Houses would love to get rid of Bounty Hunters. They'd love it. But they can't, and they know they can't. Even if they could control crime within the borders of their own house, once the criminal is out of their jurisdiction, they can't do anything to stop them, except hire a Bounty Hunter.[quote]
