Mercenary ID

[JohnLenin]

that means that you are allowed to be hired to assist in a piracy event for example. - but you should not to it on your own. - like the BHG, the mercs are focussed on contracts. - they do not do stuff on their own.

so if a pirate group hires you for backup - you become part of piracy - but not on a regular base. same with traders - if you are hired for escorts, you become part of the trading - but you re not trading yourself - so trading is not your regular income.

exactly my interpretation.

And that's why it is extremely hard to play a mercenary: most of the time you are not contracted, so if you want to RP well you are not supposed to be too active between contracts or take missions on bases and advertise your services. (Well, quite similar to bounty hunters)
A mercenary is not a freelancer.

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