BHG Warships. A flawed concept?

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I don't think bounty hunters should fly anything larger than gunboats. I also don't think they should be at war with the Order or even just be allowed into Alaska and beyond, it just doesn't make any sense.

The Bounty Hunter's Guild should exactly be what it's name suggests - a band of loosely affiliated individual hunters who are basically sellswords, but don't want to get a too bad name in the eyes of the law and thus only take lawful contracts. Using a GB might be justified for a bounty hunter, as they can easily be operated by small crews. Look at RL's Blackwater; they are pretty much the most "successful" private military contractor (which is basically a company of more-or-less lawful mercenaries). They are much more organized than the BHG is, but they don't have naval warships. They have a couple of helicopters and APCs, but that's already it. They'd never act as if they were a country of their own though and if they participate in wars, it's because they've got hired. Also, they don't wage war to get new technologies or anything, or could you imagine Blackwater trying to raid Area 51?

That being said...if you want to fly a capital ship, find an organization capable to build and crew them. The House military forces are one of those, for example. Both the Corsair and Outcast militaries may be such organizations as well. But the BHG certainly isn't. Most of them would actually operate mainly on the ground; they'd probably have a fighter to move around or to hunt down the odd criminal fighter jock if they feel like they're up for the challenge. Some of the more elite Hunters may gang up and form a Bomber wing to take a active role in hunting down the more dangerous criminals who sit in GBs (larger unlawful vessels should fulfill purely defensive purposes or be used in times of open war, but they certainly shouldn't fly around robbing traders or attacking NY). Some REALLY elite bounty hunters may form up as some kind of squad and buy a GB - but there is only one reason why the BHG could possibly possess a very small number of cruisers, and that would be to use them as mobile forward operation bases, like the S/D does. And there is absolutely no reason to make a bounty hunter cruiser free to fly for the general public. And battleships? Excuse me, but...you don't hunt for bounties in a huge, expensive battleship - and since a cruiser is more than enough to fulfill the role of a FOB, there is absolutely no justification for the BHG being able to construct or command battleships.