Mercs...

[Jinx]

at first - i had to snigger a little. - it sounds like the glorious start of a new "bad faction" - no more bash the BHG.

but really, the point of mercs IS that they can affiliate themselves with pretty much everyone. - they are generic, they can fly a thor with hessian stuff. - that doesn t mean that they get payed in liberty though - as the thor is identified as an unlawful product - and liberty might ( or might not ) want to pay such a person for whatever service.

that is a RP issue. - a merc that never gets payed for a job is ooRP indeed..... but no hunter can really afford what he is using / flying when he seriously only earns his money via jobs. like the military isn t really financed by taxes and the majority of the pirates don t finance themselves by - pirating.

if i was a lawful - and a mjolir SHF hung around manhattan with a merc ID, i would simply ask him to leave liberty.... escorted. - that merc aparently affiliates himself with the rheinland military or the rheinland police, - so there is no room for him in liberty. - he is not hostile, but will not expect to be payed for a job. - if he insists on staying, i can be a bit more forceful - if he fights back, he hasn t gotten the point and can be destroyed - problem solved.

a merc is a generic ID. - so we can deduce his further affiliation by what ship he uses, what weapons he has and what IFF he carries.

all that indicates that there is NO rule violation or any need for tighter rules needed.

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