Mandalorian Mercenaries (and friends and enemies)

[Flo]

1) Malexa (Diane Blane) is to become Mandalore, because Gronath has left Discovery. : Malexa is willing and able, and it was Gronath's wish before he left that if he didn't come back, that's what should happen.

Nothing else to say here.

2) We rebase in Coronado, and consider purchasing it. A move most MM I've talked to would support. We still keep a common armoury of some sort at New London too though. Maybe we relocate the Connecticut ones.

Rebasing there might be a good idea - maybe could help us loose some of our lawful aspect.
Purchasing it not - why should mercenaries own an entire solar system?

3) Ditch Star Wars : Become say, the Manchester Mercs. This is more radical and I dont necessarily support it, but it is worth debating. Manchester, because we got our start on Manchester's Sheffield station.

I'm not sure about that. The only thing we RP from Star Wars is the factions and the members names.

And it is nice getting addressed with "Hello Mandalorian." Gives us some personality.

4) The Dhawherd (Scout Arrows on 2 common accounts, which never get used): 4 alternatives :

a) Kill the Dhawherd. Part of Dianes ascendancy. Replace ships on common account with Anonymous battle ready ships. (Not just arrows) For instance MM~John.Smith. (I favour this alternative) (NOTE : This would be expensive. They have no armour, so armour alone for Cls 8 = 20 X 15 = $300 mill.)

b) Kill the Dhawherd, but dont replace them. Strip them and dont use the accounts.

c) Upgrade the Dhawherd. Get them useful ships and keep their names.

d) Change nothing. Keep Arrows on common accounts (which no one uses.)

b) kill, strip, sell. I never liked them and only have seen them once or twice in action. And then they were useless. Scouting just doesn'T work because all ships do have the same speed and scanner range etc...

5) Work for LN against RM, and also work for OC-aligned Rheinland unlawfuls : This could open up Rheinland unlawful ships, and means MM has more action, and also does the dirty work in Rheinland that perhaps Bretonia would favour (preferring the Liberty side of that war) but Bretonia would want no part of being seen to be involved.

No. RM were one of our very first contractors, hell we were even flying around in Wraths:)

A big part of our work is to be an escort for bretonian traders who are trading with Rheinland. So if we start shooting them we couldn't enter any of their systems any longer without being seen as a hostile vessel.

6) Gallia franchise : Work for Council et al against GRN. (Or the other way around, but fighting for Council against GRN makes more sense.) I've PM'd some of the Council players. Maybe we aren't even wanted, I don't yet know.

I say we keep out of Gallia until things are more clear. Who are their allies / foes? How will they interact with the other houses?
Too many unclear conditions to found a solid contract on.

7) Renew old expired contracts.
What about a Bretonian contract against the =CR= again, or shall we work for the BD or GC again?

Are the =CR= even attacking bretonian ships any longer? The contract was no specific contract against them as far as I remember but since they were attacking bretonian ships they were considered hostile and were a valid target.

But in general it would be a good idea to contact all our clients about new conditions and/or targets.

8) How to deal with the other Mercenaries guilds? (ie Reavers etc)
Could range from friendly rivalry to cold neutrality to out and out combat. (Killing the competition, cuththroat, eh?) I don't favour too radical an approach though. Cold Neutrality is fine by me.

Cold neutrality. Why making more enemies that we already have?

9) We need to get a Banker again. Someone who we can trust and someone who will look after our cash, items and the contract payments. Flo did an awesome job but currently isn't active enough. And if someone wants to offer to do this, I don't want one who offers and quits. Frankly I'd rather me and/or Malexa did it in our spare time, even if it meant less frequent invoicing.

Haha, yeah the job of the banker was a nice one. And it is not too much work if you do it on a frequent basis. Then it takes about 10 minutes and you're done - at least the way it is handled now.
Good old times with threads that had about 100 screenshots:D

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