Junkers...

[worldstrider]

BH can only take non-criminal bounties--i.e., "lawful". It's conceivable that a bounty within Kusari by a semi-lawful house could be executed by the BH there.

Junkers could theoretically offer the BH a bounty within Liberty on criminals there--but would they? The stigma associated for both sides really makes this unlikely except in the most egregious of cases--as in Mon'star raiding Junkers or the like.

Almost all criminal IDs allow them to execute unlawful bounties as does the freelancer and merc ID. I think these are the ones most likely to be employed by "quasi-lawfuls".

Liberty Rogues could offer a bounty on Mon-star but I don't think BH could legally execute or collect on it as they are a known criminal group.

In my view it comes down to "What is a lawful/unlawful bounty?" Is it a contract offered by a criminal that makes it unlawful or is it only unlawful if it is to be fulfilled against a non-criminal? In the case of quasi-lawfuls, I think their has to be a little of both.

So kind of a judgment call there. I do think BH should be strongly cautious of accepting such bounties without good cause simply for their reputation's sake. And a BH essentially executing a Junker for "being a Junker" in front of house authorities isn't something I think most governments would go for--smacks very much of "ethnic cleansing". What if Synthfoods gets bountied by the AFA or LWB? Can the BH blow up Synthfoods ships in Liberty? I think not. Are Junkers different as an accepted element by lawfuls?

Just my thoughts.

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