Junkers...

[worldstrider]

@ Tink. I'm not worried, I just didn't understand the relationships between the law enforcement agencies and the Junkers.

We had this situation in the past of the Congress with a bunch of cap-flyin' guys in BH battle cruisers who camped Yanagi and shot every Junker that came by. Their reason? "You red, you criminal. I good--I kill you." In the end, the admins told them to knock it off as that didn't work to establish Junkers as pure criminals.

The houses are already coded to respond--unless a Junker violates the law they are simply citizens eyed warily who run with a bad crowd. Bounty Hunters have the onus on them to work inside that framework. You don't undo the legal authorities laws and behavior while working under them.

BHs have authority from the houses to operate within their bounties. They do so in the expectation that they will comply with the law and have clear guidelines for the work they take--as in, "You can't execute a criminal any more than a cop can unless you can show a law was broken." A bounty with no crime ois a violation of law in itself if a bounty hunter executes it within house space. There is a reason the vigilante ID is not friendly to police and that's what BHs are if they are not careful to follow a strict code. Mercenaries are suspect as they have no codes as organizations--they are individuals. BHs are contract workers within the houses and have to act accordingly.

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