Bounty Hunter/Mercenary

[Dab]

I see the difference as Bounty Hunters and Mercenaries is that Bounty Hunters mainly go after other pilots, lawful, but mostly unlawful for the bounties on their heads.

Mercenaries on the other hand, let others pay them and in return do what that person wishes. These contracts can come from both lawful and unlawful sources, or from people in-between. Also, the chances of a lawful party hiring a merc to attack another lawful party is quite possible. Sicne both are lawful, that group would have consequences for attacking the other directly however through a mercenary, they can avoid those consequences. As the leader of a merc faction I have seen this happen before and it is QUITE possible.

There are also points where unlawfuls may buy contracts on unlawfuls, or freelancers against either side. Bounty Hunters do not take these types of contracts and all they do is kill others, while some contracts might be for completely other reasons than killing someone. Mercenaries might even pirate or kill traders as a contract (privateering) and I remember AW getting one such contract before.

*Grin* Against the sso|, our main rival in this business.

Didn't last to long, but the point is it happened. Bounty Hunters on the other hand would never do such a thing.

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