Merc ID

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So your saying, if, say the AW, shot a merc faction. Since that faction can only JOIN a war, and AW only shot them and did not declared war, the merc faction cannot shoot them later on. That doesn't work.

The already existing factions rules would fall into this category. You get shot at, you can shoot back. Period. The Mercenary faction has the right (and obligation) to declare war. If it was a single player, a similar thing would happen, except it would not be a war, it would be perfectly acceptable RP revenge.

We don't go out and being lawfuls. We don't police or kill pirates. We are neutral to everyone unless provoked Very rarely will you see us declare war before getting shot ourselves first, except for RP reasons.

Right here. I've removed the irrelevant portions. This is the mercenary ID I am proposing, almost exactly.

No fighting with RP reasons (i.e. mucho dinero) or being shot at, which would then be self-defense/revenge. Mercenaries should not shoot ANYONE without reason. A reason could even be, if a fight has already started, "I bet they'll pay me." or, in a private message, "I could help you win, for a small fee of, say, X credits.."

Besides that, mercenaries don't (and shouldn't) make alliances. They aren't going to start a war, they only thing they do is fight for other people.

No policing. No pirating. Of course, black mail is always on the menu. Such as, "I see you have a load of contraband, there. You will pay X credits or I'll report you to the authorities." or the mercenary could go to the authorities first and say, "I've found a smuggler. I'm following him. You pay me or I let him get away."

Only thing is, its really, really hard to say that without going hugely into depth or people like Dab over analyzing it.

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