' Wrote:Strictly lawful civilian services (trader escort, lane patrol, pirate hunting, etc.) are pretty well tied up, between the Mandalorians, BHG, and all the individual freelancers and mercs. You can still muscle your way in, but you'll have better luck if you can find at least one corporation, military, or guild to get a contract with.
Past experience points to the GMG and CR as being very reasonable employers, and you may find a market with RM, KNF, or the Corsairs; I'm sure all of them would love to get some payback against the Mandalorians and the people who hire them without actually needing to put themselves in harm's way.
As Wolfspirit pointed out, there is also the dirty work some corporations will want done, particularly in Rheinland, and that's something most mercenaries don't seem to do right now. A pretty good untapped market if you can get the people together.
I'd suggest Mercenary ID. You don't need cruisers - and if you get a contract that involves blowing up transports, they're useless for that. Quite a few contracts cover that - the GMG bounty board, for example.
Yea, I was thinking of having the 'Official' Face of the faction as nice and tidy and lawful, and then having an 'Unofficial' side, which caters to Corporations, Military, Police and even pirates who want some dirty work done.
I'm also happy with just Gunboats, It would be nice to have a cruiser or two for helping pin down any battleships that may be encountered though. Either way I need to find a faction willing to allow me the use of their gunboats first.
I've started to write up a story, and stopped almost straight away, as I can't really do much with it until I know what ships and equipment I'm going to use. I've so far sent requests to the Zoners and IMG. Just trying to broaden the possibilities at the moment. Perhaps I could even do some sort of RP/Contract event, in which I do an old "Give me the tools and I'll do the job" Scenario. Trade my work for some form of ship or equipment.
As I write right now I've suddenly had a thought about changing the faction to a strictly 'Dark/dirty' Jobs Merc faction. Catering to mostly well.. Dark or dirty jobs. Would be kinda fun. Anyway still jsut tossing around Ideas.
