Re: Mercs in Space

Gack,

Where did all those unit names come from?  I guess I was more
questioning how a Merc unit could get from point A to B without out
either being -

A: Interdicted by local governments
B: Overtly obvious (in the case o in-house vessels)
C: Or overly compromised by relying on somebody else to move you.
D: Or, finally, finding themselves unable to find reliable transport for
all their assets to one locale.

Any of these could be major stumbling blocks.  Don't get me wrong, I
love space mercs and that is in fact the role my PAs will play.  They
form a small but effective force of hi-tech armored soldiers.

Eli

> "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net> <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu> Re:
Mercs in SpaceDate: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 20:31:16 -0500
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>
>> Who's responsible for transport.  Tanks, guns, missiles, even planes
cost
>a lot but interstellar travel?  Could any one body of Mercs afford
their own
>transport?
>
>Yep, because they include it in their fees (explicitly or as part of a
>higher profit margin).  If you  mean "can they afford their own
transport
>vessel", well, they don't have to own one, just charter one, since they
>won't be using it all the time.  However, there are mercenary warships.
 A
>number of the ITT Nightvision / Night Music / Night Eyes series are in
>service with mercenary corporations (of course, calling them "warships"
is
>rather stretching the term--they're sensor platforms plus a hot main
drive).
>The Kinetic Elench will operate as raiders under letters of marque and
>reprisal; Murphy's Lawyers have three covert ops cruisers and several
>smaller vessels; and so forth.

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