Re: Merc Guild

Sean Bayan Schoonmaker	wrote:

>I think that the deniability issue is still a difficulty. Setting the
>money tracking issue aside and concentrating on equipment:
>
>Getting large quantities of another country's arms would probably be
>traceable, and mercenaries would probably be looking for newer designs
>rather than cheap knock-offs (i.e. M-4s instead of AK-47s).
>
>While possession of the arms isn't positive proof, it's a pretty strong
>indicator that may provoke action anyway.

While I won't argue this point with you, I might argue that reduced 
deniability might not be an issue in the future.  Governments,
especially on 
other planets, might just need a better army than they can scrape up. 
They 
don't care if anyone knows who sent that force in, they just want a good

force.	They're on a planet with a small population base, but rich in 
capital, so they buy the army they can't raise.

Brian B2

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