RE: [GZG] "Realistic" Mercenary TO&E [sec=UNCLASSIFIED]

In the Battletech universe this is a major problem (especially pre-clan)
as
up to 99% of FTL travel is controlled by the houses (directly or
indirectly).  There are some mercenary/merchant jumpships, but they are
rare
and the cost to hire them (anywhere near a warzone) is exorbitant.
	Negotiations with the employer usually specify the means of FTL
travel; either government or the mercs get reimbursed a lower rate if
they
want to arrange commercial travel (government travel = free, commercial
travel = costly, but no "misjumps" into a warzone).

Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies
http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/

> -----Original Message-----
 Eli Arndt
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [GZG] "Realistic" Mercenary TO&
> 
> One thing that hasn't been addressed in this thread is how 
> such merc units would get from planet to planet and travel 
> between systems?  I am assuming that the lesser units would 
> be reliant on their employers for space transport.  But how 
> reasonable is it to assume that a mercenary unit would be 
> able to assemble its own transportation?  I may be trying to 
> apply to much realism to a sci-fi setting but having a good 
> sense of what is reasonable helps me bend the limits.
> 
> 
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