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<blockquote data-quote="AIM-54" data-source="post: 1833392" data-attributes="member: 15633">Okay, this sounds like you're going to go up and cherry pick from the mercenary companies.&nbsp; This is a good plan if you're intending to get killed.&nbsp; As I understand from Kennon's post, the mercs in the north operate in companies, not loners as in the south.&nbsp; This means they've operated together, probably for some time, and therefore commanders are not going to appreciate you stealing away their finest/most experienced troops.&nbsp; Indeed, knowing mercs, they'd kill you.&nbsp; Fast.&nbsp; And maybe a few who were going to go with you, just to set an example.&nbsp; If you are going to get mercs from the north, you're going to have to hire whole companies (by which I mean coherent groups, not a specific number of troops).&nbsp; You are first going to need to understand their current contracts.&nbsp; Mercs are first and foremost businessman.&nbsp; It's bad business to simply hop out on a contract.&nbsp; And they're not going to bank on your assurances that Tain is going to be defeated.&nbsp; Again, that's not good business, unless you can hire them for the duration of the rebellion and pay them well.&nbsp; Mercs ain't going to leave a steady, reliable paycheck for the unknown, unless it's really worth their while.&nbsp; That's just the way it is.Before we go up looking for mercs, we need to understand what this entails.&nbsp; And clearly it's more than either Archon or Mik have considered.&nbsp; It may be an unsuccessful venture.&nbsp; We may need more funds than Mik has available.&nbsp; These are the realities.&nbsp; I may be way off here, I'm not totally up on how Kennon runs mercs, but I have too many games based off the mercenary paradigm not to know a thing or two about the basics.And Mik, you're going to have to show a better grasp of these things if you want to call yourself &quot;general&quot; without me laughing at you hysterically.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="AIM-54, post: 1833392, member: 15633"] Okay, this sounds like you're going to go up and cherry pick from the mercenary companies. This is a good plan if you're intending to get killed. As I understand from Kennon's post, the mercs in the north operate in companies, not loners as in the south. This means they've operated together, probably for some time, and therefore commanders are not going to appreciate you stealing away their finest/most experienced troops. Indeed, knowing mercs, they'd kill you. Fast. And maybe a few who were going to go with you, just to set an example. If you are going to get mercs from the north, you're going to have to hire whole companies (by which I mean coherent groups, not a specific number of troops). You are first going to need to understand their current contracts. Mercs are first and foremost businessman. It's bad business to simply hop out on a contract. And they're not going to bank on your assurances that Tain is going to be defeated. Again, that's not good business, unless you can hire them for the duration of the rebellion and pay them well. Mercs ain't going to leave a steady, reliable paycheck for the unknown, unless it's really worth their while. That's just the way it is. Before we go up looking for mercs, we need to understand what this entails. And clearly it's more than either Archon or Mik have considered. It may be an unsuccessful venture. We may need more funds than Mik has available. These are the realities. I may be way off here, I'm not totally up on how Kennon runs mercs, but I have too many games based off the mercenary paradigm not to know a thing or two about the basics. And Mik, you're going to have to show a better grasp of these things if you want to call yourself "general" without me laughing at you hysterically. :lol: [/QUOTE]

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