Right, I was more going for the seemingly illogical fact that the Republic (senate) would have to hire mercenaries to support the Border Alliance, while the BA on itself is so far presented as a loose military affiliation that would be perfectly within its own rules to have individual member planets (and their respectable governments) hire those mercenaries on its own. As I stated a few posts ago I completely understand that with the current character limitation we can't have indies switch factions every two months for "mercenary contract reasons", but at the same time the IC-justification for not allowing it shouldn't come from the Republic in Chandrila.
If that's what the TT decides, that's fine, but I felt obligated to respond and share my view.
I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say (especially -Gold Squadron-). I was merely making the point that the Senate shouldn't necessarily have to approve independent mercs joining a PvP conflict on the BA-side, especially because they probably won't for the reasons you stated.No, your opinions make sense. But we're a long way off from the Senate recognizing there is a threat, much less deciding how they want to deal with it, much less actually hiring. Their roleplay is completely based on political maneuvering - I am assuming that Gold Squadron is going to be it for awhile. As in, I assume, most of the timeline.
I was hoping, looking at the low BA numbers, that the independent Mandalorians (who are in Border Alliance space) could be called upon. Ofcourse, it shouldn't be used as a means to skirt the rules and if I remember correctly my post was about Aegis 2.0, consisting of BA veterans, fighting for the BA. (EDIT: which could be seen as skirting the rules, so whether or not the Senate had to approve they should rather just make BA characters)The BA won't have funding enough to be hiring mercs or indie factions. It'll have to come from the Senate - but they aren't reliable, so if people want to fight for the BA they should just make a BA character.
all members sans AFLs will start out at the base-level rank.
If you want me to go over your character profile pre-timeline switch, feel free to post the link here and tag me! That way we can make your formal approval quicker once the new timeline hits, and get you writing faster. I'm sure there will be a few tweeks once you see the write-ups.