Security / Escort Companies

[Dane Summers]

My suggestion is - Dont ask to do it.

Not at first.

Mining is a tough business now, as everyone knows that miners and people hauling ore are good for high demands. Rorry is a great example of an ore pirate done right, and he's down-right ruthless - pay, or get blown up. I've had friends get blown up AFTER paying (by other pirates in different situations). Plus, the prime mining areas are warzones - Omega 7 is a great example of this. Add to that Reavers taking miner bounties, and you can see how dismal mining really is.

So my Suggestion is to do some charity work right off the bat. go into Omega 7 or Frankfurt - look for miners being harassed or being stopped, and help them out. Do this for a few times, maybe a weeks worth, and prove that you can do a good job, and im sure you'll get hired. Just try and negotiate a fee that's a good pill to swallow - like 2 mil or so.

Plus, a lot of folks that are going after miners, have bounties themselves, so you'll make money from two directions.

As well - keep in mind, the dangerous part of mining is not in the hauling - its standing still in the middle of a field. Pirates with a political agenda will go for the miner, because they can keep it out of the system for 4 hours, and thereby shut down a mining op. Money lost due to time is a helluva lot more then money lost to tax or piracy. with that being said, make sure your good enough shots to tag a bomber before its snac's take out the miner - that is assuming said miner is solo and using a heggie. If he's mining for someone else, hopefully he's got a dacite or mafic.

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[Death.RunningVerminator]

No.

[Ceoran]

If I take escorts, I try to hire fellow Samura members and if at all, I'd like to see more escorts in there. Especially since those part of a corporate faction are the ones you need to follow the non-trading part of your factions roleplay. We probably have the longest list of valid targets on our ID, yet we still lack the pilots.

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[jammi]

If I take escorts, I try to hire fellow Samura members and if at all, I'd like to see more escorts in there. Especially since those part of a corporate faction are the ones you need to follow the non-trading part of your factions roleplay. We probably have the longest list of valid targets on our ID, yet we still lack the pilots.

Bowex had the same problem until we founded the Clyde Brigade. Now we use freighters for in-house escorting, scouting and general hell-raising. We use them as security fighters that can trade, basically.:D

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