Allied Mercenaries Guild (AMG)

twilight_echoes · Post by **twilight_echoes** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 16:03

Who We Are

The allied Mercenary Guild is exactly what it sounds like. A collection of fighters, assassins and traders who undertake missions for the Guild, and on behalf of other organisations. Rather like an interactive BBS Board roleplay.

Established for 8 weeks with 47 pages of almost pure roleplay and 19 actively contributing members, AMG is now the 10th most active thread on all the X-forums

AMG has no hierarchy. Every member is the boss of their own mission. Missions are posted by Independent Empires, and every one is different. Points are awarded for completed missions and creative writing.

If you are interested in joining a discussion group, or have questions about the X-Universe, pay FACTS a visit. They are very helpful.

Benefits of Membership

You will be offered regular missions, tactical and strategic advice and gain rank as you achieve your objectives. Missions undertaken by members so far include the assassination of important political figures, exploration of new sectors, expanded plots from existing ingame BBS missions, fleet defence, convoy escorts, piracy, covert operations and major ship to ship battles.

AMG provides information updates to members and clients alike to assist them design and complete their comissions.

Non Members

May at any time request guild services, and we will identify candidates to fulfil your mission. Simply post the mission onto this thread and the AMG will classify it for you and notify you of progress. Please state the organistion or individual commissioning work, or if you wish to remain anonymous private message me.

How to Join

In the first instance, please register your interests on this thread together with the type of missions you are interested in accepting.

Posting a Mission

Simply add your mission to the thread. The format is up to you, but we request all clients include a Reference Code, Who the Mission is open to, and what the Reward is for completing it. Also state whether the mission is open to Helpful and or Hostile contributions. If you are unsure, take a look over the thread for some examples.

Accepting and Contributing to Missions

If you wish to accept a mission simply post a message saying "I accept Mission xxxx" and provide a description of how things go. Its a creative forum so you can do this pretty much however you want to; and others can join in offering assistance or sabotage depending on the nature of the mission.

Some missions are carefully planned behind the scenes, so if you want to join in a "Mission in Progress", its both courteous and respectful to PM the client and mercenary and see if there is a way you can be included in the mission without disrupting it. A lot of effort goes into planning certain missions.

Guild members choose to accept or decline missions at their own risk and discretion. Where known, AMG will always dislose the identities of employers offering missions unless the employer specifically requests otherwise in which case this will be noted.

If you have a moral objection to working for particular employers who advertise with us it is recommended that you do not accept work from them.

Missions Currently Available

TII-DEFENCE01 - p40
Mission UEF#052 – Hijack - p41
Mission UEF#053 – Family Thi’s -p41
Ref: FF-H&H 012 - p45

Missions in Progress

CM-001 Mission:Bounty Killer - p16 (Accepted by Ravenlord)
UEF #-049 Improving Relations - p25 (Accepted by Slogger)-Claumanic pls PM if you still want to RP this.
RMC 04 - p28 (Acceoted by TheReaper' & completed by redassassin - awards pending)
Mission Ref: TII-SLVG01 "Destroyer/Creator" -p31 (accepted by CGrand)
TII-RECON02 p36 (accepted by redassassin)
RMC 08 p37 (accepted by Simonnance)
RMC 05 p28 (accepted by KarlHemmings)
Mission UEF#054 – Insurrection -p41 (accepted by redassassin)
Mission UEF#052 – Hijack - p41 (accepted by TheJakal)
Mission UEF #055-Schematics - p41 (accepted by Blackspell)

Ranking System

Points will be awarded on a "per mission" basis and bonuses will be awarded for creative rendition of their accomplishment.

0 Points - Hireling
10 Points - Accomplished Hireling
20 Points - Mercenary
30 Points - Advanced Mercenary
40 Points - Elite Mercenary
50 Points - Mission Expert
75 Points - Mission Commander
100 Points - Supreme Mission Commander
150 Points - Choose from: "Trading Operations Specialist", "Covert Operations Specialist", "Military Operations Specialist"
200 Points Choose from: "Trading Operations Commander", "Covert Operations Commander". "Military Operations Commander"

Suggestions for further developments are welcomed and discretionary titles and rankings will be added as appropriate.

Customer Relations

AMG acquires the majority of its missions from independent customers, corporations and covert organisation. We depend on this support for a steady stream of missions and as such Loyalty Reward scheme exists for these valued clients.

0 Points - Prospective Customer
10 Points - Respected Customer
20 Points - Client
40 Points - Key Client
75 Points - Principal Client
100 Points -VIP client.

5 Points are automatically awarded for posting a mission, and further discretionary points may be awarded to the client and indeed to any other contributing players (friendly or hostile) for active participation within a mission, and the creativity and scope of missions offered.

Hostiles & Helpers

When specifying a mission, the client can specify if it is open to Hostile or Helpful contributions from other guild members. If so, then anyone who wishes to either support or sabotage the mission is welcome to join in. To make this work effectively, the hostile (or helpful) player should PM the client and Mercenary to see how they can fit in. Points are awarded to hostile under the following ranking system.

Progress in all ranks is possible, so all members remain free to post and accept missions.

Hostile Ranks

0 Points - Unknown Operative
10 Points - Mission Disruptor
20 Points - AMG Annoyance
30 Points - Enemy of AMG members
50 Points - AMG Assassination Target
75 Points - Bane of AMG
100 Points - Scourge of AMG

Hostile RPing is potentially very problematic, and anyone wishing to progress in this rank is advised to review discussions p25-p27. Hostiles and Helpfuls may ***only** act in the capacity of Private Empires, not in the capacity of any other clan they might happen to belong to. Helpful contributors will be given points in their Mercenary Rank.

Current Members and Associates

blackspell
CGrand
claumanic
DDevil
grchan
jay.g
Jigs Awe
KarlHemmings
Kitch
Millandson
Odin-grey
o1derfull1
ravenlord
red assassin
simonnance
slogger
The Jakal
The_Reaper`
Tecnofreak
twilight_echoes
vader146

Welcome Onboard.

Member Priveleges

All members listed above are welcome to post up their own missions and award a maximum of 10 points per mission, and 5 points for creative input on each mission. This should enable the forum to run seamlessly whether I am online or not and provide greater scope and hopefully a good sense of mutual ownership. This is afterall a guild of allies.

Freedom of Association, The Right to Gather and Free Speech

AMG places no restrictions on what other organisations members may choose to affiliate themselves with. The guild is and remains committed to the rights of individuals to express their creativity as they see fit, and to enjoy their time online however it best suits them. AMG has not and will not bar any individual from membership based around how and where they choose to spend their time on these forums. Consider this a democratised guild.

Coming Soon, Suggestions & Contributions

As an active and evolving guild, AMG welcomes all member suggestions and ideas from new and old associates alike. If you have a suggestion simply post it into the main thread and Ill transfer it here to a position of prominence.

If any member would like me to post a link next to their name, with info such as fleet details or a homepage Ill be happy to add this.

If any member wishes to have their rank listed against their name on this post AMG will be pleased to oblige. This is a matter of personal preference.

Kitch has kindly organised all contributed artwork and logos in the post below.

AMG is delighted to sanction use of this or any other logo members choose to represent themselves with (subject to Egosoft guidelines). If anyone has thoughts on a competition please feel free to suggest them on this thread or message me.

MILLANDSON wrote:

just a suggestion, but wouldn't it be better if it was harder to be promoted, eg 50 points for each rank, or to make it harder 2 get points, such as only 2-5 points per mission.

Response to suggestions regarding seperate bulletin boards.

These have been much appreciated but for now AMG will not implement it.

Seperate boards could perhaps be more convenient, but also risk splitting the thread, and the moderators don't approve of it for that reason and others.

For now, AMG has added a new missions available section, providing a reference number for each mission and a page number to assist in locating it.

Please feel free to add your thoughts on this to the thread.

Other x2 Fansites

There are a host of sites put together by other guilds & people wishing to provide help & information. This thread:

http://www.egosoft.com/x2/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47422

is a good place to find them.

Echoes Out.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 16:06

CGrand · Post by **CGrand** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 16:07

A good Start Echos and to get the ball rolling:-

The Royal Mining Company point out its interests in shipping primarly of ore and silcon but other resources on request.

Size and time of dilverys no majour problems

Place is also not a problem altough zenon and zharrka sectors are not being considered currently due to the high threat level, however if the contractee whishes to provide escort or clearing forces these two will be considred by aragement

We will also acept fleet and sector defence contracts

However we will not accept assasiation contracts as this violites the peacefull nature of our majouirtaly boron crew

Prices avalible on request

ALL Clients will be given equall consideration with the exemption of NOVAEF

Accepted Roles
Cargo Shiping
Station Shiping
Sector Defence
Aid in fleet actions

Not Considered

Assasintation
NOVAEF missions

Fees

Transport

1,000 credits per transport per sector
8,00 credits per m3 escort

10,000 credits per station total, anywhere in the universe

Fleet actions/defence

Corvettes 80,000 credits
Destroyers 150,000
Carriers 300,000
Fighter Wing 200,000 per wing (12 ships)

in addition charges will be levelled in fleet actions for damage occured at standard mercanary rates

Trade

Products produced by the RMC will be sold at average prices

Sold - Quatom tubes, Computer components, Microchips, FighterDrone and Navigation sattelies, + all basic food stuffs and comoditiys (free enargy sells for purchases over 10,000 credits)

All ore and silcons will be sold at 2/3 of market rates relfecting the lower cost of these actions to the Company

OCC

is that the sort of thing you had in mind, if not i'll delete, don't want to spoil your nice new guild!

twilight_echoes · Post by **twilight_echoes** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 16:13

Great Start and thx heaps for your support. Welcome aboard.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 16:14

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o1derfull1 · Post by **o1derfull1** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 16:20

So does this affect your membership in the Crawl federation, twilight?

twilight_echoes · Post by **twilight_echoes** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 16:26

The ambition of the AMG is to provide services to all organisations that require them. It does not aim to compete with other guilds, and as such is open to members of any existing organisation who wishes to join. We are a guild of private members rather than a collective organisation.

I cannot deny that potential conflicts of interest may exist such as UNCC requesting fleet defence from NOVAEF members which opens the door to sabotage and double dealings.

twilight_echoes · Post by **twilight_echoes** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 17:02

Incoming Mission

Priority Level: Critical
Open to : Hirelings
Mission Reward: 5 Points per mission
Organisation: AMG
Classification: Open Transmission

***Briefing***
Further to extensive research it has been decided to establish our temporary base of operations in Black Hole Sun, due to its proximity to all major races and Xenon Sectors.

We therefore require delivery of the following items to the Argon Equipment Dock:

100 x Mosquito Missiles (Mission 1)
10 x 5 MW Shields (Mission 2)

Each Transport Ship will require an M3 fighter escort piloted by a competent well armed hireling. (Missions 3 and 4)

Strong Xenon resistance is expected. Please register your acceptance.

TheFang · Post by **TheFang** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 17:58

I see you have downstepped from universal dominance to a more realistic goal, a good decision, if you ask me.

The NOVAEF might even have a few mission for you, when we're in a tight shedule. We will see how things role out.

Good luck to you and your Guild!

MILLANDSON · Post by **MILLANDSON** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:13

<Transmission Begins>

Hello, AMG. This is Commander MILLANDSON of Surocorp, and of UNCC.
I wanted to declare my full support for this clan, as its ideals and policies are much better than that of the CRAWL Federation.

My SPP's in Home of Light, Light of Heart, and Omicron Lyrae are to be considered safe havens for your members ships, and you will be supplied with 1000 FREE Energy Cells a week as a gift, and to assist the AMG starting up, and to supply your cap ships with enough cells to go on their missions.

Also, if my assistance is ever needed, just ask.

Finally, I would like to be counted as an honoury member, as my commitments to the UNCC are primary, but if i have spare time, and the credits are right, I would like to do some mercanary work.

Therefore, I succond Fleet Surocorp-003 to the AGM. It consists of:

Argon M2 SRC Deaths Head
Argon M6 SRC Shield
3xNova SRC 101st 'Wraith' Squadron

Hope these will be satisfactory.

MILLANDSON, signing off...

<Transmission Ends>

OOC: Well done echos, this is much better than CRAWL. Better role and background, etc.

DrCBVI · Post by **DrCBVI** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:15

Just damned typical, the moment I start cataloguing the clans, they start popping up every minute!

Seriously though: a sensible clan, good choice!

odin_grey · Post by **odin_grey** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:25

This is Odin_grey, head of SCEPTRE Trading Corp and UNCC Major.

Due to some recent conflicts with the khaak I will need a temporary force to defend all factories and units belonging to the SCEPTRE Trading Corp in the sectors known as:

Presidents End
Ore Belt
Split Fire
Akellas Beacon

I will require a force of at least one M6 is each sector, and an extra M6 is ore because of some vital factories.

For your assistants, I will pay the sum of 5,000,000 credits for the bare minimum. If more ships are used, I will pay up to an extra 5,000,000.

The temporary forces must remain in sector until I get back in around 3 tazuras.

OOC:

Nice idea twilight

I think we were all getting tired of those clans bent on the total destruction of all who oppose.

I'm in

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:36

The UNIcorp ship UCS Cobalt Red is loaded with missiles and shield as requested and is awating fighter escort in the sector Loomankstrats Legacy.

UNIcorp has dispatched a Persei wing and Nova wing for escort duty, but it maybe some time before their arrival in sector... any freelance M3 pilots are welcome to provide close support for the payment of 20,000 credits per ship plus additional bounty on hostile targets.

**Additional**
2 UNIcorp Centaurs are available for immediate dispatch to Presidents End for "search and destroy" actions.

twilight_echoes · Post by **twilight_echoes** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:40

Incoming Mission

As detailed above.
Status Critical
Mission Reward - 10 Points

I am happy to report the prompt dispatch of Nemisis Hegemony which has successfully engaged its jumpdrive and is arriving in Presidents End 10%....20%...30%.......Jumping.

My gods man you didnt say I would land myself directly into a Warzone. Khaak fighters and Pirates everywhere. I can see why you requested several M6s and offered such generous compensation now. I can see im going to have my hands full with this sector piloting the M6 myself.

Mission Upgrade

At least 3 M6s are required to defend remaining sectors. Reward 10 points per sector.

All available AMG associates please respond.

twilight_echoes · Post by **twilight_echoes** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:46

Excellent stuff Kitch I sure could use some back up here in Presidents End. Suggest you deploy one Centaur here and tackle the Pirates while Hegemony devastates the clusters with her PSGs.

AMG is delighted to advertise your M3 support requirement and any member able to fulfil these support duties will be awarded 5 points.

Could you divert the remaining Centaur to Ore Belt. Then we need only over Akeelas Beacon (which should be fairly safe due to incumbent forces) and Split Fire. AMG recommends that 2 corvettes be used to cover this sector.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:48

UNIcorp current holdings:

1x Split Elephant (TL) Cobalt Red
1x Split Dragon (M6) Kylan Selina
2x Argon Centaur (M6) Clare Lynsey
Stephanie Kay
3x Paranid Perseus (M3) Red Squad 1-3
3x Argon Nova (M3) Blue Squad 1-3
1x Split Mamba (M3) Rattlesnake
1x Split Scorpion (M4) Emporer
1x Barracuda (M4) Sledgehammer
1x Boron Octopus (M5) Blue Ring
1x Paranid Pegasus (M5) Bellerophon

5x SPP, 2x Crystal Fab, 3x Wheat farm, 3x Cattle Ranch, 1x Silicon Mine.

Currently engaged in and around Bala Gi's Joy in "hostile takeover" actions and pirate cleansing.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:53

**Centaur orders dispatched**

Clare Lynsey now on station at Presidents End
Stephanie Kay en route to Ore Belt

Both ship captains ordered to provide support to area friendlies and neutralise any Khaak or Pirate incursion.

Whilst relatively new, I have the utmost confidence in the newly promoted captians of these vessels. I will have to rely on remote comms whilst I await the arrival of fighter escorts for Cobalt Red and its subsequent mission to Black Hole Sun.

Any command level staff present in these two sectors may have the UNIcorp Centaurs seconded to them for the duration of this mission.

twilight_echoes · Post by **twilight_echoes** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:55

Update. Carrier Ozymandius has been dispatched to cover sector defence in system Split Fire, together with a full compliment of Perseus escorts. Pirate activity is reported as heavy verging on insane. Intelligence reports from Bala Gis Joy report a mass exodus due to associated forces disposing of pirates. Heads up!! The stragglers are coming our way. I think we can handle this ourselves but any assistance is always welcome from M3 pilots.

Ladies and Gentlemen we still require M6 cover or better in Sector Akeelas Beacon, and we need to hold the positions we have already.

Echoes out.

CGrand · Post by **CGrand** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:56

Here’s my attempt at mission 2, no fee charged consider it my donation for joining the guild (see my first post I’ve edited it)

“ about time muttered Lee to himself (his actual name is leetearitonus, shortened to lee), blowing bubbles in the cabin of his ship and boron Manta”, it had taken ages for the m5 scouts to collect together the required 5mw shields from the systems surrounding light of heart, but they were all here now.

“you ship is cleared for departure from the RMC “Ocean Conveyer” the mobile HQ (TL) of the Royal Mining Company), “ remember get that cargo their intact, the director is watching with interest to see if this branching of company assets is worth the effort”

The internal cargo lifts positioned lee in front of the exit door of the TL, he then saw the membrane iris open, and nudged the throat forwards being careful to avoid hitting the bay walls, less carefully his escort of two barracudas flew out behind him, he accelerated up to full speed and set course for black hole sun, due to current incidents in boron split relations his only choice was to go south through the infamous “red route”

“here’s to a boring flight” he muttered to himself, set the auto pilot and retreated to the galley to make some food, those fools in the RMC kitchens kept trying to spice up his bofu, not knowing of course it tasted best on its own, still with the ever increasing number of boron’s in the RMC personal even that was starting to change.

The craft slipped through space, the escorts periodically transferring aboard the TP the RMC ‘Song of the void’, to rest up and eat, but they were all awake and aware when the reached 18 billion and prepared to enter the xenon sector.

The ships slipped through the gate, to find for now the traffic calm around the gate, “oh” came the voice of one of the pilots, a depressive by the name of toki, “I don’t like the looks of that ahead, looking ahead lee found why the gate was so quite, at the other end of the two xenon carriers and 3 Ks, where attacking a shipping convoy coming in from scale plate green.

As they approached the fight several xenon Ns came over to scan the ships, but where quickly dispatched by the escorting fighters, “this might sound crazy, chipped in the second pilot”, lee winced as knowing her it probably was, “but go straight through”, lee looked startled at first at then realised what she meant “ok I’m gunning the engines now”

The 3 ships approached the triangle of xenon forces, who were ignoring them in favour of the fat convoy coming from the other direction, by the time their presence was realised, the xenon had trouble shooting to avoid hitting themselves, that got them through the capital ships but left a small gap to the gate, the fighters turned and boosted distracting the xenon long enough for him to reach the gate and pass through.

He passed through and collapsed back into his seat in relief, then the computer blared into life, revealing 2 pirate ornicos 2 bayamons, the shots from which rocked his ship, slamming the boost on he hauled away from the gate, out paceing the oroinocos but the bayamons easily kept up, realising he wasn’t going to make, lee tried something in desperation, firing the turret on one ship, the ions ripped the shields down, but the pilot kept coming, he then threw the throttle to zero and hauled the stick straight up, the deceleration pressing him into his seat, the bayaom flew straight into the side of his ship, piecing the pressure hull in one place, evancatuing the cabin and reducing the shields to 30%, the effect though on the bayamon was even worse, it ripped one of the ‘wings’ of the ship off, the remain engines throwing the ship around into a curve straight into the path of the second bayamon, who although his sheidls withstood the impact the fate of the already damaged bayamon was sealed, the ion stream in the engines went unstable blowing through to the casing and takeing the ship with it, even through pace lee could here the dull boom of the gasses.

Having seen his comrade destroyed and realised he was being persuade by the two m3s who had finally gotten through the gate, the reaming pirate turned and ran.

The two m3s took up positions on either side of the ‘Song Of Void’ which was venting gas from the hull breech but was still functional. Then moving slowly off to keep pace with one of the m3s which had taken slight engine damage the convoy moved off, after that attack, everything strangle went smoothly. Docking at the AMG reserved dock the shield were unloaded, and repair commenced.

Seeing the size of the fee the AMG where getting for the shields as lee pointed out in his report “if this had been a for profit run we would have just broken even due to the damage to the hull of the ‘Song of Void’, I would recommend that these contracts have a good future, but flying through zenon sectors should in future be avoided, though as he wrote that, he sighed because he knew his last words, would almost certainly be ignored”

Several hours later he opened the response, commending him for his piloting skill and awarding a weeks holiday in lucky plaents, which cheered him, but he noted that flying through split space was still impossible, he decided for now the holiday could wait

OOC their we go my contribution to the guild,

Sorry kitch about I only noticed your update halfway through wrighting all this, you can still do this missile part though

CGrand · Post by **CGrand** » Tue, 23. Mar 04, 18:58

We note the threat in akelas beacon and have dispathed the RMC M6 'Ripples in the void' a boron hydra to that system,

It will co-ordinate action and has permision to call for further reinforcments it it requires it

For my full fleet listing's see here

http://www.rushyo.com/UNCC/viewtopic.php?t=72