Yenaldlooshi
Cosmic Mongoose
In the Mercenary Boxed Set Book 2 on page 15 under Conducting Recruitment, I see sentences that say:
"A Traveller can conduct recruitment on their own or get a factor to do it for them. A factor provides a flat DM+2, whereas..."
and;
"This cost is in addition to a factor’s standard finding fee if one is used...."
From this, I can infer from context that "factor" means some sort of recruitment or employment agency, but I have never heard this term used in this way before. I don't see any reference on the internet for it used in this way.
Is this a Traveller term? Is this just my limited vocabulary? Is this one of the many "Britishisms" that crop up on Mongoose Traveller? (I had to research what a "prang" was at one point). I could not find this term defined in Mercenary, but it might be in one of the other books.
Educate me, please.
"A Traveller can conduct recruitment on their own or get a factor to do it for them. A factor provides a flat DM+2, whereas..."
and;
"This cost is in addition to a factor’s standard finding fee if one is used...."
From this, I can infer from context that "factor" means some sort of recruitment or employment agency, but I have never heard this term used in this way before. I don't see any reference on the internet for it used in this way.
Is this a Traveller term? Is this just my limited vocabulary? Is this one of the many "Britishisms" that crop up on Mongoose Traveller? (I had to research what a "prang" was at one point). I could not find this term defined in Mercenary, but it might be in one of the other books.
Educate me, please.