Mercenary Forces.

[docrailgun]

Maybe it's the "Blackwater Coalition", or something? It's not too far-fetched that Blackwater might move out of the US after 2008, and take a large number of newly-returned veterans with them.

But why, Kristovich? In modern combat there isn't anything as a Mercenary Army anymore. Usually Warlords and Countries hire them to provide services... Warlords for the expertise (same with the smaller Countries), and for Countries they can do things that the country otherwise isn't legally or capable of doing.

Example: During one of the bush wars in Africa, the local government hired Mercs to fly aircraft in conjuction with native pilots against rebel positions... They didn't make up the Air Force, but they did make up a core element of expertise needed by the Air Force of that particular country.

 

[Larac]

Scrap that and thank Wikipedia!

PMC=Private Military Companies!

So, PMC's it is then!

Still, they'll be participating in force.

PMC is a type of clay used in crafts as well

Allows the making of Sliver items but in a clay form the start with.

Just FYI


Lee

 

[Mr Evil]

hope all the female mercs in the PMC wear PVC

 

[DM]

Cold shower for Mr Evil

 

[Mr Evil]

hope they do the A team

 

[Larac]

Saw this in a book,

The UN defines a nercenary as:

1. A merc is any person who:
a Is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight an armed conflict;

b Is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on be half of a party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatantsof similar rank and functions in the armed forces of that party;

there is more but I type slow
Lee

 

[Hiromoon]

This Convention was adopted on 4 December 1989 by Resolution 44/34 of the United Nations General Assembly. Two texts concerning mercenaries adopted prior to that date are worth noting: Article 47 of Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Convention on the "Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa" adopted by the Organization of African Unity in Libreville on 3 July 1977. Comprising 21 articles, the 1989 Convention pursues steps previously taken by Third World countries, seconded at the time by socialist countries, to fight against mercenarism throughout the world.
The definition of a mercenary is derived from Article 47 of Protocol I, but goes further by applying to "armed conflict" (Article 1, paragraph 1) and also to "any other situation" (Article 1, paragraph 2). Any of the activities cited in the Convention is considered an offence regardless of whether perpetrated by the mercenaries themselves (Article 3) or by any other person (Article 2). Attempts and complicity to commit any of the offences set forth are also considered an offence (Article 4). As with other instruments of international criminal law, States Parties undertake to try or to extradite suspected offenders as stipulated by the Convention (Articles 9 to 12).
Concerning relations between the Convention of 1989 and international humanitarian law, it reserves the "right" of each State Party to invite the ICRC to communicate with and visit alleged offenders in violation of this Convention held on its territory (Article 10, paragraph 4). Article 16 b) includes a safeguard clause applicable to international humanitarian law.

 

[Kristovich]

Sorry Hiro, but I didn't get much of that

 

[Hiromoon]

http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/44/a44r034.htm

1. A mercenary is any person who:

(a) Is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an
armed conflict;

(b) Is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the
desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party
to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that
promised or paid to combatants of similar rank and functions in the armed
forces of that party;

(c) Is neither a national of a party to the conflict nor a resident of
territory controlled by a party to the conflict;

(d) Is not a member of the armed forces of a party to the conflict; and

(e) Has not been sent by a State which is not a party to the conflict on
official duty as a member of its armed forces.

2. A mercenary is also any person who, in any other situation:

(a) Is specially recruited locally or abroad for the purpose of
participating in a concerted act of violence aimed at:

(i) Overthrowing a Government or otherwise undermining the
constitutional order of a State; or

(ii) Undermining the territorial integrity of a State;

(b) Is motivated to take part therein essentially by the desire for
significant private gain and is prompted by the promise or payment of material
compensation;

(c) Is neither a national nor a resident of the State against which such
an act is directed;

(d) Has not been sent by a State on official duty; and

(e) Is not a member of the armed forces of the State on whose territory
the act is undertaken.

 

[Ben2]

There is currently a full mercenary list being worked on, I just need to go back and give it some polish and alter some of the weapons.

 

[Mr Evil]

There is currently a full mercenary list being worked on, I just need to go back and give it some polish and alter some of the weapons.

can we use it to build our own A-Team ?

 

[Ben2]

It could be easily arranged. Is there anywhere that does the models for the A-Team?

 

[Col_stone]

Foundry does one

 

[Col_stone]

Foundry does one, B-team

 

[Mr Evil]

Foundry does one, B-team

linky ?

 

[Ben2]

Right, I'll revist mercenary forces tonight if there is time and post it for further discussion on the BF:Evo list. I had been writing the list with the notion of submitting it to S&P.

 

[roughneck GIR]

If you still don't get it kristo, mercs are hired soldiers .

 

[Col_stone]

ere ya go
http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/SV/3/index.asp