Manet
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Posted - 2006.05.04 19:23:00 -
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Edited by: Manet on 04/05/2006 19:25:02
 Originally by: Seleene
The MC does not take jobs based upon just money.
So it would seem that you are not the average Mercenary outfit then, since taking jobs based on money is standard operating procedure for the typical Merc outfit. What then seperates MC from the rest? Digi seems to have an answer for that.
Originally by: DigitalCommunist
MC...has to think about the post contract scene, and in the long run it ends up hurting them big time...The BoB relationship has more value than a simple 30bil outpost. Its all the potential gains they could make by having a secure 0.0 home versus losing the initial 30bil investment and billions defending it.
The MC didn't always have to consider the post contract scene. Something has changed, hasn't it?
Or did they in fact, always have to consider the post-contract scene?
Has anything changed significantly with the current outpost in PB situation, in their consideration of the post-contract scene?
It seems the obvious and necessary pre-contract question of "Will we survive this contract?" has taken on a different meaning with the erection of an outpost in PB. The post-contract scene didn't always look that way did it. So something has changed then, has it not?
Of course it has, and has been pointed it, if MC wanted to stay competetive in the long term, things had to change. But the result of that change, is that clients wishing to take on BoB with MC contracts need to factor in a very nasty looking post-contract scene into the price. And yet, this prohibitive cost will only come from a contract against BoB.
Why then, are BoB and MC surprised that people scream "something's not entirely balanced here!".
Thing's aren't balanced.
The business deal BoB and MC have entered into has made contracting MC, in Blacklight's own words, "Eve's premier merc force" (A force he openly admits is a risk to have at home) against BoB prohibitively expensive.
And that, in my opinion, is one of the better things BoB gets out of the deal. Simple really. Whilst MC can't kill BoB, they can slow them down and get in their way. So create a situation where it becomes highly unlikely that will happen, and throw in some other mutual benefits to top it all off.
Originally by: Blacklight
The fact that most people seem to be missing is that as a business deal it can be superceded at anytime by a better deal should one come along that is more beneficial to either side.
Yes, of course, but as Digi says...
Originally by: DigitalCommunist
[The current situation is]...an obscenely lucurative deal for them.
And unlikely to be beaten, by any other entity out there.
It really is simple, no need for tinfoil hats.
P.S. Don't scream alt, my main is inactive because I'm broke at the moment (2nd account). My main is Nooey.
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