Re: How much for a merc unit?
In reply to #1333 How much for a Merc. unit? by Haraldur Karlsson
Haraldur Karlsson [email removed] writes: > How much would one have to pay for employing a mercinary unit over a > long or short periode. What would it be for a Special Force Commando > Group what would a "nice price" be, single assignment or many. The troops get paid in two ways. First, they get monthly salaries like anyone else. Second, they get shares of the final profit from a mission, once expenses and salaries have been taken out of the payment. Higher ranking members of the unit get more shares. The standard salaries and shares for the troops, given in Ye Olde Booke 4, "Mercenary", are as follows: Rank Salary Shares - ---- ------ ------ Private 300 1 Lance Corporal 400 2 Corporal 450 3 Lance Sergeant 500 3 Sergeant 550 4 Gunnery Sergeant 600 4 Leading Sergeant 700 5 First Sergeant 800 6 Sergeant Major 1000 7 Second Lieutenant 1000 5 First Lieutenant 1200 6 Captain 1400 7 Major 1600 8 Lt. Colonel 1800 9 Colonel 2000 10 Before shares are determined, the ticket holder (usually the unit commander and his business partners) deduct 50% of the payment as profit. Salaries of deceased members go to the next of kin or designated recipient. Shares go only to surviving members. These are the standard payments. It is up to the employer and the mercenary commander to negotiate higher rates for such things as a particularly skilled unit, a particularly tough job, etc. The contract may give a fixed sum, which the unit can divide up how it likes, or it may specify standard salaries, or double salaries, etc. If the total payment doesn't cover all the salaries, the mercenaries may get angry. Getting mercenaries angry is probably another candidate for Mike Metlay's old list of How To Die Young. :-) - -- "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott Adrian Hurt | JANET: [email removed] UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: [email removed]