With regards to bounty hunters, we're going to say that they don't exist in the way that you're thinking. Most people who perform similar duties - such as taking out an opponent on the other side of a deal that went south - would act as enforcers for mob families. That would be their "job." There wouldn't be a position for competing interests. The path is much the same as we indicated in the previous link!
As for mercenaries, they do exist, but are extremely illegal (which may not be surprising). For a point of where mercenaries exist in the world, they are actually hired on as the guards to take care of Displaced during drop offs, and they're the ones who were involved in the gunfight with Morningstar in the very first log a year ago. (These were never UNA soldiers, but they do utilize much of the same tech!) Getting in with them is a lot harder given the types of people they're hired for (and the sensitive information contained therein).
Mercenaries tend to exist in under the radar mercenary companies that are then contracted by corporate powers. Given the utilization of high-grade military tech and the fact that they often work as enforcers for people with a lot of money - thus being the more "corporate" side of this coin, if you will - it's hard to catch their eye, or even know where they are.
That's not to say that Dutch can't join up. She absolutely can, but given this angle's potential to uncover large plot details, we'd like you to propose a plot in exploring them! Obviously, there are the drop offs, which can be tracked for the times they're more likely to take place. The DIsplaced have enough information to track these, and Caroline (gasping) works with the events committee and can act as a resource. In addition, V (verselet) has met these mercenaries outside of the drop offs.
You can have Dutch safely assume that the guards aren't UNA thanks to the Morningstar/Displaced correlation (as they would seemingly know better) and they aren't the cops (since the cops also know nothing).
And if that angle doesn't work for you, we'd be happy to help you with another one!
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With regards to bounty hunters, we're going to say that they don't exist in the way that you're thinking. Most people who perform similar duties - such as taking out an opponent on the other side of a deal that went south - would act as enforcers for mob families. That would be their "job." There wouldn't be a position for competing interests. The path is much the same as we indicated in the previous link!
As for mercenaries, they do exist, but are extremely illegal (which may not be surprising). For a point of where mercenaries exist in the world, they are actually hired on as the guards to take care of Displaced during drop offs, and they're the ones who were involved in the gunfight with Morningstar in the very first log a year ago. (These were never UNA soldiers, but they do utilize much of the same tech!) Getting in with them is a lot harder given the types of people they're hired for (and the sensitive information contained therein).
Mercenaries tend to exist in under the radar mercenary companies that are then contracted by corporate powers. Given the utilization of high-grade military tech and the fact that they often work as enforcers for people with a lot of money - thus being the more "corporate" side of this coin, if you will - it's hard to catch their eye, or even know where they are.
That's not to say that Dutch can't join up. She absolutely can, but given this angle's potential to uncover large plot details, we'd like you to propose a plot in exploring them! Obviously, there are the drop offs, which can be tracked for the times they're more likely to take place. The DIsplaced have enough information to track these, and Caroline (
You can have Dutch safely assume that the guards aren't UNA thanks to the Morningstar/Displaced correlation (as they would seemingly know better) and they aren't the cops (since the cops also know nothing).
And if that angle doesn't work for you, we'd be happy to help you with another one!