Bounty Hunters
Feb 18, 2014 11:58:47 GMT -6
Post by Nightroad on Feb 18, 2014 11:58:47 GMT -6
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[attr="class","title"]Bounty Hunters
[attr="class","body"]Bounty Hunters are people who make a living out of catching criminals for the bounty on their head. The reasons behind a bounty hunter doing their job is often mixed. Some are hunting down criminals just for money, others to bring them to justice their way and some for fame. Bounty Hunters also act independently from other established law enforcement groups and are free to roam as they please. They also have no fixed workings and some may hunt solo or with others. While they are sometimes no better than criminals themselves, they are left alone to hunt criminals so long as they don't break the law while doing so. Regardless, all criminals caught are handed into the Marines dead or alive.
Bounty Hunters are organized in a class-based system. Effectively, every bounty hunter is assigned a "grade" based on their overall abilities and number/overall value of bounties collected, and every bounty is assigned a grade based on its relative danger. The grade acts as a loose command structure in how turned in bounties are handled in an attempt to prevent infighting between bounty hunters. When multiple hunters turn in a single bounty, it is split, with the greater % going to the high ranks while the lower % goes to the low ranks. The ranks are as follows:
C-Rank: The lowest rank, these are bounty hunters of average ability and skill, usually handling petty criminals and such and having access to few assisting resources. They are also the most numerous. In terms of rank. Due to the large gap between this and rank B, a C-rank bounty hunter can range anywhere from a marine lieutenant all the way up to a commodore, depending on a number of factors and experience. The C rank is considered "paying your dues" for most, as it is one of the longest and hardest ranks to get out of. If you persevere (or more importantly survive) long enough to get enough bounty and experience under your belt, then you can graduate to rank B through a simple application process.
B-Rank: B-rank is the second lowest rank bounty hunters can have, and they handle significantly more dangerous criminals than C (having proven themselves) and are capable of getting access to more assiting resources and having more connections than a C-rank hunter. B rank individuals have a level of ability up to around a Rear Admiral of the marines, but due to no formal military structure for bounty hunters they can sometimes be lower. The average is about 90% of a rear admirals strength, though it can take many hunters quite a bit of time to reach that. Get a considerable enough bounty and experience, and you can advance to A-rank with a reviewed application process.
A-rank: Heres where things get dicey. A rank is the middle-of-the-road in terms of overall ability, and can hunt both above and below their level with varying success. They can hunt anywhere from petty criminals to pirate captains and beyond (if they're foolish enough) and have access to numerous resources and contacts available to most bounty hunters. Individuals of this rank are hardened and know how to fight, and unlike B-rank easily can match up to the strength of a Vice-Admiral. That being said, such bounty hunters are mercifully rare due to the demands placed on such individuals to become such fearsome warriors to meet the qualifications of A-rank. If you're good enough and can somehow manage to make the extremely strict requirements to advance, it becomes possible for one to advance to the coveted S-rank, a symbol of status and power amongst bounty hunters.
S-Rank Some of the toughest bounty hunters around, S-ranks are some of the rarest bounty hunters and are the cream of the crop. Not only can they hunt the most dangerous of bounties, but they also have numerous resources at their disposal and a great deal of respect and prestige even among some other organizations. These individuals are no joke, and while their numbers are very few they can easily go toe-to-toe with an Admiral in terms of raw ability. This is the highest A bounty hunter can normally achieve, and it speaks magnitudes if you can make it here.
X-class: A unique classification of bounty hunters, X-class bounty hunters are what are effectively the military police of bounty hunters. The cream of the crop selected from the already exclusive S-class, these bounty hunters are the only ones with the ability to police the frighteningly powerful S-class and all the classes below it. Effectively, instead of taking normal bounties they keep tabs on bounty hunters and, if they go bad, these are the guys sent to take them down. X-classes are slightly above ability of a Marine Admiral (though still considerably below a legendary fleet admiral) and are so few in number that one could only count them on two hands. X-classes are selected by the world government based on numerous factors.
Bounty Hunters are organized in a class-based system. Effectively, every bounty hunter is assigned a "grade" based on their overall abilities and number/overall value of bounties collected, and every bounty is assigned a grade based on its relative danger. The grade acts as a loose command structure in how turned in bounties are handled in an attempt to prevent infighting between bounty hunters. When multiple hunters turn in a single bounty, it is split, with the greater % going to the high ranks while the lower % goes to the low ranks. The ranks are as follows:
C-Rank: The lowest rank, these are bounty hunters of average ability and skill, usually handling petty criminals and such and having access to few assisting resources. They are also the most numerous. In terms of rank. Due to the large gap between this and rank B, a C-rank bounty hunter can range anywhere from a marine lieutenant all the way up to a commodore, depending on a number of factors and experience. The C rank is considered "paying your dues" for most, as it is one of the longest and hardest ranks to get out of. If you persevere (or more importantly survive) long enough to get enough bounty and experience under your belt, then you can graduate to rank B through a simple application process.
B-Rank: B-rank is the second lowest rank bounty hunters can have, and they handle significantly more dangerous criminals than C (having proven themselves) and are capable of getting access to more assiting resources and having more connections than a C-rank hunter. B rank individuals have a level of ability up to around a Rear Admiral of the marines, but due to no formal military structure for bounty hunters they can sometimes be lower. The average is about 90% of a rear admirals strength, though it can take many hunters quite a bit of time to reach that. Get a considerable enough bounty and experience, and you can advance to A-rank with a reviewed application process.
A-rank: Heres where things get dicey. A rank is the middle-of-the-road in terms of overall ability, and can hunt both above and below their level with varying success. They can hunt anywhere from petty criminals to pirate captains and beyond (if they're foolish enough) and have access to numerous resources and contacts available to most bounty hunters. Individuals of this rank are hardened and know how to fight, and unlike B-rank easily can match up to the strength of a Vice-Admiral. That being said, such bounty hunters are mercifully rare due to the demands placed on such individuals to become such fearsome warriors to meet the qualifications of A-rank. If you're good enough and can somehow manage to make the extremely strict requirements to advance, it becomes possible for one to advance to the coveted S-rank, a symbol of status and power amongst bounty hunters.
S-Rank Some of the toughest bounty hunters around, S-ranks are some of the rarest bounty hunters and are the cream of the crop. Not only can they hunt the most dangerous of bounties, but they also have numerous resources at their disposal and a great deal of respect and prestige even among some other organizations. These individuals are no joke, and while their numbers are very few they can easily go toe-to-toe with an Admiral in terms of raw ability. This is the highest A bounty hunter can normally achieve, and it speaks magnitudes if you can make it here.
X-class: A unique classification of bounty hunters, X-class bounty hunters are what are effectively the military police of bounty hunters. The cream of the crop selected from the already exclusive S-class, these bounty hunters are the only ones with the ability to police the frighteningly powerful S-class and all the classes below it. Effectively, instead of taking normal bounties they keep tabs on bounty hunters and, if they go bad, these are the guys sent to take them down. X-classes are slightly above ability of a Marine Admiral (though still considerably below a legendary fleet admiral) and are so few in number that one could only count them on two hands. X-classes are selected by the world government based on numerous factors.
[attr="class","subtitle"]Nocte Venatores (AKA Night Hunters)
[attr="class","body"]The Nocte Venatores are very much similar to Bounty Hunters in their most basic of functions. Unlike bounty hunters, however, their organization and function is somewhat more unique. While bounty hunters operate under no fixed organization and have a very fluxating code of ethics, Night Hunters have a bit more rigid operating structure. Alongside the ability to partake in normal bounty hunting, the Nocte Venatores are given the task of hunting down rare, unusual and dangerous supernatural beings that can lurk anywhere from the darkest depths of the sea to the greatest heights of the sky, and in rare cases are charged with hunting down extremely criminal targets with the intent of "making them disappear". Unlike bounty hunters, who usually answer to no real hierarchy, the Nocte Venatores are under the charge of the mysterious organization known as "Ordinem Septimus", and are ranked and overseen by them. While regular bounties taken up are handled through normal channels, any bounty, job, mission or quest given by the Ordinem Septimus to the Nocte Venatores is handled by their organization in secret.
It is important to note that, unlike Bounty Hunters, the Nocte Venatores are held to a very high standard by their overseers. While some criminal or unethical acts might be overlooked when performed by a normal bounty hunter, such acts when committed by a member of the Nocte Venatores are considered extremely greivous. When mixed with the fact that the Ordinem Septimus is an extremely vigilant organization that weeds corruption, betrayal and evil out of its ranks with extreme efficiency, those who are corrupt in Nocte Venatores should take care, lest they too vanish into the abyss of history like the monsters that they are sent to destroy...
It is important to note that, unlike Bounty Hunters, the Nocte Venatores are held to a very high standard by their overseers. While some criminal or unethical acts might be overlooked when performed by a normal bounty hunter, such acts when committed by a member of the Nocte Venatores are considered extremely greivous. When mixed with the fact that the Ordinem Septimus is an extremely vigilant organization that weeds corruption, betrayal and evil out of its ranks with extreme efficiency, those who are corrupt in Nocte Venatores should take care, lest they too vanish into the abyss of history like the monsters that they are sent to destroy...
