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Hiring Guide

Being a paramilitary service directed towards Civilian Corporations and non-hostile Nations, the Foreign Service is organized differently compared to the rest of the Abwehran Armed Forces (AAF). Instead of being organized into a hierarchy, the Service is a large pool of Squads 1).

Contacting the Foreign Service

Contacting the Foreign Service is relatively simple in nature. Any Corporation or Nation just needs to send a message (encrypted or not) to the Foreign Service's Consumer Information Department, which is responsible for handling all hiring and complaints.

Native Corporations

For Native Corporations, the Foreign Service is available to provide added security for a variety of settings from shipboard to VIP. Native Corporations also receive a 40% discount on the total cost of their bill. Paramilitary Mission Types are unavailable for any Corporations.

Foreign Corporations

Foreign Corporations can hire Foreign Service personnel for added protection for their assets. This allows a corporation to know that their cargo and/or assets are in good hands. Paramilitary Mission types are unavailable for any Corporations.

Foreign Nations

It is more difficult for Foreign Nations to hire Foreign service personnel than civilian Corporations. Hiring personnel from the Foreign Service is restricted to Nation that are non-hostile towards the Abwehran Star Empire. But Nations also gain more options in their hiring guide, including hiring Foreign Service personnel to bolster their military forces as well as provide security.

Pricing Guide

When hiring Foreign Service personnel, please be warned that the Foreign Service branch is not responsible for any collateral damage caused by FS personnel. Insurance, however, is provided to reimburse damage caused by Foreign Service personnel.

Pricing begins with a Base Price of 4500 Credits (or 1500 KS). From there, the price varies between the mission type, personnel type, number of personnel, and discounts provided to special customers.

Mission Types

Security

Foreign Service personnel assigned to these mission types are to provide security and are not allowed to use lethal force unless their employer is in immediate danger of death or destruction.

Mission Type Price per Day (KS) Description
Location-based 500 Providing Security for specific locations such as buildings and archeological sites.
Shipboard 400 Providing on board Security for Cargo/Passenger Transports.
VIP 800 Security assigned to specific individuals or groups of individuals
Other 600 Providing security for anything not listed above.

Paramilitary

Mission Type Price per Day (KS) Description
Black Operations 4000 Dangerous missions behind enemy lines that need plausible deniability.
Defensive Operations 1000 Providing protection for bases, supply lines, etc.
Offensive Operations 2000 Executing assaults and skirmishes upon enemy targets.

Personnel Type

Customers must hire a minimum of one squad of personnel2).

Personnel Type Price per Soldier (KS) Description
Soldier w/o Equipment 100 Individuals hired out to employers who provide them with equipment
Security Personnel 200 Security equipment provided by Foreign Service
Light Infantry 300 Lightly Armored Infantry
Black Ops Personnel 500 Specialized individuals in Black Operations
Heavy Infantry 800 Heavily Armed Infantry in Powered Armor

Team Modifiers

Added to the cost by Personnel Type, these modify the price based upon the experience of the Squad in question.

Squad Experience Modifier
Rookies led by Experienced Leader 0.5
Experienced Squad 1.0
Experienced Squad led by Veteran 1.5
Veteran Squad 2.0

Discounts

Discounts are added after all the costs have been totaled.

Discount Type Percentage Off
Native Corporations 40%
Platoon-sized Order3) 15%
Company-sized Order4) 20%
Battalion-sized Order5) 25%
Regiment-sized Order6) 30%
Brigade-sized Order7) 35%
Division-sized Order8) 40%
Corp-sized Order9) 50%

Calculating Orders

Let's say a Foreign Corporation wants to order four squads of Security Personnel to provide security for one of their warehouses for a period of one Month. First, comes the 1500 KS Base Price. A warehouse is a location-based mission type for Security, which is 500 KS per day or 15000 KS for the month. Four squads of security personnel means a minimum total of 200 KS per Soldier or 4800 KS total. The employer wants three Rookie Squads and one Experienced one. The Modifiers are added on a squad-per-squad basis and since all the squads are six-individuals strong, it would 1200 times the modifier. This lowers the Personnel cost to 3000 KS in all.

The full calculation would look something like this:

 ( 1500 + ( 500 * 30 ) + ( ( (1200 * 0.5 ) *3 ) + 1200 ) ) = 19,500 KS

Now comes the discounts. Since the customer has ordered a Platoon worth of personnel, they get a 15% discount. Since it is a Foreign Corporation, this is the only discount they receive.

The Calculation now concludes:

 ( 19500 - ( 19500 * 0.15 ) ) = 16,575 KS 

The Foreign Corporation must pay the Foreign Services a total of 16,575 KS in order to hire a platoon of Security personnel to protect their warehouses for a month.

OOC Notes

This page was originally created on 2013/01/21 14:21 by abwehran_commander.

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6-13 infantrymen
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6-13 individuals
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4 Squads
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4 Platoons
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4 Companies
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4 Battalions
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4 Regiments
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4 Divisions