Wish List/Mercenary

Mercenary Class

There have been alot of cool games where one is capable of playing as a mercenary. It would be very cool to see such a thing brought to Battlemaster, besides having an entire realm play as a "mercenary".

I have below the ideas I have thought of to make this happen, obviously I am up for suggestions, so feel free to add them below the proposal.

Proposal

Mercenaries are soldiers like any other, but do not entirely allign themselves with a particular nation. As such, the Mercenary class should be able to freely join another realm without the threat of a ban and/or prestige/honor loss. This would make it possible for a soldier under the mercenary class to join whatever realm he/she sees fit and then join another if they offer him/her a sweeter deal.

I think Mercenaries should not be allowed to become duke of a city, king, judge, etc, but should act mostly like a hero (with or without the threat of death in battle, not sure about this) in that they can tell tales and the sort. The trade-off for not being allowed to become king/duke/judge (like an infiltrator), is that they receive a considerable CS bonus for their unit, have the freedom to join any realm they wish without threat of ban, and they should be allowed to set their men at a new setting (basically a mercenary setting that costs much less for a mercenary for obvious reasons).

I have thought that they should be allowed to recruit for free, but that doesn't seem to fit. I have thought that they should not gain honor/prestige but have both honor and prestige mean nothing to them (IE, have no importance) but that also seems too complex.

Feel free to add suggestions below, I know I left out something in the original construction of this class in my head.