Factions & Jobs

[Ludwig Beilschmidt]

Factions:

Pirates- The fun ones everyone wants to be- maraud and pillage, gain treasure and adventure and maybe get shot or stabbed while doing so. it's all part of the package and a good scar makes you seem very dashing.

Military HetaForce Airmen, Protectors of the Weak and Innocent. They run regular patrols and try to keep peace in the skies- but peace costs money, and most of their budget comes from the fees they charge merchants for escort duty.
They also serve as a sort of customs duty, and may stop suspicious ships afield to check for unlicensed weapons and stolen goods. Be a Hero!

Merchants/Traders/ Couriers Merchants risk health and wealth to find rare spices, furs and gems (as well as all those boring mundane things that Londinium can't make for itself.) Ships built for cargo can't always maneuver or defend themselves very well, and often must hire an escort to get safely from place to place.

Smaller merchant outfits don't always have their own ships and must buy passage to get themselves and their goods where they need to be.

Civilians/ Support This can be anything not in the other three, including unemployed-
Airships don't run on clouds, and airships don't feed people. The city needs all kinds of carpenters, clerks, tailors, Barkeeps, engineers, and strapping young men and women to keep it running and the airfields busy...

Some people ride in the ships, and others only dream but there's always the chance a captain will tap you for greatness amongst the clouds.

Example jobs:

on Pirate and military Ships:
- Engineer: keeps the ship working
- Navigator/ pilot
- ship's cook
- Gunner: in charge of ship's defense, works the cannons/grapples/etc
- cabin person- does everything on the ship other people don't want to do. basically the ship's intern.

Merchant jobs:
-Freelance Courier: carries mail, messages and important packages from place to place, but buys space on other people's ships to do it
-trader: deal in smaller amounts of goods, buys space on ships.

Support:
-Carpenter
-Bar owner
-Dockhand
-Street kid

Basically any excuse you can find to be hanging around the shops, docks, and bars of london town and interact with the airship crews.

[Ludwig Beilschmidt]

For Military:

Remember that you are military, and your character would technically need to request shore leave, check in with superiors, etc. It's not required every time as that would drag down the RP/ plot, but please keep in mind that your character has certain obligations.