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Re: Descriptors for Clans
« Reply #30 on: 28 January 2020, 17:12:02 »
I don't know a hell of a lot about the non-Invasion Clans.  They never really interested in me.  So here's how I see them:


Clan Wolf -- The founder joined our Clan, so it's okay if we bend the rules.  It's what Nicholas Kerensky would have wanted, trust us.

Clan Jade Falcon -- Bending the rules is cheating.  Real men ruthlessly exploit the letter of the law.

Clan Ghost Bear -- Slow and steady wins the race.  But bears can also run really fast when they need to.

Clan Smoke Jaguar -- Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentation of the women!

Clan Nova Cat -- They took those Time Life "Mysteries of the Unknown" books way too seriously.

Clan Steel Viper -- They want to grow up to be Smoke Jaguars.

Clan Diamond Shark -- Devout followers of the Rules of Acquisition.  War is good for business.

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Re: Descriptors for Clans
« Reply #31 on: 30 January 2020, 17:58:59 »
Did not someone do a Diamond Shark's Rules of Acquisition adaptation?

Once you have their money... you never give it back.
Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.
Don't tell customers more than they need to know.
Never let the competition know what you're thinking.
Learn the customer's weaknesses, so that you can better take advantage of him.
Know your enemies... but do business with them always.
A (Shark) waits to bid until his opponents have exhausted themselves.
Always know what you're buying.

All strike me as very SharkFox.
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Re: Descriptors for Clans
« Reply #32 on: 30 January 2020, 18:10:41 »
Did not someone do a Diamond Shark's Rules of Acquisition adaptation?

Once you have their money... you never give it back.
Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.
Don't tell customers more than they need to know.
Never let the competition know what you're thinking.
Learn the customer's weaknesses, so that you can better take advantage of him.
Know your enemies... but do business with them always.
A (Shark) waits to bid until his opponents have exhausted themselves.
Always know what you're buying.

All strike me as very SharkFox.
For Clan Merchant, that’s remarkably poor economics.  Mercantilism has been discredited for centuries now.
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Re: Descriptors for Clans
« Reply #33 on: 30 January 2020, 20:19:28 »
In the Inner Sphere, anyone is a potential customer.  Even competitors.  That's how Shark Foxes roll.  ^-^
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Re: Descriptors for Clans
« Reply #34 on: 30 January 2020, 21:28:27 »
For Clan Merchant, that’s remarkably poor economics.  Mercantilism has been discredited for centuries now.

What do you expect from a creed copied from Star Trek?
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Re: Descriptors for Clans
« Reply #35 on: 30 January 2020, 23:51:24 »
Oh, is that where that's from?  I'm more of a Star Wars guy.  Or at least used to be.
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Re: Descriptors for Clans
« Reply #36 on: 31 January 2020, 00:57:53 »
As I read it, its not mercantilism . . . it was more, 'no refunds or exchanges.'

The Ferengi would flip from sellers to buyers in a instant if something came up.
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Re: Descriptors for Clans
« Reply #37 on: 31 January 2020, 01:15:18 »
Oh, is that where that's from?  I'm more of a Star Wars guy.  Or at least used to be.

Yeah, it's the Feringi Rules of Acquisition from Deep Space Nine.  Or a few of them, at least.  The Feringi are "the money-grubbing merchants" of Star Trek, and as such have the same relationship with actual good business practices as the show has with physics.
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