A day in the life of the DCS-Mercenaries.
Wake up after a long night of keeping one eye open. Only to hope to find a high paying mission to keep you going till the next mission comes along. After finding a mission that just pays enough to keep the equipment working. A Flight leader reads the pre mission reports, recruits other pilots if needed and arguing with them about how much pay there expertise is worth. Only after figuring out weapons load and fuel needed to complete the mission will the fun begin. You only have but one chance at making things go right. Any losses may mean the loss of your career as a DCS-Mercenaries flight leader. You see the flight leader pays for all the airframes, weapons and fuel. Without money to replace lost gear the flight leader is reduced back to a plain old Merc. Pilot looking for a job and arguing for max pay. Many pilots want nothing more than to be just along for the ride scoring money as long as he makes it back alive. You see a Merc. Pilot gets paid weather the mission is a success or failure as long as he returns alive to collect. At the end of the day the Flight leader and pilot part ways. The pilots head to the bar to brag about how well they did and the Flight leader go off to check innovatory and drown his sorrows in private not knowing if he will have the right supplies to do the next mission.
A little bit about how we work
Official missions are where DCS-mercenaries can make virtual money. The money is used to buy equipment, fuel and weapons for future missions. Pilots that want to plan mission (not build) around a scenario created by another pilot will need to really think about what is needed in the mission and how many pilots to hire for the mission. Pilots in the pilot pool can be hired to command or just be a wingman for the flight leader. The skills of the pilot will deem how much he/she can request for pay to fly along in the mission. Each Official mission may only be flown once buy each pilot for pay. After that it is just for fun. A pilot will need to acquire about $20,000,00.00 to get started on his own. That 20 mil will buy one KA-50 loaded with weapons and fuel.
As for the pilots not interested in this aspect of the DCS-Mercenaries they may choose to offer there money to another pilot joining pay to start their own base of operations within the DCS-Mercenaries group. Pooling money for better equipment and weapons. Means better and bigger missions that pay more when successful.
For the most part we are here to have fun, learn and enjoy the simulations DCS are releasing.