Crime & Punishment

The pay out is split evenly among the fleet.

In non-fleet blog situations, the pay out goes to the last ship to hit the target

In the case CONCORD is involved, the ship that has caused the most damage gets the pay out.

No matter what, the pay out is always the same, based on the value lost.

Yeah evenly but did every fleet member recieve 20% or just that 20% is spiltted evenly?

Thats a big diffrence because if every member of the fleet recieve 20% you will need only 6 alts to actually make a profit from bounty someone put on you.

You go to save spot. You shoot yourself with alt1, logoff, log alt2 shoot, logoff and so on 6th alt kills you, bounty claimed. Profit made.

I hope im wrong and bounty system is no exploitable now.

No there weren't. The Theben contingent was much smaller than that.

Unless you're a corp thief who stole lots of blingy ships and had a bounty placed on them for that thievery. Then you can grab a pal and just destroy all the stuff you stole. You don't even need to get podded. Probably make out better selling them on the market, but less expolosions.

Better late then never,

As once explained to Boom while I was getting my pilot licence in Duripant VII Federal Navy Academy the camera was in the process of falling while taking my photograph. The tripod setup used by said photographer was not optimal resulting in major straining of the tripod legs and when the photographer sneezed and knocked out one of the legs. As the camera was falling backwards and to my right I attempted to grab it though during those fateful seconds the camera captured an image and it was instantly, forever, my photo ID.

Marathon pre-dated Thermopylae, the invasion of the Persians at this point was in part to avenge Marathon.

The Greeks at Thermopylae were far better equipped by their Persian enemies and in terrain that gave them a significant advantage despite their small numbers (around 300 Spartans and 1-2000 others according to Herodotus/other historic sources). The Greeks were heavily armored and as such unaffected by the Persian archery, while the Persian infantry was poorly armored (silk tunic and wicker shields) meaning they were unable to press home against the Greeks and cavalry was of no use due to the tight packed Phalanx and long spears of the Greeks (think pikemen in full plate wedged between 2 cliffs). The final defeat was brought about due to the Phoenician contingent withdrawing to protect their homes and the Persians being shown a way round the Greeks, this meant not only was the Greek position unsustainable but also irrelevant (The Persians could actually have just marched round and ignored them).

Artemisium a naval battle lead by the Athenians at the same time as Thermopylae saw the Greeks succeed in the destruction of the Persian navy effectively cutting their supply lines and retreat. Platea was a great victory to rival that of Marathon where this second Persian invasion was finally defeated.

Incidental points:

1. Leonidas at Therompylae is the first man in history to be credited with the line "come and get them" when asked to hand over his weapons
2. The Leonidas line "Then we shall have our battle in the shade" in response to the Persian suggestion their arrows would block out the sun was not actually his despite the portrayal in the 300. It was said by one of his Lieutenants.
3. Despite their military prowess, the Spartans at Thermopylae were poorly equipped in comparison to the other Greeks. Spartan troops were still using bronze armor while their allies were equipped with laminated armor.
4. (mainly cos this pisses me off in films) The primary weapon of the Greeks was a 7-9 foot long spear, while a wealthy Greek may have possessed a sword it was rarely used due to the tendency of bronze swords to bend. (So Leonidas would not have run forward with his shirt off swinging a sword.)

I love these historical topics :)