This change in behavior was assumed to be an indication of another individual taking up the mantle of the Bounty Hunter. Initially these teams were ad hoc formations that the Bounty Hunter hired as needed, but by the 2990s they had become a more formalized part of his operation, with four to six associates accompanying the Bounty Hunter in the same 'Mechs all using the same green paint scheme he did. The second Bounty Hunter would also initially operate solo as before, but by the 2980s the Bounty Hunter had begun using a variety of BattleMechs other than his then trademark green Warhammer and had started to operate with a team of fellow MechWarriors to assist him in taking down more lucrative contracts.
The volume of stories and rumors about the Bounty Hunter would also start to dramatically increase too as a number of copycats would attempt to cash in on the Bounty Hunter's reputation and anonymity. For the next two decades "the Bounty Hunter" as he or she became known would travel across the Inner Sphere and Periphery seemingly at random but more specifically tracking down some of highest bounties of the time, again most often dead.
FAMOUS BOUNTY HUNTERS FULL
The man with the green Warhammer would disappear from public view after collecting the El Giza bounties, purportedly retiring immediately afterwards, until three decades later in 2957 when a person either in an environment suit or full Star League MechWarrior Combat Suit piloting a green Warhammer appeared to claim the bounties on a group of pirates that had been preying on worlds in the Principality of Regulus. Stories of this man defeating entire battalions single-handed seem questionable, but the most famous albeit unconfirmed tale of this first Bounty Hunter saw him reportedly bring in the bodies of twenty-nine men who robbed a bank on El Giza, collecting millions in bounties offered by House Humphreys and making even more when he sold their BattleMechs. No one ever found out his name, but he quickly gained wealth and glory by cashing in several high value bounties on some of the most elite and notorious MechWarriors operating at that time. Though no one knows for sure when he started, the first stories of the Bounty Hunter emerged in the 2920s when a masked individual piloting a green Warhammer attracted fame for hunting down many infamous MechWarriors, preferring to kill rather than capture. The actual origin of the Bounty Hunter persona is unknown. The "Bounty Hunter" is an adopted persona or role rather than a single individual, which is often suspected but not generally known for a fact within the BattleTech universe.
FAMOUS BOUNTY HUNTERS SERIES
The popularity of the series was such that many people in the Inner Sphere cannot separate the fiction of the holovid from the reality of the true Bounty Hunter. Though tapping into the Bounty Hunter's reputation, the producers instead developed their own mythos almost completely unrelated to the real person. The "Bounty Hunter" legend was the topic of a hero team-style tri-vid show called " The Bounty Hunters". Travers eventually passed the legacy on to one of his aides going by the name of Walt Urizeman, though that name is held to be just one of the man's several fake identities. Known people to have been the Bounty Hunter were Michi Noketsuna and Vic Travers, who inherited the equipment and a book referred to as "the tradition".
The Bounty Hunter has been active for more than a century, leading to speculation that the PA(L) suit, the modified 'Mechs that he piloted, and even the mythos surrounding the individual were passed from person to person via the death or retirement of the former MechWarrior who personified him. His 'Mechs were invariably painted a bright green with currency symbols on it, a feared sight on the battlefield, and often custom modified, allowing for his or her PA(L) armor to be worn while piloting to further conceal the pilot's identity. Always a MechWarrior, the Bounty Hunter piloted a variety of BattleMechs, typically leading a BattleMech lance.
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