Back when I first launched my Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire series, I posed this question to my email insiders. The main character, Esper, may be unconventional, but she still shares many of traits the great scifi bounty hunters possess.

A bounty hunter’s job is to collect a target. Maybe alive. Maybe dead. Maybe it doesn’t matter one way or the other. Point is, there’s a job to do and only half the payment up front.

If you were to build the galaxy’s perfect bounty hunter, what DNA would you use?

Which characteristics matter most?

Cast your vote, or tell me what ingredients you think are essential that I might have missed in the comments!