Because the Duster Bandits only have the Code and their outfit in common, they are only very loosely organized. In the Bandit Code's text, the author explicitly encouraged a leaderless approach, claiming that bandits should associate with one another to promote the Code and its values without the constraints of a hierarchy, as it would implicitly create "lesser" and "better" Bandits. Bandits may elect [[Bandit chief|one of their own as a squadleader]], but this is only a temporary measure for the sake of efficiency.
Although Duster Bandits have interpreted the Code in various ways, their most common and most famous activity is kidnapping and ransoming VIPs, and arranging for the extortion of large sums of money in exchange for the VIP's safe release. On occasion, Bandits will steal objects of value instead of persons, ransoming them to their owners. Although it is not explicitly outlined in the Code, most Bandits frown upon unnecessary violence, largely out of necessity; if they were to gain a reputation for being violent and merciless, their modus operandi would no longer be effective and they would spend more time in gunfights than in negotiations.
== See also ==
* Related occupations: [[Bandit]], [[Bandit Chiefchief]]
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