Capt Wolf

Here's a quick attempt at a crossed muskets emblem that uses the crown and barrel from the crossed anchors emblem, placed on a saltire and on vertical stripes:

I agree, the cannons with the horizontal stripes is much too similar to the Imperial Guard flag. And I'm not particularly fond of using any of the crossed cannon designs. What about crossed muskets instead of cannons, along with the same barrel and crown from the crossed anchors emblem? That would maintain the connection between the merchants and the Haven Guard, but give the Guard a more military feel.

OK, here are the four backgrounds with crossed cannons instead (I alternated between the two styles of crossed cannons logos): FYI, the plastic is actually white, it just looks gray in the photo I'm using for the mock-ups, so the white in the designs would not be a printed color.

That is what I was thinking: that the Haven Guard and the Merchants would operate under the same flag. If they are to have different flags, I agree with the idea that they should be different badges on the same background. I can mock up flags with the crossed cannons logo on the same four backgrounds and post them tonight.

Well, the saltire does look pretty good! Here are some variations of the saltire and tri-color with the crossed anchors emblem that I came up with:

I think the emblem that appears on the flag of the Haven Gaurd should be the crossed anchors with barrel and crown that appears on the sail of the small ship in the Imperial Trading Post set. The colors of the background could be in the form of an orange-white-orange tri-color, with the stripes running horizontally (or vertically, I think either form works).