Jack sat down in the recruitment office. The woman at the desk seemed like a permanent fixture, only getting off her chair to get some tea.
"Now, Mr. Harley, we just need to confirm a few things," she said, "Jack Harley, eighteen years old?"
"That's right," said Jack.
"You have completed an A2-level starship engineering course, an A2-level history course, an A2-level Maths course and an AS-level English Lit. course?"
"Yep."
"And you have a Level 4 starship license?"
"Yes, that's right." She handed him a form.
Quote:Borderworlds Exports application form 8209-2727
- What is your full name?
- Where was your last place of employment? What experience do you have?
Jack Becquerel Harley
- To what division are you applying?
Shipping
- Why are you interested in working for Border World Exports?
I am looking for a job after college and I've heard good things from others who work for Bowex.
- You happen across a Gateway convoy that is under attack by Red Hessians. What do you do and why?
Engage the Hessians and assist the convoy. Gateway may not be our friends, but the Hessians are worse.
- You encounter a corporate trader of Gallic origin. It croaks mockingly at you. What do you do and why?
Insinuate something about the King and fly off before he can open fire.
- How do you feel about Glaswegian badgers?
Indifferent. They are just badgers, after all.
Jack handed the form back to the woman at the desk.
"That'll be all," she said.
Jack left to await his reply.