A young man enters the recruitment office and looks around briefly. Nodding to the officer, he moves directly to the recruitment forms and spends only a few minutes busily filling it out with neat, tight handwriting. Once done, he hands the form to the officer.
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Name: Lance "Crossfire" Sedgewick
Planet of Birth: New London
Age: 28
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Cambrian Military Academy
Starship Engineering, Leeds Central College
Third Degree Scarlet Sash, gukati fighting style
Current occupation: None. Former Deck chief, Merchant Carrier Dedaelus
Assets: Civilian apartment on New London, personal ground transport
Qualities: Loyal, brave, sense of humour, respect for authority
Reasons for joining and opinion: I have spent many years serving aboard the merchant carrier Dedaelus, and have witnessed multiple pirate raids during my duty. I have seen good men and women perish in the void under the guns of the lawless. I understand the forces of the just are spread thin, and feel it is my part to increase the ranks of the armed forces and protect Bretonia's interests at home and abroad. As deck chief, I have logged over 200 hours in the carrier's defensive fighters while repairing and verifying ships systems.
I am a graduate with honours from the Cambrian Military Academy and hold a 3rd degree scarlet sash in gukati.
Preferred area of assignment: None.
Contact:
New London commfreq. 1123.gaM.455 xt342
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"Ready to join the fight, sir," he says.
He is dressed in a one-piece coverall that is stained with oils and carbon. A leather flight-jacket is thrown over this, the badge of the merchant trading corp VMI stitched on the front, a smaller badge for the carrier Dedaelus below that. On the right arm is a smaller badge, smudged with more carbon, that reads "Deck Chief". He stands with an easy grace, his body language showing confidence and restrained energy.
Military channels would have been alive with the news that, just a little over three weeks ago, the merchant carrier Dedaelus was destroyed by a Mollys raid.
