User:CaptainAlamo

Captain Alamo - IMG Miner, fighter pilot, freighter commander

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Born on planet Manhattan as an only child, my father Robert Grant served on board a Liberty Navy Gunboat as first officer during the Nomad War. In 802 he left the Liberty Navy after having grown discontent with LN leadership during the war due to poor command and execution of LN operations during that time. With much post war distrust of the Liberty Government due to Nomad infiltration, Grant decided to take his wife and young son out of Liberty. He then became a freelance ship Captain, buying his own transport and shipping parts or passengers from Bretonia to Liberty and vice versa, basing himself in Leeds.

In 809 A.S. he agreed to take a job transporting regular alloy into the Taus, as jobs had become fewer and fewer for him(whereas he would never had travelled so far into the border worlds for employment). Just before arriving at Java Station his ship was attacked by ruthless Outcasts demanding cargo and payment. Even after complying, they attempted to destroy the vessel. The ship took great damage, and Grant was killed as a result. His young son, also Robert, took control of the ship and returned fire with little hope of surviving the encounter. After destroying several fighters, an Outcast gunship had the vessel all but listing in space when an IMG patrol arrived to offer assistance. Radio chatter from Outcasts before they withdrew claimed the hopeless fight reminded them to ‘remember the Alamo’, another hopeless last stand battle from ancient Earth history. The ship was barely able to be escorted to Java.

Now stranded in Tau-23, mourning his father’s death, the younger Robert was forced to sell the vessel for scrap and invest in a smaller craft for the return trip to his mother back in Leeds. However, his skills in fighting off the attack on his own had been recognized by local IMG fighter squadrons and it was recommended that he join the fight against the Outcasts in that system. With little choice, a new found hatred for the Outcasts and the need to make some compensation for the lost cargo to send home to his mother, young Robert, now nic named ‘Alamo’ decided to train to fly combat missions against Outcast patrols in Tau-23.

After making some credits (finally) and returning home with the bad news to his mother Elizabeth, he decided to go back into space, to resume his work with the IMG. Against her protests of the dangers, this time he decided to make large amounts of money to expand his own private operations. With the purchase of a miner, and entrance into several trade agreements with local transports, ore shipments began to flow. Mining and escorting shipments became regular, evading and combating Outcasts and other pirates during many trips into the Colorado System.

I have been flying Sirius for many years now. Recently I have recently began offering mining and escort services to lawfuls within the Taus for shipping runs into Liberty. I can mine Beryllium and Nobium quite efficiently and have a few pilots working under me in a small private shipping fleet. Anyone interested in hiring me for mining or escort/security services please contact me.

Aside from this I have done my best to explore the far reaches of Sirius from the inner core to the deepest parts of the border worlds and outer rim. I have mapped most systems and would also work as a guide/escort outside of the bordeworlds. I did have a small 'secret' base located high above planet Olympus in Omicron 90 for quite some time, operating as a safe haven for my own deep space exploration and offensive operations against Nomads and Outcasts. However after some time and the loss of a few pilots, my guerrilla campaign against the Outcasts from behind their lines quickly turned into a cat and mouse game of evading their fleet. It was then decided to evacuate Alamo Base and relocate to Sigma-19, just two system away. This base served as a back up but later was abandoned due to poor location.

With the addition of a permanent mining transport to my fleet, soon to be IMG freighter 'Suprosa', mining in Tau-23 has now resumed with regular shipping runs into Liberty. I have also just launched the new IMGC-104D "Sagarmatha" Battlecruiser 'Starslayer'. Ultimately it is my desire to provide better security from Outcasts within the Taus and more efficient mining and shipping.

Again, I am always glad to help out allied factions and especially fellow miners and IMG personnel/employees. If you are in distress from unlawfuls or pirates and my tag is within your scanners do not hesitate to hail or send a distress call, I will respond!