Your skeptism is understandable. Someone who had, at one point, affiliated with the worst of the Fatherland's enemies? Unthinkable. I could easily have withheld this information, pretended that my past is clean. I have often been ridiculed for my Libertarian roots. But I have lived in Rheinland for longer than I can remember. I have no loyalty or sympathy to Liberty, a swarm of corporations vying to enslave the entire sector. Indeed, I am thankful that I left such a nation, and that I found Rheinland. I am proud of having to work twice, thrice as hard as anyone else to accomplish anything in the Fatherland, it proves to me and others my dedication to Rheinland. If you would deny me due to ethnical concerns, then deny me, but know that I have no greater love for Liberty than the next Rheinlander. And as for the Bundschuh...
I was young. I was naive. I looked at the poverty in Rheinland, and rightfully saw it as Liberty's doing. I was increasingly frustrated at what seemed like the government's innaction, and I thought the Bundschuh were heroes, patriots, the only ones working to better Rheinland. Looking back, I believe I was shamed of my roots, and I was over-compensating by a seething hatred for Liberty. Technically, I never joined the Bundschuh, but I did apply, and I flew a few training missions with the Bundschuh. No illicit actions, mind you, it was more of a training. I passed their tests, and they offered me the oppertunity to join. Luckily for me, I only received their message after the war with Liberty broke out, and the first stories of Bundschuh cooperation with the invaders were made known to me. I felt betrayed, and realized that the Bundschuh, the Hessians, the LWB, all of those who claimed to be working for Rheinland, were in fact trying to destroy it. My world was turned upsidedown- The Bundschuh were doing nothing, and the government was driving off Liberty. I made my decision then to join the RM and destroy those who would menace the fatherland. I never was incarcerated. I never took part in Bundschuh operations. But looking back at those events, I feel burdened by the knowledge that I have associated with vermin, and I seek to atone by killing as many Libertonians as possible.
That's the long story, at least. The short version is rather simple: You should trust me because I love Rheinland. I love its people. And I hate its enemies.
