New Hope Recruitment Office, Coronado System

[Mímir]

Name: Willem "Will" Botha / Callsign "Serpent"
Age: 38
Birthplace: Java Station, Tau-23
Biography: Willem was born into a family of miners. Like his father, and his father before him, he started working for the Independent Miners Guild when he was old enough to hold a job. But Willem was different than the rest of his family, he wanted a life of excitement and thus found work in the security sector of the IMG. Here he piloted an Eagle and worked his way up through the ranks to reach status of wing leader at age 26. However one fateful morning his wing was caught off guard by a band of marauding Outcasts. Willem and the other survivors were brought to Planet Malta to serve as slaves in the plantations, and after 10 years of enslavement Willem's body gave up. He was deemed unfit for the hard physical labor of the Cardamine fields by his Outcast masters, and was sold to a slave entrepreneur in Kusari. The transport carrying Willem and other worn out slaves was by a stroke of luck intercepted by Colonial forces, and he was brought to New Hope East to recover. The Cardamine withdrawal syndrome had previously crippled most attempts at giving long-time slaves acclimatized to the Maltese Cardamine-rich atmosphere decent lives in freedom, but Willem was one of the lucky subjects to enter Cryer Pharmaceutical's Stabiline trial. Through Stabiline Willem has been able to recover without suffering from crippling withdrawals, he passed his medical examination, and is once again ready to get into combat against the Outcasts. This time as a Colonial citizen fighting for the Republic he owes his very life and freedom.
Relevant Experience: 8 years of piloting a VHF in the Taus, moderate civilian leadership experience.
Your reasons for applying to the Military: Vengeance to the Outcasts that held me captive, death to the enemies of the Colonial Republic that took me in and made me one of their own.

//ooRP Section

1) How long have you been on Discovery?

4 years on and off.

2) What characters and ships have you had thus far?

Many. Currently I play Sickle, Fixer, BHG|Mimir.

3) How often do you normally play/come online for?

It varies, sometimes briefly and other times for long hours, usually 4-5 times a week.

4) What is your Skype username?

Summer has it.

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