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CommID: Robert Fitzgerald
Destination: Rheinland Military Command
Subject: Application for contracted work in Rheinland
This is Robert Fitzgerald, independent Mercenary. I am applying to operate in Rheinland space, with contracts with the Rheinland authorities and certain corporations.
I'd assume you'd want some background information from me.
I was a veteran pilot in the BHG for a short period of 5 years, after the Nomad War. The Bounty Hunters Guild had expanded into the Omicron systems, but I stayed behind in Sheffield Station. The small-time bounties and jobs kept me afloat for a while, but I craved for more. After being contacted by a Bretonnian Armed Forces Officer about the location of a jump hole, I was kicked out of the Guild. Why? Well, the Officer had offered me one million credits for the location of the Leeds jump hole. It was too irresistable to refuse.
After my dismissal and placed on a destroy-on-sight list, I worked for various criminal organisations in Liberty. Yes, I admit to being a criminal back then. However, the work I was offered wasn't high-paying, so I relocated to the Sigma systems. Here I found the NovaPG, an elusive yet powerful group of Blood Dragons. They offered me high-paying contracts to remove their enemies and assist in fleet battles.
Unfortunately, my original ship "The Changer" was destroyed by a member of the Bounty Hunter Core. Without a ship, I relied on the Lane hackers to assist in a revenge attack on the Guild. Using their technical know-how, they managed to get me onto Sheffield Station and removed encrypted locks on a prized Bounty Hunter ship. I pinched the Bounty Hunter Bomber and left the station.
I left Liberty then and applied for more contracts with the NovaPG. Their leader suggested that my ship was unsuitable and that I wasn't needed. I was trash to them. No sense of loyalty at all. For this betrayal, I organised a Corsair raid on Chugoku, the Dragon's nexus system. This attack lead to yet another kill-on-sight order, this time from the Dragons.
With no one to work for, and the various criminal groups out to kill me, I have moved to Rheinland for the time being. I operate out of the Kreuzberg Junker Depot, performing small-fry missions and errands for the scrappers. After talking to an ex-Rheinland Military Pilot on Kreuzberg, I decided to contact the lawful authorities and get some contracts sorted.
Not only do I know the majority of jump holes and pirate bases, I also have quite capable combat skills. You might look at me as a dirty, cold criminal, but I have repented. Working in the Sigmas is impossible now, and the Fatherland is facing increased pirate activity. The levels of smugglers and other wrong-doers have increased massively, due to a percieved lack of order in Rheinland. I'm sorry, that's the common word on all the unlawful bases here.
I aim to break that balance. Various criminal groups have turned their back on me, and I will get my revenge for their betrayal.
Your choice whether to accept me or not.
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