Help requested [SA]

[johnedwards]

Forum Handle: John Edwards

Name/Callsign: John Edwards

Other characters: (Not surprisingly) Only John.Edwards (Transport)

IMPORTANT, READ, AGREEMENT

Have you read every word on this page? Yes.

Do you agree with the rules of the South Alliance? Yes.

Will you obey your superiors? All orders shall be followed to the letter.

Will you get rid of the tag if you have failed to comply to any of these questions above? Yes.

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Incoming Transmission, Transport "John.Edwards"

Dear Sirs,

This is an application from Manhattan native John Edwards, requesting a trial and/or place in your fine institution. Born on Manhattan, I was raised by my late Aunt and Uncle, after my parents were killed in an attack on a Luxury Liner by Outcasts, shorty after I entered school education.

I was raised in a fairly uninteresting environment - my Aunt looking after myself and my cousins while my Uncle flew long trade routes to make ends meet - taking a mundane office job after my education, reluctant to ever venture into space due to the manner in which my parents lost their lives. This continued until around a year ago, when my Uncle died of poor health and I was offered the ownership rights of my Uncle's transport. I accepted the deeds, fully intending to sell the ship as soon as possible, to give my Aunt a decent life after my Uncle passed away. However, as I watched ships, pilots and passengers rising up into the sky from my tiny office window, I began to grow more and more curious as to the nature of space flight, as well as the financial benefits that hauling cargo can bring.

Of course, what really was the clinching factor in my decision was the desire to see these "Outcasts" who had directly altered the course of my life. The more I thought about this, the more anger I felt building up inside myself. I felt that if was seek out these Outcasts somewhere in space, then I could try exact some revenge on them. Quitting my dead-end job was the most liberating thing that I done, and the excitement in me grew as I informed what family I had to my intentions.

To cut a long story short, being an independent trader is a hard and unforgiving experience - the people that I did meet were more often than not there to extort money and cargo from me, even that long-awaited sight of the Outcasts left me running for my life. I was as helpless against these Outcasts as my parents and so many other Libertonians have been over the years. After around a year flying my late Uncle's old transport, trading and observing the ways of a pilot, I feel that I now have the experience to apply to the [SA], to uphold and enforce the laws of Liberty as best I can. So far, my parents' deaths have been in vain, my aim now is to prevent not only the Outcasts, but other unlawfuls from claiming more lives of the innocent - and from affecting lives as they did mine.

I hope to hear from you soon, please contact me at my current residence on Planet Denver, Colorado.

Transmission Ended

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