=LSF= Recruitment

[Walker]

((IC Information))

• Name: Stephen Wilson Rogers
  
• Age: 27
  
• Gender: Male
  
• Place of Birth: Planet Los Angeles, California System
  
• Skills: Can make one mean pizza. Expert coffee fetching skills. Understanding of Corporate propaganda techniques. Analytical threat assessment. Great at filing paperwork.
  
• Previous Jobs: Holo-pad delivery boy, Manager at Angelino's Pizza, Retail Sales Consultant for Ageira Technologies, Operations Officer for Hammer Securities.
  
• Law enforcement, Military and/or Para-military History:

Operations Officer for Hammer Securities, an NGO defense contracting agency primarily hired by the GMG.

All questions below must be answered, in order for your application to be considered.

Have you ever piloted a fighter craft and/or a bomber?

Yes. Utilized a company-provided CTE-6000 in various combat operations.

Why are you interested in joining the LSF?

There is a disease spreading across Sirius and I believe that it has to do with the decline of Liberty as the leader of the sector. Don't get me wrong, we are still the most highly capable House politically, militarily, culturally, and economically, however our clout has waned especially in the border worlds and independent systems. Forgive me if I am too frank, but work as a Security Contractor was hell. Before I even touched the stars working for my political science degree at Angelino's pizza, pirates were nothing more than a few Frankensteined snubcraft that would flee back into the abyss at the nearest sight of a Liberty Navy battlegroup. Now? They see Liberty Capital Ships as a challenge and every sympathetic buccaneer gunboat in the entire colony rushes after them in some harebrained quest to "Get Glory." "Look at me, I can take down a Dreadnought!"
Lets not even talk about the Omicrons, that place is a death trap even for Bounty Hunters now. The fact is that everyone has been upping the ante while Liberty has become complacent. We still maintain the advantage but if we do not act soon, not for long. I feel that my experience in various walks of life coupled with the additional perspective granted by the Liberty Security Force will allow me to bring to the table new, innovative, ideas that will cripple the growing crime wave and bring order back to the colonies again.

Do you have a criminal record, or have been in trouble with the Liberty law? If so, for what reasons?

Clean as a whistle here in Liberty. Though the Kusarians don't take kindly to foreigners.

Do you have any skills, competences and/or personality traits that could be useful towards the LSF?

I don't play well with others, but I am an expert in propaganda, subterfuge, and analyzing sociopolitical events for their repercussions. I understand how to network and manage large groups of independent freelancer affiliated personnel and motivate them towards a unified goal. I've assisted in the training of other security personnel and have conducted intelligence gathering operations for patrol paths.

Tell us about yourself, that wasn't already put on the application so far. (//short bio of the character, minimum 2 paragraphs of 5 lines each)

Well, I am an avid birdwatcher. Absolute carnivore, steak is simply amazing, especially the stuff that Orbital Spa and Cruise serve you on the Hawai'i, absolutely to die for. Folks are retired, my Father worked as a super for Deep-Space Engineering, Mom's a physical therapist for Cryer. Avid-hunter, manufacture my own custom-builds on firearms, I use antlers in all my decorating. One thing I never understand is why Bretonians think drinking tea will fix everything. Surfing is definitely my go-to tonic for when I am feeling down, though deep-sea diving is something that I am trying to pick up. I guess really, I am just your average adventurous adrenaline junky, if you want my life story I suppose I could dabble-down that path for a bit:
Grew up on Los Angeles, hung out on the coast all day, went to the local University of Santa Monica for a Political Science degree, thought the Professor was a bit draconian in his ideas though, too much influence from Rheinland philosophers. Spent a lot of time after that just traveling around trying to find myself, there is some absolutely beautiful places out here in Sirius. Lot of my old buds ended up getting addicted to cardamine and I realized I had to escape that coast-to-coast crowd. Got a great job in Ageira, learned a lot about small arms and munitions there, moved up towards a nicer part of town, new development in Culver City. My love life? Not exactly the greatest. Every time I find someone it just turns out to be a nightmare dressed like a daydream. Trust me, dating Satan is not fun, 0/10, would not recommend. At least I can turn the bad girls good for a weekend. While working on Detroit, we were hosting a contingency event for Hammer Securities, I was really able to network there, the pay was phenomenal but it involved a lot of travel. I figured hey, I am single, still young, why not?
Turns out, the Omegas are just one big giant pile of blue and everyone there is out to kill you. Social politics is really just aggravated assault on a passive level and with all the old Rheinland Military junk out there in O-13, you got a lot of pirates hiding in the debris powered down waiting to vaporize you. But there is a lighter side of things, like racing through the gas clouds. I'll never forget my first time, engines on full rushing in to this deep blue abyss and suddenly lights everywhere, whole hull shaking, and you can hear your buddies in formation with you cheering over the comms and then it is over. I think I detailed the rest of my experience out there, lots of blood and fire, I thought I was on the edge of space, but the deeper we went into the cloud, the more we upped our patrols, the closer we got to the edge of sanity. I knew order needed to be restored, so here I am.

If this application is approved, you will be put in our AIT (Agent in Training) course under supervision of the Department of Homeland Security. At the end of it you will be evaluated and accepted if you're considered suitable for LSF daily operations.

OORP part
((OOC Information))

• Ingame names: N/A (I literally have nothing.)
  
• Skype: TIberiuwalker
  
• Join Date on the server: April 2008
  
• Region: Hawai'i
  

What should an LSF member do (Tasks, RP style, etc)?

I suppose the stereotype answer is to guard Zone-21, follow the code of conduct, enforce Liberty Law. Conduct yourself in an amiable and friendly authoritative way.

Really though, I'd like to be in the more clandestine part of it all. Screenshot every ship that passes, create a log of everyone. Recruit Freelancer agents for false-flag operations. Ruin Alliances between Liberty's enemies and turn them against each other. All in roleplay and good fun of course.

Have you read AND understood the server rules of discovery?

Yes

Then explain why the following rules are important:
3.1: It is pretty much powergaming. We don't believe in that here. Unless you're a pirate, in which case, 2milOrDai.
3.3: Powergaming again. It is a one-sided form of roleplay. Additionally, combat is an extension of politics, if a trader complies with piracy or a contraband request, the only reason to kill him is to be a PvPWhore. We frown upon that here, unless you're a Phantom, in which case, pewpewpew.
3.4: While being overly aggressive is frowned upon, combat does serve a purpose in roleplay. To attack another faction only to have them continually dock, repair/rearm, and come at you again is just poor sportsmanship and makes people rage. We frown upon that here, unless you're a griefer, in which case, If you're having dock problems, I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems, but re-engaging dockfights ain't one!
5.2: Realistically, it provides a buffer-zone for new members to adjust to the environment and the high learning curve of Discovery. Two, it is preying on a weak and defenseless player. We frown upon that here, unless they attacked you first, in which case, self-defense!
5.6 to 5.8: Weren't these the old rules on re-engagement and fleeing? I think you can safely flee now, but in terms of re-engaging. It would suck if we killed Bin Laden only to have him appear again. By imposing a penalty, it adds a sense of accomplishment and productivity to roleplay. Otherwise, all roleplay engagements would be arbitrary. We would have Liberty Rogues docked at Rochester at Manhatten 24/7 while every defender would just undock from Newark and the bloodbath would continue. I've been on servers like that, we frown upon them here, no exceptions.

Have you ever been sanctioned or banned for violating a server rule in the last 6 months? please provide links to the threads if so.

No.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your in-game Role-playing skills?

5. I am so good at roleplaying I do it even when I am not.

Have you read the whole =LSF= Manual?

Yes I have, please don't Title 6, LSF Sec. 4/132/2132 me!

Terms and conditions

The =LSF= reserves the right to expel a member from the faction if his or her conduct violates server rules, forum rules, faction rules or is being detrimental to the well being of the faction, its members and/or the community. The faction also requires applicants and faction members to respect the opinions of the various players of the community and the time they have invested in their characters, RP and other projects.

Do you comply with the above terms?: Yes