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** Application for joining The Hellfire Legion **

Name: The Funk (formerly: Bob Zero)
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Height: 186cm
Weight: 76kg
Eye Color: Relaxed Brown

Biography:
Born under the wing of the Liberty Republic, I was raised in Pennsylvania alongside my sister, by my loving parents. As this (originally a Zoner) system eventually became swarmed and controlled by the Liberty Navy, I realized what my options for future career were. My parents were both miners, just like their parents. Father desired for me, as well as for my sister, to become miners, continuing and hopefully prolonging the family tradition. Unlike my sister, I fought and resisted his will for years, having a hunger for adventure and basically a life that is interesting enough to lead me somewhere better. Witnessing my parents getting pirated or even attacked on numerous occasions, not being able to bring enough food at our table at times, I grew hateful of the criminal organizations that resided in Liberty Space. It was only natural for me to study hard until I could become an official part of the Liberty Navy. I graduated at West Point with honors. I wanted to become strong, at least strong enough to be able to protect my own family and friends. In my eyes at the time Navy seemed like the right way to go. I grew up watching them 'handle' pirates and when I was younger I wanted to be able to do the same. Now I am 22 years old and I find myself enraged due to the inability of the military forces I thought were there to protect and serve.



Reasons for joining us:
After a few months of Navy duty I started realizing that things are not as they seem to be. I had observed the Navy for a long time, but not at such close distance. Their ways of operation were not really that different from the pirates' ones. Some officers levied fines which were too high, keeping the money to themselves and not reporting their actions. Others engaged in battle in situations where it was not needed. On a number of occasions the Navy have threatened non-aggressive, friendly vessels to leave Liberty Space or face death. What I disliked the most was that the Navy often outnumbered their targets and went as far as to murder them, even when they would have laid their arms down. I could smell their fear from everyone who was foreign. I would even consider the possibility that our navy has grown to be a bit xenophobic.

The event that changed my world was when my sister got killed. My parents managed to convince her to become a miner and for her last birthday they surprised her with her own mining ship. A second-hand Surveyor - MV-422-B Civilian Light Miner. She was very excited and started using it immediately, making her own profits for the first time in her life. I was already stationed as a patrol for the Navy. One day, during my patrolling duty, a group of pirates was spotted in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately this was the day my sister had decided to do some mining on her own, without the usual group she works with. Eventually she ended up being surrounded by a party of 4, all rogues, flying wolves and hounds. She immediately sent me a signal, as I had installed a special communication system which informs me of any potentially dangerous situation in her ship after one press of a button from her side. I reported this to my squad (the squad I was assigned with at that time) and we went on to look for her. We found them in the mining field, where they were playing around with and harassing her. She had her shields down and I explicitly told the squad members that they should avoid opening fire at any cost. One of our pilots decided he was going to open fire nevertheless. In the heat of the moment, one of the Rogues' torpedo projectiles accidentally hit my sister's ship, destroying it in one single hit. I could not realize what had just happened, so I became unimaginably enraged and opened fire as well. The squad member that opened fire was KIA. After a short-lived battle we realized that we were signing our death contracts and fled. Our third member was more loyal to the other navy pilot, rather than me, and in his reports wrote that I was the one that opened fire initially, due to the relationship I had with my sister and my emotional investment in the scenario we ended up being part of. After a short trial I was dismissed from my duty and let go from the Navy force without the right to work with them in future. My father blamed me for what happened and my mother became ill and stopped talking to me.

Nothing will return my sister back to this world. I have thought about it and I realized that the only way I can continue doing what I have to do is by joining The Hellfire Legion. I would destroy the Navy solo if I could, but I cannot. Pirates must be eradicated and the Navy is UNFIT to see that to fruition. I want to believe that within your ranks I have a chance to contribute towards a greater goal and not gain personal profits rather than do a job properly.

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EDIT:
Sanctioned before?
So far I have not been sanctioned! I recall a couple of occasions when I engaged Navy or pirate ships without a warning, but neither of them seemed to have a problem with that and both returned fire.

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