The S/D - The Search/Destroy Agency (Strontium Dogs) - Bounty Hunters

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Incoming Transmission

To: S/D Recruitment Office
From: Christoph Anke
Subject: Recruitment
Priority: Normal

Message reads:

To whom it may concern,

My name is Christoph Anke. I have, obviously, written you on the subject of my potential membership in the Search/Destroy agency. Though I do believe it well within your capabilities to find out everything you need to know about my personal history yourselves, I will give you the information and save you the trouble.

Born and raised on New Berlin, I was one of three born to a mother and father both serving the Rhienland Naval Forces. My childhood was exceedingly uneventful and normal compared to some. Went to school, graduated, and became a member of the Rhienland Police Force. While crime was not so huge a problem on the surface of my beloved New Berlin, the skies were another story all together. Then, the Nomads. We all know the role Rhienland played in the war that ensued... I would like to point out that the police had little more to do with the conflict against the other houses and simple patrolling.

Regardless, I found myself on the front lines investigating the Nomads first hand. Many fights.. Many wingmen lost.. Wingmen... Friends. Parents... A great man from days long past on the planet humans call 'mother' once said "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you" With monsters we fought. All of us, then, and some of us could not handle life afterward.


I was one of the men who could not handle normal life. As an officer of the law I was required to question, apprehend, do no harm... I found my finger fell too heavy on the trigger with just about any criminal, regardless of the crime. Needless to say, I was released from police service... It has been years since then, years spent in therapy, years wasted while crime was able to find itself new footholds in the galaxy we call home. While I will never find myself again with the police, I expect that with your organization I can find myself fighting those who would do harm to the innocent. Who would do harm to the lawful, right man's galaxy. Who would take away that which all of us fought and died and lost for against the Nomads.

I could not live with myself if I did not play my part. Though I also realize I cannot do it without the support of a healthy organization.



I look forward to hearing your decision.





Oh, and as for the abyss. She must have liked what she saw because she has allowed me back into her arms.

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.


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