Stenka Razin sat patently outside the Zhukovsky recruitment office. He'd been there for some time, 2 hours to be precise, though this was hardly any fault of theCoalition recruitment. No, Stenka had requested the entire day off work to ensure he be there on time.
He had dressed in the best of his 3 sets of work overalls, carefully pressed the night before, with only a few small stains and his name embroidered in small print across the breast pocket, though none of this could hide the grease embedded under his fingernails and the stench of coolant, the result of a life maintaining ships.
He took almost no notice of the shouting going on inside, not even flinching when he heard the booming gunshot.
His name was called shortly after.
Clutching his recruitment papers, Stenka carefully stepped over the body of previous applicant, and stood in rigid military salute before the officer at the desk.
"Stenka Razin, mechanical engineer for the Coalition, reporting for enlistment" he stated enthusiastically in a thick accent, the result of many years in the Coalition.
The officer payed no attention to him, seemingly preoccupied with the files before him. Figuring this was reason to go on, he placed his papers down on the desk carefully.
"I've spent my entire working life aboard this station maintaining The Peoples fleet, I wish to fly for the revolution and bring glory to The People. My far..."
He was interrupted by a loud gurgling from behind him, the previous applicant having decide he was not quite dead yet.
"should i take this man to medical sir?" Stenka inquired, again getting no response other then further gasping from the dying man as he drooled blood over the deck of the station. Stenka gave the man a sharp kick to the head with his steel capped work boots silencing the man, obviously the Commissar had decreed his life counter productive to The Revolution and as such, he was of no value and would not be missed.
Looking back up Stenka continued where he left off. "My father was a designer for much of the inspirational media that lines this stations halls and i hope to prove I've inherited his values, The Peoples values, and will do what The Revolution requires of me."
Stenka stood again in rigid salute, awaiting a response from the Commisar