What is your name? Alan "Taneru" Markson How old are you? 31 Write a brief description about your build and combat skills;
In addition to standard Navy training, I have training in Zero-Gravity combat, open space survival, demolitions with zero-gravity specialization, and tactical energy weapons. I am certified in operating both standard fighter and bomber grade ships, in addition to command-grade operation of light Gunships.
During my time in the Navy, I was assigned to the 127th Lone Eagles, a tactical bomber squadron consisting of Li-117 Upholders and XB-2 Havoc IIs. I am experienced in the use of both the ANC-2 and the AN-3, as well as the standard G2 LS82-1 and G2 LS92-1.
What are your reasons for joining us?
There's something wrong with Liberty these days...
Over the last few months, I've been feeling like those in power don't have the people's best interests at heart, but only recently has it become clear just how right I've been.
The war with Rheinland was when I first started growing suspicious. Everything just happened so quickly.. My commander told my squadron the war was being fought because of the disputes over Hudson and the Cold Bay Depot, but friend from another squadron told me HIS commander said it was because of escalating conflicts in Bering near the Freeport, with Rheinland moving cruisers into the system to patrol.
But, if either of those were the case, why were most of the battles being fought in the distant Bremen system?
Nothing added up, but I didn't think to question it then.
Recently, though, I kept seeing secondary fleet warships passing through California and heading towards Magellan. When I hailed some of them, they never responded. I checked deployment records for those ships, as much as I could get with my own authority at first, then from paying off a Junker for a restricted record, one which never should have ended up in his hands in the first place. Many of the ships heading towards Magellan were listed as being deployed to Bering or Hudson, but some were listed as being stationed in Magellan, sometimes even specifically stated as being based out of Freeport 4, which was a direct violation of the Treaty of Curacao. Even more disturbing were the contents of the restricted file. None of the ships were really assigned to their official postings, but were instead ordered to engage in harrassment and search and destroy tactics against a group called the Neo-Terran Front.
I attempted to trace the origins of the orders, but that yielded no success. Inquiries about the Neo-Terran Front through official channels were met with similar results, but I later learned from a couple of independant traders on California Minor that the Neo-Terrans were guilty only of attempting to leave Sirius, and of gathering funds for their exodus by offering protection to miners in the remote Kansas system.
What I saw and what I found out two days ago, though, was what made me make this decision. I was on patrol in the California system when I picked up a group of contacts on my sensors. Upon moving closer, my ship identified them as a wing of Liberty Security Forces fighters... and the LNS-Michigan, an Assault Carrier. A front-line warship, one that was supposed to be stationed on the Rheinland-Liberty border. The entire group was on a course that had become all too familar to me; directly to the Magellan Gate. I don't know who gave the order for a battleship-class vessel to be unleashed upon a group the size of the Front while a war was raging, but these aren't the actions of the Liberty I swore to defend.
How would you joining the Hellfire Legion benefit us?
I bring with me my skills and my devotion to the true Liberty, not the.... thing it has become.
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Have you ever been sanctioned before? I have not. If so, what for?
Do you feel you've learnt your lesson from that?
Do you have Skype? Yes. If so, what is your Skype ID? vadrec
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Characters Alan Markson: The Hellfire Legion's Lord Commander The Perihelion: Freeport Four's guardian, and yet much more. Missing and assumed Lost with all hands. Eric Dresmund: Junker, smuggler, thief. Last seen drunk on Beaumont Vayrn Wyard: IMG Recon pilot turned Neo-Terran Captain. Last location unknown
