[Old] Independent Miners Guild Needs You!

[Galthromir]

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ID: Darius Locke
Signal Origin: Munich System
Encryption Level: Medium

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Greetings ya'll, my name is Darius Locke, and I'd like to formally submit my application to ya'lls little club. I'll be straight with ya, my employment history is quite....checkered. I've never been much for stickin' around one place to long; slavin' away over the same old ground just isn't where it's at for me. Of course, Interspace Commerce and the like ain't too keen on traders who get there 5 days overdue 'cause they took the "scenic route". And they certainly weren't too happy when I self-destructed that Train loaded with H-Fuel rather than pay bounty to those Outcast scum. *he chuckles* That was one hell of a 30 days notice.

These days I spend most of my time wanderin', doing mining work on a per-contract basis. While this is all well and good, I definitely appreciate the freedom it brings, I'm but one man. I don't have the kind of resources needed to truly see the stars, to explore deep space an' all the wonders it hides.

I'm also findin' pirates to be a royal pain is the ass, I actually have to pay their little ransoms as an independent. My dromedary is the only ship I got, I can't afford to lose 'er, and this forces me to give the buggers cash when I'd rather be givin' em the old one finger salute.

*he pauses*

I spose this is the part where I say why I'd be useful to ya'll, and how I wouldn't ever try and play Russian roulette with Guild property.

*he pauses again, then laughs*

I'm just kiddin' with that last part. Anyway, I'd be perfectly happy to mine for ya'll, though for me mining is a means to an end. What I'd really love is to explore, chart new systems, find new ore deposits, that kind o' thing. I also wouldn't mind learnin' to fly somethin' more....combat oriented, something I simply can't afford to do as an independent. I hear ya'll often have trouble with the Outcasts out in the Tau systems... *his voice grows cold* You wouldn't even need to pay me to slaughter those bastards, just give me a gun and point me in their direction.

*there is a long silence*

Ya'll seem like one of the few formal organizations I could get in with, hell your name even has one of the things I value most in it. I've mined alongside a few of ya, and that only reinforced this belief. I eagerly await your reply.

Darius Out

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