Recruitment initiative

[Zukertort]

As Attorney at Law on Planet Erie I have - by my client, mr. J.J. River - head of the River-family and acting director of the United Mining Workers of Sirius - been instructed to pass the following message to all IMG-related groups, including =CR=, IMG|, ICMG|, [KoF], IMS (ORO) etc.:

"Hello there, all

I am a man of few words - and will cut this short.

I have - as head of the UMWS - noted a decline in the mining activities in the Tau's since the sudden dive in the ore-market, that we saw earlier this year.

It seems to me, that several miners have left the business to try their hand on other ventures. I suspect, that this includes piracy.

This is not good - not good at all. Strenght is in numbers - among other things - as some of you has pointed out again and again. We can not let the independent miners become inferior to others, because of a weak market.

So we need new blood to fill the ranks.

In the UMWS we have no intention of becoming bigger - for certain reasons we will remain a small, exclusive organization. But as we are concerned with the wellbeing of our brothers, I propose the following:

1. The UMWS contacts new pilots, primarily in Pennsylvania, with the purpose of introducing them to the world of mining - and with the aim of becoming true IMG- or CR-miners.

2. The recruits recieves an extensive training program - and will end up graduating as IMG-ID miners.

3. They will then be equipped with a Hegemon-class mining-ship - and the latest mining-equipment - and then introduced to the miningfields in the Tau's.

4. After this it will be up to you - and your organizations - to introduce them to your own factions and groups. The recruits will off course be aware of this. Their ships will be named with a ®UMWS| -tag for easy recognizition.

5. This procedure will be absolutely cost-free for your organizations. The money spend will form a personal loan - for which only the recruit will be liable. After all some might chose to become truely independent. However it would be appreciated, if you help ensure that the loans are accutally paid back. Normally that is not an issue.

I hope you will see positively on this proposal. Feel free to comment it.

Yours truely

J.J. River"

This concludes the message from mr. River. Any comments can be posted here.

Zukertort
Attorney At Law.