...Incoming Transmission...
...To: Liberty Navy Recruiting Office...
...Encryption: Moderate...
...Origin: Battleship Missouri...
...Transfer Request...
CC: 6th Liberty Army Air Division, Pittsburgh
Person(s) Requesting Transfer: David Ripper Rank: Lance Corporal Age: 24 Sex: Male Height: 186cm Weight: 78kg Time distortion: Sirius Mean Time +10 hours SKYP-3 Transponder: david.ripper
Experience/Previous Fields of Work:
5 Years, 6 Liberty Army Air Division
2 Years in rank (LCPL).
Flying experience: 5 years as freighter/transport pilot (With crew).
Good evening Sir.
No doubt you've got most of this on file anyway; but to reiterate. I was born on Pittsburgh; my family wasn't rich but we weren't too badly off. My father used to work at the customs facilities near the heavy landing pads and I suppose it was that that eventually led me to the Army. You see, Sir, I've always had a passion for ships, particularly the larger ones. Probably hatched from watching my father work. There's just something majestic about them... Ah. My apologies, I'm ranting.
Anyway, I was always grateful at having been bought up on a core world. We never had any issues with safety, the biggest concerns we had was whether the new light was working, or that new kid at school. When I finished up at High School it really started to hit me, through the news, just how lucky that was. I wanted to give something back to the government that had ensured my family's safety for all those years, I wanted to make a difference in some small way. I enlisted in the Pittsburgh based Air Division the next year, the fact they had access to spacecraft was just a bonus. After completing basic training I was given my first assignment as a transport pilot.
Fast forward to today, and I don't really feel I've done anything. No offence to the Army, it's not their fault. Its the wars we're fighting today, Sir. Planet-based soldiers are next to useless. By the time an invading fleet hits us; it's all over.
