[Old] Independent Miners Guild Needs You!

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From: Johnathan Sanders, IMG Director of R&D
Transmission origin: Holman Outpost relay, Tau 31
To: Potential guildmembers
Subject: Recruitment

Godric Edmund,
Your introduction has been rather brief, and I was unable to find any previous records of your exploits around Sirius. In short, I do not know you, and am therefor hesitant to simply take you in. If you intend to fly under our banner, I recommend you acquaint yourself with some of our members - a good way to do so is to simply fly guard or escort for any mining parties, or join convoys, either as escort or hauler. If you are endorsed by one or two members you should soon be welcomed here.

Anthony Michael,
While I understand your weariness of continuous conflict, I do hope you are not attempting to desert the Bretonian Armed Forces and seek refuge among the Guild. The Guild, for all it's bases on the Bretonian side of this conflict, will act in full compliance with Bretonian law. However, if you can legally leave the Armed Forces and wish to work an honest wage as a miner, I won't deny you that chance. I myself have followed that path... But be aware that with all the piracy around most large-scale mining operations, it is not exactly a safe job for a young parent. I can offer an alternative: There is a need for additional workers on both the Cardiff mining facility and on South Shields, which you may be interested in.
Provided you can legally leave the Armed Forces, you are welcome to join us.

Jack Henderson,
I see several potential issues in your application. While we would certainly welcome those escaping out from under the BMM yoke, you indicate having been, for all intents and purposes, an unaffiliated mercenary group, hiring out to miners for scout, escort and guard duty. The Mollies, despite their rough nature, are generally not hostile towards the Guild. We have assisted the Mollies to a degree in the past, and with the current armistice between the Bretonian Armed Forces, and them, we see no reason to change this. We do not challenge the Mollies claim to a one million credits mining fee (per miner, per haul at most - if another Molly demands an additional license, indicate payment is made to the one who you were first taxed by), since they will in turn keep the system clear of Corsairs, and assist us if engaged by unaffiliated pirates. Personally, I do not want trouble with them, and if your intent is to start such trouble, you will find your stay in the Guild short. As for restricting mining operations... The Mollies lay claim to the westmost field, dubbed the Arranmore ore field, as far south as the jumphole to Omega 49. IMG miners are not welcome there, and we've chosen to respect that. The fields most often worth by the IMG miners are the eastmost, and northeast field. We share these fields with the BMM miners. If a Molly denies us access to either of these fields, please relay this to the guildmaster and we'll take care of that ASAP. The Mollies share our distaste for BMM's business practises of making a profit over the backs of the workers. Although their path was more violent then ours, a large portion of both our and their ranks have their roots in ex-BMM worker families who simply had enough.
You also most likely, in your time as a mercenary, worked to secure BMM assets in transit. While the Guild has ceased outright hostilities towards BMM a long time ago, there is still much resentment for their actions that have led to the Tau conflict. As a result the Guild's directive is to not actively work with BMM assets. We don't protect or escort them, even for a fee. BMM rarely employs any form of security itself, so it's miners are largely dependant on the Bretonian lawful forces and independant mercenaries - such as you yourself have been.

If you can work with the guild policy of not creating (too much) trouble with the Mollies, and understand our restrictions towards cooperating with the BMM company assets, then I see no reason to deny your application.

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