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**Recipient: IMG Recruitment Office**
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Primary Information:

Name: Andy Austin
Age: 33
Citizenship: Libertonian

Biography:
I was born on planet Pennsylvania. My parents were both workers for Cryer Pharmaceuticals.
My mother died of a rare illness when I was very young. I have no memory of her other than photos.
My father retired from Cryer about that same time and went to DSE for some mining business.
I was therefore pratically raised with a miner father.
I eventually learned about mining practices and saw my future as being a DSE Miner too.
In an attack from Outcasts and Liberty Rogues on a small DSE mining operation where my father was located, some ships were destroyed and his was heavily damaged, leaving him and some other survivors crippled.
Having little or no support from health insurances from DSE services, alledgelly due to the Nomad Infiltration wars on 800 AS, he soon left DSE with some of the crippled survivors of the attack with a grudge for the company. We soon became friends with these survivors and witness to the bad treatment Liberty Companies do to their workers (adding to a grudge my father always had for Cryer after my mom's death).
Most of these friends went to other houses or into independent business.
My father stayed on the mining business, however his handicap severely impacted his working skills.
With the help of some friends, he was eventually taken care of and I could become independent of my own.
As the years gone by, with new mining grounds being discovered, we tried to get to these new mining grounds.
Harassment from House Mining corporations became a constant, including threats of sabotage in some extreme cases.
My father's grudge for DSE became even more reinforced as I too experienced the blackmailing and backstab strategies used by big business corporations to completely monopolize business and deny any rightful healthy treatment.
Eventually I heard about a newly discovered comet passing through Omega-3 and how good it would be to harvest some of its dust.
I immediatly left Liberty to learn more about this comet. As I passed Bretonia, fear raised as I heard rumors about Gallia invasion and rampant pirate activity. I had never gone out of Liberty before, and this was trully a needed fear-challenging "adventure" if I wanted to get away from Big Business harassment and propery thrive in the mining business. My first encounters with Corsairs in Bretonia space were pretty smooth. My miner fighter looked more like a piece of explosive junk than anything and they pretty much stayed away from me.
I eventually reached Omega-3 and learned one of my father's friends became IMG.
After getting an Annapurna with his help, I managed to find the Omega-3 comet and harvested it for a while.
Pirate threats became increasing and I knew I had to get a better ship.
I eventually learned some new flight paths and having dogded many pirates, the threat now came from House Mining corporations, mainly DSE.
After a sabotage that nearly left my Annapurna drifting aimlessly near California Minor I decided to take a loan and buy myself a fully equiped Hegemon Miner and a good crew.
Friends sympathetic with the IMG helped me get a trustworthy crew and suggested I joined the IMG.
My fair treatment and having emergency oxygen, food rations and even some entertainment and protection goods on the ship at all times assured my team's loyalty (protection to hears is an obvious must due to the Hegemon's insane machinery noise).
I named my Miner "Lithovore" as we eventually thrive by devouring rocks!
Knowing that main IMG Operations are on the Taus, my fear for the Outcast and Gallia made me hesitate joining the IMG.
I went for other Houses' space to sell some of our ore, while exploring other mining grounds outside of Liberty. Further threats, blackmails, attempts of bribery on my crew and sabotage on my ship were made.
My discontempt for big house corporations in general grew even more as I witnessed that the low-level strategies that plague Liberty Corporations are also present on other Houses.
My confidence on my team, however, boosted as they never once accepted any bribes or proposals to work on other corporations and always thwarted any sabotage attempts.
My discontempt for police forces also knew a new high as police forces repeatidly dismissed or ignored our claims of illegal activity from corporations and attempts to disrupt our living.
To face these and pirate threats, I eventually rigged my Miner with heavy armor, shielding and weaponry and successfully thwarted most pirating attempts, thanks to my crew's loyalty and team spirit.
In extreme cases where no escape is possible from pirate raiding, I will always try to make an arrangement and spare my ship and crew's lifes. Cargo can always be replaced, this crew cannot.
I felt ready for joining the IMG as me and my crew resonate to their own Ideals and have a general disdain for House Corporations and authority forces.

Secondary Information:

Outline the Independent Miners Guild goals:
To provide better profit, safety, specially independence and any help necessary to its members. Also specially no political affiliation.

What can you contribute while inside the Guild ?
I can provide an excellent mining ship and a loyal, trustworthy crew. Emergency supplies will available if need be. Quite generous personality.

Which are your personal reasons for joining the Guild ? Also, which IMG Department would you like to be part of ?
I share the same general views as the guild. Independence, better profit while being fair and good treatment and specially tired of big house corporation corruption and savage capitalism. I also feel that IMG can trully appreciate some generous behaviour instead of trying to take advantage of it.
I would like to join the mining department.



OORP Information:

Please provide your Skype ID: Quite honestly I very rarely use skype. If it is really needed, I will provide it on PM as requested.

For how long do you play on the server? Have you ever been part of other player factions? If yes, which ones?
I have played on this server about 2 to 3 years ago, for I think an year (I witnessed 4.84 turning to 4.85). I recently returned about... maybe 8 to 12 weeks? I cannot quite remember
I haven't been a part of any factions yet, althought 2 years ago I also had an IMG Miner and IMG Gunboat.

Have you ever been sanctioned?
Never.

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