OPEN AGAIN! - Independent Miners Guild Recruitment channel

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From: Johnathan Sanders
To: New guild members
Subject: Acceptances

Gentlemen,

Let me welcome you all to the Independant Miners Guild. I see no reason to reject any of your applications, so you are all accepted. To signify your vessels as Guild ships, please apply the IMG| transponder to your vessel's name. The division suffix ([M] for mining, [E] for exploration, [D] for defense and [T] for trade) is optional - keep in mind that the [M] and [T] tags tend to attract unwanted attention if you intend to operate alone.

Mr. Jones and Mr. Zenon. I see you are taking an interest in the defense and escort wing, but do not yet have a vessel? I can recommend the Nyx space superiority fighter, produced by our Colonial allies at Sarawak station. The Colonials allow the Guild free access to their space and the shipyard at Sarawak. The remainder of the research station is offlimits though.
We have facilities to fully outfit a fightercraft at Jakarta station in Tau 39. And through a deal with the STAR weapons dealer, we have access to a good number of specialised guns for a reduced price. These are all just options, you are welcome to choose your craft and layout as you see fit, up to the Hydra class gunboat.
Our Colonial allies are also able to assist in training sessions for these craft in case you feel you should need them - their fighterwings are among the best in Sirius, and have saved our miner hides numerous times when the Outcasts showed up.

Mr. Connor, the same largely applies to yourself. We also have a number of veteran miners in our fleet who can help you with ship layout if you so require. Some miners prefer the bulky Hegemon - others prefer a lighter mining craft that can double as an escort, typically the light Dacite craft we produce on Freistadt.

Mr. Itsuka, your tale is similar to many who have come to work for us. You speak true, the fields we mine are often distant, or in contested areas of space. The Guild's mining is rarely safe mining, but we've learned to work around these problems. Sometimes by striking a few deals, sometimes by simple sheer force. Of late we have resumed a large Dublin operation, so far with approval from the Mollies, but we keep a strong escort on hand regardless, to drive off any Corsair and other unaffiliated pirate forces. Convoys, if we run them, are also heavily escorted. This mitigates to some extent the dangers involved - we care for our people, something that cannot be often said of the larger house corporations.

I recommend you read our latest operational report to familiarise yourself with our current politics, and the state of our operations Sirius-wide.
Good luck in your ventures in the Guild, gentlemen.

Signed,
- Johnathan Sanders, on behalf of the Independant Miners Guild.

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