Kaiserliche Rheinwehr [RM] - Recruitment

[Sabas]

Discovery Forum Name: BunkerBob
Name: Alaric Kaufmann
Rank: -
S.K.Y.P.E designation(//username): bunkerbob4

Age: 32
Height: 180.34 CM / 5 ft 11 in
Weight: 83.5 Kg / 184 lb
Hair Color: Chestnut brown
Eye Color: Brown

Planet/Station of Origin: Planet Nuremberg

Background Information:The Kaufmann's were part of the initial rush of explorers to settle the planet of Nuremberg. During the rush Aldric Kaufmann (Alaric's great great great great great grandfather) used his small retail chain originally from Stuttgart to purchase a third hand Humpbacks and Libertonian Rhino. He opened shop as a small planetary and inner solar shipping firm with nothing more than a table under an awning to shield his body from the sun.

As the planet began to develop research had yielded that the planet could not grow crops nor be used as a commercial fishery. As people left Aldric Kaufmann began to purchase land as fast as the small shipping firm would allow.

From time to time a newer vessel could be purchased due to the owner disappearing on a sport fishing trip for the renowned Pirasharq or any other derivitive of hostile animals in the oceans. In time Aldric was able to amass the land and vehicles needed to become a small time player in the system of Munich, with short term contracts keeping the business alive, Aldric himself retired to the sea side of Nuremberg, always mindfull of what the ocean harbored.

The company itself was left to his son and his family Frantz Kaufmann around 584 A.S.

Frantz performed his best, he shifted the short term contracts his father designed around long term ones, yeilding a higher fee and company security. His greatest achillies heel was his love for something new, it carried with the family lineage ever since. He shifted the work to hired stock brokers and a small time CEO. Giving him the revenue, and time to pursue his interests of using the company assets as he wished.

While the company held itself together Frantz would take his fledling family on small excursions beyond Munich and its simple but bustling system using a cozy second generation Humpback that nearly toppled the firm itself.

Using the bustling firm's cash flow Frantz taught his children the stars of Rheinland and where to go and how to do it. Showing them there is life beyond their little system of Munich and its minerals. The lesson stuck, and the lifestyle in one form or another propsered through to the Frantz's children as they took over the company in a joint effort in 635 A.S, the pair of girls in the family to operate a business.

Senta and Katrina both wielded different attitudes towards the company, and both shook its development in their own ways. Senta favored remaining on Nuremberg and the saftey of its poisonis soil, meeting clients and creating contracts; Katrina was the more adventerous of the two that prefered to fly a transport with crew, extending the families contacts and meeting old family relatives.

The company nearly went bankrupt with the purchase of several first generation Hawk light fighters being developed. But they quickly met their value and exceeded them as the convoy Kaptain's reported safe passage due to the mear presence with their heavy class 5 guns they mounted.

The company recovered and flourished under the guidance of new contacts and even better freight into New Berlin. With the arms race of 682 A.S and the government in shambles the Kaufmann's were a small force on Nuremberg by the time sisters Senta and Katrina retired not far from where their grandfather retired to on the coast.

Of course both girls had begun families themselves with the husbands assuming the Kaufmann name as was proper for Nuremberg families to carry out the lineage.

In an odd change of events Senta had beared a young son named Willard and Katrina had beared a daughter named Rae, as was the forming custom the two children split the work of the company in half; Willard was book smart and had a nack for learning, while Rae was firey and quick to anger. They shared the effort as Willard was tasked at holding the company aloft while Rae lead the fighters in convoys in the slowly aging Hawk's.

Even deep into their forties only Willard had married happily to a bubbling wife he adored, Rae remained single with her closet companion the weights she brought along or the flying yoke of her Hawk.

Tragedy had struck as Willard knew it would, his cousin Rae had stayed in her Hawk far to long and lost control as it was incenrated by newer versions of the very same vessel she flew. Willard had a closed and empty casket funeral on the open sea, burying her spirit in the same ocean his own mother had died watching every day. With the company secured in the hands of a single owner again Willard instituted a new policy in fighter craft purchasing for defense, a program designed to phase in new craft as they became available and keep a small select stock for training future convoy pilots. It burdened the small company but they managed as their fleet slowly evolved into purely Rheinland manufactured Humpbacks and newer generation Hawks.

Willard is ear marked in the family lineage for his cold interest in making hard profit. His two sons though barely reflect this change as both adopted the policy of their Great grandfather Frantz in his life of exploration when they assumed ownership of this small historical firm in 744 A.S.

They hired a CEO and broker to manage their company as they gave the man grey hair as he fought to balance the books. Untill he understood their madness in working, both brothers shared a single concept, run big and fast. Their cargo's reflected this as they brought in Diamonds and shipped them all the way through the Sigma's and later the Tau's themselves. Both were known for running the high risk high reward cargo's and some people of Nuremberg suspected the brothers played as Smugglers as their skills developed with them.

This did not go unnoticed amongst the Rheinland government and several inspections were made upon the company and vessels themselves till the CEO broke down and told them the brothers ran cargo where ever high profit was made in any territory. His life had been drained and he looked like an old man when he finaly quiet the company in a huff with a balding head.

This gave the brothers a cold wake up they needed and they returned to Nuremberg rich men with fledgling families of their own as they began to raise their children in proper homes and schools. Both men retired, Berne and Berrine, with their wives. Berne had remarried by this time to Olga a girl that loved to sport fish for excitement on Nuremberg.

Only Berrine bore a son named Gere, he leaned heavily on his father's experience and took after his grandfather Willard, a man interested in the bottom line during the year of 786 A.S.

Gere followed Willard's style of running the corporation to the T, remaining to the books and leaving the convoy's to his crews. His son Alaric Kaufmann, homage to Aldric Kaufmann that started the buisness itself, was issued a Griffin as part of the standard program of keeping up-to-date Light Fighters to guard the transports at all times when he turned 20 in 806 A.S mere years after the large war amongst the colonies.

Alaric spent much of his free time studying the art of warefare and comprehending the effects of fighting in unlimited planes and angles. Using his knowledge gained from his studies and use in fighter application his father purchased the first train class transport bestowing it upon his son, the move was considered shakey at best. Some believed it was a high risk venture or some glimmer of Frantz himself showing Gere, his motives were far more simplistic, bringing the company untold wealth by keeping his son out of a fighter. The trick worked and his son took to the new role within weeks, sitting aboard his train class vessel, reviewing trading logs while keeping the convoy in constant motion.

Gere himself is in his last decade of leading the Kaufmann Firm and is looking towards bestowing it on his only son Alaric, though Alaric himself bears little interest in the large folds of how the Interstellar Freight firm works beyond his personnel convoy team. Alaric bears a striking resemblence to his fore father Willard and shares his cold outward nature interests while on the job. He may be loath to admit it but his resemblences go beyond a likeness.

Alaric maintains his momenteum using the largest asset inside the Kaufmann's swelling pockets, this new found glory for Alaric has allowed him to broaden his horizons by looking towards the Military for answers with his rather deep pockets.

Alaric's chief imprint upon Kaufmann Interspace Freight is the trademark of never spilling his bay or paying a fine to pirates. He has yet to run a trade route in the negative, his cold determination instilled in him from Gere Kaufmann is felt through his convoys as a man who will go the distance to finish the job.

Crew members that have seen Alaric's personnel neural net journal commonly see collections of combat footage and foot notes at intervals of small notes breaking down the fight. Some even speak of seeing large ship schematics with jumbled notes, no one is sure of what this hints at for Alaric, but the Kaufmann's always dream big.

Basic Personality Traits: Calm, and cold in battle. He has lost the thrill and adrenaline rush of battle over time from his fighter days. Fairly sociable and talkative in the dull moments.

Ship Class: Any ship up to a Gunboat

Other:

For how long have you been playing on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
Originally I began playing in December 2006, and on and off sense then. I was forced to stop abruptly when I purchased a new computer that had vista and could not find a work around for the life of me and gave up, since the computer died and I am currently attmepting to replace it I have returned to Freelancer on my laptop. Its like finding an old friend.

What made you come play on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
Extremely well populated and the roleplay here is good all things considering, I have been playing on roleplay servers since 2007 on another game, but now that I can play freelancer I want to get back into the grove of space.

What other characters do you have on the Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 server?
Mr_White [Dromedary] / Lane Hackers
Mr.White. [Falchion] / Lane Hackers
BunkerBob [Train] / Indie shipper
FortyEighter-[M] [Mafic] / Indie Miner

What OOC reason do you have for joining the RM?
I've always stuck largely to the Tau's and Bretonia for my roleplay experience, I nearly joined the BAF but I chose not to join their swollen ranks and opted out for the RM as my first large house military faction.

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[Razr]

Wilhelm Stautner and Alaric Kaufmann your applications have passed the preliminary screening process. This means you should see an entrance exam momentarily, before official acceptance.


Friedrich Hoffman and Allan Reis Unfortunately there wasn't enough information for the staff to come to a decision on your applications, but they did present some worrying information. Hopefully your only motive isn't vengeance which heeds no reward, your applications should pass should you show some of that discipline you both claim to have and prove otherwise.

Lastly,

Erich Rall

Your application is accepted. Welcome to the Rheinland Military.

You are required to report to the Recruit briefing auditorium ASAP and watch this video. This is mandatory

BOOKMARK "The Rheinland Military Information Center, Central Access to the Rheinland Military Database"
Here's your copy of the field manual. The naming conventions are listed here(scroll down until you see "Ship Naming Convention"). You are cleared to fighter class (Wrath VHF and Snubnose bomber) ships.

The standard ship is the Wrath. You are not required to have a bomber for starters, but you are encouraged to procure one also if you have the means to acquire it.

Repost your bio here.

[Sturmwind]

Alaric Kaufmann, Wilhelm Stautner

Your application is accepted. Welcome to the Rheinland Military.

You are required to report to the Recruit briefing auditorium ASAP and watch this video. This is mandatory

BOOKMARK "The Rheinland Military Information Center, Central Access to the Rheinland Military Database"
Here's your copy of the field manual. The naming conventions are listed here(scroll down until you see "Ship Naming Convention"). You are cleared to fighter class (Wrath VHF and Snubnose bomber) ships.

The standard ship is the Wrath. You are not required to have a bomber for starters, but you are encouraged to procure one also if you have the means to acquire it.

Repost your bio here.

[Atreides2]

Discovery Forum Name:Atreides2
Name: Joseph Porta
Rank: Recruit
S.K.Y.P.E designation(//username):atreides25

Age:21
Height:5”9
Weight:154
Hair Color: blonde
Eye Color: blue

Planet/Station of Origin: Planet Stuttgart

Background Information: Joseph Porta was born on the planet Stuttgart.

Son of two simple farmers, he didn’t liked the idea to stay and work the land. He worked alongside with his parents but he soon realized that he was not cut out for that; that he could do more then just help the parents at agriculture. With time, Porta discovered how much he hated agriculture and that he had a natural skill for trading. He started some small illegal operations, but also he admired the life of a soldier and saw that as a life business opportunity. At a young age, Porta started to make friends from the Garrison troops settled on Stuttgart. He also met with other dealers, learning and developing his natural skill toward that of a military man. After a few years, one of his friends from the Military took him inside a fighter cockpit and he spent some of his time inside the barracks, motivating him to become a pilot and a soldier. There is where he saw a lot of opportunities.

At the age of 16, Porta joined a flight school. His first specialization was civilian air vehicles. Tt that school, Porta showed some natural skills toward flying , quickly amassing the knowledge gained from the lessons of his instructors, graduating among the top five from his class.

At the age of 18,Porta found work as a pilot who dropped fertilizers. He didn’t worked long in that place, his mind reminding him that there was more then work in the food basket of Rheinland. He liquidated all his savings from the bank and with the blessings of his parents he started to wander in space.

Porta tried to find work among the Rheinland stations and planets, trying in many cities but all the work he found didn’t satisfied him. It was true that the money he earned was more then enough to sustain him, but he felt a hole in his heart and every time he saw pilots of the Rheinland Military he started to think on how he will look in a Military uniform.

He stayed on planet New Berlin for a few months; time spent on training himself to join the military. He adapted very fast at long periods of day and night presented on the planet; something abnormal for a boy born on planet Stuttgart. A few weeks later , he was spotted near the recruitment center of the Rheinland Military and with his training he was confident on his admission to the Academy.

After he stepped in he was not seen for four years, time when he learned all the things a pilot had to learn in order to survive on the battlefield and to maintain the stability and enforce the law in Rheinland space.
He was sent at the end of the training to the Battleship Strausberg where he awaits his new orders and to be transferred from the secondary fleet to the primary fleet.

Basic Personality Traits:
-obey orders,
-committed,
-fast learner,
-talkative,
-emotionally distant,
-law abiding,
-decisive,
-use of humor to cope anxiety or stress,



Ship Class: 90-ARKM-N45 "Wraith" Rheinland Very Heavy Fighter


Other:

For how long have you been playing on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
Around one year, give or take a few months.


What made you come play on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?


Honestly,I don’t remember…

What other characters do you have on the Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 server?

Paul.Atreides, “Ares”,Paul.Maurice,Corsairs-Fausto_Benitez(and other chars with similar name) and I think that is all. The rest it was scrapped.

What OOC reason do you have for joining the RM?

A friend told me to try the RM.

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[Razr]

Joseph Porta

Your application is accepted. Welcome to the Rheinland Military.

You are required to report to the Recruit briefing auditorium ASAP and watch this video. This is mandatory

BOOKMARK "The Rheinland Military Information Center, Central Access to the Rheinland Military Database"
Here's your copy of the field manual. The naming conventions are listed here(scroll down until you see "Ship Naming Convention"). You are cleared to fighter class (Wrath VHF and Snubnose bomber) ships.

The standard ship is the Wrath. You are not required to have a bomber for starters, but you are encouraged to procure one also if you have the means to acquire it.

Repost your bio here.

[Atreides2]

--Incoming Transmission--
--Location: Battleship Strausberg, New Berlin--
--Sender ID: Joseph Porta--
--Subject: Reporting--


Danke mein herr for accepting mein relocation from the secondary fleet to the main fleet. Will report at those addresses as fast as possible.


--Transmission Terminated--

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[Greenleaf]

Discovery Forum Name: Greenleaf
Name: Lara Kantor
Rank: Recruit
S.K.Y.P.E designation(//username): ivorygrounds

Age: 25
Height: 58
Weight: 143 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue

Planet/Station of Origin: Planet Nuremberg

Background Information:

Daughter of a prominent shipwright, Lara was practically raised next to a construction site dedicated to build or upgrade vessels of all shapes and forms. At a very young age she was introduced to the world of space-crafts. How long did it take to make a ship? How did an engine work? Where did you sit? What does that green-looking button do? All these questions and a million more were constantly raised by this curious sweetheart, which were promptly answered by her father.

Lara never knew her mother and her father never seemed to talk about it. Every time she would ask about her, Laras father would quickly respond with the same two words: Not important. Eventually Lara gave up and acted like she had never existed in the first place and as time passed, she became more interested in her fathers work. She dreamed of one day where she would also become famous for constructing fantastic looking ships. To her it was like art.

But something came in the way; something hindered her from reaching that dream. And that obstacle was her fathers death. The famous shipwright had caught the eye of a criminal organization that originated from Rheinland. One day they had managed to track down his hangar bay and were trying to force him to construct enhanced combat space-crafts for reasons unknown. But the proud man refused to turn his work into tools of war. The consequence of his refusal was fatal. The same syndicate members who had ended his life, left Lara to grief on her own. She was twenty-five years old and was considered to be a grown woman, but the sight of her fathers body lying there helplessly on the ground transformed this steadfast woman into a fragile child.

After that dreadful day she swore to enlist herself to the Rheinland Military, but not for vengeance, she did it because she wanted nobody else to suffer like she had. To not let anybody elses dream be shattered into pieces by immoral monsters.

Basic Personality Traits: Shy, respectful, afraid to take risks, has trust issues.

Ship Class: 90-ARKM-N45 "Wraith" Rheinland Very Heavy Fighter

Other:

For how long have you been playing on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
For about umm six weeks, I guess?

What made you come play on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
Well when the Top Freelancer server went down I started to aimlessly search for another server and I quickly found myself clicking on the Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 since it had the most players online on any given time. I wasnt actually into this whole Role Playing thing and to be quite honest I found myself lost within the myriad of rules this server had. But after a while I became more comfortable with the rules. I also began appreciating the atmosphere and when I really attempted to put myself into the world of a character it all suddenly became fun and exciting.

What other characters do you have on the Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 server?
Well I had only one character for a long time which I used to trade quite a lot with but I scrapped it and transferred all the money to a Freelancer named Winter.Palace (that was the name of the ship, not the character in case you wondered).

What OOC reason do you have for joining the RM?
Well I looked through the NPC rep sheet and as I scrolled down reading through the basic lore of each Faction I suddenly stopped at Rheinland Military. Its quite funny actually, I have been playing this little meany for at least two years now but I never took the opportunity to read through the background story. So anyways, I decided I wanted to try out a RM pilot and during my third flight I actually encountered some pilots whom were [RM] tagged. One of them asked me if I wanted to enlist myself to the primary fleet which I assume is this Faction and well at first I wasnt really all into it since I felt that I would embarrass myself with my lack of knowledge (and to be honest here I still think I got a little bit of that anxiety left in me), but I thought what the hell - might as well give it a try.

[Landers]

Discovery Forum Name: Jack O' Neil
Name: Joachim Landers
Rank: Recruit
S.K.Y.P.E designation(//username): -

Age: 20
Height: 6 feet 0 inch
Weight: 176 lb
Hair Color: brown
Eye Color: brown

Planet/Station of Origin: Planet New Berlin

Background Information: Joachim Landers was born in Planet New Berlin as an only child of an average family. His parents has worked for Kruger Mineralien. "Your grandfather was a very good miner too", said his father. "Unfortunately, he was dead in a mining accident", said his mother. But one day, Joachim found out the truth. He found an old picture, In the picture, there's his grandfather in military uniform with an officer in front of a Valkyrie fighter. And a lot of military awards was found in a box.

He worked as a fixer for the Kruger in the age of 16. He know all parts of fighters. One day his best friend invited him for a flight. Joachim gasped in amazement when he saw the Valkyrie. He had flown with light fighters before, so he thought it wasn't be so hard. He almost crashed the fighter in a dangerous maneuver, but they survived it. His friend was almost died in fear, but Joachim stayed calm, and continued the fly. The father of his friend saw this and talked with the Landers boy. He said that he had never seen a young boy fly like this. He almost said Rheinland wanted new pilots and he thought he would be a great one.

After that, he went to the Rheinland Military Academy. His parents not so keen, but they didn't have any choice. Joachim was an excellent student, he instructor said that he would be a very good pilot. "I wish more of these pilots would be." said one of the officers.

Joachim finished the Academy, and he felt courage and patriotic to fight for the Vaterland under the flag of Rheinland. So he decided to give in this biography to the Rheinland Military Recruiment Office.

Basic Personality Traits: obedient, calm in all situations, not too talkative, reliable, patriotic

Ship Class: 90-ARKM-N45 "Wraith" Rheinland Very Heavy Fighter

Other:

For how long have you been playing on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
For three weeks.
What made you come play on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
I played a lot of Freelancer servers. I have played in one server for 1 year in a clan, but the mod is very boring. I found the Discovery mod and I like it because It's the continuation of the Freelancer. I think the rules are very good, it's not difficult to follow them. The other thing is the number of the players, because I don't like servers, where are only 20 players only. That's all, I like it::)
What other characters do you have on the Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 server?
I have got a trader and a pirate character. I used to have a Corsair, but I deleted it.
What OOC reason do you have for joining the RM?
I think Rheinland is a military state like Sparta. My favourite ship from the singleplayer is the Valkyrie, and I like the military.

[Barricade]

Discovery Forum Name: Orley
Name: Paul.Xaver
Rank: Recruit
S.K.Y.P.E designation(//username): Chris G / Orley

Age: 22
Height: 1,84m
Weight: 82 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Green

Planet/Station of Origin:
Dortmund Station

Background Information:
Paul Xaver was born on that little ALG station mentioned above.
Dortmund, though a quiet dirty place, was his home and his favourite place.
His father, Walter Xaver was an average ALG transport pilot, who flew the same boring route every day.
He was quite depressed, everytime he got home after a more than long day, but his wife Anna Xaver
tried her best to motivate him again and again.

The stories he told his son Paul have been different though.
He spoke of brave Rheinlanders, moving out for the Kanzler and our nation, of huge fleets passing his
ship, seemingly untouchable and undestructable.
He always paused when bringing in the Admiral's flagship, the Koenigstein, which is a true sign of
Rheinland's strength and superiority.

That way, Paul soon knew what he wanted to do when old enough for it, serving the Military.

Basic Personality Traits:
Inferior when needed, intelligent, committed, a native
Ship Class:
Wraith

Other:

For how long have you been playing on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
For more than a year now.
What made you come play on Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 ?
I have no idea. I have played on Monkey Universe before, had a break, stranded here and stayed.
What other characters do you have on the Discovery Freelancer RP 24/7 server?
Order|, [LN] and Ageira|, Kenny.Xin plus a few more.
What OOC reason do you have for joining the RM?
Well, since I now have my Rheinlander for quiet some time, I thought it would be good to apply for the
official faction.

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[Vrabcek]

Paul.Xaver und Joachim Landers, your applications are now under review, you have recieved the entrance questionnaire, fill it out and send it back to me as soon as possible

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