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14 Jun 2020SunshinyComet
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"Hello, and welcome to Darkwater Incorporated. If you are interested in enlisting, please forward your identification details here. If you would like to know more, please say "Give me details". Thank you for coming to Darkwater."
Augustus lifted his handheld terminal and swiped forward; it blinked once to confirm that the details necessary for enlistment had been received by the Darkwater recruitment team. He coughed into his hand, and reached into his pocket to take out a cloth. He wiped his face and stowed it again.
Over his Remlok suit, Augustus wore a set of finely-tailored black clothes. They'd cost him several hundred credits, but they were insulated well, and had g-dampening material woven into them, so he considered the outfit to be worth the investment. He also wore a pair of heavily tinted, thin-framed sunglasses.
He took a seat, and waited for his hand terminal to inform him of any development in his enlistment. A few minutes later, it did, chiming and flashing briefly to alert him to a response from the recruitment team.
"Mr. Atraedis,
As per our guidelines, and as per your personal and medical data, you have been deemed eligible for service. If you will sign the contract that has been attached to this message, then your enlistment will be finalised, and further instructions will be given pending your ground combat training.
Best wishes,
The Darkwater Recruitment Team
Augustus sighed, glanced over the contract, and signed his name. His hand terminal chimed again.
Private Atraedis,
Thank you for choosing Darkwater. As per our guidelines, your service ID number has been selected as 726005. You will proceed to the nearest tram terminal and wait to board the tram designated DT-009, scheduled to arrive next at 2000 local time, which will transport you to a shuttle dock that will transport you to our system combat training center, Fort Szarabajka, where onboarding will be continued and you will be issued your uniform and bunkhouse. At 0700 Sunday morning, all recruits will be summoned for initial muster at the inner ring of Fort Szarabajka, where you will begin your combat training.
- Colonel Hiram Anderson, DSC
Augustus inspected his fine clothes, and sighed again.
At least I'll be able to enforce system security legally now. Plus, I'll have some other guys backing me up. This can't be too bad, right? Even if I do lose my clothes, I'm sure that the training, experience, and paycheck that Darkwater will provide can more than recoup my losses on them.
Cheered up somewhat, he stood and made for the door, while pulling up the location of the nearest tram on his hand terminal.