“Me?” Jack shrugged. “Free Worlds Leauge originally. “From Diamantina; odds are you've never heard of it before I mentioned it today.” At least that was the truth. Mentions of his homeworld tended to get a 'where?' response from most people. It was helpful when he needed to diddle with the truth a little. “But I've been a mercenary for most of my adult life. Never served in a regular army unit or the like.” Even though she hadn't said as much, he suspected that Elisa was also a lifelong mercenary, maybe even a generation or two in. She reminded him more then a bit of some of the career mercs he'd met on Outreach.<br/><br/><em>One of whom had even less luck then sense,</em>he told himself.<em>Time to see if I can push both of mine</em>. Meeting Elisa was a potential boon; if he could get in good with an established member of the team on day one then it would be very useful to his long-term prospects.<em>Having a friend never hurts, even if it is actually for legitimate reasons</em><br/><br/>“I was between jobs when the old man offered me a slot here.” He continued, which was the truth at least. “My last one was with Rigby's Raiders. Small command, probably never heard of them before.” It was fair; something like ninety percent of merc commands were tiny, short-lived organisations that rarely were mentioned outside of their own ranks. It was that other ten percent that got all the attention.<br/><br/>“We were working a contract for the Cappies, small-tme raiding and testing of the FedCom border. Methinks that Romano wanted some results to 'prove' that the CCAF had a ghost of a chance against the inevitable.” He punctuated his statement with a derisive snort, just to prove what he thought of that idea. “We came out for the better of it; I got a brand-spanking new<em>Phoenix Hawk</em>for the deal. Unfortnately, that's when things went sour, as there was a... dispute between us and the Cappies over the distribution of salvage. They saw a high-tech Feddie 'mech and wanted it bad. And while we got away from that fracas, the MRBC found in favour of the Cappies, which in turn saw the Rigbys collapse after our rating went through the floor and our cash reserves were consumed in the settlement”<br/><br/>“On the other hand, I walked off with the<em>Pixie</em>.” He finished. “So here I am.”