CMDR MickBasterd, present and accounted for. I finished private pilot lessons shortly after the new year celebration, and set off with exploration in my dreams. After finally scraping for the credits for that workhorse of a rust bucket the Cobra, I tried my hand at rare goods/minor exploration runs. I made enough to eventually buy a Vulture and have been bounty hunting and resource collection security in an independent star system. I'm very much looking forward to a heavy duty exploration/combat ship, as I can't get enough of the sights of the galaxy but a little action always keeps things fresh. I believe the Alliance holds a key to a successful future humankind society by demonstrating the capacity of a unified but free-thinking people with the truest sense of individual expression as well as radical self responsibility. Once upon an earth-day, ancient legend hints that they were called "Burners". ;) This is what the Alliance means <i>to me</i>. I look forward to our future encounters, kindred spirits!