Mehatoor is under threat again. Neighboring Raa is facing a resurgence of the Angel Cartel. These pirates are like Achuran knotweed: you think you eradicated it all but it keeps growing back.
The crisis is being dealt with more proactively this time, I think the local Holders were scared enough by the reprimand of the Empress. There are recruitment posters, and navy recruiters everywhere in the 24th Imperial Crusade station. Also I decided to be more proactive. I want to do good by the Empress, and show that I will not sit by idly while Mehatoor, the pearl of the silk road, the crown of the crusade, gets corrupted.
So, I decided to talk to someone from the Imperial Navy, and walked into the recruitment office that just opened around the corner from Café Marlinea. I was greeted by a very young man in a navy uniform, who shouted "Welcome, friend! Time to pick your career in the Imperial Navy!!"
I answered, "I am here to see if I can contribute to the fight against the Cartel pirates, within the limitations of my vows. I am a capsuleer of the Societas."
He continued to shout. "Excellent!! You can enlist in the Amarr Militia ánd keep your job at your corp!!! Serving one weekend a month, and you'll find an extra paycheck, money for college and all the adventure you can handle!!"
I was taken aback, college money? How could he mistake me for a frat boy? But perhaps he had only been recruiting at colleges before. Noting my hesitation, he continued, "It comes with an enlistment bonus! And a fine uniform! And a standard issue side-arm!"
None of those appealed to me. So, I dropped the bombshell: "I have sworn a vow of non-violence."
The recruiter did not seem to understand, or perhaps he did, as he retorted "Be all you can be!! Find Yourself in the Amarr Militia!".
He handed me some paperwork on a clipboard, and said "Please sign on the dotted line! Hail the Empress!!" I read it, and it seems capsuleers can end their enlistment as easily as they can start it, there is only a one day waiting time to re-enlist. That is indeed what I had heard also from other capsuleer members in LUMEN.
So, I signed. I am worried about how easy it is to enlist. They did not even do a background check, any sort of hoodlum can enlist, before you know it there will be all sorts of unsavory elements in the Militia.
I got a uniform that I handed back, a side-arm that I refused, a few credits that I will donate to charity, and a holo welcome message from Sword Marshall Sirdan xer Qosh. Apparently, as I am a capsuleer, the rest (whatever I choose to do in the Militia) is up to me.
