[Fluff]I am Boskone War Veteran, Great Justice Troubleshooter and Adoptive Dad Tom Rutley. AMA
07-29-2015, 04:43 AM
07-29-2015, 04:43 AM
Posted by: OldManTom
In: /r/IAMA
My name is Tom Rutley. I dare say that name rings a bell if you've been following the news feeds from up here, which is part of the reason I'm doing this AMA and all of the reason I'm posting from an undisclosed location somewhere in deep space. Anyway, a bit of biographical information.
I'm one of the older First Fen, born in 1970 in Leicestershire, England. Before going Up I flew Chinook transport helicopters for the RAF, serving in the Balkans, Iraq and finally Afghanistan before being badly injured when my aircraft was shot down. While aimlessly drifting along trying to figure out what to do with myself, I found some handwavium in a barn full of junk left to me by my late godfather and decided to build myself a spaceship. I went Up in 2008, and became a freelance trader and charter pilot
When the Boskone War came, I was attached to a Great Justice Taskforce called "Bravo Four-One" and did basically the same thing I'd been doing in the RAF, but in space. Apparently I was good at it, because they commissioned me as a Troubleshooter. I've mostly worked as a liaison with Earthside law-enforcement since, particularly with the UK's Extraordinary Events Agency. And then I got assigned to investigate some unlicensed 'wavetech in a pizzeria in New Jersey, and the rest is current affairs.
Ask me anything, within reason.
In: /r/IAMA
My name is Tom Rutley. I dare say that name rings a bell if you've been following the news feeds from up here, which is part of the reason I'm doing this AMA and all of the reason I'm posting from an undisclosed location somewhere in deep space. Anyway, a bit of biographical information.
I'm one of the older First Fen, born in 1970 in Leicestershire, England. Before going Up I flew Chinook transport helicopters for the RAF, serving in the Balkans, Iraq and finally Afghanistan before being badly injured when my aircraft was shot down. While aimlessly drifting along trying to figure out what to do with myself, I found some handwavium in a barn full of junk left to me by my late godfather and decided to build myself a spaceship. I went Up in 2008, and became a freelance trader and charter pilot
When the Boskone War came, I was attached to a Great Justice Taskforce called "Bravo Four-One" and did basically the same thing I'd been doing in the RAF, but in space. Apparently I was good at it, because they commissioned me as a Troubleshooter. I've mostly worked as a liaison with Earthside law-enforcement since, particularly with the UK's Extraordinary Events Agency. And then I got assigned to investigate some unlicensed 'wavetech in a pizzeria in New Jersey, and the rest is current affairs.
Ask me anything, within reason.