Hi!
Since I've been sticking my nose/oar in on a few of the other threads I should really introduce myself here!
I'm Cmdr Spydur. I've been pledged to Patreus from, almost, the start of PP (currently 25 weeks, 5 days). I'm part of a small group of players, there used to be more of them also pledged but that has fallen by the wayside the last couple of months and there's just a couple of us left.
The reason for picking Patreus in the first place was mainly geographical. It was the closest power at the time to our groups unofficial 'HQ' and in general we mostly considered ourselves to be more Empire than Federation (for me it's the ships, love the clipper and am currently attempting to slowly, slowly save up to eventually get the cutter). The other reason of course with due to Patreus's magnificent beard! (bow down to its glory!).
With PP my main role is usually fortification. I keep up with the reddit posts and try and direct my efforts where best needed. My main ship is currently a Python so Smei Tsu is quite often a destination

. My main motivation with doing PP is quite frankly to get the salary - I can usually keep up rank 4. However I do enjoy being part of the wider community, feels like I am doing something towards the bigger picture and I enjoy reading the forum here and the reddit page.
My playing time varies. Often what I do in an evening is just have the game on in the background gathering up supplies every 30mins then when I have a full hold I go off and do a run. When I have more time, mostly weekends, I'm more likely to actually sit and play the game. What I do then really depends on my mood. Tradey trade grind or pew pew pew! Or sometimes blasting off into deep space in my Asp explorer.
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