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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kid A" data-source="post: 871899" data-attributes="member: 11757">Andreev Josef Ilianov Nationality: RussianAgency Affiliation: Independent Contractor (ex-Russian Air Force, ex-RSA)Age: 41Skills: 1)    Engineering: Aeronautical, Astronautical, and Mechanical – Schooled at Russian Cosmonaut Training Center2)    Aerospace Technology – Schooled at Russian Cosmonaut Training Center3)    Weapons Training – Qualified during service with Russian Military, and re-qualified when in service of Russian Air Force and USAF4)    Piloting – Can pilot many vehicles and has a knack for intuitively figuring out vehicles he doesn’t knowBackgroundEver since his birth, Andreev Ilianov has dreamed of the stars.  Born in 1962, he was 7 years old when he witnessed the U.S land on the moon.  Stars in his eyes, he enlisted into the Russian Air Force at age 18, where he excelled in piloting, aeronautics and mechanics.  After four years of service, Andreev was invited to attend the Russian Cosmonaut Training Center, where he studied Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering as well as Aerospace Technology.  During this time, he worked very closely with the Russian Space Administration and Russian Military.  Upon graduation in 1990, he began his service with the Russian Space Administration, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the RSA began to lose funding.  Despite the dwindling program, Andreev managed to continue working with the RSA and Russian Military, and finally realized his dreams of going to the stars!  He piloted a Russian Launch in 1993, and then again in 1995 to spearhead the reconfiguration of the MIR Space Station to dock U.S. Space Shuttles.  Unfortunately, due to the Russian Government’s gradual halting of the MIR Station’s funding, Andreev officially left the RSA at the end of 1995.  He took residence in the U.S., attaining his citizenship and establishing himself as a consultant with NASA.  In addition, he has freelanced as an independent contractor, and has worked on several joint projects with the USAF, RSA, and the British Ministry of Space.LetterAfter a long day at the Kennedy Space Center, Andreev walks to his car to head back to his apartment to get, he hopes, a decent night’s sleep for a change.  He realizes, however, at the sight of a USAF Lieutenant standing by his car, that it is going to be an even longer night than he expected.  The Lieutenant hands him a packet with the labels “Top Secret” and “Eyes Only,” detailing a “chance to pursue your lifetime goals in a unique opportunity.”  Andreev had heard rumors around NASA of a top-secret American project, and in fact, several of his colleagues had been selected for it.  He had even had dinner with an old colleague, and although she was reluctant to give any details, she maintained that it was the opportunity of a lifetime, and that she hoped that someday Andreev himself would be summoned.  Andreev very much doubted this, due to his nationality and the prejudices held to this very day, but here he was, looking at this letter inviting him to pursue his lifetime goals.  Included with the letter was a note from a Commander Craig Russell Durant, instructing Andreev to meet with him prior to his flight to Colorado.  Andreev remembered his run-in with Durant back in 1987, while he was attending a military conference in Moscow concerning joint NASA and RSA efforts in space exploration.  Durant and his team had been assigned to anti-terrorist detail, as the U.S. military was still wary of the Soviet Union, and wanted nothing happening to their astronauts and scientists.  Durant looked bored out of his skull.  In the evening of the second day at the conference, he saw Durant at a local bar, and he bought him a drink.  It was then that they discovered their mutual love for good Russian Vodka and they spent the rest of the night drinking and trading tales of their early military careers during the Cold War.  Andreev, nervous and excited about the possibilities indicated by the letter, hurried home to contact Commander Durant.  As he was changing for his meeting, he made a mental note to remember a bottle of his best Vodka from his private stash to take to the meeting…STR   12/+1DEX   16/+3CON   14/+2INT   16/+3WIS   12/+1CHA   12/+1Hope you like...</blockquote>

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