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[[Ghost Orm]] knew just about nothing about EVE when he joined E-Uni. Some say that statement is still true to this day. He found himself drifting from bar to bar until one day decided he should try and make something of his life. He'd heard of E-Uni and did some research. He was convinced if he was to make a reputation for himself in EVE, then this would be the place to do it. So he applied for membership.

Still traumatised by the profile portraits and pathetically comical killed board, Ghost resorted to spending much of his early Uni career lurking in asteroid belts watching girls go by, trying to spot any real women, but he became quickly disillusioned as that task was virtually impossible to achieve without challenging every good looking passer-by to a Mumble Duel. With no luck whatsoever, he heard rumours about an upcoming Operation. He told his colleagues that he'd assist hunting down Whores around the galaxy. This unfortunately backfired though as Ghost was apparantly meant to be concentrating on killing War Targets instead of scouring the dark corridors of Aldrat!

In sheer desperation, and in need of a hug and cookie from the much feared [http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/User:Laura_karpinski Laura Karpinski] (which actually ended up in a court case for improper and inappropriate behaviour and a perma-ban on cookies), he was press ganged into Service in the [http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Personnel_Department Personnel Department] and his Undock Button was forcibly removed from all his ships. Somehow he managed to convince Laura of his worth. This obviously gave people the wrong impression that he knew what he wass doing and wass reasonably (in)competant. He was subsequently given a mop and broom and taken in chains to the PO Dept Office. He attacked the job with gusto, and soon the PO Dept floors were the shiniest in all of Aldrat. He began to hear whipers of concern around the department about their arch nemesis known only as "[http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Queue The Queue]" who was proving to be a definitive threat to the Dept. Ghost overheard a few hushed conversations taking place in bars and brothels around the base and a plan was hatched to take on the mighty Queue.

However Ghost and Elvis then consequently to whine like girls because there was too little work to do afterwards. Just can't please some people eh? Elvis in fact became so disillusioned that he started to plot a Coup and began a mini rebellion in the PO Dept, recruiting POs and holding meetings in strange woods and lands of mythical magic and sorcery, more commonly known to mortals as the dreaded World of Warcraft. Now desperate to stop the constant whining, PO Management decided to increase his workload and promote Ghost to a Senior Personnel Officer role, hoping this would have the desired effect. It didn't. However, he was shocked that Elvis was gradually increasing his Army of Darkness and even The Ulf had been brainwashed to attend these satanic meetings.

This phenomena was backed by a strange and unheard of occurrance, Ghost, along with other brave defenders of the Uni, was awarded a combat medal ... [http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/EVE_University_Medals#The_EVE_University_Silver_Cross The EVE University Silver Cross] no less. (Rumours that he stole it off an exotic dancer are grossly unfair and exaggerated). Ingame Ghost will often be found trolling the E-Uni chat channel, abusing his colleagues on Mumble or drunk in the dark seedy depths of Aldrat. Occasionally he has been known to interview candidates for EVE Uni and actually work for a living, but that is believed to be a nasty unscrupulous rumour with no substance.

IRL Ghost is originally from Bournemouth, England. He is ex-UK military, and also an ex-Airline Operations Manager for a major UK based airline. He now works in IT breaking computers and servers. During his military career Ghost saw combat ops in too many places and consequently developed a phobia of beach holidays due to many tours in sandy locations around the globe in recent times. He began to learn that sand reached bodily places nothing else could. Future holidays to the Balkans are also off the cards. Ghost has trained sarcasm, put downs and insults to Level 5 despite actually being a nice guy.  

An unfortunate side effect of military combat ops is that within EVE, the PO Dept uses the phrase "incoming" to announce new Unistas, which often sees Ghost diving under a table screaming for air support. In his spare time, Ghost can be found playing drums for an unsigned Indie Rock band or causing chaos in Scotland, where he now resides. He is determined to one day capture a live Haggis.