I hail from a lesser house of the Sarum family; my father oversees one of their planets in a provincial system. His efficiency and productivity ratings are among the best, but because of that one dubious branch on our family tree he will never be offered a wealthy or important planet. I learned all I could from him, but never was a true-believer. Oh, I said all the words - there was no other choice - but slavery always disgusted me; I learned to hide it well.
I joined the Navy to get away from all of that, but it was just trading one rigid belief system for another. I never thought I'd actually be a capsuleer, let alone be good at it; but like my father, I was limited by my family name. I would never be allowed to fly a capital ship.
Cabot Industries offered me the chance to use my talents in Planet Management - without relying on slave labor, and with no limitations due to my name or station. Chief Planetary Operations Officer and funding to not just fly, but own, my own capital!