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[WxMurray 0]

“So how’s the Academy going? Have you decided what field you want to be in yet?”

 

“I think so.”

 

Murray rolled his eyes at his girlfriend, Cadet Shiela Simmons. They were sitting in the café in the Academy’s Robinson building. They were waiting for Murray’s schedule to be finalized by the Assignments Office.

 

“You think so?” Simmons was in her third year at Starfleet Academy and had yet to nail down a field of study. “At the rate you’re going, I’m going to make Captain before you graduate.”

 

“Hey, do you think this is easy?”

 

“Yes. It takes most people all of about ten minutes to read the material and gauge his or her personal interests.”

 

“Well, maybe I’m a slow reader.”

 

“Or maybe you’re just clueless.”

 

As Simmons proceeded to administer a dope-slap, an Academy grunt approached the couple. “Lieutenant Murray?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Here is your schedule of activities. Report to the firing range tomorrow morning at 0800 hours.”