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Technical Senior
The Challenge
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The dreadnought class star-ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga was only six months subjective time out from Charon’s world of Alpha Centauri on a four year extended tour of duty at high light velocity and tensions were running high. Although space marines usually resign themselves to life in the service as a result of the effects of relativistic time dilation, that final realization that the bones of all your family and friends will be dust by the time you return can be unsettling. Finally coming to terms with the mental isolation experienced by space marines traveling at a significant fraction of the speed of light can generate great stress.
Two officers of Delta flight wing are engaged in hushed conspiratorial tones as they loiter on one side of a passageway outside the Officer’s mess.
“We can only ascend to superior rank by succession or single combat so it is my right as Captain of the flight wing to challenge her,” whispered Captain Allen.
“I think Major Donaldson would disagree with you. Technically, he is your next senior officer so you actually need to challenge him first for ascension to his rank of Major. Only if you survive that, do you have the right to take on McFate. I still think it’s a real bad idea though. You do realize there might be a reason she has silver oak leaf clusters on her shoulders, don’t you?” inquired Lieutenant Carson sarcastically.
FMJ
The dreadnought class star-ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga was only six months subjective time out from Charon’s world of Alpha Centauri on a four year extended tour of duty at high light velocity and tensions were running high. Although space marines usually resign themselves to life in the service as a result of the effects of relativistic time dilation, that final realization that the bones of all your family and friends will be dust by the time you return can be unsettling. Finally coming to terms with the mental isolation experienced by space marines traveling at a significant fraction of the speed of light can generate great stress.
Two officers of Delta flight wing are engaged in hushed conspiratorial tones as they loiter on one side of a passageway outside the Officer’s mess.
“We can only ascend to superior rank by succession or single combat so it is my right as Captain of the flight wing to challenge her,” whispered Captain Allen.
“I think Major Donaldson would disagree with you. Technically, he is your next senior officer so you actually need to challenge him first for ascension to his rank of Major. Only if you survive that, do you have the right to take on McFate. I still think it’s a real bad idea though. You do realize there might be a reason she has silver oak leaf clusters on her shoulders, don’t you?” inquired Lieutenant Carson sarcastically.
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