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Barely had Tolly gotten outside transporter room 1 when he came upon an interesting sight. A gaggle of 12 children around 10-13 years of age was lead by likely a pair of the civilian teachers who taught the children among the crew of the Mythology class Ark Angel. “..And here we are students outside transporter room 1! Can anyone tell me three things about the transporter from our history studies?” Hands went up from some of the children, shepherded from the rear by the second teacher to stay off to the side of the corridor from passing traffic.

One 10 year old girl a human by the looks of things, raised her hands and once indicated too answered. “..The first human made transporter in operation was in 2124!” The girl said.

”..Yes! By the human scientist Emory Erickson, correct Emily.” The 1st teacher said. “..Anyone else?” she prodded as more hands went up. “..Yes Richardo?” she said to a 11 or so year old half-human/bajoran boy.

”..In 2249 power consumption rates were reduced, which meant older models made of the lateral vector transporter designs fell out of favor due to their high power demands!” he said.

”..Yes, good work Richardo, though you are right, some ships still had such transporters aboard in that time like the aging Walker class light cruisers.” She said.

Getting a final hand raise by what appeared to be a half-romulan/human girl aged around 13, “..Yes Tel’eck?” the teacher asked.

”..While transporters are generally an accepted mode of transport in known space within the Alpha and Beta quadrants through this century. In other regions like the Delta quadrant, the USS Voyager while displaced there reported many species were unfamiliar or without knowledge of such devices..” She said.

”..Correct Tel’eck. Good work everyone. Now it seems we have a new arrival to the ship unless I miss my guess?” She said turning to Tolly. “..Greetings Ensign. I’m NC Sarah a teacher for the history classes aboard the Ark Angel. Would you have a moment to introduce yourself to the class and what your position will be?” She asked politely.

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Tolly smiled putting his hands behind his back. “I would be happy too” he said I am ensign John Tolly and I will be working in security.” He paused for a moment. “Kids I wonder if any of you can guess what planet I’m from?” He asked kneeling down to get eye level with the kids. “I’ll give you a clue, its the star system closest to Earth.”

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One of the youngest boys raised his hand. Once he was given a nod from his teacher Sarah he said. “..Um....Alpha Cen-taur-i?” He said sounding out the second word.

Once he was confirmed the boy preaned under the praise smiling shyly though. “..Good work, Charles!” Sarah said. “..Can anyone give me an interesting fact about alpha centauri from what we covered among our history studies of the Federation?” She asked.

One of the girl’s near the front raised her hand, “..Oh! Um…” she paused obviously slipping her mind on what she was going to say a moment, before remembering. “..Alpha Centauri was among the earliest systems to be colonized by Humans in the early space explorations. The others being known systems included Terra Nova’s system and Vega’s system.” She said.

”..Quite right! And a bonus point for you today for the second bit of your answer..” She said nodding to the second teacher at the back who made a note on a PADD he had.

Turning back to Tolly, she said. “..So how did they do?” she asked with a smile.

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