Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in Starfleet Academy - First Cadet mission

Posted by Lieutenant Natasha Knight (Acting Chief Medical Officer) in Starfleet Academy - First Cadet mission

Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in Starfleet Academy - First Cadet mission
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Starfleet Academy ADMIN 150 Federation Law
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Natasha sat next to Dante tapping her stylus on the desk thinking about anything but the lecture being presented to her. ADMIN 150 was a class on basic Federation law. It was the same stuff she learned as a child about the government and later as a teenager in Civic’s class. The stuff she hadn’t learned on Starfleet General Order 1 and the Prime Directive was about as interesting as the gum stuck to the underside of the desk. She had no desire to ever be in command therefore she would never be in charge of a prime directive situation. Letting out a deep sigh she glanced at Dante sitting next to her. Dante was the poster child for a command track cadet. His attention was squarely on the professor. Her attention was squarely on Knight. How could she not stare at his profile? He had the perfect chiseled jaw, hair that sported the slightly mess spikes, and amazing hazel eyes that could make you melt from the warm fuzzies or because he was dressing you down.

“Babe,” Natasha said pulling her eyes off of him for a second as she looked out the window. “Let’s get Pho tonight. I am not sure I like it but let’s live dangerously,” she suggested.

“Huh?” Dante muttered while glancing at Nat quickly. Federation Law was about as exciting as repeatedly kicking your little toe against a door frame and he had long ago retreated into that special place in a guys mind where everything around him happened at the edge of his senses while his eyes tracked the professor, yet his vision was filled with possible scenarios from the latest Witcher holonovel and imagining Nat as his sorcerous partner in many an adventure. In these adventures diplomacy often happen with either sword or bedsheets and Dante found that far more interesting than the latest lectures.

“Oh, why do you want Pho?” He asked her, looking back at the professor but sliding his hand across to her. “You won’t like it, let’s get something like fried rice instead.”

Cadet Knight

“It’s just noodles, right? I mean who doesn’t love noodle soup,” she stretched in her seat shifting her weight. “Besides how do you know what I like and don’t like Mr. Knight,” she let the tip of her boot gently rub the back of his calf. That was the beauty of being a woman. Your foot could be in all sorts of fun positions because of a casual crossing of the legs that men looked odd trying to imitate. “Maybe I would surprise you,” she said in a tone that was typically used during their intimate times. “Wanna see how much I can surprise you Cadet....First Year…Dante…Knight,” the drew out his official name and rank slowly.

Natasha Daye (cadet Starfleet academy)

Dante tried not to grin, but in the end had to drop his head as if he was looking at his PaDD to hide the smirk. “You can’t surprise me, Cadet Daye, I’m a Command course Cadet and I’m trained to handle you. Besides I have some experience finding out what you like, remember the gymnasium, the pool, the Phaser range and that survival trip? I’m pretty sure I got pass marks for them, I know you did. If you want Pho, sure we can try it. I too like to live dangerously.”

Cadet Knight

“I dunno,” she feigned ignorance. “I mean the gym yes was as A and the survival trip scored you some extra credit with that night time Geo Cashing thing. The phaser range was only a C+ because while you had the lightening like reflexes to prime your phaser in under five seconds you did complete the course in under five minutes. Sometimes accuracy in hitting a target isn’t always the most enjoyable,” she fought to not break her aloof demeanor about the event. Shifting her body as close as she could to his seat Natasha continued talking. “Having to adjust for a slight breeze or unexpected action,” she flicked her stylus off the table. This allowed her to bend down and pick it up. It also allowed her to place her hand on the edge of his seat as a way to prop up her body as she retrieved it. With the barest of movements, she let her pinky brush the side of his leg just above the knee cap. This was truly evil but she didn’t care. “It can totally throw your game off,” she said in a low tone

Cadet Daye

“What do you mean C+?” He narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched her, forgetting to pay attention to the lecture. “I’ve never gotten a C+ in my life and we were under a time limit. You completed the course at the same time as me, I didn’t hear you complaining.” This close to her Dante could smell her soft scent, and had to adjust his seated position by crossing his leg in the familiar way Italian men did, but grinned. “Why do you have to distract me in Fed Law? It’s boring as hell but with this professor we really are living dangerously.” He smirked, he was enjoying her, he always did no matter where they were.

Cadet Knight

“Cadets Knight and Daye,” a voice rumbled out. “I am terribly sorry for interrupting you but you are aware of the personal displays of affection rule here at the academy,” Commander Carter asked in a deep baritone.

Natasha slowly turned to face the professor at the podium. “Just dropped the stylus,” she said slightly weakly holding up the writing utensil.

“Well, then we can wait until you are ready. Take your time. I will wait,” Professor Commander Carter stopped his lecture and turned his icy gaze on the two cadets on the right side of the auditorium. These two were not the only ones that did this but today they were the only ones being that obvious about it.

Sliding back into her seat, Daye tried to look serious as Carter’s gaze bore holes into her forehead. “Ready,” she said placing the stylus over her PaDD as if ready to again take notes. Why Carter wouldn’t start droning on was beyond her at this point. Maybe she should have just become a civilian doctor instead of going through Starfleet.

“Are you Cadet Daye? Well then tell me how you would handle this case study. In January 2381 in the Myanmar Consortium, Frank Peters, a Federation cultural attache, shot and killed two Myanmar civilians. Peters claimed Joane Perot and Aren Hershaw attempted to rob him as he walked home. Peters maintained he acted in self-defense when he killed them. When the Myanmar Civilian Defense Force questioned Peters, he informed him he was part of the diplomatic corps and requested to be placed in touch with the Federation embassy. The Myanmar Civilian Defense Force then charged him with murder because upon further investigations they alleged Peters was an intelligence officer working under the auspices of a cultural attache. Cadet Daye, you are the Captain in charge so how do you handle the situation,” Commander Carter’s voice boomed across the auditorium.

Daye took a deep breath before she spoke. They trained her for this for the past few years. One day this could be a very real situation so she answered now as she would in the future. “I have no desire to command ever. I know this and anyone who will ever work with me will know this. My goal is to be a doctor so in this situation if I was ever placed in it, I would contact the commanding officer or some other red shirt of the proper rank, inform them of the situation, and follow any order they issued,” she said confidently. Her comment brought a few snickers mainly because they would do exactly what Daye said. Only the cadets on the command track really cared about this stuff.

“Is that so,” the Professor leveled a heavy glare on Dante. “Well, Cadet Knight it seems your fellow cadet has put you in the hot seat. You are command track correct,” he asked the question everyone in the room already knew about Dante Knight.

“How would you handle this?”

Academy years