Posted by Lieutenant Miriam Cross (Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim Academy Hall 3d - Glen’s lecture.

Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim Academy Hall 3d - Glen’s lecture.
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It was not long after Glen’s inspection of red squad and all that would happen there once a post got made, when an announcement came over to him =/\= Captain Glen your lecture hall is ready for preparations in 10 minutes.=/\= It said.

=/\= Captain Glen here. I’m on my way now. =/\=

Glen would file the report of the inspection later. It was not urgent that he made it immediately. He could write it on the flight to Paris.

He arrived at the lecture hall just in time for the preparations.

Glen made his preparations for the lecture in the same way that his officers before had done so; checking on the audio and visual equipment and moving the rostrum around to find the best spot. Once he was satisfied, he waiting for the last of the audience to get seated before beginning.
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When he was sure everyone was seated and the gossip had stopped, the lights were turned down. He began with a short introduction.

Good Morning, I am John Tiberius Glen of the USS Merrimack.

Just a few years ago, I was walking among the hanging gardens of Ekkaia as a tourist. I was being bustled by the crowds and harangued by traders. The noise was intolerable, and I thought to myself, do people really do this for pleasure? And then I realised, for probably the first time, how lucky I was to be a Starship Captain. On every mission, I get to explore new worlds, seek out new life, new civilisations, and what’s more, when I get there, then there are never any sun loungers with towels already placed on them!

So, my lecture is entitled ‘Less Work and More Play: The Opportunities to see the Milky Way, to Study Cultures and New Life’. It will be a very short lecture compared to the others. I don’t expect you get much time as cadets to question a Captain on active duty, so I’m going to leave more time for questions at the end.

• Glen, CO

Cross was seated in the same spot as she did during the other lectures,when he said it was going to be a short one so the present Cadets would have time to ask questions, she did wonder what they would want to know and realize the opportunity the Captain was giving them in that moment in time.

Cross Dr.

Willam was sat behind the doctor. He thought the Captain’s plan a good one, Cadets don’t often get the opportunities to talk to Starship Captains. He would have loved to get a chance to talk to someone like Captain Sulu or a Diplomat like Captain Spock. He wondered what sorts of questions they’d have.

CSO