Cadets - Welcome to the Imperial Academy

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:32 pm

You came to the Imperial Academy a few days ago, when you arrived you were escorted to your barracks by sergeant and you were allowed to look around the Academy to get a better look at the Empire.

You were sleeping in your bunk when an alarm went off. The doors to the barracks burst open as the Sergeants that brought you to your barracks yelled at you to get your ass out of bed. You hurry to get your gear on and run outside to fall into formation.

In formation you see others that came into the Academy with you on the same shuttle. You see the person that just the other day you were paying sabbac with, now his shaking in his boots and fatigued.

You wish you didnâ€™t stay up late the night before, you wish you did go out the other Academy trainees the night before to that bar. For the first time in your life you really wished you got more sleep.

You can se that everyone was in formation now, the barracks full of men that were sleeping only minuets before, now stood at attention in formation awaiting their new Imperial career to start. Drill Sergeants now went around correcting errors on the uniforms of the Trainees. Out of the corner of your eye you see another formation very similar to your own. But in some way they were different as well.

After the majority of the formation was corrected the Dill Sergeants fell into formation themselves. It started to rain; your gear was soaked as you stood at attention for five minuets before you could hear the hum of a land speeder. The speeder stopped in front of the formation and an officer stepped out. He wore a long dark gray trench coat, he had anticipated the rain. The dark black gloves he wore slipped into his pocket and withdrew a Officer cap, brushing back his short hair as he put the cap on.

He was a younger man, with a menacing face. There were no scares or cuts on his face, he had a hansom face, but his eyesâ€¦ they were fierce. From the moment you saw his eyes you know this man had been in battle, and that he was tough. The walked up to the officer, clicked his heels together and saluted. The officer returned salute, and aproced the formation. The Officer spoke lowed and clear, â€œFormation, Stand at... Ease.â€ This was music to your ears as you relaxed, and you though â€˜this man might not be too badâ€™

The officer moved closer the formation, â€œI am lieutenant Stuka Solidisen, and you will come to know my name and what it stands for when you leave the academy. I am both the Army and Navy Mentor so I oversee all trainees that come through the academy. As the Army and Navy Mentor is my job to get you through the Academy. It is not my job to baby you, itâ€™s not my job to be your friend.â€ One thing goes through you mind wile you listen to Solidisenâ€™s speech. You think, â€˜shit, why did I have to join the academyâ€™.

â€œYou all need to remember it is not my job to be your friend, but I will be. Its not my job to address each and every one of your problems, but I will. Its not my job to watch you and help you after you graduate from the Academy, But I will. There are Sub Lieutenants who I went through this Academy still come to me today with problems, and I help them out. There are lieutenants who still call me â€˜mentorâ€™. I will be your first best friend here in the empire. I will get to know each and every one of you, as you all will come to know me. So with that the ten-mile hick the drill sergeants have planed for you is canceled. I will be meeting you all individually soon. You all may go back to your barracks and more importantly go back to sleep. You are all dismissed.â€

LC La Forge · Post by **LC La Forge** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:30 pm

Very interesting. Can I suggest this be emailed to all the cadets in the Army/Navy?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:21 pm

Commander, it was sent to everyone in the Academy

RES Mitchell · Post by **RES Mitchell** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:00 pm

Nicely done, Lieutenant. The cadets will see your handsome, intact face and fierce eyes and put forth that extra effort to make it through their grueling Academy training courses...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:02 am

watch it Mitchell, if you look on the Rank Chart, a Naval Lt is equal to an Army Captain, so i'm still the Senior person

(dont try it La Forge, i know what you will post next, so dont wast the space... i'll talk to you later)

And though i have been in many battles, my hansome face is un-dammaged

I was mentor when you were at the academy, remember that. I'll just talk to Russell when he comes back, need to wip you into shape. And i do a lot of work here in the GE, more work then you do now, and ever will do in the GE so give me a break mitchell.

RES Mitchell · Post by **RES Mitchell** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:58 am

I didn't mean to be insulting at all, sir. My apologies for any offense, but I was not trying to be nasty, sir.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:16 am

Its ok... i'm having a really bad day. I'm just waiting for my girl friend to come home. God knows i cant cook as well as she can, so all i need right now is a good dinner and sleep.

Syrtaras · Post by **Syrtaras** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:19 pm

Okay, moderators, here's something I have a problem with: Posts being deleted. Moreover: Posts being deleted without ANY notice, information or reasoning. I can live with it if you send me a mail, PM or if you post something here, saying "Dude, your post was deleted cause we are afraid of discussions." I still do not think it is the right thing to do, but I could live with it. However, if I check the boards to find that my posts are simply gone, I am soooo not cool with that.

Glendon · Post by **Glendon** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:43 pm

What do you post that always gets you censored?

Syrtaras · Post by **Syrtaras** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:55 pm

The truth, Glendon. The truth.

Jacob Jansen · Post by **Jacob Jansen** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:52 pm

I saw it and even though I did not remove it, its not something that should be posted on the Academy board.

COL Longstreet · Post by **COL Longstreet** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:27 pm

Interesting Sol, yeah. But remember, the cadets should pass the academy beeing able to say more then "Sir, Yes, Sir!"

Ahm, just an idea, couldnÂ´t we open a board with all the deleted or censored messages and a notice to which topic they belong?

LC La Forge · Post by **LC La Forge** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:24 pm

I think it's called "The Officer's Lounge"...

But in all serious, I think that would be a bad idea. If a post is deleted, no matter the reason, than it should stay deleted. Putting it somewhere else would defeat the purpose of removing it in the first place.

Btw, while I may or may not agree with the points Mr. Syrtaras made in his (now deleted) post, I do agree that such content does not belong on a forum dedicated to new cadets of the Academy. My suggestion: Use the MB's PM function, /msg on IRC, or email. They work just as well.

Syrtaras · Post by **Syrtaras** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:39 pm

Jansen, La Forge: Indeed. People who read these things might get the idea that we're actual flesh and blood instead of mere nicks on a board who talk in a funny pseudo-imperial language. The horror!!! :P

LC La Forge · Post by **LC La Forge** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:25 pm

I know, it reminds me of something from "The Blob".