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{{Separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Richard Hatch Novelizations}}

'''''Academia''''' is a vessel serving [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]] as the [[Colonial Academy]] training facility.

==Description==

''Academia'' houses the Colonial Academy and serves as the primary training facility for future [[Colonial Warrior]]s and [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] pilots traveling with the Fleet. The ship contains specialized facilities including a large testing center designed specifically for pilot training, equipped with chairs identical to those inside a Viper, complete with navi-hilts. Tri-Vid info-scrolls inside the cadets' helms provide realistic representations of combat situations during training exercises.<ref name="WAR29">{{cite book/RH|2|29}}</ref>

The ship also contains cadet quarters described as an enormous chamber capable of housing hundreds of students.<ref name="WAR174">{{cite book/RH|2|174}}</ref> ''Academia'' has a launch deck where inter-fleet shuttles dock to transfer personnel and cadets between ships.<ref name="WAR174" />

==Training Programs==

===Pilot Training===

The Academy conducts rigorous pilot testing programs for cadets. The pilot's final exam, administered in the testing center, is given only once and serves as a critical evaluation point in a cadet's career.<ref name="WAR29" /> Those who pass move into advanced pilot training the following session, while those who fail have the option of training for [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum]] Security positions or continuing Warrior training for infantry or crew positions.<ref name="WAR29" />

Major [[Boomer (TOS-RH)|Boomer]] and Major [[Sheba (TOS-RH)|Sheba]] serve as instructors at the Academy,<ref name="WAR29" /> with [[Jolly (TOS-RH)|Lieutenant Jolly]] acting as a frequent substitute or visiting lecturer.<ref name="WAR175">{{cite book/RH|2|175}}</ref>

===Cadet Squad Commanders===

At the beginning of each session, the Academy instructors select Cadet Squad Commanders (CSCs) based on their professional judgment rather than through testing. This selection process provides cadets their first taste of leadership and officer responsibilities.<ref name="WAR29" />

==History==

===Chitain Crisis===

During the [[Chitain]] crisis, when a critical shortage of pilots develops, Lieutenant Jolly and Captain [[Hecate (TOS-RH)|Hecate]] travel to ''Academia'' to select cadets for temporary promotion to active duty.<ref name="WAR174" /> After addressing the assembled cadets about the dire circumstances facing the Fleet, they select three cadets for immediate promotion: second-year Cadet Squad Commanders [[Cato (TOS-RH)|Cato]] and [[Marcellus (TOS-RH)|Marcellus]], and first-year cadet [[Freyja (TOS-RH)|Freyja]], whose exceptional scores warrant her early advancement to Ensign.<ref name="WAR176">{{cite book/RH|2|176}}</ref>

The decision to deploy Academy cadets in combat reflects the desperate nature of the Chitain threat and the Fleet's depleted pilot ranks. Captain Hecate advocates for using young, recently trained cadets over retired or infantry Warriors, arguing that against the Chitain, speed, cleverness, and pilots willing to risk everything are essential—traits more common in youth than in Warriors who have not flown since the destruction of the Colonies.<ref name="WAR174" />

==Notable Instructors==

* Major [[Boomer (TOS-RH)|Boomer]] - Instructor and proctor<ref name="WAR29" />
* Major [[Sheba (TOS-RH)|Sheba]] - Instructor and proctor<ref name="WAR29" />
* Lieutenant [[Jolly (TOS-RH)|Jolly]] - Frequent substitute and visiting lecturer<ref name="WAR175" />

==Notable Cadets==

* [[Cato (TOS-RH)|Cato]] - Second-year CSC, promoted to Ensign<ref name="WAR176" />
* [[Marcellus (TOS-RH)|Marcellus]] - Second-year CSC, promoted to Ensign<ref name="WAR176" />
* [[Freyja (TOS-RH)|Freyja]] - First-year cadet, promoted to Ensign<ref name="WAR176" />
* [[Byron (TOS-RH)|Cadet Byron]] - Student during Chitain crisis<ref name="WAR176" />
* [[Dalton (TOS-RH)|Dalton]] - Former student, youngest pilot to ever graduate Academy<ref name="ARM154">{{cite book/RH|1|154}}</ref>

==Notes==

* The testing process aboard ''Academia'' is described as imperfect, as success in the test chair does not guarantee a cadet will perform correctly or fearlessly in actual space combat.<ref name="WAR29" />
* During the Chitain crisis, the pilot shortage is so severe that for the first time in recent memory, the Fleet has more Vipers than available Warriors to fly them.<ref name="WAR174" />

==References==

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