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fandomhigh2012-08-31 09:41 am
not_a_whiner) wrote in fandomhigh2012-08-31 09:41 am
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Astro Sciences, Friday
Class was held in a regular classroom, no fancy stuff: just the holographic whiteboard Kaidan had set up, Kaidan's desk, a bunch of desks for the students and some maps of the galaxy at the back of the class.
"Hey," Kaidan began, sliding his eyes over the students present. "I'm Lieutenant Commander Kaidan Alenko. Welcome to, uh, Astro Sciences class. I know the title's a little clunky, but we're going to be covering a lot of different disciplines during this class."
Teaching. He still didn't quite have the hang of it; it didn't feel natural.
"We're going to kick off with astronomy, which is the study of celestial objects. That means... everything you can see when you look up at the sky at night, and a whole lot you can't. Planets, stars, comets, solar systems... even galaxies. It's the first field of science to be dedicated to the study of the universe-- we've been doing it for thousands of years."
He cleared his throat. "So that's going to be one thing we'll be doing," he said. "We'll also be covering xenobiology, the physics of space, and a whole range of other topics. It's gonna be mostly the basics for each of those topics - we can maybe go into depth in another class." He rubbed the back of his head. "Oh, and... at the end of October, I'm arranging a field trip for this class and anyone else is interested-- we're going to the Citadel, the hub of galactic society-- in my universe. Get you all a lesson on actual aliens."
Kaidan sat back in his seat. Right. Go on from there. "But right now we're just doing introductions," he said. "Name and class, and... tell me something about your experience with-- well, space." He realized as he said it that that was kind of... vague.
Thought about it. Took a breath.
"When I was a kid," he said, "Humanity... hadn't really gone very far beyond the Sol system. I remember looking up at the sky at night and wondering what was out there-- what we could find if we could just go a little further, you know? Would there be aliens? How would they live? Space... it seemed like it could be this amazing playground, this place full of wonder. I mean, imagine going... not just to an entirely different planet, but to a different system, meeting people who are nothing like you...
"And then we did," he continued, "We found the mass relay system and we explored the hell out of everything we could reach. And then the aliens came to us, the grand adventure... except as it turned out the aliens made laws and built cities and argued and traded... not quite like we did, but close enough. Not only that, but none of them ever looked out the window and went, 'Wow. We live in this giant, exciting, terrifying universe'... here I'd spent all my life wondering about what it would be like out there, only to find out that the people who already had 'out there'-- didn't even care about the view."
That had been something. He'd told Shepard once. Now he was using it here. Helping me again?
"But I still care about the view," Kaidan finished. "And about the dangers. And I think anyone who gets the chance should go off-planet, just once, to appreciate it."
"Hey," Kaidan began, sliding his eyes over the students present. "I'm Lieutenant Commander Kaidan Alenko. Welcome to, uh, Astro Sciences class. I know the title's a little clunky, but we're going to be covering a lot of different disciplines during this class."
Teaching. He still didn't quite have the hang of it; it didn't feel natural.
"We're going to kick off with astronomy, which is the study of celestial objects. That means... everything you can see when you look up at the sky at night, and a whole lot you can't. Planets, stars, comets, solar systems... even galaxies. It's the first field of science to be dedicated to the study of the universe-- we've been doing it for thousands of years."
He cleared his throat. "So that's going to be one thing we'll be doing," he said. "We'll also be covering xenobiology, the physics of space, and a whole range of other topics. It's gonna be mostly the basics for each of those topics - we can maybe go into depth in another class." He rubbed the back of his head. "Oh, and... at the end of October, I'm arranging a field trip for this class and anyone else is interested-- we're going to the Citadel, the hub of galactic society-- in my universe. Get you all a lesson on actual aliens."
Kaidan sat back in his seat. Right. Go on from there. "But right now we're just doing introductions," he said. "Name and class, and... tell me something about your experience with-- well, space." He realized as he said it that that was kind of... vague.
Thought about it. Took a breath.
"When I was a kid," he said, "Humanity... hadn't really gone very far beyond the Sol system. I remember looking up at the sky at night and wondering what was out there-- what we could find if we could just go a little further, you know? Would there be aliens? How would they live? Space... it seemed like it could be this amazing playground, this place full of wonder. I mean, imagine going... not just to an entirely different planet, but to a different system, meeting people who are nothing like you...
"And then we did," he continued, "We found the mass relay system and we explored the hell out of everything we could reach. And then the aliens came to us, the grand adventure... except as it turned out the aliens made laws and built cities and argued and traded... not quite like we did, but close enough. Not only that, but none of them ever looked out the window and went, 'Wow. We live in this giant, exciting, terrifying universe'... here I'd spent all my life wondering about what it would be like out there, only to find out that the people who already had 'out there'-- didn't even care about the view."
That had been something. He'd told Shepard once. Now he was using it here. Helping me again?
"But I still care about the view," Kaidan finished. "And about the dangers. And I think anyone who gets the chance should go off-planet, just once, to appreciate it."
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If Lex let himself think about that, it was really was kind of odd.
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