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fandomhigh2013-09-06 12:31 pm
not_a_whiner) wrote in fandomhigh2013-09-06 12:31 pm
Entry tags:
Space!, Friday
The classroom had been set up with a projector - which was currently showing a view of the milky way - but otherwise it was a perfectly ordinary classroom. That might not be the case for the entire class, but Kaidan thought it was important to ground them all in something real before they went any further.
"Hey," he greeted. "Welcome to Space, an introduction to a series of space-related sciences. We're going to be covering astronomy, xenobiology, astrophysics and more over the next few months. No, astrology isn't included." He probably should've worked harder to pull off that joke, but he wasn't... that good at that kind of thing.
"I'm Staff Commander Kaidan Alenko. You can call me Commander or Professor Alenko. Either works." Because god forbid they'd wind up on first name basis. "I'm an officer in the Systems Alliance, a human military and political body that governs the progress of humanity outside of Earth. For some of you, we may be a reality a couple of hundred years in the future. For some, we're never going to happen."
Which was still weird, but yeah.
"We've only existed in this form in a few decades," he added. "It hasn't been too long since my people first encountered alien life. But before that, we were dreamers. I remember spending my nights staring up at the skies, wondering what was out there. What we could find. What we could discover. I wanted to go up there so badly - and in the end, I did. It was worth it. These past few years, I've seen so many incredible things I never thought I'd ever see, staring up at the stars on Earth. It's been amazing."
He scraped his throat. "Since this is our first week," he said, "it's just introductions. The usual, plus I want you to tell me whether your people have gone up into space, whether you've ever been curious about the stars, and what you think your species should do if they ever get there."
"Hey," he greeted. "Welcome to Space, an introduction to a series of space-related sciences. We're going to be covering astronomy, xenobiology, astrophysics and more over the next few months. No, astrology isn't included." He probably should've worked harder to pull off that joke, but he wasn't... that good at that kind of thing.
"I'm Staff Commander Kaidan Alenko. You can call me Commander or Professor Alenko. Either works." Because god forbid they'd wind up on first name basis. "I'm an officer in the Systems Alliance, a human military and political body that governs the progress of humanity outside of Earth. For some of you, we may be a reality a couple of hundred years in the future. For some, we're never going to happen."
Which was still weird, but yeah.
"We've only existed in this form in a few decades," he added. "It hasn't been too long since my people first encountered alien life. But before that, we were dreamers. I remember spending my nights staring up at the skies, wondering what was out there. What we could find. What we could discover. I wanted to go up there so badly - and in the end, I did. It was worth it. These past few years, I've seen so many incredible things I never thought I'd ever see, staring up at the stars on Earth. It's been amazing."
He scraped his throat. "Since this is our first week," he said, "it's just introductions. The usual, plus I want you to tell me whether your people have gone up into space, whether you've ever been curious about the stars, and what you think your species should do if they ever get there."