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Authors: Tom Germann
Tags: Science-Fiction, adventure, Military, Science Fiction & Fantasy, alien invasion, Exploration, Space Exploration, first contact, Galactic Empire, Space Marine, Colonization
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have to make are too important to be done in one long rally with coffee and energy drinks to power the brain. A brain that is fatigued may make an incorrect decision that will cost the Corporation millions at this point. If that mistake happens and, by a fluke, it carries all the way through to the end of the training cycle and full deployment, it could cost billions, lives, and the edge that Earth and its humans are desperately trying to find and hold on to.
The first day was a simple evaluation of all the files and a quick sorting into those who would clearly not make it through the early stages of training and those who might.
The next day is a simple refinement with faster review of those who are not expected to make it.
These two are a team that has worked together well on several training cycles. It is rare where an expected failure is moved back to the other stack of files. More often, a few more files leave the possible success stack and head over to failure.
The rest of the day is spent evaluating the hopeful candidate’s files. They’re trying to figure out who has a chance of passing and, more importantly, who has what it takes to pass.
Those candidates will be more heavily scrutinized as they go through their early training. The extra work now increases the chances of finding better candidates that will do better throughout the course and then become better Marines.
The afternoon of the third day is usually when the last few “difficult” files are evaluated and sorted. There is rarely more than one, if any. This time, though, the file is more of a problem than usual. Making it even worse, each member has a completely different view on that candidate.
The discussion has been going on for over an hour.
The man looks at her, sitting there looking cool and collected as always, and sighs. The last hour had not been productive. They completely disagree on this candidate. He is going to try to clear the air this one last time. “Look, he doesn’t belong here. He is a killer and appears to be as cold as they come. I think he’ll hit a break point and shatter like glass. He won’t be able to take it and may cost lives here. I think we should kick him out now and save the money that he’ll waste taking courses he won’t understand and fail out of anyway He is not who we are looking for.”
She listens to the same points as before and dismisses them in her mind. He isn’t getting it. “It is a complete fluke that the Corporation was able to get its hands on this one. The standardized testing identified him almost immediately as an excellent match. A better match than most of the candidates that we currently have enrolled here. If the system says he is that good, then we keep him for now and watch him. As for his shattering. I believe you are mistaken. He will hit his break point and either kill himself or work through it. I think that he will work through it and become stronger. I know where he came from and what happened to him.” She stops here and makes sure that she has eye contact with the man. “More, I understand what he went through. We keep him, and if he does not make it, then he does not make it. But right now I believe he is in the top 20 percent of his class.”
The man sighs and stands up, collecting the paper files. “Good enough for me for now.”
They both put all the files in a wheeled case that the man has. The chance that this facility could be hacked, with all its protection, is almost impossible to believe. But it could happen, so all important files are on paper and kept in a special lock-up that has an old-fashioned mechanical detonator, just in case.
The two exit the meeting room, nod politely at each other, and head back to their respective work areas: the control centre for him, the candidate section for herself.
There is training to be done and candidates to be tested.
DAY 1
I was wrong, as usual. All my lights were off except for a very slight glow coming from the
The first day was a simple evaluation of all the files and a quick sorting into those who would clearly not make it through the early stages of training and those who might.
The next day is a simple refinement with faster review of those who are not expected to make it.
These two are a team that has worked together well on several training cycles. It is rare where an expected failure is moved back to the other stack of files. More often, a few more files leave the possible success stack and head over to failure.
The rest of the day is spent evaluating the hopeful candidate’s files. They’re trying to figure out who has a chance of passing and, more importantly, who has what it takes to pass.
Those candidates will be more heavily scrutinized as they go through their early training. The extra work now increases the chances of finding better candidates that will do better throughout the course and then become better Marines.
The afternoon of the third day is usually when the last few “difficult” files are evaluated and sorted. There is rarely more than one, if any. This time, though, the file is more of a problem than usual. Making it even worse, each member has a completely different view on that candidate.
The discussion has been going on for over an hour.
The man looks at her, sitting there looking cool and collected as always, and sighs. The last hour had not been productive. They completely disagree on this candidate. He is going to try to clear the air this one last time. “Look, he doesn’t belong here. He is a killer and appears to be as cold as they come. I think he’ll hit a break point and shatter like glass. He won’t be able to take it and may cost lives here. I think we should kick him out now and save the money that he’ll waste taking courses he won’t understand and fail out of anyway He is not who we are looking for.”
She listens to the same points as before and dismisses them in her mind. He isn’t getting it. “It is a complete fluke that the Corporation was able to get its hands on this one. The standardized testing identified him almost immediately as an excellent match. A better match than most of the candidates that we currently have enrolled here. If the system says he is that good, then we keep him for now and watch him. As for his shattering. I believe you are mistaken. He will hit his break point and either kill himself or work through it. I think that he will work through it and become stronger. I know where he came from and what happened to him.” She stops here and makes sure that she has eye contact with the man. “More, I understand what he went through. We keep him, and if he does not make it, then he does not make it. But right now I believe he is in the top 20 percent of his class.”
The man sighs and stands up, collecting the paper files. “Good enough for me for now.”
They both put all the files in a wheeled case that the man has. The chance that this facility could be hacked, with all its protection, is almost impossible to believe. But it could happen, so all important files are on paper and kept in a special lock-up that has an old-fashioned mechanical detonator, just in case.
The two exit the meeting room, nod politely at each other, and head back to their respective work areas: the control centre for him, the candidate section for herself.
There is training to be done and candidates to be tested.
DAY 1
I was wrong, as usual. All my lights were off except for a very slight glow coming from the
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