Interlude: Meet Nadia
The Draft Brand. Volunteer Corps and Military FamiliesCall me Nadia, your friendly interlude narrator. I thought I would set some things straight about the world before we move forward. There are three ways to join a crew. First there is the Draft Brand. Only used on select trade colonies and outer rim worlds, ,where the Volunteer Corps doesn't have a post or Mission Set up there. It is considered barbaric and cruel in the better parts of the galaxy but no one in the Government feels too strongly to have it banned yet. Then there is the Volunteer Corps. Think of them as Missionaries with a sacred mission to explore the stars, the galaxy, the cosmos, the universe. They take young prospective cadets into their Missions and teach them a trade, teach them science and math, engineering and all manner of starship know how. And then when an opening on a ship appears they get to volunteer for positions.Finally there are the Military families. The military is a unique set of explorers, warriors, and scientists. They work to expand the galaxy and better the world. IT was started by the humans and the Fur Kind were created by the military and when the Government decided to recognize them as citizens and not as slaves, ,they were free to join the military in the select districts where there was a base and a recruiting training center. Mostly in the more civilized parts of the galaxy, the more rural and underdeveloped areas are often overlooked.