This is the first diary of Supreme Admiral (ret.) Xandrian Stone.
In this first diary he describes the beginning of his career, how he enters the Swiss Federated Space Navy and his first time in space.
There has been peace for almost 500 years, so the navy was not a place for adventurers or people thriving in dangerous environments but patient people who did not mind waiting half a life for their first time in space. The fleet was small, and if you were not special or distinguished yourself in the academy getting into a crew was very, very unlikely.
Some magical specialties like sensors or navigation were rare and sought after, so if you were born with an affinity for one of those colors you were in luck. Weapons was by far the most common color and – well, waiting list. Long waiting list.
Omni Wizards were the rarest by far. Those had no single affinity but an equal affinity for everything. Omnis did, therefore, never spend any time on any waiting list.
Xandrian Stone was back then an 18 year old hopeful youth who knew that he had strong magic – it just had not yet manifested itself. That was very common, and the classification officers had their classification rods to help dormant magic to manifest itself. So, Xandrian Stone begins his first diary when he was waiting in line, hoping for the classification rod to unlock his magic.
Just like every other youth attending Classification Day.