OoC: I should have addressed this one sooner. First of all, yes, if you would like to play as Elis, that's fine. But how I had envisioned it working would be that the non-Starfleet characters would assume "similar" roles in that period/at that age. For example, Des could be hostess at a nearby bar in San Francisco where the students unwind. Or Ceelak Nostrova, having come aboard as an Exchange Officer, could be an exchange student from her home planet. Remember, this version of Starfleet Academy didn't actually "happen" to our characters; it's going to be an artificially-constructed Q-skewed world. :) ================= Please continue to send all email to andywoho@xxxxxxxxxx This is an email account I use from my workplace. ************************************************************* USS Vanguard: http://ncv80221.netfirms.com/default.htm Vanguard Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/ncv80221 Gamma Fleet: http://gammafleet.trekplayer.com/ FreeLists: //www.freelists.org *************************************************************