They were surprised to be given some ships that were theirs, with their group's name on it. They proudly sat in the cockpit and the AI along with Hans... started their education. Within minutes the hangers were quiet again. The trainers went back to studying, sleeping or went to the cafeteria. It would be at least an hour till the first would be finished.We talked briefly with Captain Meech and found much the same thing happened for his Slavic recruits. The African and European contingent would be. I thought that promising.We had finished eating. I asked if she wanted desert but she said she had something for us at the apartment. I paid leaving a generous tip. We left.Once inside, Beth directed me to the couch. She vanished into the kitchen and returned a couple of minutes later with two bowls. In each bowl was a brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream over it. It looked good. She leaned forward as she gave me my bowl showing a goodly amount of cleavage. It was good cleavage, too. She. I also like ham and sausage. Hell, we can't even get pepperoni on our pizza anymore without paying an arm and a leg for them! I never realized how much I took it for granted. In Pittsburgh, I could get the stuff, but only as much as I could afford with ration cards. Of course, that was a place that I'll NEVER see again," she related."Why not? What happened to you in Pittsburgh?" he probed."I got caught in the Battle of Pittsburgh. The Republican Front is still fighting to seize it from the. " the student replied."Oh," she smiled with her devilishly red lips, "he owed me one." Get ready." the professor said as she turned the lights up to asatisfactory working environment. "They'll be arriving soon."The student diligently prepared. He gathered pictures of women andplaced them in the correct places on the walls. Sultry images of womenin mid dance or laying across cars. He gathered several square silverpackages and placed them into his bag and tossed the bag on the couchbehind their.