The results were posted a few days later.
Ning had passed with flying colors.
He placed first in Piloting, by a comfortable margin, and first in Battlefield Tactics, by an even larger one. His written results were strong, his engineering results were solid, and his live-machine evaluation had earned him the highest mark given to any cadet that year.
When he looked at the list, he realized that he had held back far less than he had during his first year, and that the result was exactly what everyone had expected of him.
Naysha placed near the top again.
Her True Simulation score and her live-machine evaluation had both been among the best in the batch, and her results in Research had placed her at the very top of that field. She stood in front of the results display for a long moment, then turned away with a small, satisfied nod and went to find her roommate.
Jason topped Technology and Communication by a wide margin.
