[@Prince of Seraphs] I never said they [b]just[/b] graduated, I said that they [b]had[/b] graduated, meaning that they are graduates [b]of[/b] the Academy. Think, why would you be requested due to your skills etc if, as you correctly state, you had just graduated?

In short, all characters have been out of the Academy for a while and - although they may not be 'experienced' [i]per se[/i] - it is highly likely that they've served aboard a starship of some sort before. This could have been pre-Academy or after...or both! Which is why they've been assigned to the [i]Minotaur[/i].

I understand, reading it all back now, that it does look like what you say is what I meant. :lol But it isn't, I hope that's cleared things up.