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Vel attended the Starfleet Academy campus at Agora on the Tellarite homeworld of Tellar. Although living on Earth at the time of her acceptance, she opted to attend an off-world campus partly to satisfy her wanderlust and partly to escape the auspices of her mother and step-father. | Vel attended the Starfleet Academy campus at Agora on the Tellarite homeworld of Tellar. Although living on Earth at the time of her acceptance, she opted to attend an off-world campus partly to satisfy her wanderlust and partly to escape the auspices of her mother and step-father. | ||
At the Academy, Vel majored in Engineering and | At the Academy, Vel majored in Engineering and Science with a focus on warp propulsion and theory. Her grades suffered early in her academic career due to a tendency to become distracted by extracurricular activities (a member of the Academy martial arts, wrestling, and swimming teams all). Her most noticeable failure coming in the form of a failing grade in General Federation Law, a class she largely snubbed due to her mother's profession as a lawyer. She was able to take the class again the following semester and secure a passing grade. | ||
However, once she was able to strike a balance her grades improved remarkably and she was able to graduate twenty-third in her class. Despite ample opportunities to enter a research post following her graduation, Vel's cadet cruise and desire to explore prompted her to take an assignment aboard a starship - the USS ''Columbia''. | |||
===<font color=b8860b>'''Service History'''</font>=== | ===<font color=b8860b>'''Service History'''</font>=== | ||