Aurelia had reached the most important junction of her life.
Deciding which career she wanted to pursue.
The stakes were high.
Technically speaking, if she chose one option but wanted to switch to another a few years in, she could do so, but she would have to start over and suffer many different penalties as a result.
There was very little overlap in the education of a future mech commander as opposed to a naval commander.
If Aurelia decided to abandon her decision to command mechs in battle and switch to piloting rifleman mechs or swordsman mechs, then that was relatively easy as the early years at a mech academy were mostly spent on strengthening the shared foundation of every mech archetype.
The problem was that if she wanted to pursue a career outside piloting mechs, she pretty much had to start over no matter whether she wanted to work in civil society or at the helm of a large warship.
