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You think of the Celestial Fleet as an instrument of war; and well you may; for the record of its soldiers in the Great Liberation and the Dominion War will live as long as history is written.
But the Fleet has tasks of peace no less heroic -- tasks that mean a safer, and a better universe.
It is for those tasks that the Fleet asks seven years of the lives of Bajor’s best young people.
To those people the Fleet promises an education -- an asset for their life in all the years to come.
It gives them good food, good clothes, and good care. It trains them to responsibility, - it develops character and pagh.
It promises them travel, and the knowledge of other lands, that will make them citizens of the quadrant.
The Celestial Fleet seeks no inferior applicants. It wants citizens of whom it can be proud, during their service, and in all the years to come.
To Interview with the Fleet, contact us at [email protected]/bajor. A personal interview involves no obligation. Must be at least 16 years old to apply. No other qualifications required.
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-Bajoran Recruitment Ad, June 24, 2376. These ads were distributed across Bajor in order to recruit people into the new Celestial Fleet, currently composed mostly of former Bajoran Militia Members
This is part of a series I'm calling Exarchates, about the politics of Bajor and Cardassia post DS9. The text here based on a 1920s US Army Recruitment Ad. Hope you enjoy!
