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>>399347
Crilki reads up on some of those positions. Besides judges, lawyers, police officers, et al, there are more interesting professions such as Intelligence Operative, Detective, Assault and Tactical Operatives, Espionage Specialist (a fancy word for spy, apparently), and Civil Intelligence Officer.
Intelligence Operatives are part of the Anti-Criminal Organization (the ACO), a large government paramilitary organization devoted to what Crilki considers the funner part of the justice system. It is further divided into IntOps and Special Forces. IntOps (Intelligence Operations) fields operatives used to gather intelligence on an area (via infiltration, covert action, even as a mole), before Special Forces are sent in to bust the place up and arrest everyone involved. Special Forces is divided even further into SaltOps and TacOps (Assault Operations and Tactical Operations), which perform joint operations in high-risk situations such as hostage rescue and counter-terrorism in all Koel-aligned planets, space stations, space ships, et cetera.
Detective is a more local and generic job description. Typically they are employed at the local level and aid local law enforcement in solving cases and bringing those involved to justice, especially on board space ships and stations. On smaller or independent ships they are sometimes hired as security, as they're typically cheaper, more clever, more loyal and more effective than hiring a mercenary force.
Espionage Specialists work for the Koel Intergalactic Intelligence Agency, and are basically spies. They infiltrate enemy governments, allied governments, even our own government, on the lookout for treason, terrorism and secrets. Seeing as the only enemies of the Koel currently are the Ziljin, which they have been fighting for several years now and are well-known for being belligerent, merciless, xenophobic psychopaths, any attempt to infiltrate them is likely to be incredibly dangerous and very short-lived if you're the slightest bit unlucky. Crilki is not enthusiastic about a long and rigorous education and maybe a month of action before she's shot in the face so she'll probably pass on that one.
All of these jobs would require her devoting the rest of her education to preparing herself for that, followed by several years of training and passing several tests to be accepted, but she probably wouldn't want for money afterward.
That's about as much as she can gather from this book. Crilki maybe has time to skim another if she's quick about it.
>>399381
"I always find you reading. I think it's very studious," Crilki says to Prachet cautiously.
"You think I'm very studious," Prachet says bluntly, in a tone that stings Crilki a little.
>>399353
Crilki always feels a little stupider around Prachet, but she thinks it's more likely that Prachet is a lot smarter and more focused than her, than something silly like her brain's so active that picking up her constant stream of thoughts interferes with and distracts her own thinking. She's not entirely sold on the psychic thing, and she's never been able to reproduce it when she's trying.
>>399345
"I'm thinking of becoming a detective," says Crilki.
"That's nice," says Prachet.
>>399384
Crilki has plenty of time for reading books with dragons in at her dorm room!
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