Wildean asked:
Incidentally does BCU stand for Big Close Up?
It could be a typo for ECU (Extreme Close Up). If it was later on it might stand for Blake Care Unit, getting ready for PGPs.
Carol said:
Later we learn this *teen* [Arlen] is a Federation *officer*. Which goes
along with
my theory that military officers were put through an accelerated learning process that had them graduating from FSA before students in our era would have begun university
It could also be a class thing--Alphas are commissioned officers as soon as they finish basic training?
-(Y)