An "An-Retro" story

[DeltaBetaBaby]

So let's write a future recruitment story :-)

University of Alpha Centauri, class of 2354.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

University of Alpha Centauri, class of 2354.

Hi! I'm a new freshman at UAC, and I'm so looking forward to recruitment!

UAC is a huge campus. We have 31 out of the 42 NPC sororities (including all 26 of the "old-school" sororities, the ones who have been part of NPC since at least 1951), plus two locals. The locals participate fully in NPC recruitment - I've heard that usually locals hold their own recruitments after formal recruitment, but that's not the case at UAC. I've gotten recs to 29 of the NPCs. Also, my aunt joined one of the locals when she was here, so she wrote me a letter of introduction.

I'm a huge fan of late 20th century and early 21st century science fiction, so I'll be coding the sororities with the names of characters from some of my favorite shows.

Mal Reynolds
Zoe Washburne
Hoban "Wash" Washburne
Kaylee Frye
Inara Serra
Jayne Cobb
Shepherd Book
River Tam
Simon Tam
Jack O'Neill
Samantha Carter
Daniel Jackson
Teal'c
Jean-Luc Picard
William Riker
Data
Deanna Troi
Worf
Tasha Yar
Beverly Crusher
Wesley Crusher
Rose Tyler
Donna Noble
Martha Jones
Jack Harkness
Amy Pond
Rory Williams
River Song
Clara Oswald
Buffy Summers
Willow Rosenberg
Xander Harris
Rupert Giles

I met my Sigma Rho Chi today. Her name is Chiana, and she's very sweet, though a bit on the wild side.

Round 1 takes place over three days. We'll be visiting 11 chapters each day for 20 minutes each. Then we have to list our favorite 24 for round 2, and rank-order the other 9 as our alternates in case we're not invited back to all of our top 24. Then, during round 2, we visit 8 chapters a day over 3 days (assuming a full schedule). Ugh, this is exhausting! But I hope that, when all is said and done, I'll end up joining an awesome group of sisters. From what I know about each chapter, I can't go wrong - they're all amazing!

(Who wants to write the next installment? )

[WhiteRose1912]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Mal Reynolds
Zoe Washburne
Hoban "Wash" Washburne
Kaylee Frye
Inara Serra
Jayne Cobb
Shepherd Book
River Tam
Simon Tam

As with every time I'm reminded of Firefly, first I got excited! Then I got sad.

[BraveMaroon]

Interestingly, I would have suspected fewer sororities in 2345 as a result of consolidation, ie; Kappa: Kappa Gamma/ Delta/ Alpha Theta.

But more makes sense; at least two of the new ones would have started in the early 2200s - cyborgs were first starting to go to college, and felt a lot of anti-cyborg discrimination; hence 01100011 01101000 01101001 00100000 01101100 01100001 01101101 01100010 01100100 01100001 00100000 01101111 01101101 01101001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01101110, or Chi Lambda Omicron was born.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Hi! I'm a new freshman at UAC, and I'm so looking forward to recruitment!

UAC is a huge campus. We have 31 out of the 42 NPC sororities (including all 26 of the "old-school" sororities, the ones who have been part of NPC since at least 1951), plus two locals. The locals participate fully in NPC recruitment - I've heard that usually locals hold their own recruitments after formal recruitment, but that's not the case at UAC. I've gotten recs to 29 of the NPCs. Also, my aunt joined one of the locals when she was here, so she wrote me a letter of introduction.

I'm a huge fan of late 20th century and early 21st century science fiction, so I'll be coding the sororities with the names of characters from some of my favorite shows.

Mal Reynolds
Zoe Washburne
Hoban "Wash" Washburne
Kaylee Frye
Inara Serra
Jayne Cobb
Shepherd Book
River Tam
Simon Tam
Jack O'Neill
Samantha Carter
Daniel Jackson
Teal'c
Jean-Luc Picard
William Riker
Data
Deanna Troi
Worf
Tasha Yar
Beverly Crusher
Wesley Crusher
Rose Tyler
Donna Noble
Martha Jones
Jack Harkness
Amy Pond
Rory Williams
River Song
Clara Oswald
Buffy Summers
Willow Rosenberg
Xander Harris
Rupert Giles

I met my Sigma Rho Chi today. Her name is Chiana, and she's very sweet, though a bit on the wild side.

Round 1 takes place over three days. We'll be visiting 11 chapters each day for 20 minutes each. Then we have to list our favorite 24 for round 2, and rank-order the other 9 as our alternates in case we're not invited back to all of our top 24. Then, during round 2, we visit 8 chapters a day over 3 days (assuming a full schedule). Ugh, this is exhausting! But I hope that, when all is said and done, I'll end up joining an awesome group of sisters. From what I know about each chapter, I can't go wrong - they're all amazing!

(Who wants to write the next installment? )

I heard that Worf and Jean-Luc Picard only take PNM's with perfect 4.0's, and I have a 3.95 because I got a B in droid-building my sophomore year. Does that mean they've already cut me?

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I heard that Worf and Jean-Luc Picard only take PNM's with perfect 4.0's, and I have a 3.95 because I got a B in droid-building my sophomore year. Does that mean they've already cut me?

I heard Willow Rosenberg only takes witches. How good at it do I have to be, exactly?

[Loyally Kappa]

Originally Posted by dgdramadawg

I heard Willow Rosenberg only takes witches. How good at it do I have to be, exactly?

Can you make popcorn the old-fashioned way ... that is, with a Presto "Poplite" hot air popper?