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Part 1 of Exegesis
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I Told The Stars About You

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Diana Blake never set out to be remarkable. Growing up in a small English town, Starfleet was a dream she’d only ever seen in newsreels—something for other people. But the Academy has a way of pulling you in, and Diana soon learns that you don’t need a famous name or command-level ambition to make an impression. She notices things: the way voices tighten before arguments, the flicker of hesitation before someone lies, the moments everyone else lets slip past. It’s a skill that gets her through her classes, into trouble more often than she’d like, and on the radar of one Dr. Leonard McCoy—a gruff, sharp-witted medic with little patience for cadets, and even less for the ones who see through him.

Between Vulcan professors with impossible assignments, nights spent in the MedBay instead of the library, and friendships that test her comfort zone, Diana’s cadet years are anything but quiet. And somewhere in the middle of it all, she has to figure out whether she’s just surviving the Academy… or actually finding where she belongs.

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Author’s Note: This story takes place in an alternate Kelvin-verse timeline where Leonard McCoy joins Starfleet several years earlier, serving as a medical officer and Academy instructor prior to the events of Star Trek (2009). This allows him to already know Spock - and for their paths to cross with Diana Blake long before the Enterprise’s first mission.

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Chapter 1: Personnel File

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UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS

STARFLEET ACADEMY – IDENTIFICATION DIVISION

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⭓ NAME: DIANA BLAKE

⭓ SPECIES: HUMAN (TERRAN)

⭓ PRONOUNS: SHE / HER

⭓ HOME REGION: EARTH – UNITED KINGDOM

⭓ STATION: SAN FRANCISCO CAMPUS

⭓ ENROLLMENT ID: SFA-049-BLAKE-D

⭓ DIVISION: SCIENCES

⭓ FIELD: XENOANTHROPOLOGY / SECURITY THEORY

⭓ YEAR: THIRD

⭓ STATUS: ACTIVE

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ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE:

⭓ Primary Major: Xenoanthropology and Cultural Conflict Studies

⭓ Minor Track: Security Theory & Threat Pattern Analysis

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CERTIFICATIONS & SPECIALIZED TRAINING:

⭓ Threat Pattern Recognition

⭓ Intro to Security Tactics & First Contact Risk Scenarios

⭓ Applied Empathy in Hostile Cultures

⭓ Nonverbal Communication & Species-Specific Tension Responses

⭓ Federation Diplomatic Archives – Research Assistant (2nd Year)

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ACADEMIC PROFILE & PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT:

Cadet Blake displays high perceptual acuity and consistent performance in cultural pattern analysis and soft-security modeling.

Though not assertive by nature, she possesses an intuitive understanding of sociopolitical tension and is frequently the first to recognize emotional or environmental precursors to conflict.

Notable emotional empathy markers; Blake has been unofficially credited with de-escalating multiple cadet disputes, often without direct authority.

Cadet is emotionally self-aware but prone to internalizing stress. Recommends proactive support placement, preferably in middle-visibility critical roles.

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MENTOR RELATIONSHIP:

Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, CMO (USS Enterprise, NX-1701-K)

Note: Informal mentorship observed following ethics seminar incident.

⭓ Cadet Blake is noted to possess rare compatibility with Dr. McCoy's communication style and behavioral thresholds.

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FIELD RECOMMENDATION (PRELIMINARY):

⭓ Cultural Liaison Division

⭓ First Contact Risk Analysis

⭓ Soft Security / Diplomatic Crisis Prevention

⭓ Trauma Response Support – Non-Combat Field Assignments

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AUTHORIZED ACCESS LEVEL: CADET 3A

— ACCESS GRANTED: LIBRARY ARCHIVES, ANTHROPOLOGY LABS,

SIMULATION BAY 4B, FIELD DIPLOMACY SCENARIOS,

RESTRICTED READING – CULTURAL COLLAPSE FILES

BLOOD TYPE: O+ | ALLERGIES: NONE

EMERGENCY CONTACT: REGISTERED – STARFLEET MEDICAL

ISSUED: STARDATE 2261.132

CONFIRMED: Cmdr. Yurova, Sciences Faculty

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