The fleet from the Federal Military Academy slowly passed overhead, above the island of machinery and ruins, trailing blue-violet Mach rings behind it.
One ring, two, three... seven, eight.
Nan Ming's thoughts stirred. She climbed onto the vehicle and stood on top of the scrap-metal car, looking up.
The eight Mach rings traced beautiful arcs behind the fleet. They weren't crude flames, but restrained, precise, controlled blue-violet rings of light, one inside another, burning quietly in the thin upper atmosphere.
A thought sprang into Nan Ming's mind. "I want to study at the Federal Military Academy. I want to see even bigger Mach rings."
And so Nan Ming set out on the path of learning.
Reader's Guide:
1. My take on interstellar fiction. It's all made up.
2. A progression story, with a male lead and a happy ending.
3. The heroine is the coolest and strongest.
Theme: Romance
