Icaran Confederation Navy

Day and night, year round, the sailors of the Icaran Confederation Navy patrol the stars, doing their part to defend hearth and home, God and country. It is a challenging, dangerous, and often thankless job that demands all that they can deliver, and sometimes more.From heroic highs to career lows, from secret operations to surprise birthday parties, this collection of ten military science fiction stories shows what life is like on the pointy end of the spear, where the Confederation's finest put themselves in harm's way every day.Join the Navy. See the Galaxy.

Join the Navy. See the Galaxy. Every newly-minted officer of the Icaran Confederation Navy has one goal: to earn the golden warfare device of a fully qualified Stellar Warfare Officer. In pursuit of that goal, Ensign Matthew Gilbert looks forward to a grand adventure together with his friends on the newest, most powerful ship in the fleet. Instead, a last-minute change in orders sends Matt, alone, to a backwater station and an aging ship he never would have chosen. Far from home and surrounded by an unfamiliar culture, with a crushing workload and little chance of seeing any real action, he finds himself embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, on the pointy end of his nation's spear. He just has to get qualified first. Technically detailed and accurate to Naval culture and tradition, Warfare Qualified is a fun and exciting excursion into the life of a junior officer on his first adventure in a large and dangerous galaxy.