By the time they arrived at their destination, almost all the Corvette Class Pilots had met Max's standard to finish the training in the Line Mecha, and some of the Line Mecha pilots who joined them for training were getting close to it.
That second group could easily pass the Corvette Class examination right now, but it wasn't within Max's authority to issue the exam. They weren't members of his unit, only visitors to their training regimen. With some luck, most of them would be allowed to advance by their own Commanders soon, possibly even at the end of this vacation period, but even if they didn't, those Pilots would be the elite among their peers.
They also now had a much more rounded fighting style than the training they got in the academies which heavily preferred ranged fire over melee.
[All hands to stations. Docking with Comor Station in 10 minutes.] Came the announcement of their final approach to the vacation destination.
