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==Starfleet Academy==
'''Majored in Security'''

'''Minored in Engineering'''

At Starfleet Tiv set out to learn everything he could about the galaxy, to try as many new things as possible, and to otherwise break out of his isolated upbringing. He considered majoring in engineering or even turning his interest in other cultures into his Starfleet focus, but quickly found that he genuinely enjoyed his security training now that he had the ability to choose his own path. Fit and athletic, Tiv also found a place on the Academy parrises squares team. His brusque demeanor and tendency to cover lack of knowledge of the galaxy beyond Weytahn with his well honed mask of cold indifference were fortunately sufficiently countered by his innate charisma and status an Academy sports star that he was able to socialize and even develop friendships with relative ease. Even as his years at the Academy progressed and he became genuinely comfortable there, he maintained a rigidly defined "working persona" that he only set aside when with close friends or in private.

Having definitively decided against bonding and parenthood, Tiv also set up to experience all of the "personal" options made possible by the tremendous blending of species and cultures at the Academy. Uncomfortable with the casual flirtations and physical affection that many of the cadets engaged in, and absolutely unwilling to consider any romantic attachments, Tiv nevertheless found it easy enough to arrange casual encounters and even long term non-monogamous and overlapping arrangements with friends. Those who did not know him well would have been shocked to find out the intensely focused, militant, and even unfriendly Andorian classmate was warm, affectionate, and even bawdy with close friends and lovers.

During his last year at Starfleet Tiv developed a friendship with an older human woman who regularly used the library at the same odd hours as he did. As time went on Susan Pickering took on a semi-maternal role in his life, easing the homesickness that constantly ate at Tiv, even as he reveled in being away from the confining society of his clan.