As her adopted father was out on campaign liberating the coldlands and cutting down opposition, Natasha Smedth grew up in comfort and security. Having her father away for most of the summer was something she was not praticularly fond of, but her mother was supportive as was her Grandpa Boris and other relations. She eventually gained two sisters named Lyia and Nadia as well as a brother named Gregov and for the most part got along with them. As time went on, she grew up fairly well, though not without a couple of minor incidents and like all children of Dalatyr, she attended school and it was there that she found her path in live.In 12IA she worked in her third year of school and was tested on a variety of things. She proved to be quite good at math as well as having some skill with machinery. She was then selected by the Committee to begin a special apprenticeship along with twenty three other young people. They were given special uniforms, shown about the factories, given lectures about machinery and mechanical system (sometimes even with videos) with a number of lecturers, including occasionally committee Members (usually Supernova or First Dawn). Over the next two years, a few dropped out, but she had enough aptitude, understanding and interest to let her do well From electrcity to pressure, cogwheels to combustion. Eventually some were taught more about certain specialized things when they were shown to have praticular aptitudes. To test their comprehention they were given various projects to complete.Among these that Natasha received was a set of components for a new electric lamp. She had seen these being used more and more. It used a bulb shaped light-cell. These were inferior to the flat disk shaped ones that the Committtee made behind locked doors in their hall, which were lighter, brighter, lasted longer, were far more durable and. But these could be mass produced by human hands and once a new factory was completed, they would make the city glow at night. Her parents had let her have her own room since she was selected for this program, which she outfitted with her various tools of her upcomming trade. She quickly assembled the lamp despite the lack of instructions. The next day Supernova was impressed by her comphrention.The Survivors set up this program to better organize and expand their industrial assets. They had numerous artisans and technitions who could operate their machinery, but they needed people with a greater understanding to oversee the factories, solve local problems and set up equipment. There were only twenty six Survivors and each one could only be in one place at once. Natasha and her classmates were being trained to serve a very important role for Infrastructure. They were being groomed to become Engineers.Previous- [link] Next- [link]