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Press release, by [[Merdaneth (Character)|Merdaneth]] of [[Defensores Fidei (Player corporation)|Defensores Fidei]]:

{{quote|The Virgins of St. Junip: a new training program

September 25, 113YC, IGS, Galnet - Impressed by the skills and loyalty of the Kameiras in my household guard I started a training new program hoping to emulate some of their abilities. My interest was not to create skilled soldiers but to train reliable starship crew.

Experience taught me that the young men of my slave population, while eager to serve as crew aboard a starship, suffered from many disciplinary issues. They often engaged in dangerous competitions with other crew (both slaves and citizens). Adding young slave women to the crew only exacerbated this problem, increasing the number incidents, and, according to the ships’s medical crew, resulting in a fair number of pregnancies if not for the proscripted contraceptives.

The Academy
So, four years ago I made a bold step and had recruiters select many sixteen year old girls from my slave population and transferred them to a special academy. In these academies the girls were taught valuable crewing skills as well as appropriate moral and religious training. However, after some 2 years the instructors were still unsatisfied with the general progress, according to their estimates only some 20% would graduate with the criteria we had set in advance. Some essential element was missing in their training program.

After my brief service with the Order of St. Katherine I gained much valuable insight into womanhood, the female approach to religion and all the challenges involved in such. Armed with this knowledge we adapted the program and the four year graduation rate has now increased to 40%! I would like to sincerely thank the sisters of the order for their wisdom. 

Military service
All virgins take a vow of chastity as soon as they enter the academy and are held to the strictest standards. As soon as they graduate they are allowed to bear the title Virgin of St. Junip until they leave the service. To enforce of their vows of chastity, any regular crew member that touches the bare skin of these girls without proper authorization will be immediately dishonourably discharged from my service.

The minimum service term is set to three years, during which each of the virgins earns a small stipend, to be held in trust until they receive full citizenship. Understandably, a selection for transfer to the Wings of St. Junip academy and eventual induction into the Virgins is considered a great honor for both the girl and the family. After a maximum of three terms of service the girls are returned to their homes where they can start a family of their own. Should one of the virgins die in the line of duty, their earned stipends will fall to their immediate family, and a small shrine dedicated to their sacrifice will be erected in the local temple for them, where their courage will inspire other young girls. The Virgins will be making the space-lanes safer and contributing to the further rise of the Amarr Empire.

Maiden Voyage Offer
Two weeks from now I will take the first virgin-crewed vessel for its maiden voyage. However, as I am foreseeing more girls graduating from the academy than needed to replace my crew losses, I want to offer other loyal Amarrian capsuleers the services of a virgin crew. They can be leased from me for a period of up to three years, but are only trained for crewing Amarr vessels. Questions about their cost, skills and training should be addressed to me.

Go with God}}