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Shortly before commencement that year, the Nova Squadron flight team suffered an accidental collision on the [[Academy Flight Range]], near the moons of Saturn; they had been practicing maneuvers for their upcoming graduation ceremony. Cadet Albert was killed in the crash; while the other four team members successfully activated their emergency [[transporter]]s to escape their doomed ships.
Upon investigation, it was determined that Nova Squadron -- despite claiming to have done a [[Special Maneuvers|Yeager Loop]] -- was in fact attempting an unauthorized [[Kolvoord Starburst]]; a maneuver long prohibited by the Academy, due to a similar accident in which all five Cadets lost their lives. When said discovery was made, the Board of Inquiry came close to expelling all four surviving cadets until Locarno pleaded to assume full responsibility for the mishap and cover-up. Sure enough, he alone was expelled. The three remaining cadets were issued a formal reprimand: their flight privileges were revoked, their service records were permanently tainted, their academic credits for that year were declared null and void.
Another elite Cadet unit with a similarly chequered history, [[Cadet Training Squadron 47|Red Squad]], was created in the 2370s.
