Blakis - Advanced Cadet Education - Andromeda

Blakis - Advanced Cadet Education - Andromeda was one of four Elite Academies founded to "provide enhanced training and educational opportunities" for Cadets who had excelled during their first two years of training.

In 5022 as a result of a study made on the effectiveness of the various types of Academies the effectiveness of three Elite Academies still open to question. was called into question. NELSON and Nelson II compared the records of one million officers who had graduated from each of the Elite Academies, from standard ground based academies, from Academy Ships, and on board Capital Ships. They also compared the records of those who had trained on board the USS Devastator.

The results confirmed Admiral Stahl's opinion expressed at the time the concept of Elite Academies was first proposed.

During the first five years after graduation from their training academy, those who graduated from one of the elite academies typically were promoted faster than their peers who graduated elsewhere.

By the tenth year in their carriers, the average record of the Elite Aca