Her sergeant had warned her about this exact situation. "When I finished my first tour," her sergeant said, "four of my buddies blew all their saved up pay on solo-flyers and within a year, three of them were dead from crashes and the fourth was paralyzed the rest of his life at twenty-two years old. Stupid kids with money for the first time! Don't be Like that. Save your pay like it was somebody else's money and get a job fast or you'll be back in the service within a year. Like me."

Margot wasn't a stupid kid. She was a good girl. She'd always been a good girl. Top third of her class. No disciplinary hearings in the military. Honorable discharge. She'd done everything right.

— Galactic Hellcats by Marie Vibbert (9%)