Judicial Academy Cadet Active Field Training

The Judicial Academy Cadet Active Field Training program, often abbreviated as CAFT, was a military development course required by the for graduation to the. The program was developed to embed cadets in active duty units, providing cadets with real military experience prior to graduation and preparing them for the types of peacekeeping assignments they could expect to face.

Though the vast majority of cadets placed in the program were First and Second Class members in their final years at the Academy, the program did accept qualified Third and Fourth Class members who had opted to sign their "Intent to Serve" documents prior to their third year at the Academy. Maximian Tranner phased into the program during the summer of his second year, accompanying a Judicial Forces task force to in the aftermath of the.

Behind the scenes
The author based the program on the real life Cadet Field Training and Military Individual Advanced Development programs required of cadets by the.