As well as being outgoing, Amelia had a strong taste for learning. She read a lot and frequently, visiting the libraries near her home and at her school almost every day. She was always keen to learn new things, and by ten years old she was determined to be a doctor. By the time she was eleven, she wanted to be a famous writer and by the time she was thirteen she was utterly convinced shed make a sterling politician. She could be a little indecisive about what she wanted to do with her life, as all children can be, but after watching the television one evening and seeing a rare news report on the rebellion of the Sagittarons, she knew she wanted to go into law. How better to make sure that the world functioned fairly?
Amelia still made a point of studying hard, graduating a year early from high school and taking a gap year to travel around Libran and experience things much as her parents had. It was during her small adventure that she met Alex Naevi and instantly fell in love. While she always maintained her plan for life did not involve getting seriously involved at such a young age, Naevi was relentless and seemed to follow her almost everywhere she went. In fact, he even went so far as to move to Themis with her when she decided to go there for law school.
Amelias time in school was divided amongst many favourite pastimes. Having a great love of gymnastics, she was part of the schools team and even went so far as to represent Themis at a Colony-wide competition where she took third place. She was also a great lover of philosophy, spending what time she wasnt writing short stories or essays espousing her own philosophical thoughts reading books on the subject. Indeed, Amelia was interested in learning as much and doing as much as she could - even taking several months of piano lessons before she had to give them up as she could no longer fit them in her schedule.
While still at university, Amelia finally relented to her longtime boyfriend and accepted a marriage proposal at the age of twenty-two. Her parents warmly welcomed Alex into the family and they were married a year later, living together in a small apartment in Themis. Alex, being an artist and freelance photojournalist, made little money but somehow they always managed to make ends meet. That is, until Amelia fell pregnant and gave birth to their daughter - Artemisia, named as such by Alex as a show of great respect to the Goddess.
Not being religious herself, Amelia knew that they couldnt rely on the Lords to make ends meet. Her mother was rich and her grandfather even richer but she was not prepared to rely on them. Instead, she came up with a proposal. She would go into the military, using her pre-law degree in journalism as a way to immediately enter via the Officer Candidate School. Her plan was to serve out her commission, waiting until Artemisia was in school at which point one of them would not need to be home at all times and Alex would be able to work part time to help support them.
While picking which direction her military career would take, Amelia made a rather strange choice. She chose to become a pilot - specifically a Viper pilot. Her father had taken her up in light aircraft hundreds of times during her youth and it wasnt until she had the opportunity to fly for a living that she realized how much she loved it. She found herself in flight school, and found herself doing extremely well. While her fathers approach to flying was far more simplistic compared to that of the military, she still had an edge over the other students and found herself scoring very high on her evaluations. She graduated flight school and was immediately shipped out into the fleet, three years with the One Five Four aboard the Cerberus.
