[Agemegos]

When each cadet returns to her or his room in the college, she or he finds that there has been a delivery made in her or his absence. A standard-size cabin trunk, dark grey in colour, is standing by the end of the bed. A maroon plaque on the door of the trunk has the cadet's name in cream lettering, and above the name is not the ignominious title "cadet" but "investigator".

Opening the trunk, the cadet finds unfamiliar uniforms: dark grey, deep maroon, and cream. The dress uniform trousers are dark grey with a maroon grosgrain stripe covering outside seam; every cadet has lost weight since her or his cadet's trousers were issued: the new ones fit perfectly. The dress shirt is a maroon turtleneck, the dress jacket double-breasted cream, with a stand collar and changshan closure. The white cadet's labels on the cuffs, each secured by a silver button, are agreeably subdued.

Any cadet who tries on his or her uniform in front of his or her dressing mirror will not be alone in doing so.

Riffling through the rest of the trunk, you find that the service uniform trousers are dark grey with a narrow maroon piping in the outside seam. The mess jacket is maroon, and the service jackets plain dark grey with maroon lining—without the contrasting fronts that are common in Imperial uniforms. Both are to be worn with a cream turtleneck. The cuffs of the mess and service jackets conspicuously lack white labels: they are already embroidered with the Justice Department badges of an Investigator.

There is a black baseball cap embroidered with the ICfJ badge, a dark grey dress cap with a shiny black peak and a removeable cream cover, but no cap-badge.

The space for the dress belt is empty. The service belt is retro-reflective blue and white chequering (Sillitoe tartan), with Sillitoe tartan strap and Day-Glo pink holster: one of the most hideous items of uniform ever issued, even though it does have an ICfJ-badge cloisonné buckle.

In the bottom of the trunk is a duralsteel drawer with a stout lock. The foam lining has wells for an issue stun pistol, spare battery, stun-wand, and pocket multitool. It is a gun safe, with ample space for two more pistols.