<p>“True, they were separate thoughts. But, if getting a sub slot was competitive back in Zaphod’s day, it must’ve been taken more seriously back then.”</p>
<p>Sub School has always been competetive. In the Smoke Boat days you had to be qualified as OD Underway to get assigned to Sub Schoo. It was rare to get sent there otherwise. Obviously that has changed with the Nukes.</p>