Note that you're welcome to edit a lot of these details since this is AU and I managed to leave a ton of this stuff out of the books. (I had to cut stuff for space reasons.)
- The Vauhans are a fairly close-knit extended family. Mikodez and Istradez had multiple parents (number unspecified, up to you). The Vauhans tend to breed really good-looking men even without genetic tinkering but most of them can't hold a tune in a bucket. There is an older sister, Avradez, who is the one who sent Mikodez the handmade soap, and who is probably the one Mikodez got his crafting tendencies from. Mikodez lives in terror of Avradez.
Andan Niath won't have been born yet if Mikodez is still a cadet, although he may have other nieces/nephews/sib-children. (I do not know of a non-awkward way to say "alt/nonbinary kids of a sibling" so if anyone has suggestions I'm listening.)
Mikodez attended Shuos Academy Prime, which is planetside near the Citadel of Eyes. (Basically, the Citadel is a space station in geosynchronous orbit over the Academy.) Because the hexarchate is a big place, there is also Shuos Academy Secondary and Shuos Academy Tertiary, as well as a ton of minor affiliated academies that churn out the lower-level Shuos. (The other faction academies operate similarly.)
Five years to graduate is average but it depends on how smart you are, how ambitious you are (triple-major?), and how hard you work. Think of it as a combination of generalized undergrad and fairly practical vocational training.
Things a second-year would know already: - Basic firearms and self-defense. That being said, a cryptographer or an administrator is not going to be expected to be Rambo and/or James Bond. Mikodez is canonically a good shot at the firing range, but would probably have issues if he went up against someone with actual combat experience in a real-world violent situation. - Introduction to Seduction is an optional first-year course but most cadets opt to take it. It's up to you whether you think Mikodez would have done so. - Security/social engineering. Cadets are usually encouraged to practice on each other. Again, canonically Mikodez is really good at persuading even paranoid fellow cadets to go along with him. If you ever hit a point in the game where Mikodez should be able to do this but you're stuck for ideas on how to pull it off, ask me or your fellow players and we can brainstorm ways for him to pull it off--the more eyes the better two heads are better than one, etc. - Introductory courses for their major. - A general introduction to game design so that all the other instructors can wallop them with it over and over for the rest of their academy careers. You can downplay this if you want, or if you need game design stuff for Mikodez I'm happy to advise. (I might read a little too much game design theory for my own good.) - Basic P.E. An analyst/administrator isn't going to be held to the same standards as someone planning to become an assassin! But they gamify basic fitness just to make sure that people are moderately healthy. Mikodez probably took up eating candy as an allergic reaction to this.
- Zehun had been an instructor for several years when they were sent in with a team of assassins to assess and possibly terminate Mikodez. Later in canon they ended up abandoning their teaching post to become Mikodez's personal person who nags them to eat real food assistant, in a "power behind the throne" way--they had a lot of contacts in the Shuos bureaucracy and ended up being crucial to Mikodez's takeover.
I hope this helps! Again, if some details don't work for your character conception, we can change them. Let me know.
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Date: 2017-07-03 03:47 am (UTC)- The Vauhans are a fairly close-knit extended family. Mikodez and Istradez had multiple parents (number unspecified, up to you). The Vauhans tend to breed really good-looking men even without genetic tinkering but most of them can't hold a tune in a bucket. There is an older sister, Avradez, who is the one who sent Mikodez the handmade soap, and who is probably the one Mikodez got his crafting tendencies from. Mikodez lives in terror of Avradez.
Andan Niath won't have been born yet if Mikodez is still a cadet, although he may have other nieces/nephews/sib-children. (I do not know of a non-awkward way to say "alt/nonbinary kids of a sibling" so if anyone has suggestions I'm listening.)
Mikodez attended Shuos Academy Prime, which is planetside near the Citadel of Eyes. (Basically, the Citadel is a space station in geosynchronous orbit over the Academy.) Because the hexarchate is a big place, there is also Shuos Academy Secondary and Shuos Academy Tertiary, as well as a ton of minor affiliated academies that churn out the lower-level Shuos. (The other faction academies operate similarly.)
Five years to graduate is average but it depends on how smart you are, how ambitious you are (triple-major?), and how hard you work. Think of it as a combination of generalized undergrad and fairly practical vocational training.
Things a second-year would know already:
- Basic firearms and self-defense. That being said, a cryptographer or an administrator is not going to be expected to be Rambo and/or James Bond. Mikodez is canonically a good shot at the firing range, but would probably have issues if he went up against someone with actual combat experience in a real-world violent situation.
- Introduction to Seduction is an optional first-year course but most cadets opt to take it. It's up to you whether you think Mikodez would have done so.
- Security/social engineering. Cadets are usually encouraged to practice on each other. Again, canonically Mikodez is really good at persuading even paranoid fellow cadets to go along with him. If you ever hit a point in the game where Mikodez should be able to do this but you're stuck for ideas on how to pull it off, ask me or your fellow players and we can brainstorm ways for him to pull it off--
the more eyes the bettertwo heads are better than one, etc.- Introductory courses for their major.
- A general introduction to game design so that all the other instructors can wallop them with it over and over for the rest of their academy careers. You can downplay this if you want, or if you need game design stuff for Mikodez I'm happy to advise. (I might read a little too much game design theory for my own good.)
- Basic P.E. An analyst/administrator isn't going to be held to the same standards as someone planning to become an assassin! But they gamify basic fitness just to make sure that people are moderately healthy. Mikodez probably took up eating candy as an allergic reaction to this.
- Zehun had been an instructor for several years when they were sent in with a team of assassins to assess and possibly terminate Mikodez. Later in canon they ended up abandoning their teaching post to become Mikodez's personal
person who nags them to eat real foodassistant, in a "power behind the throne" way--they had a lot of contacts in the Shuos bureaucracy and ended up being crucial to Mikodez's takeover.I hope this helps! Again, if some details don't work for your character conception, we can change them. Let me know.