I love retarded au's
Jun. 20th, 2007 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhymeNothing much in terms of plot, but a little bit of world building. I felt like hashing out why exactly some sort of world authority would put large weapons in the hands of teenagers.
Kevin's father was in the Galatic League. His mother was as well.
Actually, that's how they met. In the Academy.
They both did rather well - not at the top of the class, but anyone in the league qualified as an elite. They had so much potential.
And then, one day, at a party right before graduation, they got a little careless.
The league found out before Melinda did, and the decision was made for them.
Instead of a job at the front, wherehe might achieve greatness, Scott was given a more bureaucratic role. It wasn't the sort of job with a lot of advancement - more like the kind of thing alloted to washouts. It wasn't that he had done anything wrong. It was just that the job was safe. Secure. Predictable.
The front had a chance for glory, but the job Scott was given was designed to support a family. Melinda was given a generous severence bonus, and they were assigned to nicer quarters than the washouts usually got.
It didn't quite balance out the shame of the situation.
(To completely fair, a little bit of outside information is required.
The ability that made Scott and Melinda members of the Galatic League (I need a better name for that) is part talent, but part hereditary. The genes can't do everything, but they play a large part in the potential of the child.
There are several factors that affect the potential power meter of the offspring. The strength of the parents. The age of the parents. Health during the term. Birth order.
First born children are naturally more powerful. This is because the first born children tend to leech the potentia (that is, the ability that the Galatic league is looking for) out of their mothers.
In return for that, the mother is generally the only one who can, for the lack of a better term, controll the offspring.
In the unfortunate occasions where the mother does not survive until the child is at a reasonable age, it is not unusual for things to progress to a point where said child must be put down for the safety of the rest of society.
That said, the fact that intoxicating substances are readily available to Academy students is not by chance.)
(May it also be said that the students aren't forced to keep the children and make the necessary committments. There are ways to take care of the problem, however, the financial reprocussions- basically, being given the same boring desk work with less pay- are a major incentive. The child still saps potentia even if aborted, so most are kept.)
Once the children reach a certain age, generally about 7 or 8, they are shipped into training.
And the training is fun- almost like a game. To children of that age, having a space where they can run around is a great luxury.
And when they reach 11 or 12, they get to the actual work.
Kevin likes the games that he plays. It's called "let's talk about what happened." Sometimes it makes him see really scary things, but he doesn't mind. It's a bit like seeing a story, except that you don't get to see all of it. Like hiding in a closet and spying on people. Yeah, that's really fun.
Sometimes he has to go out to play "can you please guess the password?" He's really good at that one. And when he goes out, he gets to carry his own blaster. His mom worried, but he's TRUSTWORTHY.
In fact, soon he's going to be given something better. It's only a government issued weapon, but a good weapon is like a good friend.
Although, for some reason, his mother isn't thrilled about him getting a giant robot. :(
Kevin's father was in the Galatic League. His mother was as well.
Actually, that's how they met. In the Academy.
They both did rather well - not at the top of the class, but anyone in the league qualified as an elite. They had so much potential.
And then, one day, at a party right before graduation, they got a little careless.
The league found out before Melinda did, and the decision was made for them.
Instead of a job at the front, wherehe might achieve greatness, Scott was given a more bureaucratic role. It wasn't the sort of job with a lot of advancement - more like the kind of thing alloted to washouts. It wasn't that he had done anything wrong. It was just that the job was safe. Secure. Predictable.
The front had a chance for glory, but the job Scott was given was designed to support a family. Melinda was given a generous severence bonus, and they were assigned to nicer quarters than the washouts usually got.
It didn't quite balance out the shame of the situation.
(To completely fair, a little bit of outside information is required.
The ability that made Scott and Melinda members of the Galatic League (I need a better name for that) is part talent, but part hereditary. The genes can't do everything, but they play a large part in the potential of the child.
There are several factors that affect the potential power meter of the offspring. The strength of the parents. The age of the parents. Health during the term. Birth order.
First born children are naturally more powerful. This is because the first born children tend to leech the potentia (that is, the ability that the Galatic league is looking for) out of their mothers.
In return for that, the mother is generally the only one who can, for the lack of a better term, controll the offspring.
In the unfortunate occasions where the mother does not survive until the child is at a reasonable age, it is not unusual for things to progress to a point where said child must be put down for the safety of the rest of society.
That said, the fact that intoxicating substances are readily available to Academy students is not by chance.)
(May it also be said that the students aren't forced to keep the children and make the necessary committments. There are ways to take care of the problem, however, the financial reprocussions- basically, being given the same boring desk work with less pay- are a major incentive. The child still saps potentia even if aborted, so most are kept.)
Once the children reach a certain age, generally about 7 or 8, they are shipped into training.
And the training is fun- almost like a game. To children of that age, having a space where they can run around is a great luxury.
And when they reach 11 or 12, they get to the actual work.
Kevin likes the games that he plays. It's called "let's talk about what happened." Sometimes it makes him see really scary things, but he doesn't mind. It's a bit like seeing a story, except that you don't get to see all of it. Like hiding in a closet and spying on people. Yeah, that's really fun.
Sometimes he has to go out to play "can you please guess the password?" He's really good at that one. And when he goes out, he gets to carry his own blaster. His mom worried, but he's TRUSTWORTHY.
In fact, soon he's going to be given something better. It's only a government issued weapon, but a good weapon is like a good friend.
Although, for some reason, his mother isn't thrilled about him getting a giant robot. :(