Creation is all about tension and compromise.
In the shower, where I do the vast majority of my thinking, I came to the conclusion that, really, there should be a parent structure over the IST Academy. Let’s call it the United Nations Academy for Metahuman Studies (UNAMS). That could run a series of schools across the world (to keep those who want a lot of schools out there happy). They also oversee the actual IST Academy which is a single-campus, military-style academy where all students are welcomed, but expected to undergo a military-lite training regimen in addition to a wide range of academic courses.
It would allow the IST Academy to still prepare new IST Team Members, and give the opportunity for students who want to learn their powers the discipline and structure necessary to face the world with the confidence that they are able to use their powers for the betterment of themselves and their society.
The final year of IST Academy would see a marked split in the student body. Those who are going into the IST would have a far more military-style training regimen (worse than the actual IST would actually enforce). The other students would see a reduction in all military behavior, as they’re being groomed for life outside the academy.
Everyone, outside the U.N., would probably call all of the schools “IST Academ(y/ies),” but, there would only be one, actual IST Academy.
In the shower, where I do the vast majority of my thinking, I came to the conclusion that, really, there should be a parent structure over the IST Academy. Let’s call it the United Nations Academy for Metahuman Studies (UNAMS). That could run a series of schools across the world (to keep those who want a lot of schools out there happy). They also oversee the actual IST Academy which is a single-campus, military-style academy where all students are welcomed, but expected to undergo a military-lite training regimen in addition to a wide range of academic courses.
It would allow the IST Academy to still prepare new IST Team Members, and give the opportunity for students who want to learn their powers the discipline and structure necessary to face the world with the confidence that they are able to use their powers for the betterment of themselves and their society.
The final year of IST Academy would see a marked split in the student body. Those who are going into the IST would have a far more military-style training regimen (worse than the actual IST would actually enforce). The other students would see a reduction in all military behavior, as they’re being groomed for life outside the academy.
Everyone, outside the U.N., would probably call all of the schools “IST Academ(y/ies),” but, there would only be one, actual IST Academy.