Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25316824-20160917214234/@comment-26018514-20160918042700

Gastropod wrote:

HighCastle67 wrote: It still seems strange that the students don't have pay anything extra or do extra work while there.

Programs/events like this typically require something to like balance it in a way. Not really. They're already attending 1 of the 4 most prestigious academies on the planet, which are undoubtedly either very heavily subsidized or entirely funded by the government (that is, when they don't actually run the government in the case of Atlas) seeing as how they're literally necessary for the very survival of the human race.

The kingdoms don't skimp on the education of the next generation of huntsmen and huntresses when they are literally the only thing between them and extinction. That isn't even the half of it, transit-wise Remnant is a pretty small world and these are military assets... they need to recognise each other and how to both work together and know each others strengths... they may even require a certain number of representatives show up in the first place to ensure all the kingdoms know what each other have.