Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20170816155108/@comment-26018514-20170817221709

Maki Kuronami wrote: Hi, Maki here because this conversation is silly.

Assuming Beacon operates on college logic/military training. Why exactly is it necessary to waste the time of those who passed the Initiation already? Like, this is the equivalent of making someone retake his Thesis again because two chucklefucks need to take it and he needs two extra members to qualify for the second half of his Thesis (assuming that his Thesis is two separate subjects).

... except it's not... Assuming their teammate DIED the team has fucked up... like failing a group project, not a thesis, if the flunk out is completely academic though, then you are correct... except again, the test is a team building excercise, so it cannot be done solo... and this teams older members would need an easier environment like the initiation exam to rebuild their own confidence too, the new members could occaisionally be pulled from other institutions, but that would never be a practical end all solution.

Initiation(the combat aspects), was not a waste of time... it's a field test, Field test results are always applicable, the military doesn't give you days off on PT and cleaning your station because you managed it once... you need to constantly prove competency.