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''AKA "The Lottery"'' | ''AKA "The Lottery"'' | ||
| − | Proposed by Professor Janet Hawthorn in 4959, the Initiative promised to determine the factors that made a person suitable to become a Lancer. It was to be a colossal project, but by all estimation it would be both more cost-effective and more efficient than relying on the random | + | Proposed by Professor Janet Hawthorn in 4959, the Initiative promised to determine the factors that made a person suitable to become a Lancer. It was to be a colossal project, but by all estimation it would be both more cost-effective and more efficient than relying on the random natural lancer screening. |
| − | Military and government personnel who wanted (more) children were encouraged to enrol with considerable financial incentives and promises of comfortable insurance. Their children would be augmented before conception and | + | Military and government personnel who wanted (more) children were encouraged to enrol with considerable financial incentives and promises of comfortable insurance. Their children would be augmented before conception, and alongside this their medical needs would be met, they would receive education, and considerable training. In return, they would service a set period of military service once they became of age. In all cases, the goal was to monitor and test for pilot aptitude. |
| − | Those that passed (i.e. those who “won the lottery”) would receive all the benefits Lancers the galaxy over have come to expect. And the Union would use their physiological | + | Those that passed (i.e. those who “won the lottery”) would receive all the benefits Lancers the galaxy over have come to expect. And the Union would use their physiological, psychological profiles – recorded data from their upbringing, and environment – would be applied to refine the next batch of “lottery kids”. |
==Janet Hawthorn, PhD== | ==Janet Hawthorn, PhD== | ||
Formerly a leading Union scientist, she oversaw a variety of Lancer screening programmes before spearheading the Hawthorn Initiative. Seeking to unravel the mysteries that elevated a Lancer from the general population, her ideas eventually became the subject of considerable military interest. | Formerly a leading Union scientist, she oversaw a variety of Lancer screening programmes before spearheading the Hawthorn Initiative. Seeking to unravel the mysteries that elevated a Lancer from the general population, her ideas eventually became the subject of considerable military interest. | ||
