Shinnou University
This page contains information about the curriculum of Shinnou University, as well as a guide on their character creation at the bottom. Please make use of this when making your trainee and use the NPC sheet when you submit them.
General Information
- Trainees who enter Shinnou University can either be:
- A Shinnou Academy high school graduate.
- An adult User who wants aid C.O.R.E as an official agent .
- The age requirements for applying as a trainee are:
- The applicant must at least be 17 years old.
- The applicant must be below their 30’s. This is because the trainee program is heavy on physical work and they must be healthy from a reasonable age.
- All trainees will be sent out for Public Safety Missions, regardless of course or year.
- The trainees will be given official field experience through this training. They will usually have full-fledged agents to accompany and guide them, so they will not be unsupervised.
Foundation: Public Safety Degree (1 Year)
- Requirements to become qualified to train as a Public Safety Agents:
- Pass the following:
- Drug Test
- Health Clearance
- Police Clearance
- Child Handling
- Fitness Check
- Have the following:
- Passport
- Driving License
- Be able to file their own incomes and taxes.
- Be able to cook and have decent/healthy meals.
- Be able to exercise mindfulness and accept responsibilities given.
- They MUST pass a Neuropsychological Test to ensure stable mental and emotional capabilities necessary for the job.
- Pass the following:
- Requirements to maintain status as a Public Safety Agent:
- Fitness criteria to remain capable while on the job.
- Renew passport yearly.
- Yearly health/medical check-ups.
- Course Information:
- This course focuses on the existing theories about coeur and the current society, along with general information about the courses that a trainee may follow and pursue after they finish the one year allotted for this course.
- This year is referred to as the ‘foundation’ as it focuses on teaching the trainees theories and concepts, hence it is often heavy on reading and text books. This is required before any trainee can delve into the other subjects/degrees that the university has to offer.
- After finishing this, trainees may go straight to CORE to work as official Public Safety agents or undertake the rest of the other degrees available or pursue other careers as they wish.
- Those who wish to remain in the Public Safety Department of C.O.R.E once they graduate has the option of pursuing another year in the course. The first year foundation has the basics of an all the introduction you need to other degrees as well as the rules and regulations that C.O.R.E imposes, but the second year offers a more in-depth study of handling civilians in any situation.
- This has a fixed grading system.
- Any trainee who decides to continue to another degree after finishing the foundation year will continue assisting Public Safety department whenever necessary.
- This foundation course also teaches the trainees all basic self-defense techniques and gives them a certificate to use for their requirements in the latter degrees.
- Your student may also use a certificate of recognized self-defense from the outside to pursue other courses, if they wish.
- We recommend learning multiple martial arts depending on the degree that you pursue, but this is NOT required.
Shinnou University Programs
- After graduating from training as a Public Safety Agent, the students are given recommendations on what department they should consider getting into based on the results of their training from the past year. However, this is completely optional and the trainees may pursue departments that were not in their recommendations.
- If they would like to train for other departments, they will need to take specific tests for the department of their interest. As long as they pass the requirements for it, even without recommendations, they may enroll into the training program of their choice.
- There is also an option of remaining in the Public Safety Department if they choose to do so.
- As stated previously, trainees from all programs are required to aid the Public Safety Department of C.O.R.E during their years in the university.
- Pass the following:
- Drug Test
- Health Clearance
- Police Clearance
- Child Handling Check
- Fitness Check
- Pass the following:
Human Relations Degree (1 Year)
- Requirements:
- Complete the Public Safety Degree.
- Complete the requirements for the Public Safety Degree.
- Complete the Human Relations Degree.
- They MUST pass a Neuropsychological Test to ensure stable mental and emotional capabilities necessary for the job.They must have a certificate that shows that they underwent a recognized self-defense course.
- Master the three (3) basic languages from Shinnou: English, Japanese, and French
- Willingness to hone their observational, reflexive thinking, strategic planning and decision making through a series of practical tests over the 2 year duration of this course.
- They must maintain their skills in the basic self-defense techniques taught during the foundation course.
- Assessment Exams for Entry:
- Written Exam (40%)
- Physical Exam (20%)
- Performance Exam (40%)
- Public Speaking and Negotiation
- Course Information:
- This course focuses on in-depth training on how to deal with detailed paperwork, memorizing the internal systems of C.O.R.E, the relationships between C.O.R.E and other organizations, public presentations and conferences.
- Sociology is one of the main focuses of this course.
- This is focused on practical work in the office and relationships outside the office, so they also do field work with publishing agencies (newspapers, advertisements, etc) and are in charge of maintaining CORE’s public image.
- They must know or learn how to deal with people in everyday life. (eg: customer service, dealing with children, how to take phone calls or asking the necessary questions to get the info you need etc)
- They learn how to stop any conflict between users and non-users. They must be or is willing to train to become eloquent and good at negotiating.
- Human Relations Agents has the opportunity to get promoted into the Administrative Department. There is no Administration Degree as that department can only be accessed through work and experience.
Operations Degree (2 Years)
- Requirements:
- Complete the Public Safety Degree.
- Complete the requirements for the Public Safety Degree.
- Complete the Human Relations Degree.
- They MUST pass a Neuropsychological Test to ensure stable mental and emotional capabilities necessary for the job.
- They must have a certificate that shows that they underwent a recognized self-defense course.
- Master the three (3) basic languages from Shinnou: English, Japanese, and French
- Willingness to hone their observational, reflexive thinking, strategic planning and decision making through a series of practical tests over the 2 year duration of this course.
- They must maintain their skills in the basic self-defense techniques taught during the foundation course.
- Assessment Exams for Entry:
- Written Exam (40%)
- Physical Exam (20%)
- Performance Exam (40%)
- Negotiation and Tactical Planning
- Course Information:
- This course focuses on situational problems and practical lessons. Operators in C.O.R.E are the ones who relay instructions and commands to the Public Safety, Recovery, Countermeasure, and Reconnaissance Agents who are on the field mission.
- They will be required to learn constructing strategization and past tactics used on the field.
- Trainees cannot enter this course without acquiring the Human Relations Degree first.
- This degree is advised for people who have a natural trait of being observant to the team’s surroundings, wielding insight and far-sighted predictions.
- Preferably having a coeur that can help the agents through the screen can greatly benefit them. Examples of coeurs like the ones above would be premonition or intuition-based coeurs, but are not limited to these two. This is also not an absolute requirement.
Research and Development Degree (2 Years)
- Requirements:
- Complete the Public Safety Degree.
- Complete the requirements for the Public Safety Degree.
- They MUST pass a Neuropsychological Test to ensure stable mental and emotional capabilities necessary for the job.
- They must have a certificate that shows that they underwent a recognized self-defense course.
- Master the three (3) basic languages from Shinnou: English, Japanese, and French
- Willingness to learn and grow along with the department as they make more discoveries about coeurs.
- Willingness to study Corruption in-depth
- Assessment Exams for Entry:
- Written Exam (40%)
- Physical Exam (20%)
- Performance Exam (40%)
- Research Thesis for their final paper
- Course Information:
- This course focuses on learning about the already established theories and practices related to coeur-science, as well as helping create new discoveries for innovation and new technology that can be used to better understand coeurs. This course goes in-depth on both User and Corrupted User research.
- Trainees in this course will focus on all the aspects that help us wield our coeurs which are:
- Physical Health
- Mental Health
- Emotional Health
- Spiritual Health
- Multiple psychological and biological fields are used in this course which include but not limited to biopsychology, field, behavioral, and physiological sciences, to research more in depth about coeurs and how they affect our bodies and minds as a whole. This helps pave ways to find counters or cures to existing afflictions and create new technology that will aid and benefit the Users.
- This is recommended for trainees who wishes to know more about coeurs and the intricacies that help us wield them. Anyone who thirsts for knowledge about coeurs is welcome in this department.
- The general activities in this course is centered on both facility research and field research. Theories on how to use certain coeurs based on their types and fortes are used for application. New technological advances are usually born from this department as well, especially when it comes to technology that employs both coeur, science, and magic as a whole.
- This degree also helps one gain more understanding about Corruption as a whole, with C.O.R.E headquarters around the world collaborating on the necessary information to treat the Corrupted Users under their wing. Execution is often different on each headquarters, but the standard for care is usually the same.
Recovery Degree (3 Years)
- Requirements:
- Complete the Public Safety Degree
- Complete the requirements for the Public Safety Degree
- They MUST pass a Neuropsychological Test to ensure stable mental and emotional capabilities necessary for the job.
- Master the three (3) basic languages from Shinnou: English, Japanese, and French
- They must have a certificate that shows that they underwent a recognized self-defense course.
- Willingness to learn more about Corruption and Coeurs as a whole and apply the necessary knowledge to help the ones that need it the most
- They must be willing to travel most of the time for your job to track Users that we can recover
- They must be willing to undergo harsh training that will build speed, adaptability, critical thinking, negotiating. physical and mental prowess over the 3 years of being under this course.
- Assessment Exams for Entry:
- Written Exam (40%)
- Physical Exam (20%)
- Performance Exam (40%)
- A standard mission that they need to succeed on to become a full-fledged Recovery Agent
- Course Information:
- This course focuses on training physical prowess, coeur control, developing your critical thinking, and also a deep understanding of psychology.
- Both criminal and field psychology will be studied in this degree, with the main goal of Recovery agents being ‘to recover and save as much Users around the world as possible.’
- Trainees who wish to become a Recovery Agent must be willing to constantly travel and go to remote areas to retrieve Users from the less developed parts of the world.
- Being a Recovery Agent comes at a high risk, hence the training is often difficult and harsh in order to prepare any agent for any situation that they might encounter.
- Recovery Agents also retrieve Corrupted Users who can still be saved, hence they are given in-depth lessons about Corruption itself and how to deal with it.
- Recovery agents are taught how to use specific weapons to gain the upper hand in recovery missions, but they also usually specialize in dealing with their opponents mentally in order to incapacitate them.
- This degree is recommended for trainees who are able to fight and defend themselves both with and without their coeurs, hence coeur mastery AND physical capabilities are held at a high standard. You must know how to fight and defend yourself in the field!
- They are allowed to carry around weapons during class hours as they constantly have to train- but this is ONLY during class hours. If they want to use their weapons outside of class hours, they can only use it in the Underground Training Facility.
- Those who carry weapons outside of class hours will be supervised by our resident rams.
- Inappropriate use of weapons against anyone or any property in the academy will be reported and the offending trainee will swiftly be punished.
- This course focuses on training physical prowess, coeur control, developing your critical thinking, and also a deep understanding of psychology.
Countermeasures Degree (3 Years)
- Requirements:
- Complete the Public Safety Degree
- Complete the requirements for the Public Safety Degree
- They MUST pass a Neuropsychological Test to ensure stable mental and emotional capabilities necessary for the job.
- They must have a certificate that shows that they underwent a recognized self-defense course.
- Master the three (3) basic languages from Shinnou: English, Japanese, and French
- Willingness to dispatch Corrupted Users and criminals swiftly and efficiently
- Willingness to travel around the world to track and dispatch dangerous Corrupted Users and Criminals
- They must be willing to undergo harsh training that will build speed, adaptability, critical thinking, strength, physical, and mental prowess over the 3 years of being under this course.
- Assessment Exams for Entry:
- Written Exam (40%)
- Physical Exam (20%)
- Performance Exam (40%)
- A standard mission that they need to succeed on to become a full-fledged Countermeasures Agent
- Course Information:
- This course focuses on training the User’s coeur mastery along with their physical and mental capabilities. A Countermeasure Agent’s job is to dispatch dangerous criminals and Corrupted Users, hence they have a high risk of being affected both physically and mentally by Corruption.
- Both criminal and field psychology will be studied in this degree, with the main goal of Countermeasure Agents being ‘to dispatch and remove any threats that may harm the greater good.’
- This includes a lot of physical and mental training, as well as mastering the basic self-defense techniques that C.O.R.E requires all its agents to have.
- Mastery in one or more martial arts style is highly recommended, as this course is not only about defending yourself, but mostly being on the offensive side.
- Countermeasure students are taught how to use specific weapons that suit them best and how to incorporate it with their fighting style. They are also taught not to solely depend on their coeur in order to gain the upper hand in battle, but to use all the resources available to them to achieve their objective
- They are allowed to carry around weapons during class hours as they constantly have to train- but this is ONLY during class hours. If they want to use their weapons outside of class hours, they can only use it in the Underground Training Facility.
- Those who carry weapons outside of class hours will be first supervised by our resident rams.
- Inappropriate use of weapons against anyone or any property in the academy will be reported and the offending trainee will swiftly be punished.
Reconnaissance Degree (3 Years)
- Requirements:
- Complete the Public Safety Degree
- Complete the requirements for the Public Safety Degree
- They MUST pass a Neuropsychological Test to ensure stable mental and emotional capabilities necessary for the job.
- They must have a certificate that shows that they underwent a recognized self-defense course.
- Master the three (3) basic languages from Shinnou: English, Japanese, and French
- Willingness to dispatch Corrupted Users and criminals swiftly and efficiently
- Willingness to travel around the world to track and dispatch dangerous Corrupted Users and Criminals
- They must be willing to undergo harsh training that will build speed, stealth, adaptability, critical thinking, solid communication skills, mental prowess, and mastery of escape tactics over the 3 years of being under this course.
- Assessment Exams for Entry:
- Written Exam (40%)
- Physical Exam (20%)
- Performance Exam (40%)
- A standard mission that they need to succeed on to become a full-fledged Reconnaissance Agent
- Course Information:
- This course focuses on training and becoming proficient in the art of espionage and intelligence gathering for critical information. A high-risk job with an often reasonable possibility of being caught by the enemies, trainees under this degree undergoes harsh mental, physical, espionage, and escape training in order to hone their skills in becoming what is essentially a ‘spy’.
- Both criminal and field psychology will be studied in this degree, with the main goal of Reconnaissance Agents being ‘to gather as much intelligence that can help prevent casualties in any situation and save as many people as possible through the wise use of critical information.’
- Reconnaissance agents doesn’t have a routine schedule. They are expected to endure long periods of no sleep and discomfort, hence they must be able to maintain concentration despite the fatigue, discomfort, and constant threat of physical danger.
- Trainees who apply for this degree will be tested with their resilience and cognitive abilities. Solid communication skills are also a must and they are required to be able to communicate through nonverbal or written means.
- The following martial arts are recommended to trainees in this department, but they are NOT required:
- Aikido
- Krav Maga
- Muay Thai
- Masteries in other martial arts will also be advantageous in this field.
General Medical Degree (3 Years)
- Requirements:
- Complete the Public Safety Degree
- Complete the requirements for the Public Safety Degree
- They MUST pass a Neuropsychological Test to ensure stable mental and emotional capabilities necessary for the job.
- They must have a certificate that shows that they underwent a recognized self-defense course.
- Master the three (3) basic languages from Shinnou: English, Japanese, and French
- Willingness to learn and grow along with the department as they make more discoveries about coeurs.
- Assessment Exams for Entry:
- Written Exam (40%)
- Physical Exam (20%)
- Performance Exam (40%)
- Research Thesis for their pinal paper
- Course Information:
- This course focuses on learning how to treat unstable coeurs, coeur-inflicted afflictions/injuries, and suppress corruption through the use of psychological therapies. This course focuses on learning how to treat unstable coeurs, coeur-inflicted afflictions/injuries, and suppress corruption through the use of psychological therapies.
- Trainees in this course will focus on all the aspects that help us wield our coeurs which are:
- Physical Health
- Mental Health
- Emotional Health
- Spiritual Health
- Multiple psychological fields are taught in this course which include but not limited biopsychology, field, behavioral, and health psychology.
- User physiology also varies from person to person, so multiple biological sciences is also studied in this course to know how coeurs affect the body during usage.
- Studying and honing their knowledge about the above will contribute to their skills on dealing with any type of coeur User that they need to aid in the future.
- Basic first aid and other common medical procedures are taught in this course.
- The General Medical Department is an official department in C.O.R.E, but Medics or Medical Agents are often kept in the Rehabilitation Ward to treat the patients unless they’re dispatched to help on the field.
Curriculum Guide
University Party Systems
Course and Year Identification
Classes and Curriculum
Schedules
Regular Standard Check
- The party systems for universities are essentially the same from when the trainees were in high school, assuming the trainees come from Shinnou Academy.
- For in-campus or sanctioned training sessions, parties are limited to year levels but regardless of course , hence a mix your classmates or batchmates will usually be in your party.
- For official missions, parties will be mixed regardless of year and course so that the trainees know how to work with different types of people in the future.
Course and Year Identification
- The population of the university is a mix of either a dozen agents in one course or a handful in another, sometimes depending on the year.
- Schedules for each class/subject can vary after their foundation year, much like a normal university. The trainees are allowed to pick which times from the available choices they want and adjust their schedule accordingly to make time for personal training and other responsibilities.
Classes and Curriculum
- First Year
- Also known as the foundation year. The freshmen usually have a fixed and tightly-packed first year! All the theories they need to know about are introduced during their first year so they constantly have to study. Like most universities, freshmen in Shinnou University usually have a block or fixed class roster during their first year!
- They are mainly taught about self-defense, first aid procedures, and existing rules, internal systems and management, and regulations that C.O.R.E imposes on its zones.
- Second Year
- In their second year at the university, their new course outlines will depend on the degree that they chose to pursue. This is when specific information and knowledge that only the degree offers is taught to the students.
- For example, Research and Development majors will immediately be introduced to more theories and applications about coeurs, General Medical Majors will be taught first aid and general medical procedures, and Recovery Majors will be taught about field and criminal psychology
- Third Year
- In their third year, the trainee’s skills and specialties are specifically honed more. They would be rather experienced at this point, as C.O.R.E has already sent them out on various official missions over the last 2 years. But they will still be subject to a lot of training and tests to prove their capabilities.
- Their final performance exams determines if they can become a full-fledged agent.
- Fourth Year or On-going
- Some courses the trainees wished to pursue exceeds their three educational years in Shinnou Academy. With each passing year, their education will morph from that of merely learning as many fields as possible into a narrowed peripheral of the skills and knowledge they wish to focus on. Those who continue their studies beyond their third years often pave their way to specialists and are highly sought by every C.O.R.E. Headquarters.
Schedules
- Schedules for each class/subject can vary after their foundation year, much like a normal university. The trainees are allowed to pick which times from the available choices they want and adjust their schedule accordingly to make time for personal training and other responsibilities.
Regular Standard Check
- Health and Fitness
- Every season, all students (whether they be from the academy or university) are required to take a medical check-up that’s sanctioned by C.O.R.E and Shinnou. This is to make sure that all students are healthy, but the requirements of their status as C.O.R.E trainees require them to be constantly fit and able to carry out missions as necessary.
- The Underground Training Facility is their usual training ground and it’s always open for them to use, so they can always maintain their physical health.
- Drug testing is also done on trainees each season. The process for this is very strict and mind readers are employed to make sure that no one is cheating.
- Those who didn’t pass the drug and physical test in the following years of their study will be supervised further for improvement/recovery to their standard records.
- Therapy
- All students are given free consultations and therapy sessions by C.O.R.E and the academy. For trainees, they’re required to be neuropsychologically checked each season to ensure their mental stability.
- Mind readers and empathy Users are also used on new trainees to ensure that they have the open mentality that they need for their future careers.
- Criminal Records
- If an applicant wants to be a trainee, but has an existing criminal record, they will be assessed and supervised by other Users to ensure that they will not take chances and commit anymore criminal acts.
- Neuropsychological testing will also be employed to test their impulses and ensure that they have control over themselves and their past recorded tendencies.
- Winter Exams
- Each year, the trainees are all tested during the end of winter in order to see what they have learned and how they apply it to problems. The exam type varies from course to course, but passing it or not determines if they are able to progress into the next year or graduate their specific courses.
- Those who don’t pass can try again one more time to polish what they lack, but if they still don't pass they will eb held back and have to polish themselves more for the next Winter Exam
Character Creation Guide
General:
- Full body
- Must be drawn by you (no bases, tracing, etc.)
- Any hair/eye color is fine except for neon/rainbow
- Font: Urdu Typesetting
- Your character must be in the Shinnou University Trainee uniform.
- You are allowed to change forte based on abilities that you acquire in the future.
- Please read all the necessary information before creating a character!
PROFILE:
- Name:
- Birthdate: [Make sure it's in (Season) (Date) format!]
- Age: [18-30 years old]
- Height/Weight: [ in cm and kg ]
- Nickname: [Optional]
- Gender: [biological]
- Nationality:
- Major/Year Level:
- Zodiac/Core: [Optional!]
COEUR
- Coeur: Ability Name
- Description: How your character's ability works! This should explain how your ability can be manifested or used, along with the general traits that it shows upon usage.
- Type: (Somatic/Manipulator/Parapsychology/Technical)
- Forte: (Defense/Offense/Support)
- Contrecoeur: (Your ability's drawback, limitations, and consequences if overused.)
- Limiter/Inhibitor: (Leave blank if your character doesn't need it!)
- Skills:
- Name (Attribute) - Description
- All trainee characters can have at least nine (9) basic skills.
- Weapon of Choice: (N/A if not applicable)
Personality
- Please give at least 3 positive and 3 negative traits for our character's personality traits, along with a 3-5 sentences that describe these traits.
Biography
- Your character's background and how they grew up. Your character may have grown up in the school if they were admitted early, or is a late-bloomer and hence it may be their first time on the island.
- For a small summary of what the trainees were doing during the past timelines, please refer to the following below:
- Year 1
- Spring 01
- Most trainees were sent out on a mission at Okinawa and were helping quell civil unrest. They all eventually returned by the last day of the event to clean up the mess that Johen left on the island.
- Summer 02
- The trainees came with the first year students to Singapore to help facilitate the mock mission. They were also most likely staying in a different floor from where the students was from, with only Hijiri’s team being assigned to watch over the kids.
- They also had their own training and mock fights against C.O.R.E Singapore Agents for experience.
- Fall 01
- The trainees were at the academy and was supposedly joining the festivities. When the monsters came out, they were asked to help rescue civilians in Kokoro Town and get them to safety.
- Winter 01
- During the first half of winter, trainees would be preparing for their year-end exams that determines if they can continue their course next year. So while the highschool students are having fun, the trainees are having winter exams and probably suffering from university student woes.
- Spring 01
- Year 2
- Spring 02
- The trainees were most likely still getting used to their new course or workload, so they’re probably buried in books or training…. Haggard university trainees, GG.
- Summer 02
- The trainees were busy with helping quell the artificial User uprising that occurred around the world during Gillebhrath's mass kidnapping of the students!
- Spring 02
- They also had their own training and mock fights against C.O.R.E Singapore Agents for experience.
Miscellaneous:
- Likes/Dislikes:
- Trivia: [Optional; your character's habits, quirks, and etc!]