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8 years 10 months ago - 8 years 10 months ago #1 by Jarjaross
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  • Not sure if this goes here or in concepts.

    Does anyone know where the story where Sara gets tested has gone? I can't find it.

    I remember some of the key points of the test, and that it was a form of standard testing (don't remember the name).

    There was a written test with ramped up difficulty to test intelligence and intuition increases. Occasionally used for danger sense testing.

    There was treadmill running with a tennis ball to the back of the head. Testing both speed and danger sense.

    Other physical tests such as weightlifting for strength testing.

    A devisor/gadgeteer test where they have to build something out of parts on a table.

    This test where the dodge ball thing comes from. Supposed to test agility, speed, reactions, and danger sense again.

    I know the treadmill and dodgeball are mention in other tests, they are the most memorable/iconic, I want the full spectrum of the test if I can get it. It might not be in any of Sara's stories but that is the one I remember it in.

    Edit (probably the first of many, I'll be adding to this post as I get more accuracy on the test involved): added in the devisor/gadgeteer test and added to written test.

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    8 years 10 months ago #2 by Valentine
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  • I think you are thinking of Eldritch's tests which are in a couple parts of Call the Thunder.

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  • Sara's testing occurred in 'A Simple Game' (sara 1), in the 'Chapter 2' section. The name of the iconic test is the Xavier test, named in part after the X-men franchise. Because Phase was genre savy about the test, he was tazered during the intelligence test rather than hit with a ball during the endurance test.

    If I'm not mistaken, most of the original Kimbas go through testing in their introduction stories.

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  • They appear in a lot of stories (Valentine), I was looking for the name (thanks cprime). I don't know where the fullest tests are but I will check both stories.

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  • she also gets tested in the "temporal spectral analysis machine " that requires a special suit to be worn and no movement---that happens at ARC and this is when they find most of the very weird GOO stuff out in her!

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  • Brief note, though, is that it isn't MCO testing. It's Whateley testing, which is more thorough and accurate than the standard MCO requirements. Plus some ARC testing on top of that.

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  • I'm not sure which characters were tested by the MCO, if any.
    Toni, Nikki, Hank didn't have any scenes.
    Jade was tested by a mutant cop in Kansas City.
    Ayla was "tested" by Sunscreen.
    Billie and Chou were tested at Whateley.
    Sara by ARC.
    Kayda the SFL.
    Brianna the DOD.
    Ribbon was tested by the MCO!
    Knockoff by Doc Brown
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  • I've apparently labeled this topic poorly. There are way more places that do testing than the MCO. The first comment will be maintained with elements of the Xaiver test but feel free (saying this with no authority to stop you anyway) to place other power test here as well.

    It could be a decent resource (other than the wiki) for those looking at how power testing works.

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  • Jarjaross wrote: I've apparently labeled this topic poorly. There are way more places that do testing than the MCO. The first comment will be maintained with elements of the Xaiver test but feel free (saying this with no authority to stop you anyway) to place other power test here as well.

    It could be a decent resource (other than the wiki) for those looking at how power testing works.


    There seems to be multiple kinds of testing going on in the WU.

    For example Jade's tests were just to prove that she faking it, and was actually a mutant. (There seemed to be no actual testing places around.)

    Other places are doing full MID classification tests, and these run from the extreme high tech and quality (Whateley, DOD) to the fairly effective (MCO offices, Doc Brown), to the joke that is Sunscreen.

    Unfortunately you are going to have to either go through stories, or hope someone can tell you where to look. I can tell you a few places.

    Jade's is in Jade 1 (there is also some hidden in many of the Jade stories (Jinn's strength tests, Jade's Regen tests)
    Ayla's is in Ayla 1 (the scenes where he is being tortured, and I think some of Sunscreen's tests)
    Ayla's is also scattered through Ayla and the Tests
    Whisper's starts in Chapter 27.
    Ribbon's is in her story (mentions strength, gadgeteering, and a couple of others)
    Eldritch's starts in Call the Thunder part 4

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