Hi Brigade XO,
I suspect the crusher goes to some lengths to make it as real as possible, NTM the twists of real life experience that would expose their limited talents rather glaringly.
I'd argue the detailed results were kept secret, to avoid embarrassing so many aristocrats, though their classmates knew the truth.
We have plenty of textev that political and family influence could help idiots pass the crusher etc, just enough to advance their careers, as various persons wondered how either could have passed.
I suspect that was a major reason for Courvosier's among others reforms, because it was known it 'leaked'.
We've seen the same here, where the State Dept wanted the Army to graduate 'Baby Doc' Duvalier thru CGSC when he never attended a single day of class, chasing 'starlets' in Hollywood instead, though in that case, despite the political pressure the Army was able to refuse.
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Brigade XO wrote:KNick wrote:**quote="SWM"**There is nothing in the text that suggests that Santino or Pavel could not study and do tests well enough to pass the Crusher.**/quote**
There is also no textev to show that they understood anything that they learned at the Crusher. And even the toughest simulation is passable if you know in advance that you aren't really going to die. (No panic factor involved.) In both cases, it was the panic factor that led to their poor choices.
Did they reach their then current level of command prior to satisfactory completing The Crusher becoming nessisary to hold a particular level of command, at least on the tactical command?