Caunotaucarius Imperial Finishing School
The Caunotaucarius Imperial Finishing School is located on the world of Aleshanee in the Empty Quarter.
Founded in 259, it is a light base set on a very tall, icy spire, surrounded by several tall, carved pillars of ice. (The visual echo to the Imperial Moot on Capital is not accidental). It exists to serve the children of 'nobility in embarrassing circumstances' – respected, but not very wealthy, gentry, Knights, and Barons. While the education provided is satisfactory and superior to local educational establishments (an easy goal to achieve within the Imperial Empty Quarter, the Finishing School’s importance is rooted in two purposes, both implicit.
First, the school serves as a platform where future movers and shakers can network with each other, binding the interstellar elite together.
Second, the Finishing School strongly indoctrinates the children with the 'Imperial ethos' – by the example of the teachers, culture, discipline (official and otherwise), and implicit assumptions woven in the curriculum.
The Finishing School is partly subsidized by the Sector Duke, and has strong links (formal and informal) to Capital. The school is christened after the Seneca name of General George Washington, meaning 'town taker'. Empty Quarter American Indians are as proud of their historical lineage as any Vilani, and tend to exaggerate their influence over the first (and by far the most famous) American republic.
Worlds & Sectors[edit]
This institution is primarily based out of the following sector:
World Listing: 1105[edit]
The following systems and worlds are associated with this institution:
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References[edit]
- Jason Kemp. "Adventure: Walking in the Air." Stellar Reaches 06 (2007): 11.