Mental Augmentation Project (MAP)

The Mental Augmentation Project is the training process designed for the Makhai pilots, in order for them to utilize the Geode systems that operate the mechs. As this process focuses primarily on adapting the human psyche to fully accept and use elemental magical powers, a fully immersive and complex simulation was designed.

The basic simulation scenario was planned out by the Rogue Angel design team, a pair of game designers whose project bid was accepted by the GDF. Their writing has been questionable at times and they are not the most successful of game designers, but some of their work has been exceptionally good and ground-breaking, even though others of their projects have widely missed the mark. They created the world and setting behind the simulation, the rough outline of plot events, and a wide variety of NPCs to choose from. Meanwhile, the simulation coordinator, a specialist named Johnathan Hylan, worked on the rules for elemental magic within this world and helped adapt the simulation to better fit the project's goals of training the pilots' psyches.

The simulation was designed with a basic structure in mind, but events within it would change depending on the actions of the trainee pilots and on their psychological profiles. The entire simulation would be run and monitored by an advanced AI called Tanan. Tanan's job was to monitor and analyze the neural state of the trainees, altering the simulation events accordingly in order to achieve the desired mental results. To do this, he had access to a number of possible plot outcomes and a database of NPCs to choose from. He was also able to design simulation identities for each of the trainees, drawing from their own memories and personalities when necessary.

Also on the MAP team are Dr. Tilly Dupont, a physician in charge of monitoring trainees' health and vitals during the simulation and assessing their health and physical competency throughout the project, and Dr. Dora Griffin, the psychologist who ran initial profiles on the pilot candidates and is in charge of assessing the mental state and psychological results of the training after the trainees exit the simulation.