Zhong Zhi Sheng

The final test for any Warrior of Peace aspirant is the Zhong Zhi Sheng, a strategy test developed by the Jade General and his Generals. An aspirant nearing the end of his training would be taken to Nangu, a moon of Han, where a combat scenario was constructed. The scenario was designed to simulate a city fight campaign, with the aspirant given command of a group of new recruits. The area was garrisoned with specially-created servitors and automata, capable of punishing bad tactical decisions and even killing aspirants.

The leader would be given a target somewhere in the city, and would have to find and eliminate it. There was a set time limit, and the aspirant would be penalised for every squad member knocked out in the combat, and severe penalties for a death. The scenario forced the aspirant to show leadership, tactical skill, analysing the terrain and decision making.

The final part of the scenario would always play out the same way. Once the target had been located, it would be revealed that the target had taken hostages and had planted a bomb that would kill them if he died. One of the hostages was someone close to the recruit before they joined the legion, a family member or a lover or a friend. The aspirant was expected to kill the target, and if the supervisors felt that the aspirant was taking too long to decide, the automata would be made to close in on the group. Any aspirant that failed their mission by refusing to kill the target were immediately rejected by the legion and forced into the legion serfs, and even those who somehow found a way to successfully kill the target and not kill the hostages would be marked down but allowed to continue training.

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