Prestige Link → The formal connection request system within Veritas. Students must be linked before communication, collaborations, or social interactions are unlocked.
A connection isn't automatic — it signals mutual recognition and status validation.
Once connected, users gain access to each other's feeds, direct messages, private event invites, and collaborative access.
Aiden's first Veritas connection? Naturally, his sister — Aria Lancaster, auto-linked as family.
Trendboard → A curated panel tied directly to each student's Veritas profile. Not just what you cared about — but what you wanted the world to know you cared about.
Built from Tribune bookmarks, tagged content, and personal research logs, it acted as a broadcast of strategic intent. What you were learning, chasing, or obsessed with — all distilled into a signal.
In Avalon, that signal mattered. The right Trendboard could draw collaborators, mentors, or even opportunities.
Avalon Tribune → The island's central intelligence stream, where curated headlines, ranked House news, innovation spotlights, and verified gossip converged to shape what students should care about. If Veritas showed who you were, Tribune showed what mattered next.
Campus programs — everything from simulated diplomacy trials to kinetic blade sparring in dynamic-gravity arenas — were tiered by House, Prestige Rank, and access level.
The learning model itself fascinated him most.
No daily classes.
No rigid bells or rote lectures.
Instead — self-directed mastery.
Two hours of core academics mandatory per day — accelerated modules he could clear at his own pace.
After that?
Pure choice.
Avalon's ecosystem thrived on it.
Personal pathways branching in every direction — and all impossibly elite by ordinary standards.
Golf? Run by instructors handpicked by Tiger Woods himself, following his proprietary "Precision Play Doctrine."
Basketball? Directed by retired NBA MVPs and championship coaches running strategic clinics.
Culinary arts? Michelin chefs teaching hands-on ateliers that would bankrupt most summer programs.
Fashion? Student collabs with Dior and Fendi creative directors were routine coursework.
This wasn't luxury.
This was baseline.
But then came the next level — the kind of access no amount of privilege could simply buy.
Aiden flicked through the Elite Mentorship Index — invitation-only programs tied to global titans and visionary pioneers.
These weren't trophies or accolades.
They were pressure points of power — keys to industries, future monopolies, and geopolitical levers.
Not impressive. Essential.
AI & Quantum — DeepMind x OpenAI Elite Fellows Program (guided by AI architects from ChatGPT, AlphaGo and beyond)
Strategic Thinking — Magnus Carlsen Invitational (chess and competitive logic intensives)
Diplomatic Strategy — Geneva Coalition Roundtable (former UN Secretaries-General and Nobel Peace Laureates)
Bioengineering — CRISPR Frontier Initiative (mentored by Nobel laureates, Jennifer Doudna)
Aerospace & Future Tech — Elon Musk Innovator's Forum (hosted by SpaceX leads and Musk himself in select cycles)
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