[img]http://i.imgur.com/xbpaGAs.png[/img]

Premise:
It's been seven months since the start of the war. When North Korea finally made good on its threats against Washington, the Pentagon building was the first casualty, the nuclear fallout sending the nation into a panic, surging westward toward the center of the country. Capitalizing on the upheaval, Isis took its revenge on the UK, firing missiles that took out a good quarter of the royal navy. With all of Europe drawn into the fray, it took weeks for anyone to realize that the strain of influenza making the rounds was anything out of the ordinary. By the time the CDC had done their due diligence, the death toll had reached one million. Another bomb dropped, this time in Paris. Brussels was next. More grew ill, and the number of bodies climbed. Two million. Three. People were getting more and more ill, and the bombs continued to rain down, almost indiscriminately.

As fear turned to panic, as fallout shelters began springing up across the globe in response to the madness that was World War III, a signal began broadcasting over the radio, an advertisement of sorts. Black Dawn Academy, a political/military training facility for gifted youths. The advertisement was brief, concise. It called for students between the ages of 17 and 21 to take an aptitude test online, those who performed to standards were offered sanctuary and training at Black Dawn, where they would learn the skills they would need to survive the war and help rebuild the world, after. Application was open; regardless of alliance, race, religion, creed, or country. Parents, desperate to save at least one or sometimes even two of their children, encouraged their offspring to take the test, risking their lives to leave bomb shelters and safe zones to gain access to the internet and a chance at survival.

What I'm looking for:
Definitely not looking for a big group. 5-7 max, and since inevitably someone(s) will drop out, we can add more if and as needed. I'm looking for characters between 16 and 21 years old with some sort of outstanding qualities that make them special enough to be hand chosen from among the thousands of applicants. I'm not looking for Mary-Sues, Anime girls, superheroes, etc. Black Dawn Academy is a highly-secretive training area, its location so secret that not even those that attended it are aware of what country houses it. Physical military training, political science training, leadership workshops, survival training, and more are all taught at Black Dawn, a place that will break down the best of the best and then build them up into something even better.

Which brings us to here:
Are you interested? I thought you might be. In lieu of the traditional CS, what I'd like is the answers to the OSA (Online Segmented Assessment), as outlined here:

[quote][b]Online Segmented Assessment[/b][/quote]
1) [img]http://i.imgur.com/YeqNtxM.png[/img]
2) City/State/Country of Origin
3) What do you consider the most important quality in a leader, and why?
4) Describe a time when you could have demonstrated good leadership skills, but failed to do so.
5) If you were the leader of a world power, what are the first three steps you would take toward ending the war?
6) In wartime, which is more important - military protocol, or the morale of the people?
7) Throughout all of history, name the leader whose style you would most closely emulate, and why.
8) Rank the following in order of [b]least[/b] [b]to most[/b] important: Wilderness survival, espionage training, getting a good night's rest, the art of persuasion, martial prowess, agricultural skill.
9) Which do you think has the capacity to be more dangerous in the long-term - the ongoing war, or the illness ravaging the population?
10) Describe your personality in in one concise paragraph.
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[Submit]

Thank you for submitting your application. Should you be chosen, a representative of Black Dawn Academy will arrive to bring you to the site. Godspeed.
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