And, yknow, working on tags, Mike did that thing, blah blah blah.

I would assume so or they never find a drift partner. It only disqualifies you from being a pilot though, you can still be a PPDC officer

Got it. Thanks!

The big problem is not being able to withstand what Drifting does to you - not that people are Drift Incompatible per say, but that they can't take the intensity/break down in the process

Even the comics point toward the danger of that happening - people hide secrets from each other, or they have major blowups that destroy relationships

It's less a danger of someone who has been taken as drift capable not finding anyone as it is breaking down under the training or the stress of what the drift is

You have to trust someone, and be trusted in return; you need mutual respect.

So if your character is unable to respect or trust others, or unable to be respected or trusted, that's the bigger make it or break it issue. Up to the point where they may even not want to try out the pons

system, which is the Drift system used in training drops (not as intense as the actual drift, the pons simulators are still pretty good at predicting how well you work with another like that.)

Oh, I was just wondering because Mike mentioned that he couldn't find anyone he could drift with in Alaska and I didn't know if that should prompt surprise or not.

Pons training would start after the three month Academy mark in this game.

But this is lots of good information! Thank you for being so thorough!

It'd probably make someone wonder if he hadn't been hesitant for other reasons, or bonded poorly with the group, or had his partner there fall through

Since most people came to Alaska with a partner, which could make it make sense for why Mike's down in Valparaíso where people come in partnerless and the program focuses on that model!

...Aww man. Too bad I already tagged, that's actually really good to know. Oh well.

Hey, it's all good! There's multiple ways for any person to take it, so nothing is inherently "right" or "wrong."

Yup! And like I said, it's good information for future reference. Thanks a bunch. c:

yw!

learning cool things by reading this! ^_^