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=Battle Tournaments and Student Ranking System=


==Student Ranking System==

===The Ranking System; {{Furigana|Battle Omnicon|Named Charts}}===

:Each academy of Asterisk has a ranking system. Although the rules differ from one academy to another, each academy has a ranking list that clarifies who sits at the top of each academy; they become the {{furigana|Battle Omnicon|Named Cards}}. There is a limit of 72 names in each academy's book. The top twelve among them who have their names appear on the first page of the list are commonly known as  {{furigana|Top Twelve|Page One}}.


==The Battle-Stage==

==The Battle-Stage and Stadiums==

*A special Battle-Stage is used for general purpose fighting in duels, challenges and official tournaments. These Battle-Stages are located in multiple halls, arenas and stadiums in Asterisk City and the schools. Each is fully equipped with strong surrounding force fields to protect the audience (and likely the nearby buildings.)
*In addition to the force field shielding; The walls of the buildings in Asterisk had all undergone a strengthening process identical to those employed by the match arena.
:Combatants use dangerously powerful techniques, weaponized Mana Dites and Prana enhanced forces that can even bend the local physics of space-time and gravity.
:Surrounding the stage, a defensive barrier-wall is erected in order to protect the audience from stray bullets or emergency accidents and the like; but a large quantity of energy and a large-scale system are necessary for that.
:The largest stadium boasts a maximum seating capacity of one hundred thousand people. When the Festa is held, all contestants will gather there.
:Although its outward appearance is meant to mimic the Roman Colosseum, they are two very different structures. There are three other large amphitheaters, and seven mid-sized ones. When it comes to the small ones, who knows how many there are?
:According to regulations, battles occurring in the city center must be held within one of these arenas. In practice, however, that's not always the case. (According to Julis.)
:Not all Battle-Stage's are the same. 
::In the 3 main arenas; These protective shields, capable of warding off Lux-based attacks, had enormous energy requirements and similarly large generators. On the entirety of Seidoukan grounds, only this and three other locations had similar facilities.
::In the smaller hall's and practice areas the shields are not as strong; Saya's gun can fire right through the walls!
::The Capella Dome and Procyon Dome. Are the other two large domes.
::Asterisk Central District General Main Battle-Stage Stadium is known as “Sirius Dome” with an audience capacity of 100k.


==Battle and Tournaments==

In the normal course of everyday school life, students change their ranking as the result of Challenges, Duels and Tournaments. All are supposed to be non-lethal events, with the official target being the destruction of the student's badge. However, considering the extremely powerful participants and the not-so-clever deceit, treachery and other non-professional emotional nonsense involved... accidents do happen.

There are many individual strategies used to game the ranking system. Some strong students don't even try to become a 'page-one' and instead position themselves farther down the list.

===As a normal function the students are allowed to battle;===
====1. Duel each other over gripes and whatever perceived injustices.====
*Duels can be quite spontaneous and are based on some vague honor system.
*Duels can take place whenever and wherever, even without the protection of a Battle-Stage. This frequently results in significant damage to the school campus and possible inadvertent bystander casualties. Oddly enough, the school's seem fine with this.
*Both parties must agree to a duel.
====2. Challenge other students in the monthly ranking matches.====
*Page One must accept a duel request from a lower ranked student
*Challenging any particular opponent to a ranking match can only be done at most twice, forestalling the opportunity for foul play.
*It's usual that a challenge is held in an official Battle-Stage.
*In the official ranking matches held monthly, the system was made so that, when a Page One received a duel request from a lower ranked student, he could not refuse the match; but the students, who participated in this, were divided in three major levels. The first one was that of the higher-ranked students called ‘Top Twelve’, the second was the level of the ‘up-and-coming’<ref> Referring to those next highest in rank and thus making good progress towards becoming one of the Top Twelve.</ref> students, who had their name recorded in the Named Charts, and the third was the ‘non-ranked’ students, who did not have their name in the Named Charts.
*In the official ranking matches, one could only appoint an opponent, who belonged to one level above. In other words, to appoint a Top Twelve as an opponent, it was necessary to at least belong to the level of up-and-coming students. Therefore, to suddenly become a Top Twelve from having been a non-ranked student, it was necessary to defeat one’s opponent by means of a duel ── generally, as the ranking became higher, one would indeed tend to be wary of duels.
*Each academy has slightly different rules regarding Duels. Example; Garrardsworth severely limits Duels.
====3. Perform in official tournaments.====
*The initial qualifying rounds are held in smaller local Battle-Stage equipped halls scattered about Asterisk City, but the more spectacular higher level rounds are held in the main stadiums.

===The {{furigana|Phoenix Star Warrior Festival|Phoenix}}tournament.===
*A very popular official public venue for changing rank by demonstrating personal skills and introducing new technology developed.
*The entire premise of the Festa was that the Integrated Enterprise Foundation would grant any wish to the winner.
*Students, partners and teams, winning or loosing, greatly affect the sponsoring Academy's or Institutes's prestige. Therefor their enrollment and thus budget can change drastically.
*The tournament rules are also set within; {{furigana|Star Wars Charter|Stella Carta}}
*Although the '''Festa''' is described as a single competition, in truth, '''it is composed of three separate parts'''.
*In order to raise excitement for the Festa to a favored peak, tournament organizers spare no effort in arranging the order of matches. Simply put, they'd do their best to ensure that those who would most likely pass the first round were all kept separate from one another.

:1. In the summer of the first year is the partner battle; {{furigana|Phoenix Star Warrior Festival|Phoenix}}.
::It should be noted that the "tag-team" (otherwise known as a "tag"), used in the Phoenix, format does NOT refer to the classic wrestling-ring contest where one team member fights and then the other, after tagging the partner. In the Phoenix part of the Festa; Both combatants can fight at the same time, but each tag has their own strategies.
::There are 512 participants in the Phoenix, or 256 tags (teams).
::The duration of the Phoenix was about two weeks. During the first half held in the first week are the preliminary matches, and the best 32 tags would be elected. Afterwards, those 32 tags (teams) were to be allocated to a new tournament table by drawing of lots; this was commonly known as the final stage (main battle). It was beyond this best 32 that the affiliated Academy's gain points.
:2. In the fall of the second year is a team battle; {{furigana|Gryphon Star Warrior Festival|Gryps}}.
::*In the Gryphs, you lose if your team leader is defeated.
:3. In the winter of the third year is the individually fought; {{furigana|Dragon King Star Warrior Festival|Lindvolus}}.

==={{furigana|Eclipse Warrior Festival|Eclipse}}===
*Underground competition, currently disbanded. 
*Commercially orientated. Here there are fewer official limits.
*Unofficial fighting where school ranking is ignored, except for wagering.



==Martial Arts Schools-of-Philosophy==
===Amagiri Bright Dragon-style===
*The Amagiri Bright Dragon-style was an ancient style with a history lasting five hundred years since its creation by the style's founder. At the time, swords had been employed in real battle, by swordsmen wearing thick and heavy armor. Because their armor greatly restricted movement, the fundamentals of shifting one's posture to alter one's center of gravity were founded upon the simple motion of bending at the waist.
*Given its long history, the Amagiri Bright Dragon-style had, of course, adopted similar Toudou-style techniques for its own, but had integrated, rather than assimilated, these into their own style.
==Toudou-Style==
*The Toudou-style dated back to the last days of the Shogunate, when swordsmen carried themselves upright and forewent heavy armor. Comparing the Amagiri Bright Dragon-style to the Toudou-style ーwhen it came to which was superior... at the very least when it came to duels in Asterisk which took place without armorー then the speed advantage that came from the Toudou-style was undeniable.
*The Toudou-style sought after the ideal of the paper crane.
:*Returning to Nest', 'Blooming Tachibana', 'Wing-to-Wing', 'Wave of the Blue Sea'... the Toudou-style has 49 variants of chained skills. When linked and taken in aggregate, together they are 'Conjoined Cranes'

==Misc. Technology==

====Space-Window's====
*From just displaying data to video phone conversations it's a ubiquitous technology that everyone takes for granted. 
*Interactive open air screens that pop open instantly and in multiple configurations.
*Every phone, room, terminal and console is equipped with this capability.

====Battle-Stage Shielding====
*Vital for protecting anyone viewing a Festa battle.
*Much research goes into reducing the massive power and size of equipment.
*Sometimes called a defense wall.

====Space-Flag====
*Similar to the space window but more like an advertisement. One flies on top of the Procyon Dome.

====Space-window console====
*An interactive form of the space-window. A of control panel that one can type on and make commands with.