Reeducation camp

*"The International Alliance has been cracking down on people who aren't of Northern origin, sending them to camps to work very, very hard as they* learn*. Each at his own pace, obviously."*
―Melinoe[src]
A **reeducation camp** is a penal institution where dissidents are rounded up and ethnic cleansing of people of external ancestry is enacted and inmates are put to hard physical work. The NoHead Empire had at least one such facility, while the International Alliance had several. Their founder and leader, the Magistrate, also had her scientists begin research into new military technologies, using reeducation camps as testing grounds. They are mentioned in *Before The SMSB: The Dominion of the Dark Lord* and *Boys vs. Girls 2* and appear in flashbacks in *League of Red Stars*.

## History

Originally, the International Alliance had no plan for reeducation camps prior to their seizure of power. The reeducation camp system arose in the following months due to the desire to suppress tens of thousands of Alliance opponents as the Magistrate's influence and territory grew and she began to enact more totalitarian measures as a means of securing complete control over the Eight Worlds. These included rounding up dissidents and ethnic cleansing of people of external ancestry, locking both up in detention and reeducation camps intended to indoctrinate soldiers and punish alleged war criminals. Many prisoners held by the International Alliance, who experienced long hours of hard physical labor, died as a result of intentional withholding of food and dangerous working conditions. Indeed, many camps quite literally worked their prisoners to death. Meanwhile, the NoHead Empire opened at least one reeducation camp of their own. Much later, Avara confronted the Magistrate about her camps, having previously believed people went there to learn new trade skills, at which point the Magistrate explained that there were some hard truths he had to get over. This motivated Avara to defect after seeing all that the Magistrate has done. However, following the revelation that he kidnapped the sons of Nolan Coulson, he himself became a prisoner of war.

## Structure

The reeducation camps' structure depended on their purpose. For instance, the Idaho camp (designed by the International Alliance to hold and indoctrinate prisoners) was surrounded by a wall with cells for prisoners and guard towers, housing several metal barracks and only a few research facilities. In contrast, the International Alliance factory lacked a wall and was instead dominated by industrial and research areas, with a heavily defended subterranean cavern being used to house prisoners. Imprisonment in the International Alliance reeducation camps was usually indefinite, and whilst (initially) some people were released in just a few days, most endured weeks, months or years of detention. Sanitation and facilities were extremely poor across all camps. Brutal treatment, torture and humiliation was commonplace.

## Known camps

* Idaho reeducation camp (International Alliance)
* Neptune concentration camp (NoHead Empire)

## References

1. ↑ *Boys vs. Girls 2*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *League of Red Stars*
3. ↑ *Before The SMSB: The Dominion of the Dark Lord*

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