Think you know about the Great Schools, do you? About the Bene Gesserit, Mentats, the Suk School, and the Ginaz Academy... But did you know we have the Thinking Machines to thank for them?

Quit gasping. It’s true! You must remember that in the chaos following the Great Revolt, the Landsraad was in its infancy—like a flickering candle that the slightest breeze could snuff out. There were grudges, betrayals, and factional divisions...

Well, not much has changed. The point is, this fragile political body had to rebuild an empire—a monumental task! Especially with the Butlerian Proscriptions forbidding all technology. Indeed, the only way forward was to explore new avenues of human understanding and unlock humanity’s potential.

Thus, a new golden age emerged as this new expanded thought produced the Great Schools as they would come to be known. And it was all because a genocidal artificial intelligence tried to conquer the universe...

Heh, lemme tell you about the Ginaz school... If you go in there thinking it’s gonna be anything like a Great House War Gym, forget it. When you first arrive at the academy, you find yourself standing before these massive neoclassical temples of flowing white marble. Towering structures that make you feel like an ant hiding in the shadow of a colossus.

Of course, the awe-inspiring architecture was meant to intimidate and overwhelm—to signal the immense value the Swordmasters held for the knowledge they were imparting—knowledge so profound that it required an equally grand venue for its teaching.

The whole place was built to reflect the supreme confidence the Swordmasters had in their art. It’s a shame they are no more. To become a master of the sword is to become a master of men.

To understand the significance of the Imperial Suk College, one must first recognize the horrors of the Omnius Scourge and the Rossak Epidemic of 88 BG. These two catastrophic medical events resulted in the deaths of billions and inspired our founder, Dr. Mohandas Suk, to establish an institution dedicated to combating these and other future plagues. His College came to produce the finest doctors in the Imperium...

(Note to self: expand later.)

Now, on the topic that you are most likely eager to learn about — Imperial Conditioning. There is unfortunately some amount of secrecy to be preserved... But this diamond tattoo here, on my forehead, is the pride and proof of that process I underwent which compels me and other Suk doctors to follow the primary dictum of medicine: "Do no harm."

I could never take a human life. I could never...

(Several lines have been struck through, vigorously.)

In an era marked by kanly, this trait makes us invaluable as trusted medical professionals.