[Saint X]

A Slight World-building post of sorts

Spoiler for “The FHM of IS”:

STRATOMAG
“The FHM of IS”

Universal Ticker: [ISMAG]
Founded: 20xx
Headquarters: 20-25F+Penthouse, Summit Tower III, Manila. STRATOMAG Building, IS Academy Complex, Japan. Offices in over 50 Sovereign Territories.
Founded by: Gerard Archangel (pronounced as “arc-an-hell”, not the usual “arch-angel”), President/CEO/COO/Editor-in-chief.
Member of: Summit Publishing International / STRATOMAG LLC.

For over X years, Manila-based STRATOMAG (“ISMAG” in common nomenclature)(yes in all caps) is the number one authority of all things IS, from the frames, pilots and the personalities that associate with it, becoming a major driving force that shifted public perception of IS from fear, to cult status. With an estimated reader base of about 85% of the world’s population, ISMAG is one of the most popular magazines in the world, with a monthly publishing turnover of over 50million copies and over 5billion downloads.

Though initially/primarily a Men’s Lifestyle Magazine, it has turned into pop mag of sorts, with equal readership across genders.And ISMAG, like all Men’s Lifestyle Magazines, features lots of girls in it’s publications- but it primarily showcases Representative Pilots and Pilot Candidates from all over the world- as well as some students of the Academy, often in alluring attire with or without their IS active. It also features other segments that are common in similar men’s lifestyle magazines- that includes “advice” among many other things.

Since the magazine’s source material is special, they have the privilege of having some presence in the IS Academy, a feat no other IS-related mag has even come close. It also has the distinction of being one of the Founding and Primary Sponsors of the famed Mondo Grosso Tournments. As with such distinctions and privileges, many an aspiring writer, photographer or anyone that can work, try and apply for the many positions that are open- as there is never enough material or employees to do it.

But as with such position and popularity, it also has it’s limitations. In exchange for exclusive access to the IS Academy, the Magazine’s staff have restricted movement- save for the Gerard himself, who gets free reign in exchange for allowing certain sensitive articles and pictures to be filtered by the Academy Management- more specifically, through the eyes of Chifuyu Orimura, who has the distinction of being the most showcased IS pilot of the Magazine so far- highly contributing to the insane numbers of fanboys that can’t help but drool and fangirls who try to enroll in the academy just to see her- much to her dismay- rumors have it that Gerard has a “special set” of Chifuyu’s pictures- which she promptly found and destroyed.

As of current, the Magazine has an increased presence in the Academy- including Gerard himself, preparing for the interview of a lifetime- one on one with Ichika Orimura.

IF... they can get hold of him- as the current situation prevents them from doing so.

- I need actual dates/years of the Series and when IS were first developed.

- Now accepting questions for our one-on-one interview with Gerard - PM me with them