Terril, Not newly out but I was part of the last Super Power recruit push in 2005, along with my wife. We were OT8 and on OT 7 respectively. She went into AO as a SoloNOTs D of P and I went into TTC to train up to Class IX to replace one of the seasoned guys to go over and audit Super Power. We lasted 4 months. One of my twins had been an I/C of an even earlier Super Power push, and was fast flowing up through GAT on all his training, to be assigned to a confidential post, again to do with Super Power. This "final 300" thing has happened several times. Each time, the recruits arrive and go through the grinder: 110 hour a week schedule, short meal times with semi crappy food, not enough sleep, crappy uniforms, cut off from prior friends and family, no cell phone, no internet, no TV, 24/7/365 LRH, and make sure your stats are up if you want any time off. It's a bit much after being "public". The TIP is doable, but leaves out vital courses required to keep a lineup of PCs, like Senior Sec Checker and FPRD. The musters are attended by MAAs and security guards. Lined up by section, close order drilling in line, in the Pro TRs room at the Coachman. Uniform inspection daily. Bussed from berthing to post, musters after each meal. Cleaning stations before lunch. It's so regimented and military, and if you got a minute to think about how weird it was, well, you had something else to do right then. Talking about it with your wife for 5 minutes before crashing into 5 or 6 hours of sleep was forbidden, but we began to do that anyway. We agreed that since we had arranged so much to be able to be there, we would at least give it a chance. The idea was basically to do everything we could to help make a final push to OT (hah!). After a few months of the daily grind, and after seeing the disparity of how staff were treated( like slaves), we did a quick route out, which they called a blow, but we signed their papers and left. I just told them flat out I was not playing the dumpster scrubbing game. We got our declare and were expelled, and within days the whole family had disconnected from us. Nice "church".
This Super Power evolution will probably get whipped like an old horse, and be monitored hourly by several strata of Scn management. They are heavy on chiefs and light on indians. Pressure will be applied, and those less than iron tough will blow off. I will be interested to see when this building is opened, how many staff they wind up with, the products of Super Power if and when released, and if it makes any difference at all in the Bridge to Total Freedom. Having invested a few months of hell, and losing my family, it has something to do with me.