• Location: Educational Ring, New Kourou
• Address: SE Educational Ring Road 2
• Surroundings: Close to the Residential Quarters

With approximately 950 students enrolled, New  Kourou Primary and High School was the only primary/secondary school in New Kourou (population ~14,000) throughout the Beta Age. Higher‑ed needs were served by Last Frontier University, also based in New Kourou. Classes ran Class 1 through Class 12, but due to energy shortages and post‑crash constraints they were consolidated: one teacher led all Class 1–5, another handled Classes 6–9, and a third covered Classes 10–12.

Curriculum adapted exohuman Alpha Age pedagogy to VOI 700 D realities—melding traditional academics with frontier culture, survival skills, and rudimentary hydro‑agriculture.

After the funding of the Federal Confederation and educational reforms under the Alliance of Native Tribes in 2631, the school was succeeded by New Kourou Elementary School (Classes 1–6) and New Kourou Junior High and High School (Classes 7–12).

• Materials: Recycled hull composites and bio-plastic panels salvaged from the spaceship Last Frontier.
• Floors: 2
• Design: Simple rectangular footprint with multipurpose hall; large windows for natural light
• Energy Use: Minimal electrics — lighting via hand‑crank dynamos; heating powered by Quantum Fusion Battery
• Intent: Modular classrooms allow flexible partitioning; built for durability, low maintenance, and ease of repair by volunteer builders

Ground Floor – Lower Classes & Multipurpose

• Classroom A: Single room for Classes 1–5; communal tables and chalkboard
• Multipurpose Hall: Assembly, physical education, and community meetings; fold‑away benches
• Sanitation Block: Composting toilets and rainwater hand‑wash stations
• Teacher Lounge: Small kitchenette and workbench for lesson prep and grading
• Restrooms (10): Gender-neutral Restrooms, featuring the AuroraSan-System.

Second Floor – Upper Classes

• Classroom B: Dedicated space for Classes 6–9; integrated projector for holo‑lessons when power available
• Classroom C: Dedicated space for Classes 10–12; lab benches for basic chemistry and hydroponics experiments
• Library Nook:Shelves of salvaged Alpha Age texts and VOI 700 D field guides
• Storage Loft: Supplies of paper, chalk, seed stocks, and spare dynamos

Exterior Grounds

• Play Yard: Gravel courtyard with makeshift goal posts and exercise circuits
• Garden Plots: Student‑run vegetable beds for practical biology lessons and food supplement
• Compost Heap: For organic classroom waste and garden fertilizer

New Kourou Primary and High School sits firmly within the tangle of a booming, improvisational towncape built from salvaged hull plates and bio‑plastic panels of the Last Frontier. In perpetual twilight, the canopy overhead drips with humidity and the air is thick with the musk of wet foliage, orchids, and fungi. Through the translucent roof panels and large recycled‑composite windows, you catch flickers of unpaved walkways and the Last Frontier University building. Inside, the scent of warm timber from the biomass stove mingles with the earthy tang of rain‑soaked soil tracked in on students’ boots, and the faint hiss of steam rising from the rainwater‑recycling pipes provides a soft undercurrent beneath every lesson.

Outside, the gravel play yard has been repurposed into a jungle‑gym hybrid: twisted metal frames from old cargo crates form climbing structures draped in vines, and hollowed‑out sections of Last Frontier hull serve as tunnels and forts. Children scamper across makeshift rope bridges woven between support beams. A patched‑together membrane ball is kicked around between salvaged scaffold poles, and small groups race handcrafted wheeled carts—once transport modules on the Last Frontier—down shallow chutes lined with recycled decking planks. When the Maintenance Bot hums by, its soft blue indicator light glints off wet metal surfaces, and the kids give chase through the maze of upcycled obstacles.

• Headmaster (1): Coordinates school operations, liaises with settlement council
• Teacher 1 (1): Classes 1–5; basic literacy, numeracy, and planetary survival
• Teacher 2 (1): Classes 6–9; history, geology, and community science
• Teacher 3 (1): Classes 10–12; advanced math, applied chemistry, and agritech workshops
• Facility Manager (1): A Maintenance Bot was responsible for the Maintenance of the faciltities

• Access: Open to all New Kourou children; adult learning sessions held evenings
• School Hours: 08:00 – 13:00 (three 90‑min lessons with breaks); community workshops 14:00 – 16:00
• Academic Year: Two semesters (Mar–Jul; Aug–Dec) aligned with agricultural cycles

• Lockdown Shutters: Manual metal shutters for windows during storms or security threats
• External Patrols: Guarding Troopers conducted daily patrols

The New Kourou school structured its lessons to match students’ developmental stages, ensuring Classes 1–4 mastered core basics before advancing to frontier‑specific skills:

• Literacy: Alphabet mastery, simple reading exercises, and basic storytelling.
• Numeracy: Counting, basic addition/subtraction, and understanding units (time, distance).
• English & Communication: Sentence construction, handwriting, and oral recitation for clear community dialogue.
• Geography (Intro): Recognizing local landmarks, cardinal directions, and simple map reading.

• Mathematics: Applied arithmetic, geometry for land plotting, and ration calculations.
• English & Broadcasting: Report writing, exohuman radio protocols, and group presentation skills.
• Physics & Mechanics: Principles of levers, pulleys, energy transfer in dynamos, and basic fluid dynamics for hydro systems.
• Alpha History & Ethics: Lessons from colonial logs and crash records on decision‑making under duress.
• Basic Engineering: Hand‑tool mechanics, improvised circuitry with scavenged parts, and dynamos maintenance.
• Survival & Fieldcraft: Shelter building, foraging techniques, and navigation across VOI 700 D terrains.
• Medicine & First Aid: Field triage, wound care, and use of limited QFB‑powered medical gear alongside herbal remedies.
• Agricultural Basics: Manual irrigation, seed selection, and soil practices without mechanized support.

• Apply for Job as Teacher: Seek a teaching position at New Kourou School to help shape the next generation.
• Go to School as Student: Enroll as a student in any class (1–12) to learn frontier skills and core academics.
• Pick Up Your Child from School: Visit during pickup hours to collect your children safely.
• Maintain the Maintenance Bot: Contract with New Kourou Robotics Syndicate as the bot’s overseer and service provider.

• Poison microbial cultures to disrupt school operations and agriculture.
• Jam conversion manifolds to cut power to classrooms and labs.
• Steal school supplies (dynamos, chalk, seed stocks) for black‑market sale.

• Missing Students – A Class 12 excursion to the Dark Side of the Atrana Mountains ended in mystery. The students never returned, and the Guarding Troopers’ rescue mission found no bodies — only the class’s wooden mascot, a carved Zapor named “Skychaser.” The PCs are hired to retrace the students’ route, uncover what befell them, and recover missing clues before more are lost.

• Beta Age
• Free State of Settlers
• New Kourou
• Last Frontier University (Higher Education)
• New Kourou Elementary School (successor, Gamma Age)
• New Kourou Junior High and High School (successor, Gamma Age)
• New Kourou Elementary School (successor, Gamma Age)

Schools within the Free State of Settlers

• New Kourou Primary and High School
• Hope Primary and High School
• Morningstar Primary and High Scool
• Funkenberg School (Private School)