Okay, I've read all of BAA and quite a bit of Last Order... and that's not quite how it came off to me. For one thing, Yoko never knew about the contents of the software package she uploaded into Melchezedec(sp?)... and she felt horribly guilty about it once the full accounting of the damage caused was explained to her. And the Orbital Canonball thing was supposed to be her death-sentence - a Ketheres equivilant to the Tipharean practice of casting out criminals through the Dust Chamber.
You see, the thing you have to remember about Last Order is that it is Kishiro's Director's Cut of BAA - the original published ending was not to his liking and happened due to dealines and budget cuts. Last Order picks up at a point after Professor Desty Nova blew her up with a bomb and rebuilds her in Tiphares.
And the closest she comes to being truly off her rocker is while she's dealing with the 'ghost' of Colonal Pein in Last Order... and even then it's just a pretty severe case of angst. And angst happens to be one of Matteus's specialties.
As for her school, I don't think Alita would be so irresponsible as to teach someone she or Matteus feel would turn against them. The curiculum will be strictly limited and depend on the degree of responsibility a student shows and not the level of mastery (though that counts, too). And because the power levels involved here exceed the 'Nerima Wrecking Crew' level and go on to the 'DBZ Zone', the number of students is going to be limited. Probably just their kids and a couple of trustworthy friends like members of Riot Force 6.
Also I'm convinced that the one to look out for is Aga Mbadi. He convinced his 'old friend' Caerula Sanguis to stay and compete in the ZOT, telling her that with her team they, "could be champions." That was a pretty damn long-shot, at best. After seeing the Venus and Jovian Union seed teams that Toji's team and Alita's had to fight through to get to the finals... There was just no way the Stellar Nursery would have made it.
You see, the thing you have to remember about Last Order is that it is Kishiro's Director's Cut of BAA - the original published ending was not to his liking and happened due to dealines and budget cuts. Last Order picks up at a point after Professor Desty Nova blew her up with a bomb and rebuilds her in Tiphares.
And the closest she comes to being truly off her rocker is while she's dealing with the 'ghost' of Colonal Pein in Last Order... and even then it's just a pretty severe case of angst. And angst happens to be one of Matteus's specialties.
As for her school, I don't think Alita would be so irresponsible as to teach someone she or Matteus feel would turn against them. The curiculum will be strictly limited and depend on the degree of responsibility a student shows and not the level of mastery (though that counts, too). And because the power levels involved here exceed the 'Nerima Wrecking Crew' level and go on to the 'DBZ Zone', the number of students is going to be limited. Probably just their kids and a couple of trustworthy friends like members of Riot Force 6.
Also I'm convinced that the one to look out for is Aga Mbadi. He convinced his 'old friend' Caerula Sanguis to stay and compete in the ZOT, telling her that with her team they, "could be champions." That was a pretty damn long-shot, at best. After seeing the Venus and Jovian Union seed teams that Toji's team and Alita's had to fight through to get to the finals... There was just no way the Stellar Nursery would have made it.