F-Rank Forbidden Zone

Synchronization Rating: F. The lowest of seven grades. Year 2147 of the Star Calendar, after the Great Collapse. The sky is divided into rings, people are ranked by synchronization rating, and elimination begins on the first day of school. Lu Xingchen’s name is printed on the first red-stamped notice: zero points, ten weeks to turn things around, and one retired Iron Bull-7 that’s been out of service for thirty years. Everyone says an F-ranker isn’t even qualified to touch a mech. No one has ever asked about his hands. In his previous life, he took apart more machines than anyone at this academy. Ten weeks. He’ll make everyone say his name again.