>Right now, that last part is entirely voluntary. Under the existing
>regulations, a witch who doesn't want to stay in harness indefinitely
>can just... not do anything, and "nature" (by which read the
>progressively disabling effect of chronic depletion, which is really
>what's happening here) will take its course.
>
>The worry, and it's a real one, is that once the brass gets its
>collective head around what's going on, there'll be a swing from being
>suspicious of and resistant to the idea of the Method if they've heard
>about it at all, to pushing to make it mandatory. Because that's not
>what it's supposed to be about. It's meant to be about choice. A way
>for the witches who feel like Mio and Wilma did to rewrite their
>fates, while those who would just as soon get out (and they do exist,
>we just don't see them much because the 501st is an elite outfit with
>high morale) still have the option to do so.
>
>This is a can of worms which doesn't need to be opened right now,
>while the phenomenon is still obscure, but with the likes of the
>Emperor of Fusō taking a personal interest, G is aware that it
>may only be a matter of time until it has to be addressed.
>

Seems to me that the solution to that is already built in, since G has been clear since day one that the Method may not work for everyone, and a pretty key component to a witch touching the Force seems to be said witch really wanting to do so (which is not explicitly stated in the existing documentation, but should quickly enough prove the 'not work for everyone' caveat,) so witches who want to retire should hopefully not have too hard of a time doing so. Plus a side effect to many of the best and most motivated witches being able to lengthen their careers would be lowering the pressure to recruit new blood somewhat, at least once they get past skeleton crew levels.

	-={(Astynax)}=- "This Space For Rent."