Rules for a "Becoming Na'vi" program (sorta long =/)

[Raiden]

Alright, so I've been all across all of the Avatar boards, and on every single one, there's at least two threads titled "Would you become Na'vi and throw away your humanity?".

Alright, so let's pretend that we all live in the world of the film, on Earth, the RDA has given up the whole Unobtainium thing for one reason or another, and the Na'vi are okay with humans doing this:

Hell's Gate has been rebuilt as a center for Science and the sharing of culture between Humans and Na'vi, and Grace's old schoolhouse was rebuilt, etc. It is NOT a typical tourist destination; it is a place for scientists to help rebuild the relationship between humans and Pandora as a peaceful one. People can take vacations there, but only a few people every five to ten years (as in fifty people or less).

You can get there one of three ways; pay your way (only twenty people at a time may do it this way, and it will be EXPENSIVE), win a contest (only three people can win the trip), win a scholarship/award and be allowed to study there (for certain college majors only, preferably ten people or less), be allowed to go there as therapy (only by perscription, only five people, and will still be rather expensive), or be invited there by somebody (Na'vi or otherwise). The ideal result is that a ship arrives every five years or so to pick people up or drop them off, and that the base is never housing more than 130 people or so (~50visitors, and 50 scientists, plus some more. The visitors would be required to help out around the base during the ten years performing a job, whether it be working in one of the science wings or helping to run the other operations/maintain the base.

Then, there will be an extra five people. These people are the people that applied for the "Becoming Na'vi" program and passed. There would only be ten slots total for this, and in order to enter, you had to pass some sort of highly competitive selection process. Then, if you did pass, you would arrive, live at the base for about a week learning the basics of their language, etc., and then you would be sent to live with one of the tribes that live on Pandora (Omaticaya, Plains, Sea Cliff/Ikran, and any others that exist. This is where the Avatars come in; before these lucky people leave earth, they have an avatar made for them (the avatar MUST have as little human DNA as possible, for reasons that will be made clear later). Then, much like Jake, they must pass the trials that are set before them to become one of the people, using the avatar equipment left at the base from the movie. If they die during the trials, that's too bad; the Na'vi have to deal with that risk too, and this isn't going to be "candy-coated". If someone's avatar dies, they are boarded in one of the rooms at the base until the next ship comes, and they must work at the base to make up for the money that was used on them. If they do pass all of the trials, then they must be ready to be disconnected from their human body permanently at the tree of souls. The people who have the privelidge to participate in this program may bring up to three other people with them; these people may stay with them for one week after they arrive and then they must leave with the shuttle/spaceship that took them there.

The people who are selected for the Na'vi program and pass all of the hurdles therein (ideally, only a few people at a time) will live with the Na'vi for the rest of their life in that body. They may invite up to five humans each on each ship there, but if the slots on the spaceship are full already, they may be required to invite less. The invited people are given a discounted cost, but may not participate in the Na'vi program when they arrive. They are only allowed to do this three times. They may only visit for one week. They may visit the home of their loved one up to three times, but the Na'vi they are visiting may visit the base as many times as they wish (the same goes for any Na'vi that wishes to visit the base).

In addition, there may be only thirty transcended humans (people who have become Na'vi) spread among the tribes at any one time. This is to avoid any issues with genetics between Human-Na'vi hybrids and pure Na'vi that could possibly arise and work their way into the Na'vi gene pool.

Finally, there should be other rules pertaining to the people who may participate in any of these programs. Some ideas are:

1) Absolutely NO criminal record, expunged or otherwise.
2) Absolutely NO people may participate in the Na'vi program if they are carriers of a genetic disorder or have any history with immuno-inhibitory retrovirii (aka AIDS) or any STDs.
3) To participate in the Na'vi program, you must be between the ages of 18 and 35.
4) Absolutely NO pets.
5) People who are participating in the Na'vi program may bring ONE item with them to keep if they pass the tests laid before them by their respective tribe; it may NOT be an electronic, religious, chemical, or biological item, and it may NOT be any kind of food or drink.

What do you think? There's gotta be some rules that I left out or forgot about......