It was all som much simpler a few hundred episodes ago (sigh)
That's the thing. I've a feeling it wasn't.
You're probably right but a lot of it was in the out-of-sight out-of-mind category then. Now we have so many parties with so many agendas (and MC approaches) in our faces that I'm beginning to wish they come with barcodes so I could at least positively identify who was participating each time. Pity the would-be Controllers can't take each other out and a suitable hero would then only have to deal with the last Controller standing.
Really, what sensible girl would go anywhere near Kearsarge, the MC centre of the known universe, a fresh mental attack guaranteed each month or your money back, even if it is the home of a famous old (originally-female-only college)..... Never had that problem at Harvard as far as I am aware although I understand other things developed there....
PS: I'm still waiting for the nanites to pop up...