modifies the hollow metrics API; that'll probably be implemented soon
adds init stages
changes SSatoms to not abuse its `initialized` variable
closes#6858
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## About The Pull Request
Fixes the subsystem sorting. Also did a lot of documentation/formatting
cause you know I can't atomize.