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Department 4 Training Articles

Internal Training Commentary and Personnel Instruction Notes

The following articles are internal informational commentaries prepared by Training Specialist Carl Osborn of Dustin-Rhodes Corporation Department 4 in support of Project Negentropy and Department 6 personnel. These articles explain training practices, field habits, personal preparation, and the practical lessons expected of teammates before and after cylinder operations.

  1. Basic Standards for Project Negentropy
    An overview of the physical, educational, psychological, and administrative standards required for service on a Project Negentropy team, along with guidance for personnel whose abilities are better applied in non-field assignments.
  2. Areas of Knowledge: Introduction and Realms
    Introductory explanation of the Areas of Knowledge system and the ten major realms used to organize training, skill, and practical expertise.
  3. Areas of Knowledge: Master List
    Alphabetical master list of the seventy-five Areas of Knowledge used for Department 4 records and personnel preparation.
  4. Areas of Knowledge: Sciences, Healing Arts, and Technical Arts
    Area descriptions covering scientific, medical, engineering, machine, electrical, and technical fields.
  5. Areas of Knowledge: Useful Crafts, Social Arts, and Formal Disciplines
    Area descriptions covering productive crafts, social interaction, institutional knowledge, records, law, teaching, commerce, language, and symbolic systems.
  6. Areas of Knowledge: Physical Arts, Fieldcraft, Illicit Arts, and Mystical Studies
    Area descriptions covering bodily discipline, field survival, investigation, covert practice, and supernatural or occult studies.
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