Here is a table showing how a typical ANAD Detachment is set up, according to its various ratings and specialties.  Most Quantum Corps missions use some variation of this arrangement. 

A few explanations are in order.

Most Quantum Corps missions involve detachments of anywhere from 6-12 personnel.  Not all ratings require backups in the Detachment, but many do.  CC1 is always an officer, usually a Lieutenant (02).   Often, CC2s are deleted from the mission, but another rating will provide backup command and control functions. 

For larger, more complex or decidely more dangerous missions, larger detachments are created based on this initial structure. 

It is normal Corps practice to provide considerable cross-training within this detachment structure, so that one rating can perform his own specialized tasks and back up another rating in his or her tasks.  As an example, DPS1 might also know enough signature control techniques to effectively fill in as an SDC2.  A great deal of flexibility is maintained in this manner.

The next post will cover weapons and related equipment normally assigned to a typical ANAD detachment. 

Many fans of Tales of the Quantum Corps have asked how the Corps is organized.  Here is one chart that shows how UNQC is situated organizationally within the Security Affairs Directorate of the United Nations. 

The next post will show how a typical ANAD Detachment is organized as to ratings and specialties.

Functional Description and Schematic of ANAD 1.0

Many readers have asked what the Autonomous Nanoscale Assembler/Disassembler (ANAD) looks like. Below is a functional schematic with some descriptions, from the original archives of Dr. Irwin Frost, of Northgate University Autonomous Systems Lab. Quantum Processor - this is the heart and brains of ANAD. The Quantum Processor handles all data processing and analysis, effector control, configuration management, navigation, maneuvering, replication and propulsion functions. It operates using 'qubits' at petabyte scale. Carbene Grabbers - one of ANAD's many effectors, the carbene grabbers are optimized for handling carbon atoms with unshared electrons. Enzymatic knife - this is an effector tool for splicing DNA or RNA fragments together. Sometimes called a restriction enzyme tool. Pyridine Probes - this is an effector tool to characterize atom/molecule/cell surface structures with great accuracy. Bond Disrupters - one of ANAD's main offensive and defensive weapons. Bond disrupters work by slamming an opponent's atoms with enough electron volts to sever atomic bonds. Bond disrupters make atom fluff out of opponents, but the disrupter is sometimes like killing a gnat with a howitzer...it's not very precise or controllable in its effects. Picowatt Propulsors - ANAD propulsors are like fluidic jets. They suck in particles of whatever medium ANAD is operating in and pressurize and expel it out the back at high speed. All-axis joints help vector the resulting thrust to guide ANAD where it needs to go. Power cells - ANAD gets its power from chemical reactions, sort of like a fuel cell. These reactions may vary, depending on the operating medium, but the ppower cells pack a mighty punch in a very small volume. Additional maneuvering can be done with small props, called flagellar thrusters. These are spinning, very stiff diamondoid fibers which act like propellers on the operating medium to keep ANAD properly positioned or allow fine maneuvering control. All of these components are hung on a main mast and platform casing. The whole structure is about sixty to seventy nanometers in length. The next post coming up will detail how Quantum Corps is organized within the greater world of the United Nations.