All cadet applicants entering Quantum Corps have to
go through ‘nog school,’ also known as the UN Quantum Corps Academy. It’s a four-year science and
engineering-heavy school that takes a raw recruit and makes him into a
world-class nanotrooper. There are
separate tracks for officers and enlisted personnel.
Below are some details about the Academy,
specifically the officer track:
1. The
Academy is physically located at Table Top Mountain, Idaho, USA.
2. The
Academy is a 4-year school. Cadets
graduate after 4 years and are commissioned into Quantum Corps as 2nd
Lieutenants.
3. There
are multiple schools and specialties within the Academy. Most cluster around the following areas (all
cadets must choose a course of concentration in one these):
a. Command
and Control (CC) School
b. Interface
Control and Operations (ICO) School
c. Containment,
Service and Support (CSS) School
d. Quantum
Systems and Engineering (CQE) School
e. Defense
and Protective Systems (DPS) School
f. Stealth,
Signatures and Countermeasures (SSC) School
4. The
first 2 years (Nog 1 and Nog 2) are for foundational instruction
in Languages, History, other Social Sciences, Mathematics, Sciences and
Engineering Fundamentals.
5. The
last two years (Nog 3 and Atomgrabber) are for applied studies,
command and leadership studies, strategy and tactics, Corps history and
philosophy, higher level math, science and engineering, unit-level assignments
as a cadet apprentices or interns, and senior projects.
6. The
term nog comes from the word
‘noggin’, as in what gets beat on when you come to the Academy.
Here’s
a closer look at the sequence of courses a typical cadet might take during his
or her four years at nog school:
|
|
1st yr Freshman
“Nog 1”
|
2nd yr Sophomore
“Nog 2”
|
3rd yr Junior
“Nog 3”
|
4th yr Senior
“Atomgrabber”
|
|
Fall
Semester
|
Foreign
language
Psychology
History
Math
1
Computer
Science
PE
|
Nan
Eng 1
Eng
Mech 1
Econ
1
Physics
3
Pol
Sci
PE
|
Molecular
Ops 1
Intro
to ANAD
Chemistry
5
SODS
1
NanoBiology
1
|
ANAD
Sys 3
Nanoscale-
Tactics 1
Containment
1
Human-ANAD
Interface Design
|
|
Winter
Semester
|
Foreign
language
English
1 Chemistry 1
Engineering
1
Math
2
Physics
1
PE
|
Nan
Eng 2
Eng
Mech 2
Law
Chemistry
3
Physics
4
Molecular
Eng 1
PE
|
Molecular
Ops 2
ANAD
Sys 1
SODS
2
NanoBiology
2
Battalion
Ops
Quantum
Sys 1
|
Command
& Control
NanoTactics
2
Containment
2
DPS
Senior
Project 1
|
|
Spring
Semester
|
Foreign
language
English
2 Chemistry 2
Engineering
2
Math
3
Physics
2
PE
|
Nan
Eng 3
Eng
Mech 3
Chemistry
4
Molecular
Eng 2
UNIFORCE
- History
|
Molecular
Ops 3
ANAD
Sys 2
SODS
3
NanoBiology
3
Quantum
Sys 2
|
ANAD
Strategy
NanoTactics
3
Containment
3
Philosophy
Senior
Project 2
|
|
Summer
Semester
|
Electives
Apprenticeship
|
Electives
Internship
|
Electives
Internship
|
Unit
assignments
|
Quantum
Corps Academy turns out world-class nanotroopers. Once you’ve fulfilled all requirements for
graduation, you receive a diploma awarding you a Bachelor of Nanospace
Engineering and you’re authorized to wear the gold ‘atomgrabber’ pin on your
black and gold UNQC uniform. The
graduation ceremony at Table Top’s Drexler Field is a sight to behold:
the
graduation and commissioning ceremony ends when a small tightly controlled
swarm of ANAD bots is released into the air, quickly forming the Quantum Corps
emblem in the sky over the stands.
And,
of course, now that you’re a newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in
Quantum Corps, you learn how to say “small
is all!” with a new found conviction.
On
the next post in early March, I’ll introduce you to one of Quantum Corps’
principal enemies…the Asian criminal cartel Red Hammer (Hong Chui).
See
you in March.
Phil
B.
