Monday, February 1, 2016


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.

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