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BASE OPERATIONS // PROCEDURES

Operations Manual

Five procedures covering the shift from the first sweep to a graded signal on the market. Written as procedure, not walkthrough: each page states what the console is doing and why the step matters, so a change of patch does not invalidate the whole page.

PROCEDURES
5
SECTIONS
23
READ
37min
  1. 01

    Your First Shift

    ONBOARDING 7 MIN

    Base layout, the five console panels, and the two conditions that must both read 100% before a single byte can be downloaded.

    • What the base actually is
    • The five panels
    • Two hundred percents
    • First hour, in order
  2. 02

    Scanning and Locking a Signal

    PROCEDURE 8 MIN

    The sweep, the polarity and frequency adjustment, and why an unrefined zero-level return is what the job actually asks for.

    • Load media before you sweep
    • Zeroing in
    • Why zero level matters
    • When to throw it back
    • What a return is worth
  3. 03

    The Daily Task Loop

    ROUTINE 9 MIN

    Three kinds of submission - signals, floppy data and tapes - plus the drive handoff that turns a pile of media into a completed task.

    • The task arrives by mail
    • Signals: raw, not refined
    • Floppy data and the relay stations
    • The zip drive handoff
    • Tapes and hash codes
    • A shift that does not waste a day
  4. 04

    Radar Towers and Fuses

    MAINTENANCE 6 MIN

    Why the coordinates panel suddenly errors out, what a blown fuse has to do with lightning, and how to find the tower again.

    • The symptom
    • Fuses are consumables
    • Finding the tower
    • The repair
  5. 05

    Drives, Servers and Signal Grades

    LOGISTICS 7 MIN

    What the server bank really controls, how media capacity shapes a shift, and the road from a raw return to a graded one.

    • The server misconception
    • Media capacity is a budget
    • The grade ladder
    • What to buy first

Procedures were assembled from field notes and corroborated against creator walkthroughs recorded 2026-10-22; the checkability ledger lives outside the site. No figure on these pages is estimated - catalogue numbers link to the data pages above.