Practicals
Field labs
Simulated rooms and files. Historical method, fictional facts. Score is kept. The point is judgment, not a costume.
- W01
Baseline Observation
Map a public room. Name the pattern of life. Mark the five things that do not belong.
- W02
Legend Construction
Draft a five-year non-official cover. The station will pressure-test the seams.
- W03
Deception Channel
Design a multi-channel deception to mask an operational objective, in the spirit of Mincemeat.
- W04
Target Assessment Dossier
Read four redacted lives. Score placement, access, and vulnerability on MICE and RASCLS.
- W05
Live Elicitation Practicum
A conference bar. Three facts. No direct questions. Do not raise the hair on her neck.
- W06
The Pitch
Stage the room, frame the motive, offer deniability, and close without creating a panic.
- W07
Asset Health Board
An ongoing source is changing. Decide: stress, compromise, or playback.
- W08
Station Board Midterm
Essay-grade scenarios covering foundations, cover, and the asset cycle.
- W09
SDR Architecture
Build a 90-minute pedestrian route through a fictional city using classical detection geometry.
- W10
Site Survey
Score four urban hides for line of sight, access timing, weather, and natural posture.
- W11
Emergency Exfiltration
The net is collapsing. Choose corridors, safehouses, and a deniable exit that will survive inquiry.
- W12
Insider Threat Inquiry
Sanitized logs, access, and finances. One of six is bleeding the compartment.
- W13
Digital Chokepoints
A transit corridor in a smart city. Map the sensors. Lower the signature without vanishing.
- W14
Oversight Hearing
Sit the committee. A contested finding is on the table. Vote, then live with the blowback.
- W15
Capstone OPLAN
End-to-end operational plan. Six panels, one unquiet paragraph, a defense before the board.
- Bonus
Moscow Rules drill
Ten maxims. Match the temperament, not the folklore poster.