LEX ASTRA ACADEMY CT 399 / The Crucible Lex Astra · Command Studies programme Teaching edition 2956.3 / Hybrid ———————————————————————————————————————————————— LEARNER WORKSHEET For command candidates admitted to the Crucible. This is a private working copy. Downloading submits nothing and records no completion. Use exercise identifiers, not private player information. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— SESSION DETAILS Learner identifier: ____________________________________________________________ Instructor / assessor: ____________________________________________________________ Session date / agreed role or variant: ____________________________________________________________ Vessel, configuration and equipment: ____________________________________________________________ LIVE build / capability test date / tested by (if practical): ____________________________________________________________ Stop signal / recovery contact / communication arrangement: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— PURPOSE Lead a linked operation across briefing, changed conditions and watch relief, then defend your decisions to an independent panel. COURSE CONTEXT The Crucible integrates Lex Astra’s specialist work across a seventy-two-hour scenario. Real sessions and relief are agreed separately; the panel examines judgment, not endurance. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— ENTRY Complete: CT 380 One completed specialist certificate or an independently approved equivalent outcome portfolio, with evidence reference and reviewer. Reasoned command recommendation or independent entry review; no insider sponsor is required. Equipment: Confirmed crews, assessors, stop authority, tested mechanics and agreed sessions. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— CASE: An operation the next watch can inherit 1. The case links a fleet movement, industrial load and civil receiving task. 2. Phase one ends with an unresolved cargo item. Before phase two, receiving capacity falls. 3. The operation is taught in agreed bounded sessions. The next leader did not hear every earlier decision. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND GAME SKILLS Command a sustained, technically credible operation Practical instruction revision 1 / 9 October 2026 Establish the capability baseline Before the first sortie, obtain evidence of flight handling, mission access, cargo transfer and medical or engineering tasks required by the chosen scenario. Build the operation around trained roles and present equipment. A large roster does not produce additional simultaneous stations if the same players are assigned to several of them. Maintain resources across sorties Track fuel, ammunition, medical supplies, bed resources, cargo space and crew availability after each return. Use the actual remaining inventory rather than resetting the board to the original plan. Reduce scope before depleted equipment or departing players remove recovery capacity. A second sortie needs a fresh readiness check even if the first succeeded. Hand over a reproducible operational state Provide the incoming team with current locations, mission status, verified resources and the next decision trigger. Mark scenario-only developments as supplied exercise facts. Close the portfolio with individual observations and abandoned alternatives as well as outcomes, showing why the chosen course was feasible at the time. PRACTICAL DRILL Lead two linked sorties with a real relief between them and one resource loss. Preserve the specialist assessments and present a portfolio tracing command decisions to the actual reports and actions. OBSERVED-SKILL CHECKS The initial plan uses demonstrated specialist capabilities. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ The second sortie reflects consumed resources and changed staffing. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ Relief and portfolio allow another leader to reconstruct the current state and decision basis. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ Apply the technical checks in the agreed role. Discussion and simulation do not certify live handling; Crew Support evidence does not confer Pilot qualification. GAME REFERENCES The linked pages were read for this revision. Community references mix release eras; each source note identifies what is used and what is excluded. Technical explanations below are an Academy synthesis, and drills and performance checks are Academy-designed. Before practice, compare the named actions with the installed LIVE build and actual equipment. Bind actions by name rather than copying old default keys. Research is not an in-game validation. Star Citizen Wiki — Medical https://starcitizen.tools/Medical Body-part injuries, Hemozal, symptom medication, BDL, bed tiers and regeneration. Ship tables, resource costs and ranges change; inspect the actual bed and tool. Star Citizen Wiki — Engineering https://starcitizen.tools/Engineering Engineering terminals, components, fuses, heat and fires. This community overview is incomplete; verify each interaction and vessel’s support in the session. Star Citizen Wiki — Cargo https://starcitizen.tools/Cargo SCU, container geometry, grids and ownership. The page also contains obsolete automatic-loading descriptions and future design intentions; these are not instructions for the present cargo interface. Star Citizen Wiki — Quantum drive https://starcitizen.tools/Quantum_travel Spooling, calibration, obstructions, orbital markers and interdiction. Its proposed quantum-boosting section is not used as a live procedure. Star Citizen Wiki — Defend Occupants https://starcitizen.tools/Defend_Occupants A specific lawful bunker mission, shared access, allied NPCs and friendly-fire consequences. Other contracts have different conditions. Squad drills below are Academy teaching methods, not claimed game rules. Official LIVE release check: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/patch-notes ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 1: Make the exercise ready to run Confirm candidate entry, crew roles, equipment checks, observers and independent stop authority. Agree the actual session windows and handovers. The seventy-two-hour operation is the scenario’s timeline, not a requirement to remain continuously online. Plan continuity across sessions explicitly. The scenario may advance while players are offline, but every supplied update must have a stated source and time within the exercise. The incoming team needs a coherent situation brief, not an obligation to reconstruct hours of fictional events from scattered messages. Practise: Audit the exercise pack and player-session plan. Ready when: The pack covers bounded sessions, viable relief and observation of each required outcome. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 2: Lead through the change Delegate work, hear specialist advice and compare the developing situation with the plan’s limits. Explain a decision to continue, reduce scope or stop, then confirm the affected teams understand it. Hand the next leader the open decisions, not a polished success story. Exercise command through decisions that specialists can execute and challenge. Set intent, hear constraints, delegate bounded work and revise the mission when its conditions fail. Resist the temptation to perform every technical task personally: the assessment concerns leading the operation while preserving the distinct responsibilities of the crew. Practise: Lead an observed phase and transfer it to relief. Ready when: Your decisions stay within authority and participant limits and the next leader accepts the handover. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 3: Defend the record, including the gaps Submit the original plan, revisions, decisions and work still open. Explain your own contribution and one correction you would make. The panel judges the published outcomes and gives reasons; a course finding is separate from a command appointment. Build the portfolio as an argument supported by evidence. For each required outcome, identify the relevant decision, contemporaneous report and observed action. Include abandoned options and unresolved work where they explain the judgment. The panel should be able to distinguish a sound decision with an adverse outcome from a lucky result produced by an unsupported plan. Practise: Answer panel questions about the portfolio. Ready when: Each required outcome has individual evidence and the panel can trace your reasoning. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— WORKED DECISION Three agreed sessions portray a longer operation. The candidate stops a phase when reception fails, carries that decision into relief and defends the reduced scope at review. 1. Before starting, check the resource and observer plan against each required outcome. Do not start a phase that cannot be observed or stopped independently. 2. At the break, preserve the unresolved item and transfer the changed receiving capacity. The incoming leader revises the next movement within delegated limits. 3. Submit original plans and revisions together. Explain why the reduced movement or hold was chosen and what remained for the next service. Accept a reasoned panel finding rather than treating completion as an automatic commission. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— YOUR EXERCISE Lead one observed phase, transfer it and defend the decision record. Staff supply a fresh assessed variant; this public case is for rehearsal. WHAT CHANGES A resource changes between two agreed sessions. My decision and reason: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— YOUR WORKING RECORD Session boundaries / resources / observers / stop authority ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Decision / evidence / delegated action / crew acknowledgement ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Relief: current plan / open items / next decision ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Panel criterion / individual evidence / finding and reasons ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— CHECK YOUR REASONING A phase ends without completing the planned delivery. What should the panel examine? My answer before consulting the explanation: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— EVIDENCE TO KEEP A portfolio, observed decisions, relief brief and independent panel finding. Criterion 1: The pack covers bounded sessions, viable relief and observation of each required outcome. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ Criterion 2: Your decisions stay within authority and participant limits and the next leader accepts the handover. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ Criterion 3: Each required outcome has individual evidence and the panel can trace your reasoning. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— FINDINGS AND NEXT ATTEMPT Demonstrated: observed work meets the criterion. Further practice required: an observed gap needs a specific practice task. Interrupted: conditions prevented valid assessment; not a failure. Not assessed: enough evidence has not yet been collected. All three criteria need individual evidence. A team result or quiz cannot replace an unobserved practical. Practice variant for a fresh attempt: Reassess the unmet command outcome in a comparable phase with a different resource change; repeat linked work only where fresh evidence is needed. My next practice task: ____________________________________________________________ Review contact: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— COMPARE AFTER ANSWERING Whether the candidate used the available evidence, respected limits, explained the decision and handed over the remaining work. Neither a dramatic rescue nor an aborted mission alone determines the finding. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— SOURCE AND EDITION Case CT–2: relieving an unavailable commander /academy/archives/watch-relief-case Command Studies case issued by CDR Maren Haldorsen in 2956. The course variants develop its test: can the next leader continue without access to the original planner’s private assumptions? The lessons are current Academy teaching, not newly discovered historical records. Lex Astra opened in 2891. Historical sources keep their original issuer and date; all case callsigns, quantities, times and conditions are supplied for practice. Course text revised 8 October 2026; fictional teaching edition 2956.3. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Instruction revised 9 October 2026. Lex Astra cases supply the teaching situations. Professional references inform communication, decision-making and instructional design; they do not confer external qualifications. LIVE capabilities remain subject to the recorded session check. FAA · crew resource management (2004 reference) https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_120-51E.pdf FEMA · objective-led exercises and improvement https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/exercises/hseep ———————————————————————————————————————————————— INSTRUCTOR CHECK Try the exercise with the ship and equipment you will use. Brief station assignments, callsigns, channel and recovery point. Explain the command “Stop exercise” before starting. If a bug prevents completion, repeat the affected task when it works. Ask before recording the session; use player handles in your notes. Review rules: /academy/archives/academy-ordinance Teaching basis: /academy/framework#research