Laboratorium

Laboratorium is the structured morning work block observed during the Convox. Participants go to designated rooms to work on specific assignments with others similarly tasked, producing results that are circulated and weighed later in the day.

Daily rhythm and placement

• Occurs ante Provener, anchoring the first part of the working day.
• Findings commonly feed into evening messals, where doyns and servitors discuss implications and next steps; some messals are convened independently of that day’s results.
• By contrast, informal night work called Lucub is pursued after messals, and mid‑day mixing happens during a period referred to as Periklyne. Speakers note that Lucub work is not talked about as readily as what is done in Laboratorium.

Function and practice

• Work is organized by hierarchs: attendees are assigned to a place and a team to prosecute a defined task.
• “Laboratorium results” are treated as timely, sharable outputs that can prompt new messals and steer wider efforts.
• Tasks can include checking and refining calculations prepared overnight by the Ita, such as verifying pointing solutions for coordinated telescope observations.
• Ad hoc Laboratoria may be formed for specialized work (for example, reviewing archived technical drawings and manuals). Assignments can be compartmentalized so participants see only portions of the materials.

Example in current inquiry

• Results reported from Laboratorium include analyses of four vials of fluid recovered with the probe at Ecba. These reports state that each sample’s nuclei are incompatible with the matter of Arbre and mutually incompatible with one another, a finding used to frame discussions about the Geometers and differing kinds of matter. Earlier talk had described visitor artifacts and tissues as newmatter; the new results have led some speakers to revise how they describe what was found.
• Cosmography teams validated Ita‑prepared pointing tables so that major observatories could aim at a predicted maneuver window of the visitors’ ship, anticipating a change that would reveal features not visible behind its shield.
• A participant reports assignment to a newly constituted Laboratorium to study very old technical documents. Workers there were not told the full purpose and were restricted from seeing the whole picture; some compared notes later during Lucub to make sense of what they had seen.

Status

• Active throughout the Convox at Tredegarh, with participants expecting to spend mornings in Laboratorium. Its outputs are a principal input to the day’s coordinated work and conversation.