Blown for Good Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology (52 page)

QM
 – Quarter Master.
Originally the person that was stationed on the gangway of a ship, the QM system was put in place at the Int Base to watch staff during the night to make sure that they did not blow. Two male staff members were stationed at each location where staff berthed and would stand watch during the night to make sure no-one blew.

Qual
 – Qualifications Division. The division that is responsible for training staff and reviewing and correcting them as necessary. Most RPFs are located under Senior Qual of the local management organization (CLO).

Qual Sec
 – The Qualifications Secretary. The divisional head over the Qualifications Division.

Ranch
 – This is the large ranch property located in Castile Canyon, California. It not only housed the RPF for the Int Base, but was as well used as a schooling and housing facility for the young children of Int Base staff members. This property was sold to the Soboba Indian Tribe in 2003. Also called Happy Valley or Int Ranch or Int RPF.

Ranchos
– This is where both the TU or Translations Unit and the RCOMPS (Ron’s Compilations) were located on the Int Base. They took approved manuscripts from RTRC and turned these into courses and books for Scientology organizations around the world. They had typesetting, book design and even did glossaries and other book items here.

Routing Form
 – A form used in Scientology orgs to route a person from one place to another. When one finishes a course or counseling action in Scientology, one is given a routing form that has one see a series of people – end result is that one is signed up for the next course or action. Until you finish the routing form, one is usually not allowed to leave or do anything else.

RPF
 – Rehabilitation Project Force. A program that is done by Sea Org members only. It is for those who have performed badly or who have upset seniors. Sometimes the RPF program can be assigned as part of a Sea Org justice action. The RPF mainly consists of a person working long hours and doing at least 5 hours of Scientology counseling each day, seven days a week with no days off. The counseling they receive is to find their crimes and evil purposes (FPRD).There are several rules specific only to the RPF, such as a person on the RPF is not allowed to speak unless spoken to. People have been known to spend anywhere from a few years to over a decade on the RPF program. There used to be RPFs at every Sea Org continental installation. Former members who have done the RPF have claimed them to be comparable to prison camps or gulags.

RTC
 – Religious Technology Center. RTC owns the Scientology trademarks and advanced technology. It licenses these trademarks to CSI for sublicense to subordinate organizations and directly licenses the advanced technology to appropriate Advanced Organizations. RTC is located at the Int Base and Chairman of the Board RTC, Dave Miscavige, micromanages all aspects of anything that occurs at the Int base through this position in RTC.

RTC Rep
 
– RTC Representative. With the advent of the Golden Age of Tech, RTC representatives were assigned to all major continents to oversee the application and adherence to the new standards laid out for training and counseling.

RTRC,
LRH Technical Research & Compilations
 – The unit in CMO Int that compiles and/or issues revisions to existing LRH Bulletins and Policy Letters. They compile all checksheets and courses in Scientology. They did the revisions to all Scientology training materials in 1996 for the “Golden Age of Tech”, under the close direction of Dave Miscavige. RTRC became a department in RCOMPS in 2006.

Sandcastle
- A hotel located in Clearwater that was converted to being used for auditing rooms for Scientology and rooms for Scientologists to stay in while getting services or counseling at the Flag Land Base.

Sea Org
- The Sea Organization, Sea Org or SO is an association of Scientologists established in 1968 by L. Ron Hubbard. Its members are found in the central management organizations of Scientology as well as in individual organizations. While it was initially created around maritime customs and traditions while at sea, those customs and traditions persist today even in the land-based branches of the organization.

Sec Check
 – Security Check. Security checking has the purpose of “remedying the compulsion or obsession to commit actions which the person then feels must be kept secret.”
 
They are given to all Scientologists on the Bridge, every six months to all OTs, according to officials, “to make sure they’re using the tech correctly “, and to members who are leaving staff. As with traditional auditing or counseling, the subject holds the cans of the E-Meter as a drill of questions are posed.

Shore Story
 – This is a cover story that is usually made up to explain away some flap that has happened that locals might find out about. Originally the term came from when the Sea Org was ship based and a story was needed to tell people at shore to explain something that had happened aboard one of its vessels. When someone was injured or any accidents happened at the Int Base, a shore story was usually decided upon and all involved were told to make sure that all their stories matched. Also the shore story for what we did at the Int base was always “make movies for Scientology” even though it was the International Headquarters for Scientology and making movies was a tiny portion of what was done there.

SMI
 – Scientology Missions International. This is the group which collects tithes from missions all over the world and is charged with the creation and establishment of new missions.

SNR C/S Int
 – Senior Case Supervisor International. This is the most senior technical post in Scientology. Since the inception of the post there have been at least four known incumbents. All but one has been declared a Suppressive Person.

S.O.
- Sea Organization.

Soboba
 – The tribe of Native American Indians that are located near the Int base and eventually bought the Int Ranch property from Scientology.

The Spa
– The Spa is now the location of the Qualifications Division of Gold. The Spa used to be the main location on the property where the hot springs would surface and several large steam bath facilities were located here. After the United States Government drilled a large underground tunnel though the back side of the mountain, they hit the underground river that fed the hot springs and the springs dried up. Old Man Gilman, who ran the hot springs resort since 1913, had several boilers set up beneath the Spa, and continued to run the hot springs resort for several years before finally retiring in 1978 and selling the property.

Star Rate
 – See checkout.

Star of California Clipper Ship
– The Star of California is a large “clipper ship” that was built into the property to be used as a local attraction for people from nearby Hemet and San Jacinto. Promoted as a movie set, local residents are given Public tours on Sundays to see how a real movie set looks. The Star of California also has an Olympic size swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and other facilities that can be used for entertaining and local events. Sometimes referred to as the Ship on the Int Base. The
Freewinds
cruise ship is sometimes also referred to as “The Ship.”

Station One
 – The main security booth on the Int Base. This is where the security chief or watch chief usually sits and controls the security of the entire Int base from this location. This is also command central for any drills that are called on the base such as fire or blow drills. Also called the Main Booth.

Studio One
– This is the LRH Music Studio Complex. It has a state-of-the-art music studio and is one of the most advanced music studios in the world. Adjacent to the main studio are music scoring, and storage for all of the Golden Era Musician’s equipment. Also in this same building are very upscale conference and dining facilities for visiting musicians that are brought up to the Studio for recordings.

Studio Two
– This is the Studio where all Film Mix downs are done by the Audio Division of Gold. There is also a PLS (Post Lip Sync) studio located in this same building, as well as the film sound transfer facilities used by Manufacturing.

Study Technology
- Study technology, or study tech, is a methodology for learning developed by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology. Hubbard’s “Study Tech” is used by Scientology members as part of their training, and is also promoted outside Scientology by the affiliated corporation known as Applied Scholastics, which presents study tech as a universally applicable method to enhance the comprehension of any student, studying any topic.

Sublet Road
– This is the public road that was adjacent to the main property and ran along the golf course. Several houses were located along this road. Some of the houses were purchased and used as staff berthing while others had local residents living in them that had nothing to do with the Int Base or Scientology.

Supercargo
 – A borrowed term from maritime law, in Sea Org organizations, this is the executive position that is over the first four divisions of the organization: Exec, HCO, Dissemination and Treasury divisions. In Scientology organization this same post is called the HES or HCO Exec Sec.

Super Power
- The Super Power Rundowns were described by Scientology’s founder,
 
L. Ron Hubbard, as: “A super fantastic, but confidential series of rundowns that can be done on anybody whether
 
Dn
 
[Dianetics]
 
Clear
 
or not that puts the person into fantastic shape, unleashing Super Power of a
 
thetan. This means that it puts Scientologists into a new realm of ability enabling them to create a new world.”

Super Power Building
- The Super Power Building is an edifice in Clearwater, Florida that will be Scientology’s largest property in the city when completed. The huge high-rise complex, which occupies an entire block at 215 S Fort Harrison Ave, will be topped by a 15-story tower surmounted with a bronze Scientology cross that will be visible over a wide area of Clearwater. Construction began in 1998 but was halted in 2003 and has yet to resume.

Tavern
– The tavern is a VIP facility where actors brought to the Int Base for Cine or Audio productions can be serviced. It is done up in the motif of the Knights of the Round Table replete with a large sword embedded in a stone as you enter the building.

Team Share Cards
 – At the Int Base, team share cards are given out to each staff member. There are a series of five cards. Each one of them entitles its holder to privileges only available to those that have the applicable cards. There is a social card that allows one to take part in any social events taking place or liberties (a day off every two weeks if approved). There is a bonus card that would allow one to receive bonuses if they were being handed out. There is a pay card that allows one to pick up his weekly allowance. There is a chow card that allows one to be able to eat. Then the last card is a berthing card that allows one access to a place to sleep. If one’s weekly production were to be less than the prior week, a card would be revoked. This would continue week after week until one’s stats went back up. Upon having up statistics, one could request that a card be returned. If one upset one’s senior or the senior was displeased with the staff member or he broke any one of the hundreds of Sea Org regulations, a card could be revoked at any point. It would not be uncommon for Int Base staff members that were having troubles to have zero Team Share cards in their possession. When you lost your last card, the berthing card, you were to be assigned to “pig’s berthing”. While the original purpose of the Team Share system devised by LRH was supposedly to increase production, the system was uniformly abused by seniors all the way up the line since its inception, the system was eventually dropped out of use completely in the early 2000s when most all Int Base staff were assigned lower conditions by COB RTC and all privileges were cancelled on a widespread basis.

Thetan
-
In Scientology, the concept of thetan (pronounced THAY-tan, /
′θeɪtən
/) is similar to the concept of spirit or soul found in other belief systems. The term is derived from the Greek letter theta, which in Scientology represents “the source of life, or life itself.”

Tone Scale
- In Scientology, the tone scale or emotional tone scale is a characterization of human behavior. It is based on the idea that some people appear to be more lively and alive than other people. Author L. Ron Hubbard spelled the idea out saying, “just draw a horizontal line on the page. Put the people who are less alive on the bottom and the people who are more alive on the top.”

Trailers
– The trailers are a collection of temporary buildings that were set up to accommodate the addition of CMU (Central Marketing Unit) as well as the Tape Editing and Technician Departments of Audio. They later housed RTRC & SNR C/S Int offices.

Treas Sec
 – Treasury Secretary. This is the division head over the accounts department of a Scientology organization.

TRs
-
The 
T
raining
R
outines are introductory services used in Scientology as well as affiliated programs Narconon, Criminon and WISE. They are described as a way of learning to communicate effectively and to control situations. According to investigators and former Scientologists, the training routines have a strong hypnotic effect, and may cause hallucinations and an out-of-body experience known as exteriorization.