Knowledge is a type of personal and non-linear progression, which can accomplish things such as unlocking new actions in Towers.
You can obtain knowledge through different actions, such as interacting with tower processes, reading Franz Hopper's diary or witnessing certain events.
It is possible to see a list of all your knowledge from the /lw knowledge list command and from the Virtual Menu.
Each piece of knowledge has a chance of being lost on game over, but they can always be obtained once again later.
The Defense knowledge is obtained by being near a tower that is being attacked.
It will unlock a new tower action usable from the Tower Transmission program or from the tower itself.
The Defense action will defend the tower from physical attacks and costs 50 Energy.
The Safeguard knowledge is obtained by being near a tower that is being taken over or by interacting with a takeover process.
It will unlock a new tower action usable from the Tower Transmission program or from the tower itself.
The Safeguard action will protect the tower from being taken over and costs 50 energy.
The Remote Frontier Rescue knowledge is obtained by rescuing someone from the frontier using a waytower or Sector Five's interface.
It will allow you to launch frontier rescues using the Tower Transmission program.
The frontier rescue requires 100 energy.
The Possession knowledge is obtained by reading the sixth report of Franz Hopper's diary.
It will unlock a new tower action usable from the Tower Transmission program or from the tower itself.
The Possession action will jeremify the selected warrior. XANA will attempt to take over the tower and will drain the warrior's vital force if it is not safeguarded.
Possession requires 100 energy.
This knowledge is obtained by clicking the padlock in an encrypted Franz Hopper Diary CD.
It will unlock a new tower action usable from the Tower Transmission program or from the tower itself.
The Diary Decryption action will slowly decrypt the diary. XANA will attempt to take over the tower and will break into the restricted parts of the Supercomputer if it is not safeguarded.
This knowledge is obtained once the tower has finished decrypting Franz's Hopper diary.
It will unlock allow you to decrypt encrypted CDs infinitely by clicking the padlock button.
The Sector Builder knowledge is obtained by reading the second report of Franz Hopper's diary.
It is used to unlock the Sector Builder program that will allow you to recreate destroyed Sectors.