There were a few materials available to me when I arrived; I've already looked into those, though I can't say that they contained very much that would be of any use. The most genuinely helpful thing ended up being the instructions for this device.

[...hi, Descole's a nerd and actually read the damn instructions for the 'Gear instead of doing the technological equivalent of running something up a flagpole and seeing who salutes.]

Other than that? Not particularly.