This treatise formalises the absolute demarcation of Gradient Mechanics from the empirical disciplines of physics and the philosophy of science. Gradient Mechanics does not constitute physics; it is the structural and computational precondition for physics. We demonstrate that any self-consistent relational field requires a minimum cardinality of three mutually irreducible functional primitives: Systematisation (E), Constraint (C), and Registration (F). We prove that the static configuration of these primitives (E = 0.8, C = 0.7, F = 0.6) yields a processual incoherence index of [T−3], a frozen volume of directed potential mathematically mandated to undergo topological inversion to avoid systemic nullification. This inversion, governed by the Theorems of Vectorial Exclusion and Recursive Modulation, forces the emergence of the Unified Kinetic Equation Output(t) = (∆ − Θ) × η. All operators are derived exclusively from the internal arithmetic of the Triad, the Shannon-Hartley discriminability limit, and the lattice-compelled snap of the renormalisation-group fixed-point value 1/3 to its unique lattice-consistent value β = 13/40 = 0.325, yielding a base processing rate of ≈ 0.0033. This framework relies on zero free parameters. By executing this derivation, the corpus structurally forecloses the contingent assumptions of empirical physics—including Lorentz violations, wave-particle duality, and fine-tuning—identifying standard physical models as the phenomenological cataloguing of derived kinetic artefacts. Section 6 subsumes the major historical and contemporary foundational programmes—from Eddington-Weyl to Structural Realism—by demonstrating that each halted its derivational chain at a point of contingent importation that Gradient Mechanics structurally saturates.