Professor Steiner had just about finished his small presentation on the blackboard when he turned back around to the large University research team that was waiting patiently behind him.
Thank you all for coming. I'm sure you are all aware that this is some pretty technical stuff. So..the main purpose of our being out here is to determine the nature of Azurite Gas. The Queen, yes, Her Majesty herself, wants us to figure this one out. Now, Azurite is pretty technical and fiddly stuff, so we've got some local help. he said, gesturing to the three individuals standing over by the wall.
Now they'll introduce themselves in a moment, but for now, we're going to break off into four teams. Team one is going to be the Engineers and the architects. Your job is fairly simple, we've been introduced to a reactor which we believe is the source of the Gas. Your job is to go there and figure out how it works.
Team two is made up of the Mathematicians, chemists and physicists, you fellas are going to determine the makeup of the gas and what it's reactions are, as well as the hypothetical uses.
Team three is going to be our biologists, psychologists and doctors, you are to determine the effects the gas has on the human body and living tissue.
Finally, team four has the unusual task of studying the reactor and those who built it, these are the Sociologists, Xenologists and Anthropologists Now, with that. I'd like to introduce Doctor Stephan Callahan, Doctor James Erzie and Doctor Aisling Cenncroithi. These fine individuals will be in teams three and two, now, with that said. I believe they'll want to explain the finer details to everyone. So, mister Callahan.
I am Doctor Stephen Callahan, I represent The Order, Legacy of Orillion Cell. I have agreed to accompany Her Majesties finest researchers on the quest to figure out once and for all the mystery of Azurite Gas. Now before you all go running at the sight of an Order Agent, know that my cell and I mean no harm to anyone but Nomads and the Infected. The C.V. Neteru will be guarding and escorting those who are working within the reactor as many undesirables are in the area and my top priority in all this is safety. My men and women will be in charge of security and ensuring everyone on this team is safe and if anyone has any concerns they are to be brought to my attention immediately. Above all if there is a life or death situation your life is more important then your samples. Should a Code Red be issued you are to drop what you are doing and return to the C.V Neteru for immediate extraction. Our work can be recreated, your lives cannot. With that I leave the floor to Doctor James Erzie, a man I can proudly call my friend and colleague!
Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to struggle against entropy. - V. Havel
I am Doctor James Erzie, current acting CEO of Ingenuus Research Group, and what some would call a xeno-technology enthusiast. It's an honor to be present for a subject such as this. While we're fully familiar with the dangers of our study and choices to act outside normal jurisdiction, we'll do all we can to shed some light on this compound as best we're able. Ingenuus has formed itself largely off of the search of the unknown, and getting that power into hands that best serve for human progress, which ultimately means protecting it, and it is my pleasure to provide our vast years of research on this specific compound - Azurite - to help anyone who wishes to have this knowledge to make accurate and safe decisions when it comes to furthering progress once more.
That being said, as we venture to the edge of our knowledge, and that of alien origins, we all share a specific set of rules - the laws of physics and the materials therein - and how we can use them to accomplish our goals. I hope what we share with you all will help you see where we are, and where we can go. I'll go into finer points when we get into the grit of technical babble, but before that, I'll quickly let Doctor Aisling Cenncroithi take the floor.