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> Lorin Renaud sitting up at night pondering the future of his long and >distinguished >career in Starfleet... His wife wasn't convinced the move was right but he needed a change...he >still hung onto his Spacedock Command though, which was important to him. >Decided since it was making a turn for the technical. It had been a long time >since >he had set foot in an engineering department in a technical role. Other >than the >routine rotation as a cadet on training cruises and the like.... > 'Perhaps it is time to review some of the technical texts to review so I am >not too >stale...' he thought to him self, sitting a dimly lit room >thinking. 'But where to >start.... Well, let's start with a review of curent >projects and decide from >there....' >He found a varried listing of ongoing projects including: >Weapons Research: next generation of photon, quantum, and tri-cobalt >torpedos. >Projects Hummingbird, Drexel, and Lapis respectively. Project >Shadow Killer was an >ongoing anti-cloaking device project that had been in >existance for over 80 years. >All of these projects had not been really making >headway lately, despite the large >amounts of funding they had been given, and >promises of great revealations made over >the past few years. He noted this needed to be a top concern, especially with the new threat by the felinoids. > Halographic Initiatives: There were several projects underway, all related >and >sharing staff and researchers, on how to better use halographic crew. >Since Dr. >Zimmerman's first on Voyager, the development of new and more >advanced emergency >replacement crew had been a priority. However, great >debate (creating halographic >beings) had also come to the projects upon >Voyager's return with a sentient halo >doctor. This unit had been under funded >since the great debate over the morality of >the project. Some clarity of >mission was needed, or the nastiness controversy would >engulf Starfleet R&D. He was old school. Holographs were nice but should not compromise an entire crew. This would receive minimal, but adequate support. > Medical research: Medical research was a hot topic in the Federation as of >late. >Many believed that the military had no place in medical research. >However, >Starfleet was both a military and a research institution. Some calm >came to the >debate when much of the medical research that Starfleet was >transfered from R&D to >SF Medical. Over the last several years more projects >have been begun in R&D, >adding fuel to this debate. Lorin could tell that >this was one flash point that >would get ugly if not dealt with properly, and >quickly. (If it was transferred to medical how can it be a flashpoint????) Medical would be contacted to see if they could offer appropriate, but minimal assistance. > Starship Design: there zero projects into ship design. A surprising number >>considering that the main vehicle of Starfleet was ships. Could SF be losing >their >technical edge or equivilancy to the Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians, >and others??? Lorin made this a primary concern. > Propulsion...: There were three projects, and all of them were heavily >funded. >Project Thumb was for alternative propulsion modes to warp. Project >Star Hugger was >into making warp and impulse propulsion safer to atmospheres >and to space in >general. Last was Project Thunder Clap. Strangely very >little information was in >the records about this project, except that it was >maked classified Level 9e >(special technical and select members of SF >Command). He had remembered several outlying worlds losing staff to misgauged warp times when they truely weren't out of the atmosphere yet, however user error can be corrected by better technology.
