>"There have been a few minor lapses in security procedures, but all have >been very minor and attended to. Mostly due to a forgetful researcher >leaving his terminal on when he left the lab to get a meal, or something >like that. In each instance those involved have been put on administrative >leave pending an investigation, and if so appropriate disciplines have been >issued. Unlike some departments we handle our own quite well. Which is a >necessity as we are not all Starfleet types here. We do have plenty of >civilian researchers and administrators here. The creative and analytical >minds are quite different from the rank and file soldier.
>"Our Chief Security Officer is Lt. Alexi Graves. He is on leave today, his >sister is getting married, and he is giving her away. Otherwise he would >have been here to accompany us." Hutchinson replies.. "That says a great deal for him already, he must be a proud brother. I would like a detailed list on these sent to my office at your earliest convenience please." >"When Mr. graves returns I will have him compile the information and get it to you." "Thank you." "Security needs to be a top priority here and should be as tight, if not tighter than Intel facilities." >"That is precisely the wrong way to go about things, Admiral Renaud. >Researching new technologies and developing existing ones to their fullest >potential is our top priority here. First and foremost, research and >development. Security is not even in our top 10, and for that reason we >have highly trained personnel like Lt. Graves who handle our security needs. >Too much security is counter productive to the work that we do here. >Especially since we employ top scientists at universities and other research >institutes across the Federation. With the kind of security you suggest >that would simply not be possible." "Absolutely R&D is top priority...without a doubt. With my many years in the Security field though I have seen some very innovative ways of managing Security without disturbing general operations. I am sure Lieutenant Graves and I can discuss that at a later time..." He let it rest for a moment, punching in a request for his secretary to get a dossier ready on Graves for him and then said, "Moving on...current projects-I am aware that there are some projects that have..for lack of better words....stalled...what are the status of these projects?"
