Discovery on Borneo

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After their short conversation, Dr. Chattopadhyay quickly requested a sample be sent to her immediately for further investigation. In closing, she said something about, “if she had the time”. Miles gathered all his data and notes on his findings and packaged up a cryo-stasis sample of the micro-organism and had them delivered to the main settlement and marked it for high priority shipment back to Yuma aboard the next available Crayter vessel. Two days later, Avatari confirmed receipt of the items and began her lab investigation and analysis of the sample. It was several additional cycles before he heard back from his colleague. At last she sent a quick message back to him:

Your analysis seems worth pursuing, something of value perhaps. I’ve begun initial genetic modification tests as I have a hunch based on the cellular membrane structure that this could be more than we think. It’s good you brought this to me. I’ve notified the Ministry of the discovery and am awaiting to hear back from Minister Case.

Miles could barely focus on his continuing duties back at Yvandros while he waited to hear more. All this time, putting on his isolation suit, trudging around the marshy wilderness taking samples of bacteria, fungii, yeasts, etc. Cataloguing endless species. This was indeed thrilling work, finding new forms of life nearly every day. His work was laying a foundation that would be built upon for untold generations, bringing progress and understanding to the Republic. It was what he always wanted to be a part of, but that single solitary species was like nothing he’d seen before. It was at face value, a thousand times more fascinating than each and every other sample he’d catalogued, though he knew this was probably not fair. Of the myriad of individual life forms on Borneo, undoubtedly hundreds if not thousands would have some practical application in the future.
Standing in his fabri-lab’s airlock, taking his iso suit off and spraying down before entering the main room, he heard his comms tab chirp with an incoming message. Miles hurriedly finished his doffing procedure, and trotted to the steel table his tab was sitting on. The formal letterhead of the Crayter Republic government adorned the top of the emessage as he read across:

Dr. Miles Orrenyn,
The Ministry of Research and Development has been notified of your recent findings in coordination with Dr. Avatari Chattopadhyay. The Ministry requests your presence in three days time on Yuma for review and presentation of your work. You will be contacted shortly by our staff to arrange transportation and arrival details.
Thank You for your Service.