Panopticon: 'The scientific review journal'

[Panopticon]

Onboard Circular:-

The scientific review #issue 2

The response to the journal has been altogether enthusiastic and already submissions have been arriving for publication. We of the sub-committee were wholly unprepared for this and have stepped up our efforts to meet with demand.

Firstly some exciting news;
The 'Panopticon' has been offered a partnership with the historic Wayland Yutani Corporation. Wayland Yutani dates back to the days of the Sol system and has maintained it's hegemony over cutting edge research and development even through the resettlement in Sirius. A contractual contract is currently on the table including the opportunity to apply for research grants, full tenure for all current research staff and access to Wayland Yutani's extensive knowledge base, facilities and personnel. In a board meeting held after the message was received it was unanimously agreed that such a partnership would be most advantageous and beneficial and has proposed an acceptance of the offer. This proposal will be subject to referendum once we have been delivered the contract and put it to board review.

As you will be aware we have had a great number of passengers with us recently. This ship has been involved in an ongoing effort to evacuate scientific personnel from the war torn no-mans-land between Rheinland and Liberty space. Many of these personnel have been displaced by the military action or simply wish to escape it an so we are glad to assist in this noble cause. We offer all of these displaced scientists the opportunity to establish themselves aboard ship and have had a number of new associates join us as a result. It is likely we will be called upon again to assist in this intellectual exodus as the pressures of the war make these endeavors unfeasible.

Our directorial board and steadily growing exo-microbiology team have been drafting a proposal to conduct an independent study of the nomad genetics following a hypothesis by Dr Piers Corben published in his exo-microbiology thesis theorizing that the familiar alien micro-organisms of the borderworlds may share a common ancestor with the nomads. The stated aim of the research expedition is nothing less than "exo-prehistoric archeology". Dr Corben has stipulated that the first form of life in the universe was an archeobacteria that survived in space as the modern alien micro-organisms do. The thesis extrapolates from this that life did not spring from the surface of worlds but instead rained down from the skies. Such archeobacteria can survive in the most extreme conditions of heat, cold, vacuum and chemical saturation while producing vast quantities of gas such as CO2, O2, CH4 and are thus ideal for terraforming. It is hypothesized that humans themselves are likely descended from similar organisms. It is for the advancement of genetic research that this proposal is being drafted as the genetic history of the nomads is altogether unknown. If Dr Corben's hypothesis is found to be correct then it may be the case that humanity is genetically related, if vastly distantly, to the nomads via some ancient prehistoric ancestor.

Attached are floor plans for the much anticipated Corben exo-bioscience wing currently being installed in sector F (previously Cell block F). It has been decided that cell block reference codes remain in use however they will now be referred to as 'sectors', this will remain formal procedure however each wing will likely be referred to by whatever function it serves. plans are in motion to allocate the space economically and all proposals for use of space are viewed and voted on by the committee.

CXBW Floor plan

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