Pre-Meeting:
FIBR: Competent Regardless of Ethics
Free Institute for Biochemical Research:
The Free Institute For Biochemical Research (FIBR/FIBCR) is housed 30km away from the city-proper of Dürrax though it is still considered part of its’ district. Although the city isn’t famous for housing a single University such as Ochridæ or Aelbasan, it is home to various Academies which are used for further specialization of scholars upon attaining any sort of title.
FIBR is specifically tied to the ‘Academy of Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals’, located within the city proper and housed in the residence of a former mayor of the city (~17th century) who was a physician professionally and rumored to be an alchemist secretly, is known in Viliakmon for being “Competent - Regardless of Ethics”, which FIBR adopted as its’ own motto.
Leksandra Panteliev, ties and biography
Leksandra Panteliev:
Spouse of “Lenko Panteliev” (revealed later to be “Gabriel Tamir”), interestingly the surname does belong to Leksandra instead. Controversially, Leksandra Panteliev is some 15-20 years older than her husband, with the marriage supposedly being arranged by a third unknown party.
Late and secret mentor to Tayna Xhuglini, daughter and supposed heir to the Head of State. It’s estimated that Leksandra became Tayna’s mentor when the latter turned 18, though had been previously observing her development throughout life.
Although it may appear as if Leksandra’s own connections are shadowing over her, an opposite description would be more fitting. The little that is publicly known of Leksandra is that she completed her BA in the University of Aelbasan, Faculty for Natural Sciences and immediately enrolled into Masters Degree in the University of Ochridæ, gaining the title of Master in Biochemistry. In 2009., Leksandra Panteliev defended her doctoral thesis “On the Benefits of Chromatin Immunoprecipitation In Determining Epigenetics” after which she was employed in the aforementioned Academy, working in the Desk for Genetical Engineering & Inherited Traits. In 2013. she would be transferred to work in FIBR itself.
She is rumored to be behind the idea of FIBR developing a specific sedative, tranquilizer medication which should be “as widely distributed as possible to the general population”.
Leksandra Panteliev, shrouded in mystery and controversy, is also a yet unparalleled expert in her field - so much so that she’s known to be constantly sleep deprived and falling asleep on her working bench. The virtues and ethics she believes - she truthfully does believe in. This is why her team was chosen to cooperate with UGR in the name of FIBR.
Meeting:
Arrangement
Arrangements:
It’s unknown why both FIBR and UGR were invited to work together on Merimeng Island by the District’s Local Chiefdom. The facility provided has a private airstrip and landing dock, equipped better than either FIBR or UGR and with what appeared to be a Private Military Company serving as the facilitys’ guards.
The joint research was paid only in quarter by both FIBR and UGR while it received 75% of the funding by Merimeng Island private associations and the District’s budget itself.
Leksandra Pantelievs’ Team and the Meeting:
“Hm. Merimeng Island, seldom do I remember how free you are.” were Leksandras’ only inner thoughts when arriving at the facility. It was the story of Merimeng Island in concise in one statement. Often forgotten to be the Pacifica’s most western point, often forgotten that it has always been detached from Viliakmon (since 1998. legally as well, granting it a status of “Special District”).
“How free you are” she had no idea how much she was right. Despite being entangled in rumors related to the CobWeb conspiracy, at least it was always untouched by whatever was going on in the mainland.
Leksandra and her team arrived only a day before and still haven’t even opened the research section of the facility. Hearing loud noise of an aircraft landing, contrasted with silence by being in the middle of nowhere, excited Leksandra and her team who went outside to finally meet UGR and begin the research.
The assembled team were the same exact 6 Masters of Biochemistry that have been working under Leksandra in FIBR since 2017. (the number in 2013. was originally 24 but the rest got dismissed by her). They were trustworthy in their competence and that’s all Leksandra wanted of them to be. The 7 researchers, almost all fluent in Austral, came out of the Hosting section of the Research Facility on the end of the private airstrip to greet UGR, though honestly, they were guests just as much.