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The crew decide to play it safe and contact local authorities to check legality of Research operation, they get reffered to various departments but eventually a sympathiser gets them  the info

Hilary Bent shows the crew a report that sanctions the research but it is classified information, the government allowed the building of the station in exchange for technological advancements, the nature of the stations work is rumoured to be Psionics - which is frowned upon within the Imperium.