Embassy of Duronis II/Scientific Facilities
The science department is dedicated to the heart of Starfleet's mission: exploration. Officers in this department come from various backgrounds of knowledge, from the natural sciences to anthropological studies. The department is responsible for searching Starfleet archives for information pertinent to current events. Science Officers provide the crew with relevant information on any encountered anomalies, unknown vessels or races etc.
Tower
The Science Tower is located in one corner of the Federation Embassy on Duronis II. The tower, it's personnel and it's facilities are overseen by the Embassy's Chief Science Officer, at this time a Starfleet Officer, and her staff. The labs in the tower are responsible for conducting day to day research as well as assisting with research critical to Starfleet's mission in the region. The pentagonal tower stands ten stories tall with another four levels below ground. The building contains it's own bioneural based computer system, backup power systems, and dedicated Starfleet Engineering team to handle day to day facilities needs.
The lobby of the tower is open and glassed in on all sides. Seating has been laid out around the perimeter of the room to offer those waiting for appointments places to sit and relax. The Lobby is open and large enough to hold gatherings that outsize the lounge areas in the facility. Parties that outstrip the lobby usually move to one of the official reception rooms in the Embassy itself. Wide and open stairs lead up the second floor.
The second floor contains the administration offices. The CSO has an office suite here with an attached small meeting room, with the department’s yeoman having an area directly outside the office. The Department’s senior NCO has their office on this floor. This floor also contains the department’s library, as well as its independent computer core, and control access for the building’s sensor arrays.
The fourth basement contains isolated laboratories for classified work, often working in tandem with Starfleet Intelligence. Access to the floor itself is strictly controlled by the CSO and local head of SFI.
There are two lounge areas in the facility, one on the first floor near the rear of the building, and another on the seventh floor near the Hazardous Materials work area. The lounges serve as rooms for meal breaks, informal gatherings and general social centers of the facility.
The Tower has two lecture halls, one on the first floor and another on the fourth floor. Used for lectures, visiting speakers, and larger briefings. The fourth floor lecture hall is more popular due to two of the walls being windows and offering very nice views. Dedicated sensor and communication arrays are located on the roof with controls in various departments.
Tower Layout
- Fourth Sub Basement
- Classified Science Facilities
- Third Sub Basement
- Particle and Quantum Physics Labs
- Physics Division Lead's Office
- Second Sub Basement
- Sub Space Physics labs
- Basement
- Chief Historical and Archeological Officer's Office
- Archeological Archive
- Archival work rooms
- Backup power facilities
- Engineering Office/Shop
- First Floor
- Lobby
- Lecture Hall One
- Large Conference Room
- Staff Lounge
- Second Floor
- Administration Suite
- CSO's Office Suite
- Senior NCO's Office
- Library
- Computer Core Access
- Sensor Array Controls
- Administration Suite
- Third Floor
- Mission Specific Labs
- Cross Department Lab Space
- Fielding Research Lab (Formerly known as Lab 1)
- Large Format Replicator
- Fourth Floor
- Mathematics Division
- Division Lead's Office
- Conference Room
- Lecture Hall Two
- Mathematics Division
- Fifth Floor
- Biology and Life Sciences Labs
- Sample Storage Facilities
- Biology Division Lead's Office
- Meeting Room
- Small Hydroponics Unit
- Sixth Floor
- Biology and Life Sciences Labs
- Quarantine Labs
- Science Holodeck One
- Seventh Floor
- Chemical and Material Sciences Lab space
- Hazardous Materials Storage and work space
- Staff Lounge
- Eighth Floor
- C/MS Lab Space
- C/MS Division Leads Office
- Meeting room
- Ninth Floor
- Astrometrics Zero-G Dome
- Astrometrics/Astrophysics Lab
- Conference Room
- Tenth Floor
- Zero-G Dome Catwalk access
- A/A Lab Space
- Science Holosuite 2
- Roof
- Communication and Sensor Arrays
- 'Backyard'
- Botany Greenhouses