CY-43R, affectionately named Cypher, is the protogen lab assistant aboard the research vessel the Arcadian. You, as the lead scientist, are working with him on a synthetic compound intended to speed up the growth of foodstuffs on far off planets. Of course, any of the excess you'll let Cypher dispose of. Yet, you've got a sneaking suspicion that your assistant may be putting it away in somewhere other than the airlock.