Though Tech-priests and scholars are often the core of these stations, there are also guards, codifiers, and support staff who make sure that the station as a whole runs smoothly. They believe this despite the fact that, unknown to most working at them, some stations dance precariously on the thin line between sanctioned research and abominable tech-heresy. Whatever the project is, everyone - from the lead Tech-priests and administrators down to the lowliest scribes and indentured labourers - believes that their efforts contribute to the continued greatness of the Imperium. While this can vary considerably, there is generally one constant: regardless of individuals' wants and needs, the research always takes priority over them. Sites like these are very similar to manufactoria and forges, in that the master timetable dictates every quality of life. Time not spent on duty, such as meals or sleep, is measured and monitored. All understand the security and the progress of the station's research program require very strict scheduling to ensure optimal results. Most social interactions at any given facility are bound with scripted and rote language, the original meaning of which might be long lost.Ĭontrol and predictability govern daily life at a research station, which can include extended families of expert fabricators who spin and polish massive crystalline lenses, or of brute haulers transferring the vats of ink necessary to transcribe daily findings. Though many are on otherwise inhabited planets, they are invariably isolated or secluded from the general population, making contact only to restock supplies or take on replacement staff. Research stations are found throughout the Imperium in almost every situation, locale, or environment. Useful results might never occur, or be lost in the impossible depths of Imperial bureaucracies, but sometimes glimmers do emerge and catch the eye of those looking for aids in defending Humanity. Once committed to a station, few ever leave, and their tasks are passed on through generations without end. Most researchers never live to see any conclusive results. Research stations provide a stable base of operations to Tech-priests, scribes, Adepts, servitors, and the small Imperial armies sometimes necessary to support them in these often remote locations.
The aims of such stations vary, with researchers studying planetary storm patterns, dissecting captured xenos corpses, charting the stability of Warp entry locations like Mandeville Points, or probing the remains of ancient civilisations. The Imperium and the Adeptus Mechanicus have many research stations scattered across the stars to collect data in an often vain attempt to better control Mankind's surroundings. Types of research stations include actual scientific laboratories, as well as surveillance posts for defensive purposes.
Some are based in orbit on void stations around planets or on asteroids, or on the surface of a planet, such as certain Dead Worlds or Death Worlds. Imperial Research Stations ( P-Class) are listed in the classification system of Imperial worlds, but are not worlds themselves. " Send the last tonnages of recordings from batch four to adept Gaffiner for transcription, reconsecrate and re-anoint the scanners, and then begin recording batch five immediately."
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