Stan Romki

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Professor Stan / Stanislav Romki - expert in xeno-sociology and xeno-linguistics

“Who is Stanislav Romki?” Erik asked.

“He’s a legend in xeno-sociology. Alien civilisations.”

“Why haven’t I heard of him?”

Linley smirked. “Because most of what he knows, he’s not allowed to publish. It’s classified —he works for Newtown University but he’s funded by Fleet, and they censor everything. He doesn’t have a choice but to accept their funding because Fleet blocks everyone else. He’s not even allowed to give lectures or take students anymore, not for decades. Most of the academic community’s forgotten about him, he’s purely a security asset. Fleet’s been trying to control him for years, but he goes rogue, wanders off, spends time with our ‘enemies’ and friends alike. Fleet love his research but are scared it’ll give us poor, weak-minded civilians the ‘wrong idea’ about our allies or something. Tried to recruit him into Fleet Intelligence or some other Intel branch, offered him heaps of money. . . . Romki always turns them down.” (R-25)