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The BAG gas still has a large number of unknown properties. Baalathi, being organisms that live in gas environments, are a natural test subject. Sadly, it doesn't seem to have much effect. Since the Baalathi rely on a diverse range of gasses to maintain their pressure and homeostatic mechanisms, a pure environment of BAG just ends up being fatal to them. After all, the Boson Accumulator “Gas” is somewhat a misnomer- the “gas” is strange matter, not made of regular elements that make up gasses as a state of matter.
With the discovery of the BAG and your science budget being much lower then it needs to be for something of this magnitude, you need to <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">cut funding from Tetak's personal projects</span></span> in order to keep the budget up to snuff.
Naturally, little economic tricks like digitally creating more money, price fixing, or just ordering people to work overtime is enough to shore up gaps in budget- but you can't rely on these too much without causing long term problems. And moreso, it goes beyond simple budget. The lack of good scientific minds working on problems, AI computer cycles, rare scientific resources... But no, you need to confront your science overseer.
<span class="mu-b">”Tetak, we need to talk. I'll keep this brief- your allocations of budget and science resources are not what we need right now. The performance of our science departments and our advancement projections are nowhere where we need to be-”</span>
“Your majesty! I don't understand. I thought you wanted me to investigate the Starsight phenomena? Isn't that why you assigned me to this position?”
<span class="mu-b">”Of course- but we have other concerns as well.”</span>
“Why are you rushing progress?! I've only had-”
<span class="mu-b">”You have had over ten years, in which, you've made no progress at all. Am I reading these requisition logs correctly? <span class="mu-i">“Culturally significant artifacts to be shipped out of the solar system for telekinetic manipulation testing over long distances?”</span> What is this drek?”</span>
“Please your majesty- we don't have the budget to add a large scale research project into the new strange matter discovery while still working on the psychic initiative!”
<span class="mu-b">”That is correct, which is why I am superseding your authority and allocating the budget towards practical, useful research. Your “unifying psychic field theory” is being suspended-”</span>
