[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"fs:raw-documents/requisition-776":3},{"type":4,"path":5,"title":6,"date":7,"classification":8,"department":9,"description":10,"contentType":4,"wordCount":11,"bodyHtml":12,"icon":4,"scanRevealPercent":13,"challenge":14,"recoveredIcon":28},"damaged","raw-documents/requisition-776","Requisition 776-GC: Emergency Reclassification of Substance 'Ethanol'","2025-02-01","RESTRICTED ACCESS","Bureau of Substance Taxonomy","A partially corrupted requisition order regarding the emergency reclassification of a substance discovered on a remote planet.",369,"\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>REQUISITION ORDER 776-GC\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Classification: RESTRICTED ACCESS — BUREAU EYES ONLY\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The Bureau of Substance Taxonomy hereby requests an emergency session of the Reclassification Tribunal to address the taxonomic status of a liquid compound currently designated as \u003Cstrong>Substance X-ETH-9\u003C/strong> (common name pending), recovered from the surface of an unincorporated planet in Sector 7G (local designation: \"Earth\").\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>Background\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>During a routine biological survey of the aforementioned planet, Field Cataloguer Vrenn-3 recovered several containers of a clear liquid from what appeared to be a primitive fermentation facility. Initial scans classified the substance as industrial solvent. Subsequent analysis has revealed properties that do not align with any existing category in the Collective Substance Index.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The substance produces the following effects upon ingestion by carbon-based organisms:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Temporary impairment of motor coordination\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Marked reduction in risk-assessment capability\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Spontaneous vocalisation (often melodic, always poorly calibrated)\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>A persistent desire to consume additional quantities of the substance\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>These properties do not correspond to any known food, beverage, medicine, toxin, or recreational compound in the Collective's 4.2-billion-year taxonomic record.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>The Problem\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The Collective Substance Index requires all ingestible compounds to be placed in exactly one of the following categories: NUTRIENT, MEDICINE, TOXIN, or INDUSTRIAL. Substance X-ETH-9 fails to meet the exclusive criteria for any single category and arguably qualifies for all four simultaneously.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Field Cataloguer Vrenn-3's preliminary report describes the substance as \"a toxin that the organisms voluntarily consume in social settings, which impairs their judgement while convincing them their judgement has improved.\" The Bureau finds this description taxonomically unhelpful.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>Request\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The Bureau of Substance Taxonomy formally requests:\u003C/p>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>An emergency convening of the Reclassification Tribunal\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Temporary suspension of the single-category rule for Substance X-ETH-9\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Authorisation to create a new taxonomic category if required\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>A budget allocation for further field study on the planet of origin\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ol>\n\u003Cp>We note, with some urgency, that Field Cataloguer Vrenn-3 has requested an extension of their survey period on the planet's surface and has stopped responding to recall notices. Their last transmission included the phrase \"just one more sample\" repeated four times.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The Bureau considers this a matter of some priority.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Submitted by: Deputy Taxonomist Grell-8, Bureau of Substance Taxonomy\u003C/em>\n\u003Cem>Requisition filed under: MISC/URGENT/UNPRECEDENTED\u003C/em>\u003C/p>",75,{"type":15,"keys":16},"key-pick",[17,21,25],{"label":18,"hint":19,"correct":20},"SIGMA-7 Encoding Standard","Standard encoding for Bureau of Substance Taxonomy internal communications.",true,{"label":22,"hint":23,"correct":24},"OMEGA-12 File Signature","Reserved for diplomatic channels between member species.",false,{"label":26,"hint":27,"correct":24},"DELTA-3 Freight Manifest Format","Common freight manifest encoding used in outer-rim logistics.","raw-document"]