Performance Review: Remote Behavioural Analyst (Position RBA-1)

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW

EMPLOYEE: Name Redacted

POSITION: Remote Behavioural Analyst, Grade 1 (sole occupant)

REVIEW PERIOD: Galactic Cycle Year 4,012,889,771

REVIEWER: Supervisor Keth-Mol, Compartment of Personnel Assessment

Summary

The Remote Behavioural Analyst continues to be the sole occupant of a position that no other member of the Collective has ever applied for, been assigned to, or expressed interest in. This makes comparative assessment difficult.

Performance Against Objectives

Objective 1: Submit quarterly behavioural reports on monitored species.

Reports were submitted on time. Content remains... unconventional. The analyst's most recent quarterly report on humanity included a twelve-page section on a human cultural practice called "competitive baking" that the analyst described as "the most sophisticated conflict-resolution mechanism observed in any pre-contact species." This assessment has not been corroborated.

Objective 2: Maintain professional objectivity.

There are concerns. The analyst's reports increasingly read less like clinical behavioural assessments and more like the diary entries of someone who has become personally invested in their subjects. Phrases such as "you have to admire their commitment" and "genuinely delightful" are not consistent with Collective analytical standards.

Objective 3: Flag potential security risks.

One flag was raised during the review period regarding a human broadcast that depicted faster-than-light travel. Investigation confirmed it was fictional. The analyst noted — somewhat defensively — that "the humans clearly want to get out here, which should worry someone."

Areas for Improvement

The analyst is reminded that empathy for monitored species, while not explicitly prohibited, is discouraged. The purpose of remote behavioural analysis is to assess, categorise, and file — not to "root for them," as the analyst phrased it during a departmental meeting.

Overall Rating

Meets Expectations (narrowly)

Analyst's Response

"I note that this review was conducted by someone who has never watched a single human broadcast and whose understanding of the species is limited to the executive summary of a report I wrote. I stand by my work."

Filed by Compartment of Personnel Assessment. Cc: Analyst's personnel file, Compartment of Behavioural Sciences (defunct).