Research & Execution

Back when the Engineers were just dumb sailors with no Technology of their own, the convention that would become Iteration X helped them out. The Convention as a whole tries to be good to them still for this help

Modern Engineers, however, have come a long way and have the acumen to create their own Technology. Research and Execution, or R&E, is the branch of the Convention that imagines and creates the Tech to which the rank and file get access. Research and Execution, not Development. Development implies a long-term, heal-dragging sort of creation. Execution, on the other hand, means that as soon as something is researched it is put into action. This is how it operates: fast and furious. New scanners, new computer upgrades, new cruisers. The advancements happen almost daily and non-R&E people scramble to read the documentation to avoid becoming obsolete within weeks.

But don't think they are just some enormous think-tank that never goes anywhere. Oh no. they are right there in the field, watching what's going on and coming up with new and better ways to do everything.

R&E only takes the best and brightest, those most capable of handling the immense pressure of the job. Despite the intensive screening process, there are some who just can't deal with the pressure and burn out while others others blow themselves up, depending on how careless they get.

R&E works closely with the NWO as 'Q Division.'