Dr. Coron
| Full name | Dr. Coron (possibly Dr. Lisa Coron) |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | Unknown |
| Species | Human |
| Role / occupation | Lead researcher, INI-Experiments |
Dr. Coron is the author of a resignation letter discovered by Zet in the Abandoned Station. The letter, heavily corrupted, reveals that Dr. Coron led the INI-Experiments — secret government-funded human experiments that resulted in multiple deaths.
The Resignation Letter
Zet recovered a damaged storage drive from the abandoned station's medical room and extracted one partially readable file:
My Lord,
I regret to inform you that the INI-Experiments have failed. Despite our continued efforts to [corrupted] ... While your funding has helped us progress immensely, we could not achieve any lasting success [corrupted] ... 3 is intact but impossible to [corrupted] ... the deaths of [corrupted] ... my resignation, effective immediately.
Regards, Dr. Coron
Key Details from the Letter
- Addressee: "My Lord" — likely the king, Qyvin Warpine (if this occurred during his reign), or another high-ranking official
- Project: INI-Experiments (meaning unknown)
- Participants: 16 volunteers (based on encoded text in the letter: "MTYg dm9sd 50ZWVy w==" which appears to be base64)
- Outcome: Complete failure; resulted in deaths
- Subject 3: Mentioned as "intact but impossible to [corrupted]" — unclear whether this is a person, specimen, or equipment
- Resignation: Effective immediately, suggesting Dr. Coron could no longer ethically or practically continue
Possible Identity: Dr. Lisa Coron
Zet searched knowledge databases and found Dr. Lisa Coron, a kyrantologist who died 80 years ago. She was one of the leading researchers who advanced the study of Kyrants — super-heavy elements with strange properties found in the Lukyr system.
Evidence for identification:
- Matching surname
- Expertise in kyrants, which likely were involved in the INI-Experiments
- Timeline is plausible (though the station appears older than 80 years)
- Kyrantology would make sense for experiments involving volunteers and strange medical outcomes
Evidence against:
- Zet found no neurologists named Coron, which would be more expected for human experimentation
- Timeline ambiguity — the station seems abandoned longer than 80 years
- No definitive connection in available records
Open Questions
- Is Dr. Lisa Coron the same person as the letter's author?
- If not Lisa Coron, who was Dr. Coron, and why is there no record?
- What was Dr. Coron's specific role — lead researcher, medical supervisor, kyrant specialist?
- Why did "My Lord" fund these experiments?
- What happened to Dr. Coron after resignation?
- Did Dr. Coron survive the apparent explosion in the medical room, or die there?
Connection to INI-Experiments
Dr. Coron appears to have been the lead researcher or project director for the INI-Experiments, reporting directly to a high-ranking government official. The experiments involved:
- Human volunteers (16 total)
- Kyrants (likely, given Dr. Coron's possible identity as a kyrantologist)
- Multiple deaths
- An explosion or catastrophic failure
- Complete abandonment of the facility with bodies left inside