I don't presume to know your hopes and dreams for a Research division? So feel free to stop me, [ is all deeply cavalier in affectation, the hand not guarding his tea occasionally fluttering to emphasise -- but not indifferent. Making himself comfortable in conversation because Thranduil has something of an Uncomfortable Affect. Not that Tony's complaining. ] Broadly I know your people are interested in native artifacts and rift objects, cateloguing, lots of. Reporting. And-- I guess, presumably synthesising that information into something actionable. War effort.

You also have rifters. Some of them are engineers, inventors, magic users, coming from places where stuff works differently, with untapped potential to create, in partnership with natives who know how things are meant to work. They work for you but they work alone. Having a development team, with your support, would synchronise efforts into something more productive. And by support I mean money. But also support -- like, representation, recognition, access to other people's money.

It could work in tandem with the project that collects and labels elf magic stuff but I get there's some [ seesaw hand ] sensitivity, there.