security-and-sabotage

In this chapter, a tense meeting unfolds between military and civilian personnel overseeing Project Tempo, where sabotage by an employee named Kornal has caused significant delays. General Sachson asserts military authority and pressures Dr. Lane to accept Major Leeber as an overseer, while Dr. Inly defends the psychological screening methods and Kornal's condition as a patient rather than a criminal. The chapter highlights the conflict between military control and civilian scientific autonomy within a high-stakes extraterrestrial project.