Ersta 7, AC 230

We are glad to present part of an interview our correspondent "Niruman" obtained with the director of the Theophoric Institute at Surakosai. We are still rather amazed that he granted us the time and access, given that we are not an "official" publication. Here's some of what he had to say. We'll publish more of it later.

The nouergist Tanheu Afboureh-Souteth turns 60 later this year. He continues to serve as the director of the Nouergic Institute of Surakosai, and he has also given lectures in physics at the new Institute of Advanced Studies which has just opened in the seaside town of Eloro, some kilometers south of Surakosai.

He is still doing research, investigating nouergic aspects of cosmology and dark energy, and recently went on a geographic exploration mission to the southern continent of Wairuna. Here are some excerpts from an interview we did with him at the Institute.

Niruman: Despite the demands of your work at the Institute, you gave a series of lectures at the new learning center at Eloro. Are you still active in scientific research as well?

Tanheu: I'm currently working with a team at the Mount St. Elias telescope, observing supernovae and gamma-ray bursts coming from outside our galaxy - and some remnants in our galaxy as well. My input deals with the possibility of nouergic components in what we observe. A big interstellar Gateway can produce a beam of high-energy plasma which, for a short time, can simulate a neutron star or pulsar emission.

Niruman: So if you saw one of these which looked right, you might have evidence that there is nouergy in other places than our own Galaxy?

Tanheu: There will always be some ambiguity in that kind of observation, but what we are looking for is fundamental: is nouergy common in this universe, or is it rare or perhaps occurring only in this Galaxy? Are we unique, or is there someone else like us out there?

Niruman: The Theophoric Institute of Surakosai has become one of the most influential of all such Institutes in New Earth, just in the last ten years. Do you see any change in your Institute's purpose and mission?

Tanheu: We will always have our specialized training programs, but one of our important projects now is to prepare for a nouergic response to a natural disaster, such as earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, or destructive storms. A group of trained nouergists and nouetists can be uniquely useful in an emergency. It is inevitable, given our geologically active landscape, that we will be needed for rescue and relief operations sooner or later.

Niruman: Regarding the developments in Khemaru politics, with the coming to power of the "Path of Beauty and Order:" how do you as an overseas Khemaru view this change in your homeland? There are a lot of Khemaru in Surakosai.

Tanheu: I'm watching this very closely. They seem to favor scientific research and the arts, but I'm reserving judgement on their political agenda. One has to remember that I am no longer a citizen of Khemi. I have taken the contract to be a citizen of Surakosai, which has its own good share of beauty and order. That's where I belong.

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