OOC: Jim did some fantastic work on the layout and contents of the lab when he was here, so please have a look at the following threads if you want to get a sense of what the lab looked like:
https://www.star-fleet.com/core/stf1/leviathan/posts/94821/
https://www.star-fleet.com/core/stf1/leviathan/posts/90336/

IC: The corridor held only two doors. Both reinforced. Both impenetrable without the requisite, elevated clearance. The left-hand door was as familiar to Nakuto as her own quarters. Perhaps even more considering the long hours she was dedicating to her work. But of the right-hand door, the half-Klingon had been battling to ignore it, to deny its existence and resist the pull of secrets buried within. To avoid facing the truth that, once again, she had been party to the disappearance of a dear friend.

Her last conversation with John McHarrie had been unsettling, the Welshman forcing her to accept a terrifying truth - that a creature once relegated to legend was not only real, but here, as a specimen, on this ship. Inevitable, John had told her, that Section 31 and James McHarrie would come in pursuit. All he had wanted was to complete his experiment before they arrived to claim it back. Had his quest for answers been rewarded with success?

At the threshold, Kara paused and glanced at Reira. No requirement to speak aloud her warning of the dangers held within. Akaba knew John’s history better than even she. Still, she offered him a final “Ready?” before pressing her fingertips to the scanner and then with a final glance over her shoulder, taking Reira’s arm and leading them both inside…

• Kara Nakuto (Consultant Researcher)