Station Directive No. 4 needs rewrite or do-over

Station Directive No. 4 currently reads as follows. I will highlight the part that this suggestion is concerned with:

To clarify the expectations and obligations of Research staff, what they can make, how and where they can use experimental technology or the works thereof.

The supply department is designated to hold and distribute various supplies within the confines of their warehouse. All avenues of research available are permitted for experimentation by those deemed qualified by Nanotrasen in that specific field of Science. However, unless an emergency situation calls for application and authorization is granted, the works and derivatives of the Research staff are to remain within their respective labs and testing areas. The contents of the cargo warehouse from past shifts are not regarded as contraband if it remains in the warehouse or is in transit to a delivery location or method.

What this directive, and specifically the underscored part means, taken literally, is that Research is to be completely cut off from the rest of the station, rendering it unable to improve equipment, furnish other departments with new tech, or even upgrade devices. Nobody takes it entirely literally, but that huge room for interpretation basically means that the Research Director for any given shift is who decides how helpful to the station, you can be as a scientist.

Therefore, I suggest a do-over and clarification, either simply demanding that a proper requisition form is filled out with approval from appropriate heads of staff, or that Directive No. 4 only applies to weapons produced in Science, leaving things like welding tools, light replacers, and upgrade components out of it.

Thoughts?

Hello. Please use the existing thread to discuss this: https://forums.aurorastation.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=10289

Moved to the archive as a topic for this already exists