I think that the guardian swarms should be programmed to attack non-tagged nanomachines. We might need some nanomachines of our own and having the guardians set on "destroy all" could be rather inconvenient. Have to think a bit on the bomb. Manual self destruct for now. Considering alternatives.

While I understand my colleague's call for security and the danger inherent in a possible TITAN artifact, I must believe are the benefits of this research and whether they are of greater value than the extensive security procedures called for. If we end up gaining less than we spent, we might as well save time and money and destroy the artifact now. The multiple "Heavily modified, Faraday-shielded warships" seem like a ridiculous expense for an item that is not yet proven valuable. While I like the strict recruitment screening (especially since we can re-use the information on forked egos in future projects to save screening resources), I have doubts that we will be able to fill a full roster of security, research, and infosec personnel that both possess the abilities and cohesion to perform the research well and pass your security test. We could spend decades combing through servers of infugees to find the right people and even then we can't be sure that the simulations come close to matching whatever this device does. We may be able to improve the margins of success by psychosurgically altering any near matches for skill and security instincts into acceptable candidates. Furthermore, the resources thrown about to set this up will not go unnoticed by outside parties that will no doubt attempt to interfere, possibly putting the project in danger. The antimatter warhead is suspicious enough without having a small fleet of warships circling overhead constantly. A modified hab surrounded by defense drones might be more subtle and easier to explain, yet possess sufficient firepower. If we say that it is an infomorph only hab we can put incoming egos in an air-gapped server, unable to notice any weapon systems on the hab.

I agree with #6 that a deployment of such conspicuous fleet will inevitably be noticed and compromise the security of the mission. Furthermore, I do not see why we should be conducting this experiment on Venus, which is densely habited and in which we have other critical resources. No, the experiment should be conducted on our exoplanet [REDACTED]. The Pandora Gate will be set to block any incoming data or object from the Experiment's coordinates, except for a sterile and safe communication method that we need to review. I agree with #5 staff approach. Simul-tested forks is the only way we can approach safety margins in Case Black scenarios, or worse psycho-trojan infiltration. However we might have to increase our threshold failure rate from 0.045% to 0.235 if we want to remain on target and commence the project within the next 2 years.