The Advanced Research Department was an extension of Practan College at St Oscar's University on Dellah. The Head of the department was Professor Santos Silvera. (PROSE: Mean Streets, Tears of the Oracle)
They used Golls for guards. (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!, The Medusa Effect)
One of the Department's projects involved the spaceship Medusa. (PROSE: The Medusa Effect)