Lieutenant Taewon Narang was the Science Officer of Lexington although he hated spaceships, and his station was the Science Lab. He stayed in A1.
He had studied quantum chemistry as a hobby and was fascinated with the Arika alloy. He was interested in Erebus and Delta Pavonis V and used to read "Theory of Artificial Quantum Singularities III - The Role of Virtual Particle Creation in Energy Production".
He rebuffed the rumors that the mission was about a new Earth-type world. He also could know the Lexington's classified position but would not tell. He had a heated argument with James Poole on April 20 over the causes of the war when some of the officers were relaxing in the Wardroom.
Narang used to talk about his Field Research Team all the time. Once he showed to the protagonist how a microscanner uses reflected light to magnify objects.