Ray Tanner

Officer Ray Tanner is a P.S.O officer at Meridian Depthworks Centre, assigned to Sector B patrol. He responded to the 1987 break room incident involving Clyde Harry.

Ray Tanner
Full name	Ray Tanner
Affiliation	Parafield Corp, Parafield Security Operations
Occupation	P.S.O officer
Location	Sector B
Education	Associate's in Security Administration, Parafield in-house P.S.O academy
Status	Active (as of 1987)
First appearance	1987/06-15/PSI-SEC-1987-0615.md

Biography

Tanner joined Parafield Security Operations in 1981 after completing the in-house academy, drawing Sector B patrol within two years. Six years on the job had given him a reputation for unflappable radio discipline, a reputation that ended on June 15 1987.

He responded to a motion alert in the Sector B break room and found Clyde Harry wearing a full maid outfit and holding a mop. His radio exchange with P.S.O control, conducted while visibly holding in laughter, is preserved in the incident log. He remained on scene while David Robertson took charge, eventually turning to face the wall while losing the battle against laughter. Robertson overrode protocol and took responsibility for Harry.

Personality

Professional under pressure, barely. Follows protocol on the radio while visibly falling apart in person. Described the incident afterward as the funniest thing seen in six years of security work.

Relationships

• David Robertson — Senior scientist who took charge of the scene
• Clyde Harry — Incident subject
• Patrick Anderson — Present at the scene, elbowed mid laugh

Appearances

• 1987/06-15/PSI-SEC-1987-0615.md (in main repo)

Trivia

• Misspelled headpiece three different ways in the incident report, per Batista's later reading of it.

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