Oh, that's lovely. Absolutely lovely.

[Ugh, goddamn it. He's going to have so much work to do here, it isn't funny; good thing he's goal-oriented.]

I'll worry about getting in contact with the higher-ups; don't let that concern you for now. How much of an impact has this had on your own progress? Are you able to compensate enough to continue with your own projects, or do you require assistance? Surely some of the new recruits could actually be useful, even if science isn't their expressed field.