At some point during this quest, the NPC Mehdjina says the line, "I know I said a uniform for researchers and academics, but I'm afraid I may have deeply underestimated the feasibility of such a project."
However, the NPC just found out in the previous part of the quest that the project is far, far less feasible than she had initially presumed, meaning that the word "underestimated" should have been "overestimated". As it is currently written, it looks like she things the task is easy, despite the cutscene involving her giving up on it due to its difficulty.