well thats where i got the inspiration but i was not sure . can we work anywhere else?
Why ? You seem to dislike the idea of working in a criminal lab. Any reason ?
Forensics is not constricted to only crime. For example, if a ship tomorrow suffers from major structural damage ; as a forensic scientist you can analyse snapped cables to determine the force that must have caused them to break.
You analyse debris from the ship to see if an explosive material was involved.
The list is endless. Just look it up on Wikipedia.