> >The scan revealled nothing spectacular, but that was not to say that it did > not provide any answers. The >parchment was made up of organic material. It > was a material that contained the cellulose make-up of a >gorla weed, a plant > native to Cardassia Prime and often used in the making of fine expensive > tablet. The ink >on the parchment has a similar make up to that found in the > ink emitted from an octopus-like animal native >to the northern seas of > Cardassia Prime. There are also traces of Cardassian DNA on the surface of > the >paper, probably from the sweat of someone or someones who had handled > the paper. The combination is >an expensive one, since the paper and the ink > were not replicated. > > "Is there a way to identify the writing style of that of the former > Ambassador?"
The techncian smiled patiently. Obviously, the ambassador did not understand that authentication did not come with a swipe of a tricorder. Counterfeiters had been working for centuries to develop "real" fakes. Their level of sophistication was extraordinarily high. A true artist could make Jefferson seem to have risen from the tomb and rewritten the American Declaration of Independence (at that thought, he chuckled to himself at the tricks he had used to do just that for his doctoral dissertation). "Sir, the process of authentication will take time," he said. "I can only give you a preliminary evaluation this evening." (response) Still not opening the document, the technician then scanned the DNA traces and had the computer analyze it. (results?) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ | Randye Jones |) aka Adm. Carrhae t'Llhweiir and Adm. Candance Bedru /| Spacedock Role-Playing Game ( | ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Boldly goin' where no musician has gone before! _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scifi-rpgs.com/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_scifi-rpgs.com
