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[alsohawkeye]

Hey everyone.

You probably remember that back when we were figuring out that the nanites were making us sick we discovered a room with management consoles for the nanites and grav couches and stuff. We haven't had much luck getting real access to the systems to see how the changes were made, so we're having to get pretty old-school to try to find anything out. One of the things we did was dust for fingerprints (yes, really). We found some, obviously, and what we're hoping to do now is narrow them down and see if there are any that don't belong to passengers. If there are that could help confirm that there are other humans still physically present on the ship, which would be good to know.

To do that, obviously we need to rule out passengers and for that we need your fingerprints for comparison. (Added: For those of you unfamiliar with the practice: each person has a different pattern of ridges on their fingertips and when you touch things you often leave impressions of them behind. If we record what your fingers' pattern looks like we can compare it to the marks we found on the machine and rule out that it was you that touched it.)

This isn't compulsory, I'm not going to come knock on your door and force you to get printed or anything like that, and we're not going to use your prints for anything but this without your permission. But it would really be nice to figure this out, so please consider doing it.

We'll be set up in the lounge on 005 most of the time, or you can schedule with me separately if that's easier. Thanks.

(ooc: if you don't want to comment icly but your character definitely would/wouldn't show up to get printed, feel free to drop a [not here] to let me know!)

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[spiegele]

fingerprints

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[alsohawkeye]

Sorry, I should have explained. Basically I need to compare the little ridge-patterns on your fingers to someone else's and see if they're the same.

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[jurisimpudent]

An interesting idea. I will gladly come and volunteer my fingerprints.

[alsohawkeye]

Thank you.

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[pushesback]

Burned mine off years ago. Can I be excused now?

[alsohawkeye]

I don't know, it sounds like you've been bad.

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[peckish4action]

Would it be acceptable to set up a way to destroy the prints after the matching is run? I'd rather not have mine on record.

[alsohawkeye]

It would be preferable to be able to keep the files so we don't have to do the whole project over again the next time we run into something like this, but if you're really that worried about it I can destroy them afterwards.

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[notmarieanymore]

I'll get it done, ah, privately, if you don't mind?

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[alsohawkeye]

Sure, if you'd rather. Anywhere on 1-10 is fine with me. What's your name?

[uncurse]

Who knew the old methods still held their weight in space. You should send the fingerprints SEC's way once you've cleared them: we can start some kind of database.

[jurisimpudent]

Only if explicit permission is given.

[alsohawkeye]

Right? Fingerprinting a nanotech device sure is a weird juxtaposition.

I'm going to ask people when they come in if they're okay with that and if they are I'll pass them along.

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[ryuuzaki]

There's no need for mine. I've never been in that room.

I'm in agreement with Robin in that I'm very concerned about the storage procedures involved.

I'm also concerned about the accuracy of comparisons, depending on how the prints are being analyzed. Does the ship have software dedicated to the purpose? [If it does, he's never heard of it, and this kind of thing should be done by experts.] Not everyone who's been here has even been human, and there's no way of knowing that the prints you've found were left by a human, or that they weren't left by someone with the ability to change something like that at will.

I suppose the real prize would be the ability to compare what you found to the fingerprints of Ward, Resnik, Gallagher, and so on.

[alsohawkeye]

Like I told him, I'll be asking everyone who participates whether they mind their prints being put in a file for future use. Anyone who wants them destroyed, they'll be destroyed.

If there were any way to get the crewmember's prints that would be ideal. Any ideas on where we might look?

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[coldhardy]

[Elsa -- very fair, very calm -- looks intrigued by the idea of fingerprinting. She loves geometry, and to a lesser degree, what she understands of the natural sciences. There's no way that the secret of her powers could be somehow hidden in her fingerprints, she thinks, but why not take a look at them nonetheless?]

That's very interesting.

You can look at my hands if you want to, but all it's going to tell you is that it wasn't me. If I let you see them, will you show me how it works?

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[alsohawkeye]

That's great, that's what I'm hoping it will tell me for everyone. And sure, I'd be happy to show you and explain how it works when you come down.

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[lostsoldier]

you, me, private room, i dispose of the evidence after

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[alsohawkeye]

I bet you say that to all the girls.

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[adhesion]

I'll do it

but you know how this goes I'm probably going to break the space law in the future
let's be real
obviously for good reasons
so if youc ould toss em after that'd be great

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[alsohawkeye]

Peter there is no space law. But if you want, of course I will.

[ex_gloves423]

if not everyone cooperates what's the point?

[alsohawkeye]

It still narrows it down, which is better than nothing. Obviously I'm hoping everyone cooperates.

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[starbuckslord]

My hands are yours to do with as you please.

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[alsohawkeye]

I bet you say that to all the girls.

[ Yes, she's totally recycling that response since no one can see the other use. Deal with it. ]

[seidhr]

I'm still waiting for my reward.

[alsohawkeye]

What?

[newnova]

are you keeping them after?

[alsohawkeye]

I've already answered this question a couple times. No, I'm not keeping them unless someone says I can.

[inspirited]

You found fingerprints already on those machines?

[alsohawkeye]

Already?

[mspoots]

I'm new, but I could take a crack at the system if you think that would help.

[alsohawkeye]

If you want to take a look you should talk to Medical, they have nanite access to the space and can get you in. We've had some serious hackers try and fail, though, so don't get your hopes up.