Posted Aug. 19, 2020, 9:52 a.m. by Cadet T’Mor (Scientist) (Ava Henson)
Posted by Cadet Matthew Riley (Scientist) in Main Sim: Biochemistry Lab - Examining the Evidence
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Aili McMorran (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim: Biochemistry Lab - Examining the Evidence
Posted by Cadet Matthew Riley (Scientist) in Main Sim: Biochemistry Lab - Examining the Evidence
Matthew paused. “A death?” He took in the array of evidence on the table. “Wouldn’t that be a job for medical?” he asked, then looked back at the other cadet. His eyes widened. “Do they think she’s been murdered?”
He grabbed the first bag of clothing and looked at the array of machines available. What’s going to be best for this, he thought. What am I going to be looking for here? He opened the bagged clothes and emptied the article into a machine for examining biologics. I’ve used this for detecting contaminants before, it should be able to find trace hair and skin or other evidence.
“Is there anything in particular we should be looking for?” he asked the Vulcan as he entered the commands for the scan.
- Cadet Riley, Science
McMorran allowed herself to turn achingly slowly to allow her eyes to meet Cadet Riley’s. She nodded encouragingly before returning to… whatever it was she was doing.
Lt. J.G. Aili McMorran - CSO
Matthew nodded back to the lieutenant. Well at least he thinks I’m on the right path. It’s amazing what a
simple thing like a nod can do, he pondered. Facing the machine again he pursed his lips, then inserted his hands into a slot below the table. A soft hiss sounded, and he removed his hands, now covered in a spray-on glove coating. He looked about and found the next apparatus he needed.He crossed back to the table beside T’Mor, grabbed another bag, and approached a positionable magnifier tablet. He pulled out the contents of the bag and began examining the clothing for tears or other evidence, waiting on the results from the biologics scanner.
- Cadet Riley, Science
T’Mor, after thinking it over, decided to inform Cadet Riley of her conjectures, as well as some additional supporting evidence. While not specifically necessary to accomplish the task, it might answer his question about what they were looking for.
“Current evidence suggests that the security footage of the area where the body was found was, ‘mucked about with’.” With this phrase, she glanced over to McMorran for any signs that she had used it inappropriately. T’mor continued,
“Though it is merely a conjecture, I believe there was someone at the scene of the crime that was not on the security feed, and is trying to hide the fact that they were present around the time of the cadet’s death. This at the very least this person could be a potential wittiness. However, they are also a suspect.”
In a few swift steps she was over at the first machine he used to scan the clothing. T’Mor spoke as she took a closer look at the reading the scan gave out. Usually, when looking for DNA, it was for microbs that would be typically live on clothing, not the creatures inside. Still their was a high chance she could recover some DNA containing particles.
“I agree with your decision in scanning the clothing for contaminants first. Though it is merely my own thought, I believe we should be focusing on potential sources of DNA, or other evidence of an additional person or life form of some kind.”
Cadet T’Mor, Science Department
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