Streaky Haddock Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ponies said in OOC a while ago to make a thread about Detective and Coroner to make them more dynamic and interesting. Noone's actually done it, and I wasn't going to until I had a GENIUS IDEA. Photocopiers should make photos of an item on a black background if an item of normal size or less is inserted. The Detective should get a photocopier that does this AND prints out DNA/Blood, Fingerprints and Fibres found on the item. The Detective's scanner does not lose the ability to scan items that'd be dumb. HOWEVER, having photos of individual evidence would be extremely useful for a Detective with half a mind for filing and organisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanthelis Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Give the Detective a belt of some sort that holds forensic scanners, cameras, film, photo albums, and folders. At the moment if they carry everything they need, they can't hold much of anything else that they might need to pick up. If they don't, they end up either not following procedure, or not having what they need to do their job. Add a function to the forensic scanner that allows you to give your scanner reports a title based on the case you're working, because renaming your reports can be painfully tedious Make each scanner report have a list of what was scanned with x/y/z coordinates next to them. For example: -report header and such is up here- -Scalpel (31,66,1) +Maintenance Access (48,113,1) Etc. Because location is as important as time; you never tell someone you want to meet somewhere without a time, or at a time without a place. If not coordinates, then the room the object was in when scanned. Allow any object that fits in an evidence bag to go back in the goddamn evidence bag box. Yes, this might be used to carry shit that doesn't normally fit in boxes, but so can package wrappers and both methods prevent speedy withdrawal of the item and have a limited number of uses, so if Cargo techs can hide a shotgun in their backpack by wrapping it in paper then by God a pair of shoes the clown stole should fit in the evidence box when bagged. How does it work? I don't know, bluespace foil lining in the bag or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Maybe a couple of yellow evidence markers that notes down coords? Maybe something similar to the wet floor sign projector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Pretty sure the Aurora codebase had a large number of detective things ,might want to have a look: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Another idea I had was that maybe the forensic scanner could note down the age (either specific or general) of blood on the ground or on mobs or items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 Magnifying Glass - Determine which order fingerprints landed on an item (although you can do this already this would make it more precise?), determine when a gun's fired and function as an impromptu autopsy scanner. You can see what hurt someone else where but you can't tell the time or severity but you can see the number of inflictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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