Roth Likonis
Industrialist
- Intent: To create a hyper-secure document storage system for LIKON.
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- Manufacturer: LIKON, Ltd.
- Affiliation: LIKON, Ltd.
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: N/A
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material: Phrik
- Two pieces: the LIKON Security Scroll consists of two pieces, the largely indestructible cylindrical document storage unit, and a detachable reader unit which can be replaced if damaged.
- (+) Virtually indestructible: the LIKON Security Scroll is made nearly entirely of molecularly bonded phrik, resulting in a single solid casing with no seams, access points, or means of ingress whatsoever. Much like the infamous phrik box of alderaan, this makes a Security Scroll virtually indestructible except by the most extreme circumstances (such as a black hole).
- (-) One use only: the LIKON Security Scroll has exactly one use - once data is transcribed on its internal cylinders and the scroll is sealed, new information cannot be added or subtracted, meaning any errors and omissions must be rectified on an entirely new scroll.
- (-) Expensive: LIKON Security Scrolls are made out of precious phrik, one of the most scarce resources available to LIKON. Because of this, a single scroll is prohibitively expensive, with scrolls only being used to record the most important of agreements.
- (-) Physical asset: while storing information in physical non-electronic mediums has numerous benefits, such as a complete inability to be sliced remotely, it also means that it has to be physically stored in a high-security area. Theft of a security scroll is an extremely serious issue, as Security Scrolls are considered to be original unalterable documents - any and all other copies are compared to this singular physical copy.
The LIKON Security Scroll is the preferred recording medium for original document storage by LIKON, Ltd.
Consisting of two pieces, the storage cylinder and the reader, the storage cylinder is made entirely out of molecularly bonded phrik, creating a seamless shell except for a single pinpoint access a molecule in size. This storage cylinder is hollow, and filled with an internal ream of phrik sheet that has been tightly wound and coated in optical transducer paneling (an extremely low-tech type of optical sensor that is transparent and relays light via optic cabling).
On creation of a document, the internal ream is micro-etched with the full contract details, signatures, as well as the biological (vocal, retinal, dermatoglyphic, blood, electromagnetic, thermal) signatures of each signing party. The ream is then inserted into the storage cylinder, and the cylinder is sealed molecularly.
The second piece is the reader, consisting of a largely ornamental bronzium or chromium cap, a retractable furled sheet of tough meta-ceramic fabric capable of acting as a vid screen, and a base reader unit consisting of a precision micro-scanner. The base of the reader unit locks into place through simple mechanical action and a strong magnet; when unfurled and powered on, the fabric illuminates, and the micro-scanner scans the information presented by the optical paneling through the small molecular access point (illumination is provided by the micro-scanner). The entirety of the document and bio-signature data can then be reviewed through the reader.
Should the reader be damaged, a new reader can be used by detaching and replacing the old reader; likewise, any properly tuned micro-scanner can scan the stored information inside the cylinder. Should the transducer panels be damaged (a difficult feat achievable through a molecular acid), new ones can theoretically be installed using nano-droids; though a far cheaper, albeit time consuming, option is to simply use a molecular optic cable to read the scrolls contents.
