The Captain Spare ID seemed to be made simply of gold, but it was impervious to damage. It could be destroyed only by throwing it into the pit of the chapel's crematorium where it was originally forged. Unlike other ID cards, The Captain Spare ID was not susceptible to plasma fire. Like some lesser rings forged by the HoPs as "essays in the craft" — but unlike the other Heads ID Cards — The Captain Spare ID bore no photograph.
Its identity could be determined by a little-known but simple test: when placed in a fire, it displayed a fiery inscription in the Black Speech of CentComm, with two lines from a rhyme of lore describing The Captain Spare ID:
Потому что так сделано.
Потому что айди-карточка находится в огнеупорном теплоизолированном слоте.
Будущее, епта.
The Captain Spare ID seemed to be made simply of gold, but it was impervious to damage. It could be destroyed only by throwing it into the pit of the chapel's crematorium where it was originally forged. Unlike other ID cards, The Captain Spare ID was not susceptible to plasma fire. Like some lesser rings forged by the HoPs as "essays in the craft" — but unlike the other Heads ID Cards — The Captain Spare ID bore no photograph.
Its identity could be determined by a little-known but simple test: when placed in a fire, it displayed a fiery inscription in the Black Speech of CentComm, with two lines from a rhyme of lore describing The Captain Spare ID:
One ID to rule them all, One ID to find them,
One ID to bring them all and in the darkness bind them