Computer analysis of exiating physical evidence suggests consistent facio-cranial structure, but alterations of fat and muscle formation. The pictures suggest the same woman with periodic reconstructive surgery.

Those pictures with positive dates suggest facial alteration at of the following dates: 3007* major, 3010* minor, 3013* minor, 3015 minor, 3017 major, 3019 minor, 3020 minor, 3022 minor, 3024 major, 3026 milnor.

*Dates or identification inconclusive.

MEDICAL REPORTS

Medical examination by Lyran Commonwealth Official Physician, as condition of employment by Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces, is incomplete. On medical history questionnaire, Kerensky lists date and place of birth, parents and date of menarche as ‘unknown, ‘and family medical problems as ‘none.’ Dr. Bona, the attending physician, was unable to get more than ‘time and temperature, ‘that is, a reading of pulse, blood pressure, and temperature. A blood sample revealed no diseases, and then disappeared from the lab.

Dr. Bona did note irregularities in skin appearance highly suggestive of scarring and plastic surgery. Certain shaping of the ears and mouth especially suggested this, and there was evidence of possible burns and skin grafts on Kerensky's arm, although they had been treated to be invisible from a slight distance. No dental records are available, but Dr. Bona's report suggests the possibility of some replaced teeth.

Kerensky probably has suffered at least one instance of severe injury and treatment, including reconstructive surgery by a highly skilled practitioner. There is no way to tell from current records if Kerensky has undergone surgery for merely cosmetic reasons.

INTERVIEW WITH NATASHA K. APR 7 3023

MA: Thank you for your time.

NK: ‘I've always considered history the most important discipline. It's my duty to share my experiences.

MA: With your long and varied career-you've served four governments on dozens of worlds-it's hard to tell where to start.

NK: You might try the beginning.

MA: (Laughs) Good answer. Where are you from?

NK: Human space, I presume.

MA: Well, maybe you could tell me what was the first planet you remember?

NK: Father traveled a lot. I really don't know where we were.

MA: Uh huh. What did your father do?

NK: He was a 'Mech driver, of course. My mother was an engineer. Biological, I think. That seems right.

MA:Genetic?

NK: Yes, she was my mother.

MA: What was your father's regiment?

NK: I really don't know. I was young. I wasn't very political.

MA: I presume you inherited your father's 'Mech.

NK: Oh, no. No.

MA: Why not?

NK: Oh, Misha, dear, I'd rather not talk about that. It was very long ago.

MA: How long ago?

NK: It might have been yesterday, I remember it so vividly. I...I really can't talk about that.

MA: O.K., then where did you get your current 'Mech?

NK: From the wreckage of dozens of battles. The left arm was mostly captured on New Wessex. Both of the feet, -or maybe just one of the feet, came from New Delos. -You can't tell the pieces apart because we paint them all black. MA: Why black?

NK: Because I'm in mourning for my life.

MA: That's horrible. What's wrong?

NK: God, Misha, that was a joke.

MA: Chekhov?

NK: Chekhov.

MA: How did you join Wolf's Dragoons?

NK: I was young. It was spring time. We were MechWarriors.

MA: I thought you said you would help. Do you want to go down in history, as a flippant, snotty bitch?

NK: I don't much care. I've fought in...what...a hundred battles, a thousand battles? It could be a million as far as I know. I've fought for anybody who offered a decent contract and a couple who didn't. And the universe is not much different after all that. I could go on fighting for another hundred years and it would still look the same.

MA: Then why do you do it?

NK: Isn't that obvious? I like it. I like the pay. I like the people I'm with. I like the life. It's interesting. It keeps me young. Mostly, I like the battlefield. Just when you've seen everything, someone finds a new devious wrinkle and you're back where you were 20 years ago. That keeps me young.

And, it's all I know. You might like to raise orchids for a living, but all you know is history. So, you have to love what you do.

Anything else you'd like to know? Some grooming tips for my fans?

MA: a matter of fact, I would like to talk about your appearance.

NK: Now, don't try to make me sound shallow and vain, Misha. Something about how Keren sky laughed, tossing her raven tresses over her shoulder. That sort of thing.

MA:Blond.

NK: Whatever.

MA: There's no denying that you are a striking woman—a large part of the Natasha Kerensky mystique.

NK: Ah, yes. The belle dame sans merci. The sweet young thing who will blast your nuts off. The kitten with a whip. That mystique?

MA: Well, these pictures of you running across battlefields in improbable outfits.

NK: Well, you know that MechWarrlors dress skimpily because of the heat and tight space inside a 'Mech.

MA: And many good-looking MochWarriors have used that to advantage when faced with capture. I'm talking about other clothes.

NK: Like skin-tight leather pants?

MA: That' s a good example.

NK: The pictures you are alluding to are publicity shots, posed on the field after the rubble has started to cool. Some are even shot inside studios and then combined with different backgrounds. (Laughs.) I hope this isn't a shocking deception.

MA: No. It is part of my job to recognize posed pictures from action shots. The problem is, there aren't many action shots of your unit. You don't have a unit photographer or cameras in your 'Mechs, do you?

NK: No. I think that is a ridiculous practice. If we makea brilliant move or a gross blunder, we can remember it. We don't sit around arguing who finished off which Marauder. We have no need for such vanities.

MA: The are very few combat, pictures of the Black Widows. It seems anyone you fight ends up with their 'Mech-mounted cameras busted.

NK: Hey, it's a battle out there, not a holovid studio. Was there something you wanted to know about us?

MA: How is it that you never look the same in two pictures?

NK: Different hair, different makeup, different clothes.

MA: Different face?

NK: That's mostly a trick of the lights, and makeup, and hair. Look, if everyone is sure of what I look like, there's no mystery. More important, I'm easier to spot off the field, when I'm an easier target. And I hate being mobbed by adoring fans.

MA: It's remarkable. It's like there are several Natasha Kerenskys.

NA: Perhaps there are. Perhaps I'm not one of them. Oonoooohhhh scary! Anything else we should let posterity chew over?

MA: Oh-what do you wear to a battle?

NA: Something nice. I like to dress for dinner. Eighty percent of all MechWarriors are men, and you know what they're like. Easily distracted.

MA: Dress for dinner?

NK: It's a custom among some upper classes...

MA: I know. I thought perhaps that was what you called going into battle.

NK: Perhaps. They don't call me the black widow because I have eight legs, you know.

Interviewer's Notes

From this interview, it is painfully obvious that Kerensky does not talk about her past, and is adept at not dropping so much as a clue. She does exhibit a concern with youth and age, as these are mentioned more than any other single theme. As with her ‘emotional' outburst, it is difficult to tell whether this is real feeling or clever manipulation by a master of the art.

The only time Kerensky was slightly hesitant was in response to questions about her appearance. Perhaps this is because few have dared to query her about these matters.