User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-31414651-20170614094132/@comment-4867780-20170615083156

Welcome back Architect ^ ^

Lawrence's replication is empirical in nature, meaning it require 100% accurate data on every level, which can only be obtained by directing scanning/memorizing the real thing.

He can come up with very close approximations if he possesses sufficient pre-existing data on the subject, for example a simple blueprint could be enough if he already "sampled" the materials involved, allowing him to mentally assemble the template based on the blueprint's instructions, but in this case it would be following a recipe rather than actually replicating.

So if Lawrence accessed the SP Wiki, he wouldn't be able to replicated any of the powers listed, since it only contains "descriptions" of the powers, not the "templates" he requires.

As for other species, replicating them to perfection would simply require a DNA sample, since each cell contains the full mapping of their genetic template. It's especially true since Lawrence's scanning ability is retroactive, which allows him to memorize all past states and evolutions in the same move. So even the most twisted and corrupted trace sample would enable perfect replication of any past state, which can notably be used to restore entities to previous versions of themselves, like undoing mutation/zombification/demonization back into the normal person they used to be.