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The term '''sensor''' is used to refer to any device which is used to scan, record, or otherwise observe any aspect of an environment surrounding a [[starship]], [[Fixed Installations|station]], or person. This could be as simple a device as a manual camera or light sensor, or as complicated as the many devices designed to scan many aspects of the matter and energies of [[subspace]], [[space]], [[time]] and stellar bodies that make up all of existence. |
The term '''sensor''' is used to refer to any device which is used to scan, record, or otherwise observe any aspect of an environment surrounding a [[starship]], [[Fixed Installations|station]], or person. This could be as simple a device as a manual camera or light sensor, or as complicated as the many devices designed to scan many aspects of the matter and energies of [[subspace]], [[space]], [[time]] and stellar bodies that make up all of existence. |
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| − | There are two basic types of sensor arrays employed: passive and active. A passive scan is less obstrusive than an active scan, and may not be detected by the subject being sensed. [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]] |
+ | There are two basic types of sensor arrays employed: passive and active. A passive scan is less obstrusive than an active scan, and may not be detected by the subject being sensed. ([[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]) |
There are many ways to mask a sensor scan, sensor screens are the most commonly used ([[TOS]]: "[[The Mark of Gideon]]"). You can also mask a sensor scan with certain materials, or radiations ([[TNG]]: "[[Who Watches the Watchers?]]", "[[The Pegasus]]"). But to truly hide from a sensor scan one would actually have to change one's molecular structure. ([[TOS]]: "[[Obsession]]") |
There are many ways to mask a sensor scan, sensor screens are the most commonly used ([[TOS]]: "[[The Mark of Gideon]]"). You can also mask a sensor scan with certain materials, or radiations ([[TNG]]: "[[Who Watches the Watchers?]]", "[[The Pegasus]]"). But to truly hide from a sensor scan one would actually have to change one's molecular structure. ([[TOS]]: "[[Obsession]]") |
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Revision as of 08:56, 11 January 2007
The term sensor is used to refer to any device which is used to scan, record, or otherwise observe any aspect of an environment surrounding a starship, station, or person. This could be as simple a device as a manual camera or light sensor, or as complicated as the many devices designed to scan many aspects of the matter and energies of subspace, space, time and stellar bodies that make up all of existence.
There are two basic types of sensor arrays employed: passive and active. A passive scan is less obstrusive than an active scan, and may not be detected by the subject being sensed. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
There are many ways to mask a sensor scan, sensor screens are the most commonly used (TOS: "The Mark of Gideon"). You can also mask a sensor scan with certain materials, or radiations (TNG: "Who Watches the Watchers?", "The Pegasus"). But to truly hide from a sensor scan one would actually have to change one's molecular structure. (TOS: "Obsession")
Sensor devices
- chemical identity sensors
- detronal scanner
- electromagnetic scanner
- electron resonance scanner
- gamma ray scanner
- gravimetric scanner
- gravimetric sensor
- gravitic sensor net
- graviton telescope
- holographic imager
- interphasic scanner
- laser scanner
- long-range tachyon scanner
- magneton scanner
- micro-tunneling sensor
- medical scanner
- MK-7 scanner
- MK-12 scanner
- molecular imaging scanner
- myographic scanner
- neutron densitometer
- parametric scanner
- pheromonic sensor
- proximity sensor
- psychotricorder
- pulmonary scanner
- tachyon detection grid
- targeting scanner
- tomographic imaging scanner
- tricorder
- scanner (pre-Federation)
- sensor grid
- submicron scanner
- trident scanner
- weapons scanner
Types of scans
- antiproton beam
- autonomic response analysis
- geological scan
- internal scan
- magneton scan
- multiphasic scan
- passive high-resolution series
- subspace differential pulse
- Inverse tachyon pulse
- virtual positron imaging scan
See also: List of tools and technology