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Sonic showers were described as relaxing. High-pitched sonic showers serve a similar effect as to what a "cold shower" serves. ([[VOY]]: "[[Juggernaut]]"; [[DS9]]: "[[If Wishes Were Horses]]") |
Sonic showers were described as relaxing. High-pitched sonic showers serve a similar effect as to what a "cold shower" serves. ([[VOY]]: "[[Juggernaut]]"; [[DS9]]: "[[If Wishes Were Horses]]") |
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One of the components of a sonic shower was an [[acoustic inverter]]. When an acoustic inverter broke, the sound created by the sonic shower has been described as being able to "make your [[hair]] stand on end". A [[decoupler]] was the standard device used for checking sonic shower relays. ([[VOY]]: "[[Day of Honor (episode)|Day of Honor]]"; [[DS9]]: "[[...Nor the Battle to the Strong]]") |
One of the components of a sonic shower was an [[acoustic inverter]]. When an acoustic inverter broke, the sound created by the sonic shower has been described as being able to "make your [[hair]] stand on end". A [[decoupler]] was the standard device used for checking sonic shower relays. ([[VOY]]: "[[Day of Honor (episode)|Day of Honor]]"; [[DS9]]: "[[...Nor the Battle to the Strong]]") |
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Revision as of 22:10, 13 June 2006
B'Elanna Torres taking a sonic shower
The sonic shower is a technology that uses sonic pulse vibrations to remove dirt and grime from a humanoid body at the atomic level. The person is cleaned because the dirt is essentially dissolved in the process.
Sonic showers were described as relaxing. High-pitched sonic showers serve a similar effect as to what a "cold shower" serves. (VOY: "Juggernaut"; DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")
During Wesley Crusher's first week at Starfleet Academy, Adam Martoni reprogrammed Crusher's sonic shower to cover him with mud. (TNG: "The Game")
One of the components of a sonic shower was an acoustic inverter. When an acoustic inverter broke, the sound created by the sonic shower has been described as being able to "make your hair stand on end". A decoupler was the standard device used for checking sonic shower relays. (VOY: "Day of Honor"; DS9: "...Nor the Battle to the Strong")
The sonic showers on Deep Space 9 sometimes malfunctioned. Rom and Leeta's broke down in early 2374 and Ezri Dax's needed to be repaired in late 2375. (DS9: "Favor the Bold", "Extreme Measures")
One of the ways in which Benjamin Sisko occupied himself when the USS Defiant was on its way to Ajilon Prime in 2373 was to check the sonic shower relays. (DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong")
Quark once claimed that one thing that would make a Human "as nasty and violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon" would be if they did not have access to sonic showers. (DS9: "The Siege of AR-558")