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| + | A Subdermal Transceiver is an artificial device implanted into a humanoid just under the skin. One example is where [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] used one to communicate with [[T'Pol]] and [[Hoshi Sato]] in the command centre on the [[Enterprise_(NX-01) | Enterprise]] when he was tricking [[Degra]] into giving him the location of the [[Xindi superweapon]] ([[ENT]]:[[Stratagem_(episode)|Stratagem]]) |
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| − | A '''subcutaneous transponder''' (or '''subdermal transponder''') is a small [[transponder]] inserted under the [[skin]], which is used by [[Starfleet]] and others. Its function is to maintain contact between an away team member and their home ship. |
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| − | When [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and [[Spock]] were imprisoned on [[Ekos]] in [[2268]], Spock fashioned a crude [[laser]] beam using an [[electricity|electric]] light, metal bands from a cot, and the [[rubindium]] [[crystal]]s in his subcutaneous transponder. The beam was able to cut through the prison cell door lock. ({{TOS|Patterns of Force}}) |
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| − | Subcutaneous transponders were used by [[William T. Riker]] and [[Deanna Troi]] in [[2366]], during a mission to investigate potential cultural contamination to the primitive culture on [[Mintaka III]]. ({{TNG|Who Watches The Watchers}}) |
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| − | In [[2377]], [[Chakotay]] and [[Neelix]] were implanted with subdermal transponders for their undercover mission to [[Quarra]], where much of the {{USS|Voyager}} crew had been [[mind control|brainwashed]] into the local workforce. The transponders allowed ''Voyager'' to [[beam]] them out through Quarra's [[deflector shield|shield]] grid. ({{VOY|Workforce}}) |
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Revision as of 17:26, 5 April 2009
A Subdermal Transceiver is an artificial device implanted into a humanoid just under the skin. One example is where Captain Jonathan Archer used one to communicate with T'Pol and Hoshi Sato in the command centre on the Enterprise when he was tricking Degra into giving him the location of the Xindi superweapon (ENT:Stratagem)