Tricorder
Tricorders are a type of technology that feature in Star Trek.
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Tricorders
During a critical research mission to the collapsing research station on the frozen planet Psi 2000, Mr. Spock carried the heavy-duty variation of the device to gather atmospheric, geological, and gravitational metrics, while Lieutenant Joe Tormolen utilized the standard portable unit to inspect the facility's interior environment. The device's integrated sensor array successfully catalogued a rapidly plunging thermal matrix and anomalous environmental data before Tormolen, heavily compromised by a localized bio-contaminant, neglected baseline safety protocols by removing his environmental suit glove, allowing a highly contagious, mind-altering virus to infect his system and spread to the crew of the Enterprise. (TOS: The Naked Time)
The specialized technological recording capabilities of the handheld scanner were leveraged when Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock chased a crazed, overdosed Dr. Leonard McCoy through the temporal archway known as the Guardian of Forever. Stranded on Earth within the year 1930 without direct subspace access to the Enterprise's library computers, Spock utilized the data siphoned by his tricorder during their initial encounter with the time vortex. Because the internal memory discs contained raw, multi-layered visual files of prospective future timelines, Spock was forced to scavenge a collection of primitive, 20th-century radio vacuum tubes and copper wiring to construct a rudimentary bypass computer. The improvised processing rig allowed the device to display localized newspaper print readouts, confirming that the peace activist Edith Keeler had to die to prevent a catastrophic temporal alteration to the galactic timeline. (TOS: The City on the Edge of Forever)
Overview
Users
- Spock :
- Jadzia Dax :
Notes
- Tricorders were created by Gene Roddenberry and designed by Wah Chang where it made its first appearance in Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap" (1966).
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Appearances
- Star Trek: The Original Series: "The Man Trap" (1966)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation:
- Star Trek: Deep Space 9:
- Star Trek: Voyager:
- Star Trek: Discovery:
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