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One of our most useful devices. "Sensor" is our generic term for any equipment aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise capable of "sensing" or "reading" almost any kind of information needed in our stories. This can include composition of an object met, in space, its dimensions, if a vessel, the presence and number of human or alien life aboard, the geological age of a meteoroid, almost anything. Mr. Spock is generally in charge of the ship's sensors and takes most of these readings from his hooded screen at his Library-Computer Station.
The tricorder includes small sensors for use on a planet surface. And there are specialized navigational sensors used by the men at the helm, medical sensors used in sickbay, and so on. Never try to explain or describe the sensors, simply use them. They're real because they are there and they work.
The tricorder includes small sensors for use on a planet surface. And there are specialized navigational sensors used by the men at the helm, medical sensors used in sickbay, and so on. Never try to explain or describe the sensors, simply use them. They're real because they are there and they work.
