Internal components of a 2364 science tricorder.
A tricorder was an all-purpose hand-held scanner, capable of detecting and locating anything from viruses in a body to a subspace anomaly.
Specifics[]
Type-1 2260s sciences tricorder.
There were three types of tricorders each designed for a specific purpose, the science tricorder, the medical tricorder, and the security tricorder. (FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)
Tricorders could pick up communications which could be listened to via an earpiece attachment. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)
Tricorders could be used to mark a target for an airstrike by ship or shuttle. If wounded by an energy weapon, they could also provide a quick healing boost or restore personal shielding to full strength. (TOS video game: Star Trek)
Appendices[]
References[]
- FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual
- DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky
- TOS video game: Star Trek
- FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual: Game Operations
- FASA RPG module: Trader Captains and Merchant Princes, 1st edition
External link[]
- Tricorder article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.