A sensor was a device that scanned, recorded or otherwise observed bodies around it, be it people, stellar bodies or other starships. Sensors were operated by the sciences division aboard starships, and was used to detect details that were not readily visible or otherwise not made apparent by other measuring instruments. They varied in size from hand-held sensors to starbase-sized sensors.
Sensors were usually installed on starships in pallets. (RIS Bouteina: "The Departure")
Astrometrics labs were usually built in areas where easy access to long-range sensors was needed. (VOY: "Revulsion", "Message in a Bottle", "Endgame", "Year of Hell" et al.)
Types of sensors
- Subspace highway detector
- Tricorder
External links
- Sensor article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Sensor article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.