From Station

Introduction to Basic Treknology

This page contains brief explanations of commonly used every day gadgets that your character might encounter. It is by no means complete.

Bio-Bed

The Bio-Beds provide full sensor readouts of a being's vital information as well as serving for rest areas, and surgical areas.

Combadge

Your commbadge is one of the most important pieces of equipment available to Starfleet officers and marines. Combadges contain a linkup to the ship at all times, allowing you to communicate with any other crewmember with a combadge, any department or room on the ship, and the main computer itself. The ships sensors and transporter can lock on to its signal, allowing quick transport and location of personnel, and also serves as a universal translator.

Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH)

In cases where a Doctor cannot be present, the Emergency Medical Hologram can be used to provide emergency medical assistance, or services. In some rare cases, the EMH can be used to completely replace a Doctor.

Holodeck

The holodeck combines transporter and replicator technology to create a holographic environment with amazing realism. It can be used for both recreational and training purposes, and the possibility of situation and environment displayed is only limited by programming skill.

Hypo-Spray

An ingenious medical device. The Hypo-Spray administers any liquefied medicine to a patient without the need to puncture the skin. Administering medicine in this way delivers it directly into the bloodstream. This significantly decreases the amount of time it takes for medicines to take their effects.

Isolinear Chips

Isolinear chips are the primary storage medium for Federation computers. They are used to store memory or programs in computers or PADDs, and almost all consoles or replicators have a slot for transferring data to them.

LCARS

LCARS stands for Library Access and Retrieval System. It is the standard computer interface for Federation computers. It is on every console or computer system or PADD. The interesting thing about the LCARS interface is it's customisability. Using the touch screen on PADDs and consoles, one can drag around the controls and viewing windows to your own personal preference.

Medical Tricorder

Medical Tricorders are a Doctor's best friend. They are a portable scanning device used to help assess and diagnose patients. They can provide the same amount of medical information as a Bio-Bed when used properly.

PADD

PADD stands for Personal Access and Display Device. It is essentially a portable computer system. They can serve any purpose from a medium on which to write reports or text files, to running equations or science experiments to anything else you could want to do on the main computer. PADDs use the LCARS interface, and when properly linked to the main computer and with the proper security codes it could do anything any other console or computer could do. Properly configured, one could run the entire ship from a PADD. Although, without the help of an expertly trained Starfleet crew and specialised control panels, this would be extremely difficult, so don't get any ideas.

Phasers

Phasers are the weapons of choice of Starfleet and also marines. They can be fired from a level one setting of Light stun, to level sixteen, with the capability to disrupt even shielded matter, and will disintegrate most humanoids. Common Starfleet phasers range from class one, a small device for emergencies and diplomatic functions, to class two, the standard sidearm for away teams, to class three, a high powered phaser rifle for security use.

Replicators

Replicators are devices that can use stored bulk matter to create new objects. Replicators are primarily used to create food or medicine, although industrial replicators can be used to create machine parts. Most people say that replicated food tastes identical to the original, but some can tell the difference. Replicators only work on the molecular level, so the creation of complex objects like advanced technology or living tissue is difficult, as it requires quantum level imaging.

Transporters

Transporters are a very advanced piece of technology that can be used to transport a person or object nearly instantly over great distances. The Transporter works by breaking apart an object's molecules, transferring the molecules to the target destination, and reconstructing them. The whole process is very complicated, involving pattern buffers and matter transference beams, but suffice it to say the whole process is very safe and easy. Mostly...

Tricorders

Tricorders are handheld sensor and data analysis devices. They can take detailed scans, communicate with the ship and foreign computer systems.

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