Audio sensor

"That can't be! My audio receptors must be malfunctioning!"

―C-3PO

An audio sensor, auditory sensor, audio receptor, auditory sensor recorder or sound sensor was a type of sensor that detected the sort of atmospheric vibrations that organic beings perceived as sound. They were able to detect frequencies in a broader range than organic hearing devices. Audio sensors were colloquially referred to as audio pickups or auditory pickups.

These sensors were featured on many droid models, such as Holowan Laboratories IG-88 assassin droid models.

Audio sensors could be mounted externally on starships, to relay sound from outside the ship so it could be heard by someone inside it.

Appearances

• "Memory Loss"—Star Wars Comic 13 (Mentioned only) (as audio receptor)
• "Ringers"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 6
• Black Ice (as audio-receptor)
• Death in the Undercity (as auditory sensor)
•  "Death in the Undercity"—Classic Adventures: Volume Three (as auditory sensor)
• The Game Chambers of Questal
•  "Infiltration"—Supernova (as auditory sensor)
•  "The Mynock Conspiracy"—Supernova
• "The Spira Regatta"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 1 (as auditory sensor)
•  "The Spira Regatta"—The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4 (as auditory sensor)
• "The Farrimmer Cafe"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
• "Bungo n' Rusti Get Carry-Out"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
•  "Elusive"—No Disintegrations (as sound sensor)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel) (as auditory sensor)
• Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
• "Escape from Balis-Baurgh"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 1 (as auditory sensor)
• "Heroes Need Not Apply"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 12
•  "Plant Food"—The Kathol Outback (as auditory sensor)
•  "Galaxy's Edge"—The Kathol Outback (as auditory sensor)
• "Droids Defiant"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 9

Sources

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (as acoustic sensor)
• Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back (as auditory receiver)
• Death Star Technical Companion (as auditory sensor)
• Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Two (as audio receptor)
• Dark Force Rising Sourcebook (as auditory sensor)
• Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
• Dark Empire Sourcebook (as audial sensor)
• Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine (as auditory sensor)
• The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook (as audial sensor)
• Death Star Technical Companion, Second Edition
• Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
• Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters (as audial sensor)
• The Last Command Sourcebook (as audial sensor)
• Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, Second Edition (as auditory sensor)
• Cracken's Rebel Operatives (as auditory sensor)
• The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition (as sound sensor)
• Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations (as auditory sensor)
• The Star Wars Planets Collection (as audio receptor)
• "Smugglers of the Outer Rim"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 5 (as audio receptor)
• "Zirtran's Anchor"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 5 (as audio receptor)
• Goroth: Slave of the Empire (as audial sensor)
• Star Wars Technical Journal (as auditory sensor)
• "Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor"—Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 1
• Galladinium's Fantastic Technology (as auditory pickup and auditory sensor recorder)
• Flashpoint! Brak Sector
• "The Cure"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 6 (as auditory sensor)
• "Scouts' Dispatch"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 6 (as auditory sensor)
• Alliance Intelligence Reports (as audial sensor)
• The DarkStryder Campaign (as auditory sensor)
• Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, Second Edition (as audial sensor)
• The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook (as auditory sensor)
• The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
• Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
• The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
• Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition
• Tales of the Jedi Companion
• Live-Action Adventures
• Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
• Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
• "Cracken's Rebel Operatives"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
• Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy (as audio receptor and hearing sensor array)
• Introductory Adventure Game
• "Cynabar's Droid Datalog"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 13 (as auditory sensor recorder)
• Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids (as auditory sensor)
• Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook
• Cracken's Threat Dossier
• Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (as audio pickup)
• Boba Fett's Armor: An Essential Guide to a Walking Weapon
•  "We Don't Need That Scum" on Wizards.com (original article link, backup link) (As "audio recording unit," "sonic sensor")