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- "That can't be! My audio receptors must be malfunctioning!"
- ―C-3PO
An audio sensor, auditory sensor, audio receptor, auditory sensor recorder[1] 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.[1]
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.[2]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- "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
"No Disintegrations, Please"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 14 (as sound sensor)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- 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
- Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear (as auditory sensor)
- Lords of the Expanse (as auditory sensor)
- 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")
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
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