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A Rebel using a portable bio-scanner
A bioscan, or bioscanner, was a scanner that was designed to detect and assess lifeforms. It could detect the presence of a lifeform in the area, along with their location[1] and a rundown of their vital signs.[2] With the appropriately loaded information in the bioscan, the unit could determine the lifeform's species. Bioscanners were calibrated to detect lifeforms approximating Human size; creatures smaller than that range were harder to detect, while it was easier to discern larger creatures.[1]
On the Swokes Swokes homeworld of Makem Te, most buildings were equipped with bioscanners. The devices could be used to tell the relative status of everyone on the premises based on the number of jewels implanted on their bodies.[3]
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"Cracken's Rebel Field Guide: Scanners" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 4 (as bioscanner)- Galladinium's Fantastic Technology (as bio-scanner)
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Makem Te: Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds Excerpt 2 on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
- Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — The Price of Victory Card: Bio-Scanner (backup link)
- Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
