Bioscan

A bioscan, or bioscanner, was a scanner and diagnostic package designed to identify and analyze the biological composition and medical status of living beings. Stationary units were dedicated sensor arrays built into a sturdy framework that was lowered onto a patient. The array included a medtox detector, vapro-sampler, and doppraymagno scanner, all connected to an analysis computer. In addition to medical applications, the bioscan could be used to identify more than a thousand alien species. It could be recalibrated to serve as a surveillance device, detecting and analyzing power sources, but only able to detect communication transmissions, and weapon signatures within an extremely limited range. Another use was on the Swokes Swokes homeworld of Makem Te, where most buildings were equipped with bioscanners, as the devices could tell the relative status of everyone on the premises based on the number of jewels implanted on their bodies.^[1]

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan (Mentioned only)
• Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice (Mentioned only)
• Shatterpoint
• MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
• The Paradise Snare (Mentioned only)
• Death Troopers
•  Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
• Shadows of the Empire novel
• Shadows of the Empire audio book
• Shadows of the Empire junior novelization
• The Last Command
• The Last Command 1
• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
• Specter of the Past
• Legacy of the Force: Invincible

SourcesEdit

• "Cracken's Rebel Field Guide: Scanners"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 4 (As "bioscanner")
• Galladinium's Fantastic Technology (As "bio-scanner")
• Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
• Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
• Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
• The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
• Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
• The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
•  "Makem Te: Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds Excerpt 2" on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
•  Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game – The Price of Victory (Card: Bio-Scanner)
• Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual

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