How does scanning for lifeforms work?

Marcantony · Unread post by **Marcantony** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:49 pm

I saw this thread at RPG Net;
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=143262

So, how do you guys see this as working? What exactly is the equipment scanning for?

Unread post by **NMI** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:56 pm

heat sources, specifically moving heat sources
carbon dioxide
chemical compounds
living structures
????

Borast · Unread post by **Borast** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:41 pm

Biological Energy
Life Auras

In short, whatever the GM (or the RPG's creator) wants the system/ability to scan for.

Dr. Doom III · Unread post by **Dr. Doom III** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:53 am

They detect plot holes and then they fill them.

Borast · Unread post by **Borast** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:26 pm

Uh...Doom...

That's called an Editor...just ask anyone at PB about tha...uh, wait, bad example... :lol:

ZEN · Unread post by **ZEN** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:23 am

A combination of electromagnetic active analysis, electromagnetic passive sensing and resonance imaging analysis.
The scanner picks up any available electromagnetic output and sifts it for registers on it's database.. it also 'pings' the area with an electromagnetic strobe best suited for going through stuff and sifts through the spectral return signature for matches on the database.. finally, it can 'ping' the area with a vibration.. sounding to all the world like a little dinky warbling sound.. which hits just about every vibrational frequency of the atoms around it, which vibrate back with a return signature (a very complex and detailed one, lets just call it super atomic sonar.. Tesla was a big fan of this effect).. to limit the data flow the scanner is only looking for organic capable materials with active chemical reactions.. so it may show the ham sandwich as organic, but it will only register as alive if it has fuzz growing on it.
8-)

Notice how there are three sensors working at the same time?
Yep.. thats a tricorder.
Not just handy for scanning for life signs, also great for electronic diagnostics, medical scans and number crunching.

Marcantony · Unread post by **Marcantony** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:49 am

ZEN wrote:A combination of electromagnetic active analysis, electromagnetic passive sensing and resonance imaging analysis.
The scanner picks up any available electromagnetic output and sifts it for registers on it's database.. it also 'pings' the area with an electromagnetic strobe best suited for going through stuff and sifts through the spectral return signature for matches on the database.. finally, it can 'ping' the area with a vibration.. sounding to all the world like a little dinky warbling sound.. which hits just about every vibrational frequency of the atoms around it, which vibrate back with a return signature (a very complex and detailed one, lets just call it super atomic sonar.. Tesla was a big fan of this effect).. to limit the data flow the scanner is only looking for organic capable materials with active chemical reactions.. so it may show the ham sandwich as organic, but it will only register as alive if it has fuzz growing on it.

Notice how there are three sensors working at the same time?
Yep.. thats a tricorder.
Not just handy for scanning for life signs, also great for electronic diagnostics, medical scans and number crunching.

Thanks. I was hoping either you or Dan would reply