Object
Dr. Pulaski's Medical Tricorder
A palm‑sized Starfleet medical tricorder with a metallic/matte alloy casing, narrow diagnostic emitter and a compact display framed by soft blue and amber indicator lights. Pulaski holds or clips it to her belt, sweeping a thin beam across chests and skulls as the device spits out numeric vitals and metabolic readouts. Its sudden, precise sweep across an Antedian produces an unmistakable physiological response — a blink — that snaps the room from clinical curiosity to urgent action.
20 appearances
Purpose
Handheld medical diagnostic scanner used to capture biometric, cardiac and neural data, measure metabolic activity, detect tissue anomalies, and produce immediate on‑scene readouts to support clinical and evidentiary decisions.
Significance
Functions as a decisive plot instrument: a diagnostic sweep converts inert delegates into live subjects by registering increased metabolism and provoking a blink, compressing the timeline and forcing command and security to treat the Antedians as active, potentially dangerous actors in the diplomatic crisis.
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