Rufus took out his psi-scanner and scanned the area. He showed Seymour the results but the Ambassador waved it off. "I can't understand that. Give me the gist."
Posted by David Ball, 21 May 2007 ( Read Post)
Psi-scanner
This curious device was developed by the Jupiter Mining Corporation, having just bought out a rather large medical robotics company. It’s primary purpose is for detecting any hostile alien life-forms that could possibly be inhabiting areas where mining is to take place. However, so great are the abilities of the psi-scanner, it has become, more or less, an all-purpose scanner. It could, for instance, give a read out of the chemical make-up of a small planetoid, or even for that matter do a full neuro-psychological scan of a person’s psyche. It’s only major pitfall is that, since it is constructed with many semi-organic components, voltage levels need to be constantly checked and regulated for damaging power surges which are an unfortunate side-effect of the organic-to-electronic circuitry. These surges are relatively frequent, resulting in an extremely unstable operating system prone to regular crashing. This is also exacerbated by slow processing speeds – I mean you try cramming all that stuff into a small hand-held device, and still have enough room for a half-decent processor.
"Jesus man...I always get such a headache in those things" Kara mumbled, clutching her 'H' as her lightbee reactivated and her hard light form materialised.
"YOU?!" Jay asked, following from the AR suite "YOUR A SMEGGING HOLOGRAM!"
"Hey!" Kara said offended "Computer simulations hurt too y'know!"
"sorry...sorry..." Jay said "wait wasn't it you who used to love trying to make George McIntyre catch things for a laugh before they had hard light on the Red Dwarf!"
"Thats beside the point!" Kara "That was before I died!"
"Tsk..double standards..."
Posted by Andy Longman, April 15, 2003 ( Read Post)
