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| - Presumably a Terran-made device, the mind scanner is used to prove the validity of a subject's answers. The scanner itself is large and bulky. A large computer station affixed to a restraining chair comprises the main part of it. The subject is locked into the chair and then a bar is lowered over his chest and a helmet over his head. When the scanner is activated, it scans the subject's mind and then generates a holographic representation of his or her thoughts. The process is painful, making it utterly impossible to hide anything from the scanner. However, a mind scanner cannot be used on a Neo-Sapian due to differences in brain structure. This fact Marsala no doubt had in mind when he pretended to betray Able Squad on Mars.
- The device was operated by reaching directly into a subject's mind and recording every thought and bit of knowledge within. Designed with variable settings, which determined the amount of force used, it could be a mind sifter or a mind ripper to its subject. If too much force was used, it would cause brain damage leaving the mind permanently emptied and the subject a "mental vegetable."
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| - The device was operated by reaching directly into a subject's mind and recording every thought and bit of knowledge within. Designed with variable settings, which determined the amount of force used, it could be a mind sifter or a mind ripper to its subject. If too much force was used, it would cause brain damage leaving the mind permanently emptied and the subject a "mental vegetable." In 2267, while trapped on the Organia at the outbreak of the Federation-Klingon War, Commander Kor, the military governor of the planet, set up a mind scanner in an examination room at the citadel that served as his headquarters. When Kor discovered James T. Kirk (as Baroner) and Spock (as a Vulcan merchant) among his subjects, he ordered his lieutenant to have the Vulcan examined, warning that if it was revealed that Spock was lying about his true nature, he would die. Following his examination, it was revealed that Spock's mind was "remarkably disciplined", even under the Force Four setting, which was sufficiently capable of breaking down any pretense. Though unknown to the Klingons at the time, Vulcan mental disciplines were found to be more resistant to use of the mind scanner, and allowed them to maintain a shield. Spock described the use of the mind scanner on him as "an interesting experience," and while Kirk dismissed that it "can't be all the terror they think it is," Spock told him that "it should not be underestimated," stating that "those without a highly disciplined mind were not protected." When it was later discovered that Spock and Baroner were responsible for the sabotage performed outside Kor's headquarters, Kor threatened to use the device on Baroner, stating that "he will be killed after he has had first-hand experience of our mind scanner," until the Organian Councilor Ayelborne explained that there was "no need to use your machine" and that the two were in fact agents of Starfleet. Kor first attempted to coerce strategic information from Kirk the old-fashioned way, by having a "talk," but when Kirk refused, Kor threatened to explore the reason behind his ability to block the scanner through dissection. However, before Kor could carry out his threat, the conflict between the Klingons and the Federation was halted through intervention from the Organians. (TOS: "Errand of Mercy" )
- Presumably a Terran-made device, the mind scanner is used to prove the validity of a subject's answers. The scanner itself is large and bulky. A large computer station affixed to a restraining chair comprises the main part of it. The subject is locked into the chair and then a bar is lowered over his chest and a helmet over his head. When the scanner is activated, it scans the subject's mind and then generates a holographic representation of his or her thoughts. The process is painful, making it utterly impossible to hide anything from the scanner. However, a mind scanner cannot be used on a Neo-Sapian due to differences in brain structure. This fact Marsala no doubt had in mind when he pretended to betray Able Squad on Mars.
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