Life form indicator
Life form indicator
Production information
- "Hold your fire. There's no life forms. It must have short-circuited."
- ―Gunnery captainBolvan, toLieutenantHija[2]
Alife form indicator (LFI), though typically grouped withsensors, was actually a sophisticatedcomputer program designed to examine the information gathered by other sensors. The purpose of the life form indicator was to determine if a life-form was present and what kind of life-form it was. Information gathered by afull-spectrum transceiver on astarship might include data that a mobile heat-source was present, outputting at thirtydegrees Celsius, and that the heat-source weighed eightykilograms. The sensors would also determine that the ship'sgravity was set at .96 Standard and theatmosphere contained a large amount ofsulfur. With these readings, a life form indicator program would determine from the data available that the heat-source was aSullustan.[1]
The quality of a starship's life form indicator was governed by the sensitivity of the vessel's onboard sensors, and the intelligence of thecomputer responsible for analyzing the data.[1]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode IVA New Hope(First appearance)
"The Battle of Cadinth" —Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 2
Sources[]
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Star Wars Miniatures Battles, First Edition(as Life Form Indicator)
- Imperial Sourcebook
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters
- Dark Force Rising Sourcebook(as life-form indicator)
- Star Wars Miniatures Battles, Second Edition
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, Second Edition
- The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition
"A Buyer's Guide to Alternative Starships" —Star Wars Adventure Journal 5- The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- The Far Orbit Project
- Hideouts & Strongholds
