2.24 Sensors
Describes Voyager's collection of advanced sensor instruments, the hull sensor arrays and long-range array, and handheld tricorders.
In brief: “Sensors” are an impressive collection of sophisticated scientific instruments which provide much useful information to our crew. In order to avoid cluttering dialog with a battery of confusing technical names, we lump these instruments under the generic term “sensors”. Like the Enterprise, Voyager is one of the most advanced scientific research craft in existence and has the most advanced and sophisticated sensors ever built.
More: Voyager has a number of sensor arrays located around the hull of the ship. These include the lateral, forward, aft, upper, and lower arrays. Additionally, there is the long-range sensor array at the front of the engineering hull which continually sweeps far ahead of the ship to detect possible upcoming hazards.
Tricorders: These nifty handheld devices contain a miniature sensor cluster, giving our crew the ability to detect a wide variety of phenomena. Tricorders are tremendously useful for a wide range of scientific, engineering, and medical applications.