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[[File:Communicator TOS.jpg|thumb|right|23rd-century Federation communicator]]
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A '''communicator''' is a small transmitter and receiver that sends signals through [[subspace]], allowing real-time communications between an orbiting [[starship]] and an [[away team]] on a planet's surface.
A '''communicator''' is a small transmitter and receiver that sends signals through [[subspace]], allowing real-time communications between an orbiting [[starship]] and an [[away team]] on a planet's surface.


While they have at least enough range to reach a ship in orbit, communicator transmissions do not penetrate dense materials especially well.  If a starship's internal communication system fails, individual communicators are not sufficient to provide ship-wide communication through the ship's bulkheads.  A variety of other phenomena, including electromagnetic radiation and various types of particle radiation, can interfere with communicator transmissions.
While they have at least enough range to reach a ship in orbit, communicator transmissions do not penetrate dense materials well.  If a starship's internal communication system fails, individual communicators are not sufficient to provide ship-wide communication through the ship's bulkheads.<ref>[[TNG]] "Disaster"</ref> A variety of other phenomena, including electromagnetic radiation and various types of particle radiation, can interfere with communicator transmissions.


In the 23rd century, a communicator was a hand-held device normally carried in a case attached to the user's belt.  In the 24th century, communicators have been further miniaturized and built into the insignia worn on [[Starfleet]] uniforms.
In the 23rd century, a communicator was a hand-held device normally carried in a case attached to the user's belt.  In the 24th century, communicators have been further miniaturized and built into the insignia worn on [[Starfleet]] uniforms. 24th-century communicators also serve as [[transponder]]s, allowing a friendly starship to locate a functioning communicator at will. A 24th century communicator can also serve as a [[information security|security token]], allowing restricted commands -- such as control of security [[force field]]s -- to be issued by voice through the communicator.<ref>TNG "The Hunted"</ref>
 
==Unusual Applications==
[[Worf]] once modified a communicator to generate a personal [[force field]] during a [[holodeck]] simulation gone awry.<ref>TNG "A Fist Full of Datas"</ref> As nothing similar has been seen in any other situation, it's possible that he just used it to hack into the holodeck's own force field generators to make them create his personal shield.
 
==Notes==
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[[Category: Star Trek]]
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Revision as of 15:30, 9 March 2015

23rd-century Federation communicator
24th-century Federation communicator

A communicator is a small transmitter and receiver that sends signals through subspace, allowing real-time communications between an orbiting starship and an away team on a planet's surface.

While they have at least enough range to reach a ship in orbit, communicator transmissions do not penetrate dense materials well. If a starship's internal communication system fails, individual communicators are not sufficient to provide ship-wide communication through the ship's bulkheads.[1] A variety of other phenomena, including electromagnetic radiation and various types of particle radiation, can interfere with communicator transmissions.

In the 23rd century, a communicator was a hand-held device normally carried in a case attached to the user's belt. In the 24th century, communicators have been further miniaturized and built into the insignia worn on Starfleet uniforms. 24th-century communicators also serve as transponders, allowing a friendly starship to locate a functioning communicator at will. A 24th century communicator can also serve as a security token, allowing restricted commands -- such as control of security force fields -- to be issued by voice through the communicator.[2]

Unusual Applications

Worf once modified a communicator to generate a personal force field during a holodeck simulation gone awry.[3] As nothing similar has been seen in any other situation, it's possible that he just used it to hack into the holodeck's own force field generators to make them create his personal shield.

Notes

  1. TNG "Disaster"
  2. TNG "The Hunted"
  3. TNG "A Fist Full of Datas"