[Besides tracking and long-distance communication, the devices he was familiar with also translated languages into an understandable form. It was handy to keep on hand if the carrier happened to find themselves on an underdeveloped planet.]
It's the shifts all over the place, [he said, pulling out the quad scanner that he liked to keep on hand just for the off chance that he could use it. Switching it on, he passed it off for the stranger to look at.] They muck up the readings. Everything's off the charts.
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It's the shifts all over the place, [he said, pulling out the quad scanner that he liked to keep on hand just for the off chance that he could use it. Switching it on, he passed it off for the stranger to look at.] They muck up the readings. Everything's off the charts.