Chemical scanner

A chemical scanner was a type of scanner for detecting chemicals. During the Clone Wars, Sa'arli, a Tarasin aide to the Cularin system's senator Lavina Wren, had access to a YT-1300 light freighter equipped with a portable chemical scanner. The scanner had a range of 200 meters.

Circa 21 BBY, Sa'arli hired a group of freelance agents to investigate suspicious activity on the Cularin system moon Ostfrei and loaned them use of the YT-1300 and accompanying chemical sensor for the assignment. During their mission, the group deployed the scanner on the surface of Ostfrei to locate a hidden pirate base, by tracking a trail of carbonyl ions and ionized methyl that led to the facility.

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