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:''For information on the various technologies used in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] that are similar to the uses of the [[Original Series]] scanner, see [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series]].''

[[Image:RaiderSchematics.jpg|thumb|right|A Core command scanner readout of a Raider ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]] 

The '''scanner''' is a multipurpose computer device on fighters and in [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] [[Core command]] centers which performs or displays varying information on flight, navigation, or tactical status.

Scanners are included on [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], who use them to display enemy position, in targeting an enemy craft, or in reviewing known friendly and enemy ship configurations from the [[Warbook]] ([[Saga of a Star World]]).

Scanners are operated manually, requiring manual input from its operator. While voice activated computers exist, such as [[CORA]] and the database computer in "[[Murder on the Rising Star]]," the simplicity and reliability of scanners make them preferable by most Colonial Warriors and support staff.

Several scanners are present in [[Core command]], where they provide sensor readouts as well as other information to the bridge crew. [[Komma|Corporal Komma]] comments that he prefers the "old fashioned" keyboard and scanner to voice interactive computer systems ([[Murder on the Rising Star]]).

== Cylon version ==

A Cylon analogue to the scanner is also in use. However, the displays do not print out text, but rather rectangular shapes that zip across the screen ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]).

== Related Imagery ==

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Image:PersonnelStatus.jpg|A personnel status for Blue Squadron displayed on a scanner in Core command ([[The Long Patrol]])
Image:cylon scanner.jpg|A [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]] at a Cylon version of a scanner at the [[Ravishol pulsar]] ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]).
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