4.1 UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR
All Starfleet vessels make use of a computer program called a Universal Translator that is employed for communication among persons who speak different languages. It performs a pattern analysis of an unknown language based on a variety of criteria to create a translation matrix. The translator is built in the Starfleet badge and small receivers are implanted in the ear canal.
The Universal Translator matrix aboard Steamrunner Class starships consists of well over 100,000 languages and increases with every new encounter. |
