Enligt Star Wars Fact File (# 34) är enheten en scan rutnät , som används i analysprocessen på Cloud City.
The scan grid was normally used in the analysis of metals. A version
of the system was also used on Bespin to detect the properties and
purity of carbon-frozen blocks of Tibanna gas prior to further
processing. The unfortunate Solo was soon to get a close look at the
workings of this carbon-freezing process. In the main, however, the
scan grid system was used to test the thermal and magnetic properties
of metal samples.
Vader spenderade en kort tid och ändrade den, tog bort säkerhetsåtgärderna och slingrade elsektorn så att det ständigt släppte ut ett (smärtsamt) avsökningsfält.
With a few modifications, a Figg & Associates metallurgical scan grid
became the focus of one of Captain Solo's really bad days.
DEADLY MODIFICATIONS: Normally, the scan grid would be lowered over a metal sample or plate. Vader had this procedure reversed,
lowering a bound Han Solo into close proximity to the grid. The device
was designed to analyse the structural and magnetic effects of a
series of carefully controlled electrical discharges on the metal
being tested. Imperial technicians bypassed safety cut-offs and the
actual scanning routines of the system, sending the equipment into a
loop that maintained the electrical surges at a high level and kept
them running over and over again. The effect on Han was excruciating.
It goes without saying that the members of the board of Figg &
Associates were truly horrified when they heard the use to which Lord
Vader had put their expensive equipment. They did not, however, choose
to lodge a complaint.
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MASTER OF PAIN: Darth Vader surpassed himself with the converted scan grid. Using only what he could find on a planet without military resources, the Dark Lord created an implement that the Emperor himself would have been proud of. The scan grid was inverted for its new application.
TORTURE: Han Solo had the dubious honour of being one of the few individuals in galactic history to have an implement of torture tailor-made for him. He was strapped in so that his agonized movements could not damage the precious device.
TRIALS: As Han Solo writhed in agony, Darth Vader relished the chance to witness the excellent performance of his masterful creation on its first and only field test.
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Intressant är att (nu icke-kanon) Junior Novelisation motsäger detta genom att ange att enheten var i själva verket en imperialistisk tortyranordning i stället för någonting gjord av delar som finns i Cloud City. Scanningsdelen av Scan Grid är en medicinsk scanner som används för att säkerställa att offret blir vaken.
Darth Vader watched as two stormtroopers prepared an elaborate
mechanism in the prison entry area. The mechanism consisted of an
adjustable rack that stood vertically and faced a slanted panel of
assorted instruments, including chemical injectors, microsurgical
vibroscalpels, diagnostic scanners, and an electroshock assembly. All
the instruments were designed to induce pain, which was appropriate
since the mechanism was engineered for torture.
Han Solo was strapped to the rack. Unable to move his arms or legs, he
studied the pain-inducing instruments on the facing panel and tried to
brace himself for the worst. From what he’d heard about Imperial
torture devices, the diagnostic scanners would be used to anticipate
loss of consciousness and the chemical injectors would keep him awake.
That way, he wouldn’t pass out, and would experience every measure of
pain.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Junior novelisation