A scanner-blocking field functioned as an apparatus integrated within starships with the purpose of preventing identification by scanning technologies. Pax Maripher engineered a personalized scanner-blocking field, which this individual then incorporated into his transport vessel named Meryx. Maripher, along with Rahara Wick, his associate, employed this field to conceal illicit precious stones on the Meryx; however, its operational range was adaptable, capable of encompassing the entirety of the vessel.