Torumekians use small birds in tubes with access to outside air to detect miasma. This works like a crude "Canary in a Coal Mine" detector [1], harsh (and ultimately fatal) towards the bird but effective.
Kushana has one installed on the Torumekian Armored Corvette.
References[]
- ↑ DE1a pg 88
a See Page Conversions Between Editions to convert Deluxe Edition volume 1 (DE1) to other editions