It took an experienced hunter capable of networking for information and stalking prey to fully utilize a tracking fob. Hunters made use of devices known as tracking fobs, short-range sensors that were attuned to a code's specifics. The information within these markers was used by the enforcers of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, who were given access to their targets' codes upon accepting assignments. Tracking fobs were design to track their victims' chain code. During its early days, these codes were challenging, but not impossible, to forge, but this was made more difficult with the passage of time. Since governments like the New Republic were known to run an individual's chain code upon securing passage on registered starships, it was practice among criminals to lay low in order to avoid having the details of their codes shared. They contained other information as well, pertaining to topics such as a person's family history and criminal record. ' Their age? That's all you can give me?' ―Din Djarin and an Imperial client Ĭhain codes identified specific bio-metric details of an individual and were made up of several numbers, with the final four digits signifying the subject's age.
' We can only provide the last four digits.'
