Microdyne coupler

Microdyne coupler

A microdyne coupler is a device that could be used to delete information on a computer, leaving little or no trace. In 2154, Lieutenant Reed used one of these to delete information stored in a data recorder which the crew of Enterprise had retrieved from the wreckage of a Rigelian freighter. Reed's attempt to erase the information was unsuccessful, leading Captain Archer to learn that the lieutenant was holding back important information from the Starfleet crew.

(ENT: Affliction)

This device may have been supplied to him by Section 31.