What is "rebreathers"

Usage examples of "rebreathers".

Bettik were assembling the parawings as Aenea and I dressed -- the skinsuits were just that, almost literally a second skin, but the harness and rigging for the rebreathers allowed us some modesty.

The two Bajoran brothers went to an equipment chest, not completely closed, in which Kirk could see Bajoran-style rebreathers and diving masks.

To dive without pressure force fields, personal propulsers, antigrav buoyancy vests…without even emergency hypopacs of tri-ox strapped to their arms to provide oxygen in the event the rebreathers failed…Kirk felt he was looking at a scene from centuries past.

They were rebreathers using pure oxygen that recycled the exhaled air so there was no telltale trail of bubbles for an enemy to spot and follow directly to the swimmer.

Their radios had been stashed in waterproof pouches on their webbing, face masks and Draeger rebreathers positioned.

The floor was bare tatami except for my sleeping futon and a single chest near the door that held my rucksack, few food items, beer mug, the rebreathers I'd brought from the ship, and my climbing gear: there was nothing to trip over.

It did not surprise me what was wrapped in these three parcels -- nylon, alloy struts and frames, rigging, and in Aenea's packet, more of the same as well as the two skinsuits and rebreathers that I'd brought with me from the ship and all but forgotten.

The Virage was a stable craft and they could stand while helping each other slip into their oxygen closed-circuit rebreathers, of a type used by the military for shallow-water operations.

It took specialized training to use the system efficiently without problems, but Pitt and Giordino were no strangers to rebreathers, having used them for twenty years.

They had rebreathers and flippers, and six sonoboys that would send out locator signals for the submarine.

We're not going to need those damned Drager rebreathers for a long time.

Duro-stink wasn't toxic to most species, but the atmosphere had gotten significantly worse over the last few decades, and now working outside without rebreathers was nearly impossible.

SELCORE couldn't afford to equip its refugees with costly enviro-suits, only cheap chem suits and cumbersome rebreathers like Jacen's.