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==Suspended Animation==
Methalon hyper-freeze can be used on humanoids to preserve them in a state of suspended animation for hundreds of years at a time. This is how [[Archmagos]] [[Belisarius Cawl]] kept the [[Primaris Space Marines]] he was creating over millennia in stasis.{{Fn|1a}} The suspension chamber in such devices was are usually a rigid container of some sort, often behind pressurised [[glassite]] , the subject is immersed within the liquids near absolute zero liquids. However, other makeshift container can be created and utilized. Such as a resistant [[plastek]] sack could also suffice to store a submerged occupant within, as long as it is tightly sealed.{{Fn|1c}}
The subject's blood is replaced with fluids that contain [[cryoprotectants]]. These cryoprotectants prevent ice crystals from forming and destroying the subject's cellular walls. When a hibernating subject is awoken, their temperature is raise rapidly. When the cryoprotectants become sufficiently fluid, they are pumped out, and warm blood pumped in. Once vitae replacement is complete cardiovascular restart begins. Jolts of power are sent through the container's occupant until heartbeat, breathing, and lastly, brain activity return.{{Fn|1c}}
