Biological Stasis

Overview
Stasis is a type of suspended animation in which one biological subject is put into a state of indefinite biological suspension. Biological processes, such as aging, are completely halted and the organism is artificially kept alive. Stasis can be used for a variety of purposes, the most popular one being long-distance space travel.

Space Travel
Before the invention of the FTL Drive, there were in fact several missions to travel between stars. These were mostly a success, with the human crews being put into stasis pods and then sent on their way. The first of these missions to be successful was the Taurus IV mission, which sent 6 humans to the Proxima Centauri system. Stasis is still used for FTL travel today, just for intergalactic travel (which takes several months, even at superluminal speed).

Medical Uses
Stasis is also commonly used for medical purposes. For example, willing subjects that have been infected with an alien (or otherwise unknown) disease can be put into stasis to be studied, and awoken from stasis when a cure is developed or when the study is over.

Preservation
So far, over 2,500 species of animals have been successfully preserved and revitalized with the use of Stasis technology. Examples include: tigers, lions, panthers, polar bears, and wolves.

Early stasis
Stasis was first developed in 2029 by American professor of biology and science Ruth Hamilton. Earlier, primitive version of Stasis did technically exist (called "Cryonics"), but they aren't considered Stasis.

The development of Stasis technology was a huge leap in medical technology and the developer of the technology became a multibillionaire by 2031. Professor Hamilton was even contacted by NASA, who largely contributed to his fortune by paying him 1 billion dollars for permission to use and recreate his Stasis Pods for space travel.

Rapid advancement
In 2033, the rapid advancement phase began. Stasis tech began to rapidly develop and advance, with the backing of many scientific organizations to help. Stasis trials were undergone; in fact, one individual, a 39-year-old british man named John Walsh, volunteered to undergo a century-long stasis trial. His application was accepted and he was put into stasis. He is 84 years into the Stasis trial and he still has not been removed from Stasis.

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