Stasis

luit14 · **Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:52 pm Stasis**

In the episode "One" they use the stasis to avoid the radiation or whatever, but don't the stasis tubes keep them from aging too? So why don't they like take turns putting half the crew in the tubes and take turns so when they got home they wouldn't be as old?

Just a thought.

Founder · **Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:31 pm**

Well because the ship can't be flown with a skeleton crew. I remember Chakotay mentioning in one epsiode if a certain amount of people left, the ship could not be maintained properly.

OR we can go with my theory that the crew of VOY are stupid. My personal favorite.

rabbit · Lieutenant Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 208

founder, that episode is The 37's, where they find the other human colony.

The Doctor and Seven "survived" a month with only the two of them. I think a skeleton crew could definitely fare with the same types of things.

But with a lot of the crew in stasis, they would have to try to avoid major conflicts and battles because less of a crew would not help you win a fight.

Leo Wyatt · **Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:26 pm**

Ok, Founder quit bashing the crew of Voy if you don't like voy then post in DS9

Just jokin I knew that sounded mean but wasn't meant to be...

Lord Borg · **Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:34 pm**

The statis tubes requred alot of power. Not to mention that a skeliton crew could not run the ship

Founder · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:23 am**

Lord Borg · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:58 am**

Like mentioned. It was a month, INSIDE a nebula. in nomal circumstances its not pluasible (espcialy with Voyager, always getting into fights)

rabbit · Lieutenant Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 208

ya, there are definitely problems with staying away from aliens and therefore, fighting...

1. it would take them longer to get home
2. their job is to explore and check out stuff, staying away from all that is getting away from their job

luit14 · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:11 am**

Yeah, I guess half the crew wouldn't work. And a few at a time wouldn't be worth putting in the show.

I was just kinda thinking out loud.

zero · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:15 pm**

I wonder....

How do they keep the smell away? Don't humans require showers???
ewl

Lord Borg · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:14 pm**

they have showers and suchs yes, but this is not the topic, the topic is statis tubes

zero · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:16 pm**

well yeah, my question was while someone is in stasis for a long period of time wouldn't they get kinda of ... smelly or dirty?

Lord Borg · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:19 pm**

oh, im not sure, statis "Freezes" you, it slows down your nomal process and such, and I think theres a sterlizer or somthing. So if they do get dirty, it wont be as fast as we do

zero · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:26 pm**

^ooooh, ok. I wasn't sure what exactly happened while someone was in "stasis" I just thought they were kinda in a coma or sumthin.

Lord Borg · **Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:49 pm**

basicly, but their functions and things are slowed down, so they dont dehydrate and starve etc....

dragonfang196 · Ensign Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 50

it's only 7 years. and also that they lost much of their crew, only 140 complement or something to run something that big. anyway, they need most or all to run the ship well. repair things and such.

[email protected] · Junior Cadet Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 18

I'm surprised no one mentioned this yet . . .

Even if putting half the crew in stasis was a valid option. . would the crew want to do that knowing the consequences of their actions when they got back to Earth?

Suppose it took them 10 years to get back, and they only aged 5.

They would be much younger now than their loved ones. Also think about all those experiences and all of the knowlege they wouldn't have gained during those 5 years.

Voyager2004 · **Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:19 pm**

Blancie · **Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:23 pm**