Cryogenics: Time in a Bottle
Suspended or Frozen for Life?
If you had the power to pause time, would you risk living in a limbo of uncertainty? How do strict controls on life-extending tech reshape our sense of mortality?
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Before the action of CALLED, the famous inventor Jonas Carlton proposed a set of specifications that could be used to hold an organic life form in a static state whereby aging, onset of a disease, and even the knowledge of passing time are all suspended.
A lofty goal for even the infamous “Subject Number One,” Jonas Carlton embarked on a mission of discovery in the early years of the Conglomerate era. He challenged the scientific community across the territory to try to realize the various components of his design in hopes of crowd-sourcing a solution to this exciting challenge.
Despite his brilliance, the storied inventor seemingly failed at achieving and the science wasn’t realized until after the Conglomerate Assumption of Carlton's laboratory when the first known cryogenic units were created. Because of the raw potential cryo offers, it is a highly regulated technology within the Souvern Conglomerate. Because of the steep registration fees and routine inspections required, most citizens only experience cryogenics under extreme circumstances.
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