Stasis Tube

Stasis tubes are simpler in concept than you might expect. They're preservation pods that dramatically slow a living being's metabolism, dropping all biological functions to near-complete suspension. Life continues inside, but so slowly that years can pass in the outside world while the captive experiences mere moments of their own time. The technology emerged as one of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.'s most practical inventions, deployed wherever long-term storage of living creatures was required.

The Archives and Their Preservation#

The Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. Archives housed hundreds of these devices, creating the most extensive living library of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control.'s fauna. Each specimen, from the most common creatures to the rarest variants, was carefully cataloged and preserved for study. Researchers could observe beings that would've been impossible to access otherwise, whether because they were dangerous, too rare, or simply too elusive in the wild.

The Great CataclysmThe Great CataclysmThe day Makuta Teridax put the Great Spirit to sleep, the Great Spirit Robot fell from the sky, Metru Nui flooded, and Voya Nui tore loose from the Southern Continent. devastated the Archives. Most of the stasis tubes shattered in the chaos, releasing their captive RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. back into the flooded city. Creatures that had been held in suspension for centuries suddenly poured back into Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive.'s environment. For a long time afterward, the Archives remained a ruin, and the technology lay dormant. No one knew if the tubes could ever be repaired.

Recovery and Imprisonment#

Recovery came only after the Toa returned to Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. and discovered the Staff of ArtakhaArtakhaArtakha was the master craftsman of the Matoran Universe, ruler of a hidden island, and the forger of the Toa Mata, the Avohkii, and the Kraahkan.. Using the staff's power, the MatoranMatoranThe most abundant species in the Matoran Universe, chosen by Mata Nui to inhabit and maintain his cosmic body. began repairing what the Cataclysm had destroyed, including many of the stasis tubes. It took years of painstaking work, but the Archives gradually stabilized. Though the restoration remained incomplete, this work represented genuine progress toward recovering what had been lost.

Stasis tubes were also prison technology, valued by those who needed to contain dangerous beings indefinitely. MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. TridaxTridaxMost Makuta wanted the Plan to succeed. Tridax wanted what came after, and he was building a private army of stolen Toa of Light in a Destral basement to make sure he got it. employed them on DestralDestralThe headquarters island of the Brotherhood of Makuta, whose installed teleportation technology made the entire landmass mobile and turned it into the most strategically protected location in the Matoran Universe. to contain his army of Shadow Takanuvas, holding them in perfect stasis. On OdinaOdinaOdina is a member of both the Dark Hunters and the Cliff Screechers, operating within the Matoran Universe. Formerly in possession of the powers of Vamprah, Odina retains no elemental abilities in the present day., the Shadowed One used his own tubes to imprison Toa VarianVarianVarian was a blue and gold Toa of Psionics and former Ce-Matoran who wore a Great Calix and wielded Elbow Blades and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. She was held at the Fortress of the Shadowed One., keeping the warrior suspended and helpless. In Dark MirrorDark MirrorThe parallel timeline in which Tuyet kept the Nui Stone, the original Toa Mangai survived, and a Toa of Light from another reality fell through a cracked Olmak into the heart of a Toa empire., TakanuvaTakanuvaHidden among the Ta-Matoran as Takua, the disguised Av-Matoran who became Takanuva was the sole Toa of Light produced in the Matoran Universe's full history. freed TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. DumeDumeDume is a Turaga of Fire and the former ruler of Metru Nui, distinguished by his red and black coloring and the Noble Kanohi Kiril, the Mask of Regeneration. As a member of the Turaga of Metru Nui, he wields a Staff of Office and commands a weakened mastery of Fire. He later resides on the reformed Spherus Magna. from a stasis tube, an act that shaped the narrative. These secondary uses showed that the technology extended far beyond Archives work.

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Compiled from primary sources by Lore Fortress editorial. Reviewed by Joe Garratt, Editor-in-Chief.