Object

Sickbay Cryonics Module Computer

A compact, built-in medical terminal embedded in the cryonics module: brushed clinical housing with a narrow display bank, diagnostic readouts and status icons that emit a cool, sterile glow. The screen scrolls archival cryonics logs and patient identifiers while waveform and vitals windows flicker to life as the thawed patient regains brief consciousness. Crew members lean in to manipulate its tactile and touch interfaces; Data scrolls files across the console while Beverly issues commands at its panel. The unit sits mission-ready, its indicators punctuating the shock and urgency of the sudden revival.

2 appearances

Purpose

Primary interface and data-access terminal for the cryonics module: to read recovered cryonics records, present diagnostic readouts, and support medical assessment and procedural control of revived cryonics patients.

Significance

Functions as the technical pivot that reframes the salvage operation into an urgent medical and ethical crisis: the console identifies the recovered people, displays their vitals during awakening, and anchors Beverly Crusher and Picard’s immediate medical and command decisions as the scene humanizes and security concerns escalate.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E26 · The Neutral Zone

Awakening and Disorientation in the Guest Lounge

The cryonics module/computer is the referenced provenance of the survivors' preservation and the implied source of forensic and contractual data; Data and Beverly draw on knowledge about cryonics to explain cause, timing, and process to the group.

Before: Sealed and orbiting storage module that previously held the survivors in stasis; records stored in ship systems or module databases.

After: Its records have been accessed or summarized by ship personnel; physical custody of survivors has moved to the Enterprise medical staff.

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S1E26 · The Neutral Zone

Naming the Other

The Sickbay Cryonics Module Computer is the implied forensic source that records the preservation and thawing; it underlies Beverly's medical statements and Data's historical references, functioning as the technological trace that validates that they were frozen and later revived.

Before: Operational in Sickbay or associated systems; containing archival records of the preserved patients and diagnostic readouts.

After: Still operational and serving as the authoritative record for medical staff; its readouts support ongoing treatment and legal documentation.

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