Deep Freeze
Deep Freeze stores sleeping people behind reinforced doors; Darcy fears Charlotte could be returned there, perhaps dead.
Story so far
Deep Freeze holds women, children, and men unable to complete their shifts in rows of sealed beds. Donald, while known as Troy, pictured pie-shaped storage rooms with pods linked to walls by tubes and pipes; he himself slept there for a century. Anna Thurman said no one was supposed to be awakened from it, yet Donald later secretly woke her while Dr. Wilson was occupied. Victor's body had also been placed among the pods.
Erskine reported that Deep Freeze had overflowed into a lower cryopod level. In the later bloodstained-pod investigation, Darcy said the registered occupant belonged in Deep Freeze rather than the executive wing, and Doctor Whitmore located an old recorded awakening predating orientation. Darcy now suspects Charlotte may be put in Deep Freeze, possibly dead.
Appearance
Reinforced steel doors with a coded lock protect rows of sealed beds. Troy pictured pie-shaped rooms with tubes and pipes connecting pods to the walls.
Role
It is a protected cryopod storehouse for sleeping people and also receives bodies; Charlotte's possible return remains Darcy's fear.
Relationships
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
- ShiftBook 2
Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
- Darcy says the person registered to the bloodstained pod belonged in Deep Freeze rather than the executive wing.
- Whitmore locates one recorded awakening in the old Deep Freeze storehouse that predates orientation.
- Darcy suspects Charlotte may be put in Deep Freeze, possibly dead.