Kryolithic stasis

Long-distance travel has always been a challenge, even after the advent of faster-than-light capabilities. While shortcuts and boosts exist, travel still takes time, and time can be a crew’s worst enemy. One solution is kryolithic-stasis.
Kryolithic-stasis bears a strong resemblance to the concept of cryogenic-stasis, the controlled freezing of a lifeform for a duration, in order to preserve the body in a suspended state. Kryolithic-stasis is distinct; while the subject is still subjected to low temperatures as part of the process, the module uses an electrostatic field generator to suspend the body’s functions at an atomic level. A map is quickly created thanks to a detailed magnetometer scan of the subject, with beam-forming electromagnetic emitters to hold atoms in their last position. While the power-requirements are high, the result is a process with a shorter recovery time upon completion, and less risk of death in the event of system failure.
‘Kryo’ is derived from the Solean word for “cold,” while ‘-lithic’ – “stone” stems from a Kraeth dialect, supposedly originating with the Precursor civilization.