Suspended Animation

Suspended Animation is the process in which individuals slow down vital functions in living beings with low temperatures, stasis tanks or other methods for the purposes of preserving them and keeping them alive for extended periods of time.

Cryo Pods


In Vault 111, the Sole Survivor and Neighbors are escorted to the pods and told they are undergoing a decontamination process before progressing farther into the vault. Afterward, the cyro sequence is initiated and the inhabitants are put into stasis. When Kellogg returns to kidnap Shaun, the scientists open the spouse's pod in order to do so, and then refreeze the Sole Survivor. The rest of the occupants died due to asphyxiation when the life support to the pods failed.

Cryo Tanks
As part of the Vault 111 experiment, Cryo Pods were supported by tanks in an adjacent room.

Cryo-Technology
Before the Great War, companies and government agencies produced cryo-technology. The Massachusetts Surgical Journal titled an issue "Cryo-Technology: Haven or Tomb?"

Vault 96 Cryo Pods
Vault 96 cryo pods were designed to hold animal subjects using helium. There were 86 Cryogenics Bays in the Vault.

Before the Great War, Vault 96 housed approximately 10,000 species in cryonic bays, such as beavers.

Hybernation Chambers
Big MT produced hibernation chambers.

Appearances
Suspended Animation appears in Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.