:09:01
- You what?
- What else could I do?
:09:04
The crypts in which they
were frozen were falling apart.
:09:08
- So, what's their condition?
- Right now, they're all sleeping.
:09:13
Each one needed
minor medical attention.
:09:16
Minor now, but then their
conditions were terminal.
:09:19
One had a heart problem.
:09:21
Another, advanced emphysema,
with extensive liver damage.
:09:25
Most surprising of all, each
had been frozen after they died.
:09:32
After they died?
:09:33
Cryonics. It was a kind of fad
in the late 20th century.
:09:38
People feared dying.
:09:40
It terrified them.
:09:42
So, at the moment of death,
they would be frozen,
:09:45
so that at some time in the future,
:09:48
when a cure had been found
for what killed them,
:09:51
they could be thawed, healed,
and sent about their business.
:09:57
In the case of this group,
it apparently worked.
:10:03
Mr Data, report to sickbay.
:10:06
Immediately.
:10:16
Look, I am never critical of any
member of my staff being curious.
:10:22
But it's just that
the timing is so...
:10:25
I could not leave them.
Their vehicle was deteriorating.
:10:29
Data, they were already dead.
:10:32
What more could have happened
to them?
:10:35
I see your point. At the time,
it seemed the proper thing to do.
:10:41
Well, they're alive now.
:10:44
We'll have to treat them
as living human beings.
:10:47
Alive and well
and ready to be awakened.
:10:50
Before you wake them
I want Security here.
:10:53
Lt Worf, report to sickbay.
:10:56
They're sedated, but they should
be up as soon as possible.