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Routing: Pcom (01.121.01.225.12) Idaho; sched (fox) Icept B-25 (01.121.01.184.07)
subject: Krell
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Lorne,
I met Krell once, in December 1994 after he had been revived. He didn't make enough of an impression on me remember much, and I was already slated for slotting and not allowed to talk about P. What i do know is:
1) He was in the project from near the beginning.
2) He apparantly was not only on the council, but he was involved in the original Cryosleep development team at Falling Pines project center.
3) He was a test freeze subject. Rumors about some major screw up in Montana are extant in some records about him.
4) We did a data crawl of PB data banks. They are really screwed up, but we did find some vitals: Born 16 July 1945 Butler Missouri. Caltech and UCLA degrees in human factors. Clerked for someone in the council and then served with the Cryosleep research. Held (until now) the record for longest time in cold sleep, twenty years (1968 to 1988). First name is Elliot, although prefers to be addressed by his last name only.
5) Several people who knew him joined field teams. Our TO charts are a joke, but we don't think any are awake (or can be awakened any time soon).
It may be years before we can dig any good historical records out on Krell. He was on the council and in the project, was supposedly vocal, seen as an idealist, not privy to Dr. Morrow's inner team but had a good understanding of the project. An interesting snipping from a FAQ on long term Cryosleep (term slotting) surfaced after our last data cull:
(from Physical Effects of Long Term Cryogenic Suspended Animation, by Dr. Ed Haley)
"...in a few cases long term slotting has caused minor personality changes, brain damage, and even death. This seems to be related to poor subject preperation by test slotting doctor, especially hypothermia before slotting, poorly administered doses of Amathol, or errors in data entry of subjects blood chemistry. Test subject 12 (hereafter referred to as "E") is a sample of this effect. Slotting Doctor chose a dosage of Amathol that did not render subject unconscious, then gave a second and excessive does of Amathol to the patient. Subjects body temperature dropped to 96 degrees before slotting process was begun, and remanding doctor failed to register excess Amathol dose or low body temperature of slotting subject in the blood chemistry work up. E. came out of the slots suffering from episodic migraines, minor depression, with distinct delusional tendencies, although these are well compensated for and do not appear to effect the patients reentry into the world..."
If this E. was Krell, then he was suffering from Dysfunctional Slot Sickness, a treatable condition. While our literature on this subject is incomplete, further slotting is not advised for people suffering from DSS as it magnifies the severity of symptoms listed above.
As Dr. Penman said, "if this Krell has been slotting himself for the past century and a half after having an initial DSS episode, his currently mental state could only be called unique at this point, that is, if Jack the Ripper's mental state was unique."
That's all I have
M-
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