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{{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|We hope your brief detention in the relaxation vault has been a pleasant one.|sound=GLaDOS_00_part1_entry-2.wav}} | {{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|We hope your brief detention in the relaxation vault has been a pleasant one.|sound=GLaDOS_00_part1_entry-2.wav}} | ||
{{Quotation|'''The Announcer'''|Good morning. You have been in suspension for | {{Quotation|'''The Announcer'''|Good morning. You have been in suspension for... (50) days. In compliance with state and federal regulations, all testing candidates in the Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center must be revived periodically for a mandatory physical and mental wellness exercise.|sound=Announcer_openingexercise01.wav}} | ||
[[File:Portal_StasisBed.png|right|300px|thumb|A stasis bed as it appears in the [[Relaxation Vault]].]] | [[File:Portal_StasisBed.png|right|300px|thumb|A stasis bed as it appears in the [[Relaxation Vault]].]] | ||
[[File:Stasis main picture.png|right|300px|thumb|A stasis bed as it appears in the [[Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center|Extended Relaxation Center]].]] | [[File:Stasis main picture.png|right|300px|thumb|A stasis bed as it appears in the [[Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center|Extended Relaxation Center]].]] | ||
'''Stasis''', also known as '''detention'''(''Portal'') or '''suspension''' (''Portal 2''), is a state of suspended animation in which a person subject to the process is chronologically frozen. The subject is unconscious, and cannot move, think, or speak. | '''Stasis''', also known as '''detention''' (''Portal'') or '''suspension''' (''Portal 2''), is a state of suspended animation in which a person subject to the process is chronologically frozen. The subject is unconscious, and cannot move, think, or speak. | ||
== Side Effects == | == Side Effects == | ||
Stasis has some known side effects. Being in stasis for a period of a couple months may cause cognitive deterioration, while staying subject to it for a couple years may cause serious brain damage. The effects of being under stasis for a short period of time are unknown. | Stasis has some known side effects. Being in stasis for a period of a couple months may cause cognitive deterioration, while staying subject to it for a couple years may cause serious brain damage. The effects of being under stasis for a short period of time are unknown. | ||
===Portal=== | ===Portal=== | ||
At the beginning of Portal the player character,[[Chell]] , wakes up from stasis in the [[Relaxation Vault]]. The | At the beginning of Portal the player character, [[Chell]], wakes up from stasis in the [[Relaxation Vault]]. The duration of her brief detention was undefined. This is the only appearance of stasis in Portal. | ||
===Portal 2: Lab Rat=== | ===Portal 2: Lab Rat=== | ||
In the Portal comic [[Lab Rat]], which is set between Portal and [[Portal 2]] , shows stasis on two occasions. {{spoiler text|The [[Party Escort Bot]] puts Chell into Extended Relaxation. [[Doug Rattmann]] realises that the whole of the test centre's power had run out and patched Chell's cryo-chamber into the reserve power to allow her to live with the consequence of her being in stasis indefinitely. In Rattmann's words "So it's the long sleep... or the long sleep". At the end of the comic, Rattmann then goes into short term stasis after being shot by a [[turret]].}} | In the Portal comic [[Lab Rat]], which is set between Portal and [[Portal 2]] , shows stasis on two occasions. {{spoiler text|The [[Party Escort Bot]] puts Chell into Extended Relaxation. [[Doug Rattmann]] realises that the whole of the test centre's power had run out and patched Chell's cryo-chamber into the reserve power to allow her to live with the consequence of her being in stasis indefinitely. In Rattmann's words "So it's the long sleep... or the long sleep". At the end of the comic, Rattmann then goes into short term stasis after being shot by a [[turret]].}} | ||
=== Portal 2=== | ===Portal 2=== | ||
In Portal 2 the player character wakes up from Stasis after 50 days and is asked by the [[Announcer]] to do a mandatory physical and mental wellness exercise. The player goes into stasis again. The player then reawakens after an extremely long time, too long for the announcer to compute. This is the only appearance of stasis in Portal 2. | In Portal 2 the player character wakes up from Stasis after 50 days and is asked by the [[Announcer]] to do a mandatory physical and mental wellness exercise. The player goes into stasis again. The player then reawakens after an extremely long time, too long for the announcer to compute. This is the only appearance of stasis in Portal 2. | ||