Object
Crypt Seals
Thick metallic-and-crystalline bands rim each glass coffin, their surfaces rimed with frost and glittering with ice. Several seals lie cracked, gouged and pried open—splintered edges and residue clinging to torn fittings where a cover was lifted. Data crouches to photograph and measure breach geometry while Worf probes the ragged seams; the damaged seals read like tactile forensic traces, pointing from preserved chambers to a violent, deliberate interference.
2 appearances
Purpose
To form airtight, preservative closures for individual glass crypts—maintaining internal climate, cryonic conditions, and isolation of occupants from external contamination.
Significance
Broken seals convert the expedition from archaeological survey to rescue and criminal investigation: they constitute primary forensic evidence of tampering, imply an outside actor, and escalate the mission into urgent moral and diplomatic terrain.
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