Glass-Covered Crypts (Frost-Lined Coffins)

The glass-covered crypts form the scene's central evidence array: Data and Worf clear frost from multiple units to reveal their contents. They function as preserved-time capsules, forensic targets, and narrative proof that preservation systems either failed or were violated.

The glass-covered crypts are the primary containers of narrative information: Data and Worf clear their frost-covered surfaces to inspect contents, revealing blackened corpses, an empty chamber and a preserved unconscious woman. They function as forensic evidence, proof of catastrophic preservation failure and tampering.

The linear bank of glass-covered crypts functions as both setting and evidence: Data identifies multiple panes showing forced entry or removal, one contains a perfectly preserved female, others are empty or house dessicated corpses. The array visualizes selective tampering and frames the forensic questions.

The glass‑covered crypts function as a visual inventory of abuse and selection—some panes scratched or pried, one cover lifted, some empty, others holding desiccated remains, and two containing perfectly preserved bodies. They provide immediate, legible evidence that occupants were selectively removed, destroyed, or preserved.

Glass-covered crypts on the derelict — referenced indirectly by Beverly — are the failing containers that made leaving the occupants in situ morally unacceptable; their deterioration provides the causal pressure for Data's rescue action.

The glass‑covered crypts are referenced as the original failing containers from which Beverly recovered the subjects; they explain Beverly's decision to thaw the patients and provide the forensic clue that the bodies had been frozen post‑mortem.

The frost-lined glass-covered crypts are described as falling apart in the recovering vessel; they provide forensic evidence that the occupants were cryonically preserved after death and explain the urgency that led to revival.