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{{Quote|The section looked like a live [[Rahi]] had passed through, shattering the display case and scattering artifacts. Fortunately, only the outer shell had been broken. Had the inner casing been cracked, the Rahi inside might well have come to life again and rampaged through the [[Archives]].|Narrator, ''[[BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui|Mystery of Metru Nui]]''|center}}
{{Object
|image=[[Image:Rahi stasis.png|250px]]
|user=[[Matoran]], [[the Shadowed One]]<br />[[Makuta (Species)|Makuta]] [[Tridax]]
|location=[[Metru Nui]] {{C|[[Archives]]}}<br />[[Odina Fortress]]<br />[[Destral]] {{C|all formerly}}
|function=Containing and imprisoning living creatures
|status=In use
}}
'''Stasis Tubes''' are devices used to contain living creatures, either for imprisonment or display purposes. The tubes consist of two layers of clear material: a harder, protective outer layer, and a more fragile inner shell. After being subdued, the subject is placed inside the tube, and the tube is filled with a gas (a diluted version of the [[Kraahu]] stun gas is used on Metru Nui). The gas slows the life functions of the subject to such a degree that they can survive inside the tube for tens of thousands of years with no food or air. If the inner layer of the tube is cracked, however, the subsequent rush of air will wake the imprisoned creature.

Some Rahi species are immune to stasis, such as the [[Muaka]] or the [[Tarakava#Two-Headed Tarakava|two-headed Tarakava]].

== Uses ==
* On [[Metru Nui]], Stasis Tubes were used to store [[Rahkshi]] and Rahi that were too dangerous to be allowed to wander free in the city. Most of the Rahi were then put on display in the Archives.  Almost all of the Stasis Tubes were shattered during the Great Cataclysm, and their contents escaped into the city. The [[Rahaga]], [[Turaga]] [[Dume]], and, after a time, the [[Matoran]] undertook efforts to re-capture and replace them in the Archives.
* On the island of [[Mata Nui (Location)|Mata Nui]], the Turaga used small Stasis Tubes to imprison [[Kraata]] that they hunted. The Kraata were all released when the [[Kraata Cave|cave]] they were contained in was attacked by the Rahkshi, but the combined effort of {{G|1|Tahu}} and {{G|1|Kopaka}} sealed the cave shut, preventing the Kraata's escape.
* [[The Shadowed One]] used a Stasis Tube to keep [[Varian]] prisoner. This Stasis Tube survived the [[Battle of Bara Magna|destruction]] of the [[Matoran Universe]], and Varian remains imprisoned.
* [[Makuta (Species)|Makuta]] [[Tridax]] used Stasis Tubes on [[Destral]] to contain the [[Takanuva]] from alternate realities, from whom he was [[Shadow Leech|draining]] their {{G|1|light}} to create an army of Shadow Toa. When the [[Order of Mata Nui]] leveled Destral, many of the Stasis Tubes were shattered, and the surviving [[Takanuva#Shadow Takanuva|Shadow Takanuva]] were released.
* In an [[Toa Empire Alternate Universe|alternate Metru Nui]], Stasis Tubes in the Archives were used to imprison enemies of the Toa Empire, such as Turaga Dume.

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