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Sample Containers

Juliette’s sealed samples show unequal damage to suit materials; a missing control seal informs her conclusion that the gas is poison.

Story so far

The air-sampling containers hold paired gaskets and strips of heat tape, and Juliette seals their lids with waxy sealant. Container 2 holds the second outside-air sample. The collection includes two outside-air samples, an airlock argon control, surface and deep soil, and dried human remains.

The hill-air sample leaves the Supply gasket intact while visibly consuming the other gasket. In the ramp-air sample, roughly half of the vulnerable gasket is worn away. The control collected in the airlock contains only one remaining seal. When the emergency begins, Juliette remembers that missing seal as she concludes the gas is poison.

Appearance

Containers sealed with waxy material; air-sampling containers contain paired gaskets and strips of heat tape. One is marked 2, and the airlock control has only one seal remaining.

Role

Physical evidence for comparing air samples and deterioration of different suit materials.

Relationships

Juliette — Juliette collected and examined the samples and recalls the missing seal when identifying the gas as poison.
Supply — A gasket from Supply remains intact in the hill-air sample.
Sources — 8 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 20
  • The air-sampling containers hold paired gaskets and strips of heat tape.
  • Juliette seals the sample-container lids airtight with waxy sealant.
  • The second outside-air sample is stored in the container numbered 2.
Chapter 25
  • The collected samples include two outside air samples, an airlock argon control, surface soil, deep soil, and dried human remains.
  • The hill air sample leaves the Supply gasket intact while visibly eating away the other gasket.
  • Juliette observes approximately half the vulnerable gasket worn away in the ramp air sample.
  • The control sample collected inside the airlock contains only one remaining seal.
Chapter 34
  • Juliette remembers a missing seal on the sample canister as she concludes that the gas is poison.
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