Neighboring Silo Mechanical
The silo’s eight-level Mechanical section supplies power and air and lies in the path of flooding from the mines.
Story so far
A schematic showed Juliette an unfamiliar room projecting from Mechanical. The department occupies eight levels, and she could not precisely calculate its flooded volume; she estimated that even a second pump might need a year or longer merely to uncover the entrance. On her underwater visit, she climbed over the entrance’s security turnstile and encountered a body floating against a corridor ceiling.
The account of the silo’s earlier deterioration places Mechanical in the path of floodwater spreading from the mines. During Solo’s exploration, he knows it as the levels beneath the stairs’ last turn that supply power and air.
Appearance
An eight-level section beneath the stairs’ last turn, with a security turnstile at its entrance and a room projecting from it on the schematic.
Role
The silo’s power-and-air service levels, affected by flooding.
Relationships
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
- WoolBook 1
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
- Mechanical is threatened by floodwater spreading from the mines.
- Solo knows Mechanical as the levels beneath the last turn of the stairs that supply power and air.