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IT combines computer and suit work with unusual political influence; its explanation for Silo Seventeen's collapse is hardware failure.

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IT operates the computer systems and laboratories that make cleaning suits, while tradition gives it influence over appointments to judicial and law-enforcement posts. Its main landing is on level thirty-four, and its three levels contain apartments, offices, and workshops. Juliette said it consumed more than a quarter of the silo's power; its lights remained bright during the power holiday. Allison accused it of concealing a secret connected to realistic screen images, and Juliette later suspected hidden supply chains and a deliberate effort to keep people inside.

The department recruited Scottie from Mechanical and became the focus of Juliette's investigations. After substituted materials unknowingly gave its technicians the means to build her a durable suit, her survival helped fuel conflict. Deagan Knox and McLain planned to seize IT, but armed defenders fired on their assault through a barricade of chairs. Mechanics later considered diverting generator exhaust into the server cooling supply; Shirly also reported IT retained power despite a shutdown below.

Other accounts describe IT enduring a destructive power spike, putting technicians on double shifts, holding Rodny in a locked room, and recruiting new staff. In the investigation of the neighboring silo's collapse, IT attributed the disaster to hardware failure.

Appearance

IT workers wear silver overalls or jumpsuits. The department occupies three levels of apartments, offices, and workshops, with its main landing on thirty-four.

Role

IT maintains privileged technical infrastructure and cleaning-suit production while exercising influence over silo leadership. Its hardware-failure explanation is one attributed account of the neighboring silo's collapse.

Relationships

Mechanical — Mechanical supplied substituted suit materials and later fought IT's defenders.
Juliette — Juliette investigated IT's secrets and survived in a suit its technicians built with substituted materials.
ScottieBk 1 — IT recruited Scottie from Mechanical.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 6 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 9
  • IT employs Melanie, Marcus Dent’s girlfriend.
Chapter 35
  • A guard reports that a power spike destroyed many computers the previous night.
  • A guard says every IT technician is working a double shift.
Chapter 48
  • IT holds Rodny in a locked room.
  • Mission reports that IT is recruiting new personnel, including a porter seeking a different job.
Chapter 74
  • IT blamed Silo Seventeen’s collapse on hardware failure.
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