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Neighboring Silo Server Room

The neighboring silo’s once densely active server room remains a refuge access point, though many machines have stopped over the years.

Story so far

The room contains operating servers with blinking lights and is at least as large as Juliette’s generator room, much larger than the cafeteria. Juliette uses it for calls but finds the warm floor too noisy for sleep. A massive keypad-controlled steel door protects it, while a removable grate near the communications hub hides the ladder to the passage below. The grate originally locked automatically when replaced and could be released from beneath.

Accounts of Jimmy’s early isolation show outsiders trying codes at the steel door, with three failed attempts requiring a day’s wait. White vapor with a metallic taste enters through overhead vents; the lights and servers briefly shut down before power returns. Jimmy’s waste later fouls the room and attracts flies, with the machinery’s heat worsening the smell.

During a later outage, the servers keep producing heat while the keypad stops blinking and the steel door stands partly open. Over the years, many machines cease running, possibly because of the heat.

Appearance

A vast room of servers with blinking lights, a massive steel door and keypad, and a floor grate concealing a ladder. Many machines have ceased operating.

Role

The room houses surviving machinery and the concealed access to Jimmy’s refuge; its equipment has progressively failed.

Relationships

Juliette — Juliette uses the server room for calls but finds its machinery too noisy to sleep beside.

Earlier in this series

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

Sources — 13 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 62
  • The server room is protected by a massive steel door operated through a keypad.
  • A removable floor grate near the comm hub conceals a ladder down to a passageway.
  • The floor grate locks automatically when replaced and can be opened with a handle below.
Chapter 68
  • The man outside the locked room says three wrong code attempts require waiting another day.
Chapter 70
  • Odorless white vapor with a metallic taste enters the server room through overhead vents.
  • The lights and servers shut down, leaving the room dark and silent.
  • Power returns to the server room after the shutdown.
Chapter 72
  • Men outside the steel door keep trying codes without opening it.
Chapter 82
  • Jimmy’s waste has made the server room foul-smelling and attracted flies.
  • The machines in the server room radiate heat that worsens the smell of Jimmy’s waste.
Chapter 94
  • The servers continue running and producing heat during the outage.
  • During the outage, the server-room keypad stops blinking and the steel door stands partly open.
Chapter 102
  • Many machines in the server room have stopped running over the years, possibly because of the heat.
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