Cleaning Helmet
Juliette’s cleaning helmet now gives an unobstructed view of the real outside and carries a microphone activated by a finger-and-thumb gesture.
Story so far
The helmet originally supplied oxygen while enclosing its wearer behind an electronic visor. Holston’s display concealed an obstacle before flickering out; the supposed window was a screen. Cleaners saw green hills, blue sky, airborne creatures, and a glittering city, with dead cleaners disguised as rocks. The illusion ended beyond the familiar view from the silo.
Juliette discovered the altered view during her first journey outside and later used a knife to release catches her gloves could not operate. On her return through the Airlock, her clear dome warped and popped in the fire. For the latest expedition, the internal screen has been removed, allowing her to see the actual landscape. She keys the helmet microphone by pinching her thumb and finger together.
Appearance
A helmet attached to a metal ring collar. Juliette’s current version has had its internal display removed to provide a clear view outside.
Role
Protective headgear and a communications interface for Juliette’s expedition; its earlier visor concealed the true landscape.
Relationships
Sources — 19 recorded facts, by chapter
- Holston breathes oxygen circulating within his helmet while the airlock fills with argon.
- The helmet’s visor flickers before going dark.
- The helmet’s visor is an electronic display rather than transparent glass.
- The helmet’s display concealed the object Holston stumbled into.
- Juliette’s helmet makes the hiss of incoming argon sound distant.
- Juliette’s helmet attaches to a metal ring collar and has dark glass that dims her view.
- Juliette realizes her view outside is limited to a pane of glass roughly eight inches by two inches.
- Cleaners’ visor screens display a false image of a healthy outside world.
- The false view shown to cleaners includes green grass and a glittering city beyond the hills.
- The visor projects green hills, blue sky, and airborne creatures over the actual landscape.
- The visor disguises dead cleaners as rocks.
- The visor’s false landscape ends at the limits of the familiar view from the silo.
- Juliette releases her helmet with a knife when her gloves prevent her from operating its catches.
- The helmet displays an altered view of the world rather than providing a simple glass window.
- Juliette suspects the helmet’s screen may have made her surroundings appear darker.
- Juliette’s clear helmet dome pops and warps when exposed to the airlock fire.
- The helmet’s internal screen has been removed to provide a clear view of the actual world outside.
- Juliette keys the microphone in her helmet by pinching her thumb and finger together.
- Juliette views the outside without the deceptive electronic-visor imagery used on previous outings.