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Solo's Home

Solo’s hidden refuge beneath the servers has been devastated by fire; its remaining pantry could feed the gathered survivors only briefly.

Story so far

Solo's Father hid Jimmy in rooms beneath the servers, reached through a sliding floor grate, a long ladder, and a narrow passage carrying pipes and wires. The rooms occupied a hidden part of level thirty-five inaccessible from the stairwell. They included a workspace with desks, surveillance equipment, and books in metal containers, as well as a kitchen, bunkroom, showers, and a pantry. His father described enough provisions for four people for ten years. The refuge door used a four-digit keypad that allowed only three failed attempts per day; intruders eventually discovered its code, 1218.

Over the years, Solo made the refuge his home, sleeping on a floor mattress and living among water jugs, canned food, and shelves of metal canisters. Empty food cans accumulated in an adjoining room. The cameras remained broken when he prepared to venture out, and an open hatch later allowed intruders into his sleeping quarters during a major outage. By the time of his later solitude, the grate's locks were broken and rusted. The caged radio provided contact only with silo seventeen's portable radios; Juliette also stayed in the refuge and woke beside Solo's desk.

Fire has now destroyed the books, shattered the computer monitor, and left no visible bedding. When Juliette tried to fight it, the nearby reservoir was empty. Some pantry supplies survive, but she estimates they can feed the gathered survivors for only a few days. The refuge that once sustained one isolated survivor can no longer offer comparable security to the group.

Appearance

A concealed suite below the server room, reached through a floor grate, ladder, and narrow service passage. After the fire its books are destroyed, the monitor is shattered, and no bedding is visible; some pantry provisions remain.

Role

Solo’s former long-term shelter and storehouse, now a fire-damaged refuge with only a few days of food for the gathered group.

Relationships

Solo — Solo survived for decades in the hidden rooms.
Solo's Father — Solo's Father brought Jimmy into the refuge and left him there for protection.
Juliette — Juliette stayed in the rooms and now estimates that the remaining pantry can feed the group for only a few days.
Sources — 37 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 46
  • Solo retreats into a hole beneath the server-room floor that is covered by a sliding metal grate.
Chapter 48
  • Solo’s home occupies a hidden part of level thirty-five inaccessible from the stairwell.
  • Solo sleeps on a mattress on the floor.
  • Solo’s makeshift kitchen consists of shelves holding water jugs, canned food, and other containers.
  • Metal canisters fill shelves on the opposite side of Solo’s room.
  • Solo says the hidden rooms were designed to support their occupants for ten years.
Chapter 50
  • The room adjoining Solo’s cooking area contains a large, foul-smelling pile of empty food cans.
  • Juliette realizes that Solo’s living space is reached by a hidden passage beneath the servers in IT.
Chapter 64
  • The radio in Solo’s underground apartment can communicate only with silo seventeen’s portable radios.
Chapter 77
  • A radio beneath the servers in Solo’s living space is locked inside a steel cage for which he has never found the key.
Chapter 79
  • Juliette wakes on the floor beside Solo’s desk in his room.
Chapter 149
  • The hidden rooms are reached by a long ladder and a narrow passage carrying pipes and wires.
  • The hidden workspace contains shelves and two desks, one with a computer and one with an open book.
  • The hidden workspace has surveillance equipment that displays multiple views of the silo.
  • Jimmy’s father says the refuge has a storehouse, bunkroom, showers, and enough food for four people for ten years.
Chapter 153
  • The hidden rooms include an apartment-like room with a stove, table, and chairs.
  • The hidden room has a desk and chair made from real wood.
  • The hidden room contains a floor-to-ceiling shelf of metal containers, one of which Jimmy opens to find a book.
Chapter 158
  • The small apartment contains a table for four with a book being repaired using needle and thread.
  • The apartment has a locked pantry opposite the stove.
  • The pantry contains long rows of shelves filled with canned food.
  • The pantry has separate switches for a light and a noisy fan.
Chapter 159
  • The bunk room has multiple empty beds.
Chapter 164
  • The refuge door uses a four-digit keypad with ten thousand possible combinations.
  • The refuge door rejects further code attempts until the next day after three incorrect entries.
  • The refuge door’s code is 1218.
Chapter 165
  • The refuge door’s keypad accepts the intruders’ code and changes its indicator from red to green.
  • The refuge door’s code remains 1218 when the intruders discover it.
Chapter 169
  • The refuge’s cameras remain broken when Jimmy prepares to leave.
Chapter 181
  • The open hatch allows intruders to reach Jimmy’s sleeping quarters during a major power outage.
Chapter 189
  • Solo’s home beneath the servers contains a large accumulation of empty food cans.
  • The locks on the grate over Solo’s hiding place are broken and rusted.
Chapter 248
  • Books burn in Solo’s hiding place beneath the server room.
  • The water reservoir beside Solo’s hiding place is empty when Juliette tries to fight the fire.
Chapter 251
  • The fire destroys the books in Solo’s hiding place.
  • The fire shatters the computer monitor and leaves no visible bedding in Solo’s hiding place.
  • Juliette estimates that the surviving pantry supplies could feed the gathered survivors for only a few days.
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