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Server Room

The fortified Server Room houses a concealed communications access and ladder; white mist is now pouring through its vents while the exit stays locked.

Story so far

The room is protected by the silo’s most heavily fortified door, originally requiring Bernard Holland’s card and a security code. It receives cool air from the down deep and sends server heat downward to warm the lowest levels. Beneath a movable floor grate, a hidden ladder leads to another area. An empty server contains the communications uplink and the locking handle for that ladderway.

Lukas experienced the room as a prison during his confinement, with the door automatically locking behind its occupants. On level thirty-four, it stands opposite the Cleaning Lab. More recently, Juliette explored beneath the floor grates at the bottom of the ladder.

Immediately after the remote caller orders a shutdown, white mist pours from the room’s vents. The exit into IT remains locked when Lukas enters his code.

Appearance

A heavily secured room of tall black computer cabinets, cooled by vents, with a concealed floor grate and ladder. White mist is now spreading from the vents.

Role

A secured server and communications space that has again become a place of confinement during the ordered shutdown.

Relationships

Lukas — Lukas was previously confined here and now cannot unlock the exit as mist spreads.
Juliette — Juliette has investigated beneath the floor grates at the bottom of its ladder.
Cleaning Lab — The room stands across level thirty-four from the Cleaning Lab.
Sources — 19 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 30
  • The server room is protected by the most heavily fortified door in the silo.
  • Entry to the server room requires Bernard’s card and a security code.
  • The server room receives cool air from the down deep.
  • Fans send server-room heat down the silo to warm the triple-digit levels.
Chapter 41
  • The server room contains a concealed ladder beneath a movable floor grate.
  • The hidden ladder leads into an area beneath the server room.
Chapter 52
  • The rearmost server contains the headset Bernard uses to answer the call.
Chapter 57
  • A pulsing red light alerts Lukas when someone enters the server room above his quarters.
  • An empty server houses both the communications uplink and the ladderway’s locking handle.
Chapter 60
  • Peter Billings is allowed no farther into the server room than the door.
Chapter 67
  • The server-room door locks electrically and automatically when Lukas closes it.
  • Lukas experiences the server room as a prison and varies his routes through the servers to relieve the monotony.
Chapter 76
  • The server room locks automatically when Bernard closes its heavy door.
Chapter 122
  • The room where Rodny is staying contains rows of tall black computer cabinets.
  • Pulsing red lights illuminate the room behind the heavy steel door.
Chapter 207
  • The server room is on the opposite side of level thirty-four from the Suit Lab.
Chapter 220
  • Juliette explores beneath the floor grates at the bottom of the server-room ladder for the second time.
Chapter 225
  • A white mist pours from the server-room vents immediately after the caller orders a shutdown.
  • The server-room exit to IT remains locked when Lukas enters his code.
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