Server Room
The fortified server room houses inter-silo communications and concealed access below, while its automatic locks keep Lukas confined.
Story so far
The server room lies behind the silo’s most heavily fortified door, with access requiring Bernard Holland’s card and a code. Cool air arrives from the down deep, while fans carry server heat toward the triple-digit levels. A movable floor grate conceals a ladder into rooms below.
An empty rear server houses the communications uplink and the locking handle for the ladderway. A pulsing red light alerts Lukas to arrivals above his quarters. Peter Billings is permitted no farther than the doorway, and Lukas experiences the room as a prison, varying his routes among the servers to relieve the monotony. The heavy door locks electrically and automatically when closed, including when Bernard leaves.
Appearance
A fortified room containing rows of servers, cooling and exhaust fans, a heavy automatically locking door, and a concealed ladder beneath a movable floor grate.
Role
A protected data and communications center that also controls access to hidden quarters.
Sources — 13 recorded facts, by chapter
- 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.
- The server room contains a concealed ladder beneath a movable floor grate.
- The hidden ladder leads into an area beneath the server room.
- The rearmost server contains the headset Bernard uses to answer the call.
- 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.
- Peter Billings is allowed no farther into the server room than the door.
- 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.
- The server room locks automatically when Bernard closes its heavy door.