Mechanical and Supply Uprising
The rebellion sparked by Juliette’s survival has become a costly suppression, with defenders overrun and reports of dozens dead and many detained.
Story so far
Walker recognizes an uprising beginning when his account of deliberately failing cleaning suits enrages the mechanics. Deagan Knox presents rebellion as restoring order and ending inherited oppression, winning Supply’s support. The march hides beneath a staged outage and repair mission, with two groups timed to reach level thirty-four together. Some carry guns and bombs, others sharpened iron shanks.
Explosions breach IT’s doors and security gate. Lukas shoots an old woman carrying a bomb; her dropped explosive destroys the chairs and people among them. A second assault fails, and the expedition retreats down the stairs. Marck judges McLain’s explosion to have destroyed their plans. Fighting then continues at Mechanical for weeks, with gunfire and blasting powder battering steel defenses.
A major assault and the demolition of the stairwell fail to end the fighting immediately. Attackers eventually enter the defenders’ position during what they hope will be the final push. Lukas hears that dozens have died and three or four times as many have been detained. Bernard Holland nevertheless claims this uprising is less severe than the previous one.
Role
An armed challenge to the silo’s ruling system that has become a prolonged and increasingly destructive suppression.
Sources — 24 recorded facts, by chapter
- Walker identifies the angry gathering following his suit revelation as the beginning of an uprising.
- Knox presents the rebellion as an effort to restore order and end an inherited system of oppression.
- Supply’s workers rally vocally after Knox calls for their support.
- The planned advance will use a staged power outage and a repair mission as cover.
- The advance is divided into two groups, with slower climbers leaving first and stronger climbers following to reach level thirty-four together.
- The expedition includes people armed with sharpened iron shanks instead of guns.
- The marching force conceals its purpose beneath equipment suggesting a relief effort.
- The Mechanical and Supply march continues upward after leaving Shirly and Courtnee with the farmers.
- The assault on IT begins with an explosion that blows open the double doors on landing thirty-four.
- A thrown canister explodes at IT’s security gate and tears apart defenders there.
- A large bearded attacker is shot and falls into the chairs before he can reload.
- After Lukas shoots an old woman carrying a bomb, the dropped explosive destroys the chairs and people among them.
- A second wave of attackers makes an unsuccessful assault while Lukas continues firing.
- The attack on IT ends in a running retreat by Mechanical and Supply fighters.
- McLain’s explosion destroys the attackers’ plans in Marck’s judgment.
- The fighting at Mechanical continues three weeks later, with gunfire and blasting powder used against steel.
- Peter says a major assault is planned to end the rebellion.
- Lukas recalls the victorious cheering of the people he sided with while he fired on a white-haired woman.
- The fighting continues across the wrecked stairwell after its demolition.
- The attacking force is making what it hopes will be its final push.
- The fighting continues with gunfire and men being killed.
- The forces feared by the defenders for a month have entered their position.
- Lukas has heard that dozens have died and three to four times as many have been detained in the uprising.
- Bernard claims the current uprising is less severe than the previous one.