Cleaning Helmet
The cleaning helmet supplies a controlled view of the outside through an electronic visor; Juliette’s latest dome is damaged by airlock fire.
Story so far
Holston breathed circulating oxygen inside his helmet while the airlock filled with argon, but its visor was an electronic display rather than transparent glass. It concealed what he stumbled into and eventually flickered dark. Cleaners are shown green grass, blue sky and a glittering city, while dead cleaners appear as rocks. The projection ends beyond the familiar landscape visible from the silo.
Juliette wore a helmet attached to a metal collar, with a viewing pane roughly eight inches by two inches. After reaching the neighboring silo, she used a knife to release catches her thick gloves could not operate. She later suspected the screen had also made her surroundings darker. On her return to her home silo, her clear helmet dome pops and warps in the airlock fire.
Appearance
The earlier helmet has dark visor glass and a metal collar attachment. Juliette’s return helmet has a clear dome that deforms under extreme heat.
Role
It provides breathing enclosure and, in the cleaning configuration, a deceptive electronic landscape.
Relationships
Sources — 16 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.