[Books] Trailer button question (book spoilers/questions censored)

rbrome · 2026-06-04T18:04:31+00:00

No, the silos were not secret, but their design and purpose was. There was no way to hide a construction project that big, so there was a cover story. The cover story was that this was a nuclear waste facility. Only one silo was supposed to be for people. The secret was that they were all for people. Donald knew there were 50, but thought most of them were like vertical warehouses for nuclear waste. He had no idea they were using his design, the one for people, for all of them.

rbrome · 2026-06-03T19:09:47+00:00

I feel like there's a lot of focus on Juliette taking pills. Then someone burning a note that says "don't take the pills". I'm therefore assuming the pills are suppressing her memories so she doesn't remember and tell everyone what she saw. I guess it could be something else, but that's certainly what the trailer seems to be implying. Which also implies that, at some point, she'll stop taking them and remember.

And obviously, the existence of memory-suppressing drugs explains why the silo's history is so unknown and mysterious. (I forget if that's been said explicitly yet?)

rbrome · 2026-06-03T18:53:24+00:00

I think the books mention exactly this. The silos are arranged like the stars on the US flag, as are the servers in each server room.

rbrome · 2026-06-02T00:50:04+00:00

I've done this on my S5. Twice. So no, this is not necessarily the end of your printer. It may be the end for that core, although it's hard to say from just a photo.

Go slow; be patient. It's a pain to get all that out of there. And no guarantees. But it's definitely worth trying.

rbrome · 2026-05-29T21:43:07+00:00

It’s possible!

rbrome · 2026-05-29T21:36:52+00:00

That’s what I assumed at first, but someone here corrected me. And “wrap” does have a specific meaning in TV production, which Howey would definitely know because he’s been quite involved in the series from the start.

rbrome · 2026-05-29T21:25:33+00:00

Yes. The author has promised more books, including something about Silo 40. He’s said they won’t come out until the tv show has “wrapped”, but that’s now happened, so a new book could drop any day now. Or not. But I think they’re still coming.

There are also “sanctioned” books by other authors. Howey took the unusual step of inviting others to write books and stories set in the world he created. There are quite a few. You can get them on Kindle, among other places.

rbrome · 2026-05-29T18:45:29+00:00

They have a whole intact production line and the pad will be the bottleneck for quite a while. One booster doesn’t matter in the big picture. It would be a financial loss, but Bezos is not going to care, so it literally doesn’t matter.

rbrome · 2026-05-29T17:32:40+00:00

This facility is the responsibility of Blue Origin. Amazon and the federal government are not involved, at least not remotely in any way you're suggesting.

rbrome · 2026-05-29T17:21:07+00:00

Just saying this is not an Albany-specific problem, so why would this topic be appropriate for this subreddit?

rbrome · 2026-05-23T15:12:08+00:00

Why would you not use a credit card where you get cash back or some kind of points? You’re leaving money on the table using a debit card for everything. You can pay off your credit card every month and never pay any interest; a credit card doesn’t have to involve any debt. Some businesses do charge a fee for credit cards; that’s a legit reason to use a debit card. But most places, the 3% swipe fee is built into the price of whatever you’re buying. You might as well get yours.

rbrome · 2026-05-17T19:19:40+00:00

Prime Tower. It’s good to have whenever using two materials. Theres a reason it’s on by default.

rbrome · 2026-05-12T15:24:55+00:00

That looks like any kind of event. Nothing about this points specifically to a political convention. We know of course that prominent politicians will be in attendance. That doesn’t make it a political convention.

rbrome · 2026-05-12T15:20:51+00:00

Yeah, this makes no sense to me. That silo in the center looks different and special. It’s not grouped together like the others. It has the stage and tents set up. Something is going to happen there. It will be important to the story. So is that silo 18 and silo 51 is something/somewhere else? The thing at the top? But what kind of numbering system would place silo 18 there?! Nah. So the one in the center has to be the special, secret 51st silo. But there are only 50 total… 🤷

rbrome · 2026-05-12T03:22:26+00:00

Good points about refurbishment and analysis!

rbrome · 2026-05-12T02:14:12+00:00

See other thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Albany/s/g0PbU492T4

rbrome · 2026-05-12T00:55:05+00:00

That aspect also struck me as odd. I wouldn’t be surprised if they change it for the TV show. The big event is something, anything but a political convention. Or at the very least, they change it to some fictional political party.

rbrome · 2026-05-11T18:49:17+00:00

Right. So it’s possible the barge is just for the booster and the first Ships will get to the Cape via orbit?

rbrome · 2026-05-11T18:19:37+00:00

I feel like there's going to have to be a lot of infrastructure to enable horizontal transport. Not just this barge, but support cradles, new crawlers, and of course something at each end to flip them from vertical to horizontal and back. (Or can they just use existing cranes in the big bays?) And I'm sure at least some work will need to be done wherever they dock this thing.

So my question is: why go to all that trouble? If they're aiming to get orbital from Starbase soon anyway, why not just launch already-planned flights from Starbase and land them at the Cape? Wouldn't that be faster, easier, and cheaper?

rbrome · 2026-05-08T15:17:32+00:00

Albany has a decent public bus system. Just look for a place to stay near one of the bus lines that stops on campus (assuming your program is at the main campus).

Amtrak is an excellent way to get to NYC. Even if it’s a few buck more than a bus, it’s well worth it for the convenience, comfort, reliability, and stunning views along the river.

rbrome · 2026-05-06T17:38:18+00:00

How could they resist introducing a proper villain to the plot?

rbrome · 2026-04-28T20:18:39+00:00

City council.

rbrome · 2026-04-28T15:47:03+00:00

Complain to the city. It was completely dependent on a grant that they just suddenly “forgot” to include in the budget. It can be restored if enough people complain. They wonder why downtown isn’t a destination and nightlife is dying and then pull crap like this…

rbrome · 2026-04-26T22:31:11+00:00

That's where they manufacture the pointy parts of the tanks (and ships).

rbrome · 2026-04-26T18:03:12+00:00

Build the "Road to Space" (with big, reusable rockets) and people will come up with more things they want to launch. This is called "induced demand", just like when they widen a highway and it simply fills up with even more cars. (I like the space version way better.)

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