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Book spoilers to follow (though how much of this makes it in the show remains to be seen):
Jimmy/Solo's father was the overseer of Silo 17. When things went pear shaped and he knew the bossmen in Silo 1 would hit the kill switch and nanogas the inhabitants, he arranged for Jimmy to be locked in the secure area. Those outside and by the airlock were killed by the fact the airlock doesn't release a cleaning spray but the nano's which also replenishes the cloud of nanogas over the Silo area. And there's a little sting in the tale for anyone thinking about going back in through an operational airlock, too! Hint, wrap yoourself in something very heat and flame proof...
Despite the purge there were a number of other survivors who attempted to get in, they kept numerically incrementing the door code (one try allowed a day) until they hit the correct one. At which point Jimmy had to kill them or be killed.
In the books, the bridge to the rest of the Silo wasn't damaged, only the lower levels were flooded. So Jimmy could move around freely. There are other survivors in 17, group of children/teenagers but Jimmy wasn't aware of them until he started helping Juliette in here endeavours to drain the flood, when they attacked him - though it all worked out okay in the end. Whether they appear in the show remains to be seen.
The motive behind creating the Silo's was to purify the human race to eliminate conflict and all the flaws of mid 21st Century humanity. If I remember the books correctly, only one Silo out of the 50 would be chosen to eventually repopulate the species, as it were. We probably won't see the machinations of those running Silo 1 and indeed the project (via periods of prolonged cryosleep) in S2 but it is quite fascinating and it really puts the pieces of the puzzle together. Would recommend giving the books a read for a bit of insight into events being portrayed in the show.
Despite the purge there were a number of other survivors who attempted to get in, they kept numerically incrementing the door code (one try allowed a day) until they hit the correct one. At which point Jimmy had to kill them or be killed.
In the books, the bridge to the rest of the Silo wasn't damaged, only the lower levels were flooded. So Jimmy could move around freely. There are other survivors in 17, group of children/teenagers but Jimmy wasn't aware of them until he started helping Juliette in here endeavours to drain the flood, when they attacked him - though it all worked out okay in the end. Whether they appear in the show remains to be seen.
The motive behind creating the Silo's was to purify the human race to eliminate conflict and all the flaws of mid 21st Century humanity. If I remember the books correctly, only one Silo out of the 50 would be chosen to eventually repopulate the species, as it were. We probably won't see the machinations of those running Silo 1 and indeed the project (via periods of prolonged cryosleep) in S2 but it is quite fascinating and it really puts the pieces of the puzzle together. Would recommend giving the books a read for a bit of insight into events being portrayed in the show.
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