The cells

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The cells

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The cells stood in a block on the sealed level. The standard cell was built to the size of the first stalker, and each stalker was held in one under constant light, from at least two lamps on separate lines; a cell whose lamps failed was treated as breached (T-002). The brute was held apart in a reinforced cell poured to its size, behind a door no standard cell had (T-003). The echo was held in a soundproofed cell (T-005).

The third rule was made for the cells: nothing in them reflects. The observation wing's mirrors were taken out after year 9, and the cells were watched by camera (T-007). The shade was driven into a cell by lamps alone, and that cell was moved as far from the dark room as the level allowed (T-004, T-008). The statue's cell was watched through its window and, on Erik Halden's proposal, by camera as well (T-027). A trader that followed a survey home was led to an open cell and stayed there, trading with the staff who came to its door (T-026).

During the widening the power failed and the shade was loose before the backup lamps came on. Cells opened that no one had opened (T-055). Halden's message from the sealed level reads: "The cell block is open. The brute's cell (T-003) is empty." (T-055).

Named in containment procedures

The files whose containment procedures name this place, to hold a threshold here, to keep one away, or as a rule for the place:

File	Class	Found
T-002 Rift stalker	Class II	Year 1, month 4, day 17
T-003 Rift brute	Class II	Year 2, month 9, day 3
T-004 Shade	Class II	Year 4, month 2, day 11
T-005 Echo	Class II	Year 5, month 11, day 28
T-007 Mirror	Class II	Year 9, month 3, day 14
T-026 Trader	Class I	Year 28, month 9, day 6
T-027 Statue	Class II	Year 29, month 3, day 27
T-028 Tether	Class II	Year 29, month 12, day 8
T-029 Choir	Class II	Year 30, month 7, day 15
T-030 Clockwork	Class II	Year 31, month 4, day 2
T-031 Hollow	Class II	Year 32, month 9, day 30
T-034 Pale Lantern	Class I	Year 34, month 3, day 11
T-035 Still Watch	Class I	Year 34, month 9, day 2
T-036 Mending Jar	Class I	Year 35, month 4, day 19
T-037 Rewind Clock	Class I	Year 36, month 1, day 27
T-038 Tomorrow Radio	Class I	Year 36, month 10, day 5
T-039 Wish Compass	Class I	Year 37, month 6, day 14
T-040 Blood Coin	Class I	Year 38, month 2, day 3
T-041 Skeleton Key	Class I	Year 39, month 5, day 22
T-043 Alien skitter	Class II	Year 41, month 3, day 14
T-044 Alien spitter	Class II	Year 41, month 3, day 20
T-048 Infected	Class II	Year 44, month 2, day 11
T-051 Mutant brute	Class II	Year 46, month 4, day 3
T-053 Mutant sludger	Class II	Year 46, month 10, day 2
T-054 Porcelain Mask	Class I	Year 47, month 6, day 21

Also named in

The last column says where in each file.

Part I: The tear

File	Found	Where named
T-006 Growth	Year 7, month 6, day 9	Discovery

Part II: The rooms turn

File	Found	Where named
T-012 Quiet room	Year 17, month 1, day 30	Discovery

Part III: Going through (the objects)

File	Found	Where named
T-042 Endless Battery	Year 40, month 8, day 30	Description

Part IV: The planet and the pollution

File	Found	Where named
T-047 The pollution	Year 43, month 9, day 4	Addendum T-047-2

Part V: The widening

File	Found	Where named
T-055 Warden	Year 48, month 2, day 9	Discovery, Addendum T-055-1, Addendum T-055-2