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Object

Pithead Office Telecommunication Cables

Encapsulates the entire cluster of incoming copper voice-grade cables terminated at the patch panel, representing the system-level sabotage rather than any individual device
1 appearances

Purpose

To carry real-time voice communications and enable coordinated response during off-site crises

Significance

Isolates UNIT command structure at a critical decision point, forcing improvised alternatives and widening the conspiracy’s tentacles within the colliery network

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments
S10E22 · The Green Death Part 2
Director jams comms as UNIT strategizes

The cluster of incoming copper voice-grade cables at the patch panel is deliberately routed into a jammer by Stevens, severing all command channels into the Pithead Office. The cables’ severed ends curl like dead nerves, rendering every communication line silent. Their functional paralysis becomes symbolic of corporate obstruction defeating systemic rescue infrastructure.

Before: Active, insulated voice-grade cables carrying ongoing communications into the pithead office
After: Physically severed and dead, their copper ends twisted and inactive, cutting off all incoming lines
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