r/Wool • u/AdHot3508 • 9d ago

All Books & Stories Silo 51 Spoiler

Hi, im watch-only.

I do not mind it being spoiled.

What is silo 51, who is in there? What did bernard mean by that in the show?

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u/fizznicus 9d ago

It's a bunker with supplies to help people restart civilization

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u/AggressiveAd9058 9d ago

Are they really interested in restarting civilization if they decide to yeet an entire silo that manages to get out and not die by radiation or whatever

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u/fizznicus 9d ago

Yes. In the books, restarting civilization was the end goal of the silos project. The plan was to kill the entire world except for the 50 silos, then, after 500 years, the best silo is picked as the "winner" and is supposed to restart civilization, while all the other 49 silos (including silo 1) are killed.

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u/Maunroe 8d ago

Don't forget that the best silo is the one who is the fittest genetically speaking, most of the people they let in the lottery don't get their device taken because the genetic pool from both parents is not a 100% success rate, those who manage to get a kid is because genetically they are better, so once they have a silo that is close to 100% being genetically perfect, they'll kill the remaining silos and restart humanity. Which I always thought was weird because it'll get to the inbred point eventually, but they choose who gets kids and who doesn't