The shelter operator keeps in touch by radio with the scavengers who work the city at night. The operator is practical, and curious about the paperwork: salvage, recovered messages and Ruth's survey all pass across the desk, and the operator is the one who connects them.
What happened to the operator is not recorded. In the Wasteland someone else sits at the desk.
Calls across time
Spoiler Who calls the shelter
The shelter channel carries a call from the future. A survivor in the Wasteland reports a flooded storeroom and names pump P-04. The operator has its controller in the communications alcove, and servicing it keeps that storeroom drained in a future version of the city. Neither call establishes a date or explains the incident.
See also
Records cited
- Beyond Dawn, radio and shelter
- Answer the Line and Below the Waterline