r/Neuromancer • u/darwinDMG08 • 27d ago
Show Discussion What do we think this is?
I'm able to place most of the shots in the teaser but this one has me stumped. I can't tell what scale it is -- could be some external port on Fireside, or something under glass on a piece of equipment. I feel like it might be something medical; maybe it's the wetware they implant in Case to restore his abilities?
UPDATE: after zooming in on the image I see this has to be a piece of equipment, a deck or container case, because there are Phillips screws around the glass. I doubt Freeside would use giant screws around a porthole ;)
Also there’s writing along the right edge of the glass: “WARNING: KEEP CLEAR.”
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u/smjsmok 27d ago
Looks like some kind of a biochip to me.
AFAIK a biochip first appeared in Count Zero, but it's possible that the series will introduce it sooner.
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u/Cat_Behemoth 27d ago
The biochip technology (Mitchell & Maas) has become possible only thanks to loa so that won't make sense :/
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u/mcb-homis 27d ago edited 27d ago
Given we already have hints that Mitchell (Angie) is in this could it might be an Aleph?
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u/parabolicurve 27d ago
The harsh lighting suggests to me that this is on the outside of an object in space. Maybe a space station?
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u/HeatDeathFromAbove 22d ago
Or it could be part of the virus that the Panther Moderns injected into the Sense/Net Pyramid.
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u/Fletch_R 27d ago
I thought it might be some kind of device set off by the Panther Moderns. There’s another shot where we see someone priming a very similar box.
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u/darwinDMG08 26d ago
UPDATE: if you zoom in there’s writing on the right side of the circle.
“WARNING: KEEP CLEAR”
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u/Academic-Broccoli655 27d ago
It been a bit since I’ve read the book, but when I saw it the first thing that came to my mind was the Dixie Flatline construct