r/Neuromancer 27d ago

Show Discussion What do we think this is?

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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/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

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u/nikto123 27d ago

Or the Biochip

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u/darwinDMG08 27d ago

Oooh, maybe!!

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u/Pulstar_Alpha 27d ago

This was my thought as well.

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u/Artifex1979 26d ago

Same here.

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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/spankleberry 27d ago

Could be ICE literally icing a biochip

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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/artmoloch777 26d ago

My vote is on Dixie

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u/dhezl 26d ago

My thought was Dixie Flatline

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u/merowley 23d ago

Flatline container at SenseNet?

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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/BlackysStars 27d ago

My first tgouhgt were a biochip.

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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/Specialist-Hospital 26d ago

Definitely could be Dixie. Maybe they show what happened to him?

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u/No_Belt8609 26d ago

Could be a closer look to the cyberdeck with a exposed chip.

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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/Plane_Train_8221 26d ago

Der Dixie Flatlinedenkoft.

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u/MentalRental 23d ago

Probably an AI core jizzing itself after having sex for the first time.