Guidance helmet
Names: Guidance helmetCE helmetbrain-bucketcerebroenergetic technologyhelmet brainboardCE hatcerebroenergetic controlhelmetcerebroenergetic interfacecrown of thornsE16E18new hatsE18 brain-boosterE18 super hats300x CE helmetsE18 metaconcertE18 helmethatEl8 helmetEl8CE hatsE18 bucketCE enhancer
First appears in Book 2: Jack the Bodiless, chapter 31 (28 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 25 MARCH 2052)
Appearances
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B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 31The helmet gave Marc spurious mental imagery and countermanded orders; the chip tests fine and no cause was found, though it worked well on the drive to the farm.
- Ch 31Marc's CE helmet gives a hidden entry port bypassing his mental screens, letting a hostile mind briefly deflect his will.
- Ch 42The CE helmet had a recurring executive-circuit glitch and refused to respond, possibly because it was tampered with.
- Ch 44The cerebroenergetic interface bypasses operant mind-screening, so it can be used to control or invade a rider's mind.
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 3The CE helmet would drive hair-thin electrodes into the brain's ventricles to deploy 26 SIEs, two SIECOM units and one master SIECOMEX unit.
- Ch 24The experimental E18 CE equipment boosts operators' metapsychic output by a factor of three hundred, versus a hundred for older helmets.
- Ch 25CE helmets boost the wearer's creativity and sharpen all senses; Dorothea's E18 model leaves the lower face exposed.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 4The E18 helmet gives a 300X creative boost and may be used only by highly trained grandmasterclass operants; higher boosts were believed to incinerate the operator's body.
- Ch 14Helmet-style CE has a usual ceiling of about three hundred times normal output, but its augmentation potential is limited only by the operator's brain.
- Ch 17The El8 helmet has only a farsensory brainboard with no direct linkage to the metaconcert; it painfully penetrates the skull with electrodes.
Connections
- created byMarc
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 42Near crash on the frozen river
After a nightmare about a voice demanding he join it, Marc wakes aboard his turbocycle speeding toward a bridge pier. The CE system fails, he rips off the helmet, breaks the interface, and skids to a stop within 20 cm of the pier.