Megan Silver

*"And on my first day!" - Megan Silver after a massive spill in the Biolabs*

**Megan Silver** (b. 05/05/12) is a Reactor Operator for Blitz Subterranean Research Facility. She gained employment aged 21 almost immediately after applying. She is one of the most unusual employees of the facility. Despite this, she was shown to be incapable of defending herself, and sometimes expresses desires regarding the "flimsy machinery" that frighten the people around her.

## Early Life

Megan was born in Southeast England to unnamed parents.

When it was clear she showed an interest in science (when she was 9), her scientist father decided to fill in where her studies fell short - and because of what he had been through in his late teens, taught her how to put in effort to really understand things when necessary.

She chose all three sciences as well as maths and two modern foreign languages (in the event she got a job in a foreign country) for her GSCES. She is known to have achieved 4 9s and 2 8s.

By 18, she had achieved A-Levels in her GCSE subjects and decided to go to university. She decided on studying science, and after 3 years achieved her degree - with first class honours.

She decided to apply to an English-speaking facility in Japan. She was accepted almost immediately, as per her unexpectedly high degree level.

## Early Employment

Sufficiently qualified for Reactor Operations - with some on-the-job training, of course - she was given a placement in that department with someone watching over her for her first six months.

Whilst concerned by the two sentient AIs, she loved the work.

On her first day, a spill in the Biolabs caused the entirety of Sub-Level 1 to be evacuated, prompting her to complain. After her six-month training period, the cooling fans failed, prompting her to wish she could "whack some sense into those things".

## The Meltdown

4 weeks before the time the first series began, Megan was not on reactor watch due to a big project she was working on. She was working in her personal laboratory when she heard Catherine announce that the reactor had hit 4000 degrees. She was concerned, and immediately dropped what she was doing to turn the key to the safeguards.

Unfortunately, the safeguard failed and she was forced to flee. However, at the time, she didn't know of any escape routes. Another reactor operator not on watch for the same reason discovered her, shaking in fear in Reactor Control. He took her hand and ran her down to the Emergency Bunker, grabbing a map on the way. He taught her the escape routes whilst other grabbed 10-litre containers and made their own way to the bunker.

It turned out that the reactor operator in question was Lucas Marshall. Since then, she has been close friends with him.

## Official Description

*The main character and one of the newest Reactor Operators. She is considered to be a very unusual worker as far as Generation Alpha goes - preferring to communicate important business via letters. However, outside of her job, she is extremely casual and acts more like a member of her own generation. But still she wonders...where did the world go so wrong?*

## Trivia

* Megan is well-known among her co-workers for her insults. Well-known examples among Reactor Operations are "Walker has two brain cells fighting for seventh place", "If the new guy had any less of a brain, we'd have to water him twice a day", and "I would fight you in a battle of wits, Turpin, but it looks like you've come unarmed."
* She loves rabbits and would never dare to hurt one.
* Despite the circumstances of her first reactor meltdown, she has learned to stop worrying and love the explosions.
* She has proved, several times, that there is nothing in the facility that is truly idiot-proof. However, she claims the maintenance people don't listen to her.