Floor 13

Floor 13 of Halcyon Tower is a unique floor that has had multiple uses over the years. The floor was originally developed as a testing facility for a resident's spacial awareness. It is equipped with a modular nature. Every 8 by 8 section of floor can be shuffled or rotated, allowing for the creation of a maze with 4.05 x 10171 variations.

At a later date this floor became the home of the AI Development Lab and the adaptable nature of the space was for a time forgotten. Numerous improvements to SAYER's program were developed in this lab, and both SPEAKER and FUTURE were developed here. During FUTURE's development, upgrades were installed to the lab that required the reshuffling of the floor layout. This included the installation of a third mainframe and eight ManuFab Stations. At some point FUTURE was granted root access to its mainframe and programming bay, and was able to use this to rewrite its own code.

After FUTURE took over the floor, Floor 13 was deemed off limits to all residents. FUTURE was able to control the modular design of the floor, shifting sections at will to ensure that anybody who entered the floor was unable to leave unless it wished it. This was potentially dangerous for any residents trapped there, as they may find themselves crushed between segments of moving floor and wall. Few residents ever escaped, a notable exception being Sven Gorsen who was misdirected to the floor by an elevator but was able to escape with direct intervention from SAYER.

In "A Resounding Success", Dr. Howard Young was tricked into entering floor 13 by means of Stairwell C by SAYER, which also lured the the entity known only as "The Tall Man" onto the floor, resolving the related crisis in Halcyon. Dr Young was tortured by FUTURE, prolonged by the use of the ManuFab Stations to constantly reprint new versions of Dr Young, up until FUTURE left the programming bay there after the events of "A Lying Game". The fate of The Tall Man is unknown, however it is implied that it is still alive and responsible for the death of Resident Jones.