OMCOM's core

While OMCOM is a distributed, wireless computer, much of his main memron storage is located in the far quarter of Skyler Base. If you read the article entitled "Skyler Base: Why Rings?" you will see OMCOM's core in the upper right hand corner of the base.

The main area was divided up into three sections. The far left was the memron fabrication facility. The far right was the long-term, holographic, storage array. The middle section was where a goodly portion of OMCOM's core resided. Here is the original description from Rome's Revolution:

     Rei noted where Rome was going then walked forward slowly, entering the archway. He took about five steps in then stopped and looked around, then up. As with the Stellar Cartography lab, he found himself standing beneath a huge dome. Only this dome appeared to be made out of a fine metallic meshwork. He walked over to the side and peered in. Within the meshwork, there were millions of tiny white pellets that seemed be wriggling around, almost like they were alive. They reminded Rei of maggots. Every so often, a black pellet would appear. There were also some clear ones. The clear ones reminded Rei of a Vitamin E capsule.
     Owing to his experience in the power room, he was loath to touch it. Instead, he held his palm up, near the mesh. Radiating from the mass was heat, enough for Rei to feel an almost uncomfortable warmth. Even though his hand was still a few centimeters away from the mesh, the pellets nearest to his hand reacted to its presence and appeared to back away. The only ones that did not move were the clear ones. Rei decided it was safe and tried to poke his finger between the mesh but discovered there was a transparent film between the mesh and the pellets.
     Rei lowered his hand and turned and looked at the totality of the dome. The number of pellets stored here must be immense, he thought to himself. The pellets were emitting a humming or buzzing sound, very low, that permeated the whole room. Rei imagined that it sounded like something you’d hear inside of a beehive. The whole place gave him the creeps.

The reference to the clear memrons was later linked to rogue memrons, a computer within a computer, placed there by Estar to spy on things. Here is a picture of the "aquarium tunnel" in New Orleans. OMCOM's core was similar except that outside was filled with memrons rather than fish.