Mueller Device

Mueller device

Created by

Milo Rambaldi

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Used by

FTL, Arvin Sloane

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Season

1, 5

First seen

Truth Be Told

Last seen

All The Time In The World

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The Mueller device was a mysterious piece of technology and Rambaldi artefact, the use for which is unknown. It is a hook-shaped armature which levitates a red-orange liquid-filled sphere. It was named after Oskar Mueller, an alchemist who was believed to have invented it, though it is later discovered to have been invented by Milo Rambaldi. It works by containing compressed liquid in an ionization sphere, and can alter the substances it contains.

Five known Mueller devices have captured the attention of Sydney Bristow and whichever organization she was attached to (either SD-6, the CIA or APO), and one device closely resembling a Mueller device but used in conjuction with The Horizon.

Season 1

The Mueller device (Truth Be Told)

Arvin Sloane requested that Sydney Bristow retrieve the Mueller device from a laboratory in Taipei after a reconnaissance mission discovered its location. However, still grieving the murder (by Sloane) of her finacee, Danny, Sydney refused. However she went rogue and captured the device herself when Sloane sent agents to kill her, fearing her to be a threat. The device was small and portable and had a small levitating red sphere of liquid in it.

Sydney disconnected the power cable from the metal armament (the golden wires on the right, pictured), and the ball collapsed into ordinary water. She took the metal armament back to Sloane successfully (Truth Be Told).

Season 5

The device resembling the Mueller device used by Sloane (All The Time In The World)

A device that very much resembled a Mueller device was used by Arvin Sloane whilst using The Horizon to uncover Rambaldi's endgame; immortality. He placed The Horizon in a stand which illuminated it and created a symbol resembling the Eye of Rambaldi. After several minutes a large levitating red sphere was created, similar to what when the Mueller device was activated. However, in this instance there was no metal arm.

Sydney removed The Horizon from its docking and the red sphere collapsed. This time, however, instead of the device collapsing into ordinary water, red water flowed out. This could be representative of the fact that this was an altered version of the device that gave immortality. Sloane collapsed into the fluid after being shot by Sydney but was revived, showing that the prophecy was real and The Horizon did give immortality (All The Time In The World).