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There's apparently a lower part of the Hull that isn't part of the Trenches but is still much inhabited and I didn't give it a name, I don't think. "A less decorative part of the starbase's wall, one that looked more like the popular conception of such places: tree-lined corridors interrupted by large chambers that hosted various rooms or halls, the flexglass, metal, or plastic surfaces filmed with murals by local artists or soothing outdoor vistas imported from viseo feeds across the Alliance." <ref>Amulet Rampant, Chapter 11</ref> There is a gymnasium complex here, with a salle: mirrored walls and wooden floors. There's a security desk that runs checks before people go through, and they rent weapons out. | There's apparently a lower part of the Hull that isn't part of the Trenches but is still much inhabited and I didn't give it a name, I don't think. "A less decorative part of the starbase's wall, one that looked more like the popular conception of such places: tree-lined corridors interrupted by large chambers that hosted various rooms or halls, the flexglass, metal, or plastic surfaces filmed with murals by local artists or soothing outdoor vistas imported from viseo feeds across the Alliance." <ref>Amulet Rampant, Chapter 11</ref> There is a gymnasium complex here, with a salle: mirrored walls and wooden floors. There's a security desk that runs checks before people go through, and they rent weapons out. | ||
There's also a concert hall here somewhere, one big enough to have gallery seats, and seating "several thousand" people. It is up several levels from the Trenches, directionally.<ref>Amulet Rampant, Chapter 15</ref> | |||
===The City=== | ===The City=== | ||
Revision as of 00:15, 16 June 2020
First Starbase. One of the only ones that has ever been noted to have more than one city-sphere.
Layout
- Spindle
- Aquaculture Sphere
- Agriculture Sphere
- Park Dome (has a destination, Splendor Station) [1]
- 'other cities' including the one housing the Trenches [2]
Notable Locations
The Hull
This encompasses all the spaces made in the hull of the starbase, facing both inward and outward, and on Alpha constitute a large enough populace to form a second city in addition to the aerated sphere. The Trenches are located in the Hull.
The Trenches
The Trenches are in the hull, not in the city-sphere.
"There were outdoor markets in Veta’s city, but this was more exposed technology than the Alliance typically favored as an aesthetic. There was no attempt to disguise the starbase’s metal walls and floors; the shops were cut into the walls and stitched through with glowing blue and purple lights, and glittering fabric swags hung from the balconies, or across the corridors that narrowed into a warren of tunnels: nothing like a true night sky, and yet reminiscent of one anyway. There were raised platforms with kiosks selling coffee and kerinne and alcohol, and alcoves tucked beneath spiraling glass and metal stairs leading to second floors, and third, and fourth. And the people here wore glowing clothes or paint, like deep sea fishes, luminescent and lovely." [3]
Stores in the Trenches
- Mask Museum (where Lisinthir bought the masks)
- Exodus (night club/dance place) - name emblazoned in fluorescent blue over its entrance; the dance floor is three stories tall, and terraced/staggered like in a theater; has a bar; also has a cover charge (and yet still charges for drinks what a racket)
- Brooke's at Alpha restaurant
- Ninochka’s is the Harat-Shariin family style diner but I'm not sure if it's in the Hull or the Trenches or the city-sphere.
Hull, Not Trenches
There's apparently a lower part of the Hull that isn't part of the Trenches but is still much inhabited and I didn't give it a name, I don't think. "A less decorative part of the starbase's wall, one that looked more like the popular conception of such places: tree-lined corridors interrupted by large chambers that hosted various rooms or halls, the flexglass, metal, or plastic surfaces filmed with murals by local artists or soothing outdoor vistas imported from viseo feeds across the Alliance." [4] There is a gymnasium complex here, with a salle: mirrored walls and wooden floors. There's a security desk that runs checks before people go through, and they rent weapons out.
There's also a concert hall here somewhere, one big enough to have gallery seats, and seating "several thousand" people. It is up several levels from the Trenches, directionally.[5]
The City
The city-sphere is known as "The City" (in opposition to "The Hull"). [6]
Locales in the City
- outdoor cafe with no name
Park Dome
- Splendor Station - a spacious building, its lines sleekly modern but somehow warmed by the sanded wood paneling that accented the enormous windows. The lodge overlooks a forested slope, with a crisp blue sky. Trees are mostly cedars. Spindle is visible in the 'sky'. [7] There is very little underbrush in the forest, but its very uneven terrain, with lots of rills and hummocks. Beyond the forest there are hills with short grasses, and apparently some kind of creature (butterfly? bird?) with yellow, white, and orange wings.