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The Slab is an enormous platform that defines the 'surface' of Litharge, encircling many buildings and serving as the base for others, with huge foundations that extend down through the miles of buildings between the surface and natural ground level. It's an amalgamated framework that encases infrastructure like power, water, waste, and air filtration, and permits travel over its surface. Anything above the Slab is prime real estate: the Singing Citadel exists entirely above the Slab, as do the most prosperous businesses. Below the Slab the city is a perpetual dusky haze of artificial lighting, holo-projections, ad signs, vehicle headlights, and so on. Air pollution exists on the surface but tends to be worse below the Slab, getting worse towards the bottom. ("Slab" is rumoured to stand for Stabilised Logistics Amalgamation Bridgework, but this is a retrofitted acronym.) | The Slab is an enormous platform that defines the 'surface' of Litharge, encircling many buildings and serving as the base for others, with huge foundations that extend down through the miles of buildings between the surface and natural ground level. It's an amalgamated framework that encases infrastructure like power, water, waste, and air filtration, and permits travel over its surface. Anything above the Slab is prime real estate: the Singing Citadel exists entirely above the Slab, as do the most prosperous businesses. Below the Slab the city is a perpetual dusky haze of artificial lighting, holo-projections, ad signs, vehicle headlights, and so on. Air pollution exists on the surface but tends to be worse below the Slab, getting worse towards the bottom. ("Slab" is rumoured to stand for Stabilised Logistics Amalgamation Bridgework, but this is a retrofitted acronym.) | ||
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=Litharge= | |||
The capital. A smog-choked, sprawling megalopolis on the shores of the [[Glissalian ocean]]. This location has been used for urban development for thousands of years now, and though the city appears to be built on high bluffs above the sea, these outcroppings are actually the compacted ruins of previous versions of Litharge. There are so many compressed layers of city-strata beneath Litharge, urban archaeologists use it to date historical events. | |||
'''Litharge is:'''<br/> | |||
*Vast, sprawling<br/> | *Vast, sprawling<br/> | ||
*Vertical almost as much as horizontal<br/> | *Vertical almost as much as horizontal<br/> | ||
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*Exemplary of technology causing problems as well as solving them<br/> | *Exemplary of technology causing problems as well as solving them<br/> | ||
==The Upper City== | |||
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===The Singing Citadel=== | ===The Singing Citadel=== | ||
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Built on the site of a failed arcology project, the Arcoplex developers converted the unfinished arcology framework into an enormous shopping complex. Visible on the surface skyline where a massive illuminated pyramid frame stands apart from the surrounding skyscrapers, the Arcoplex continues down through the Slab, with lifts and moving walkways conveying patrons up and down many dozens of floors. Because drone delivery and the efficiency of spime tracking and logistics means department stores are an obsolete loop between manufacturer and end consumer, the Arcoplex instead features small businesses, specialised outlets, artisan vendors, food, and services. Advertising was once intense, but since the Angel's revolution the Arcoplex has fallen somewhat into disrepair - with many empty shopfronts. Vestigial arcology elements stand out within: geodesic design, air recycling, and repurposed living quarters. | Built on the site of a failed arcology project, the Arcoplex developers converted the unfinished arcology framework into an enormous shopping complex. Visible on the surface skyline where a massive illuminated pyramid frame stands apart from the surrounding skyscrapers, the Arcoplex continues down through the Slab, with lifts and moving walkways conveying patrons up and down many dozens of floors. Because drone delivery and the efficiency of spime tracking and logistics means department stores are an obsolete loop between manufacturer and end consumer, the Arcoplex instead features small businesses, specialised outlets, artisan vendors, food, and services. Advertising was once intense, but since the Angel's revolution the Arcoplex has fallen somewhat into disrepair - with many empty shopfronts. Vestigial arcology elements stand out within: geodesic design, air recycling, and repurposed living quarters. | ||
==The Undercity== | |||
The undercity is the sprawling region far below the Slab, beneath Raphite Towers, where the common folk live. It exists in perpetual twilight lit by street lights and neon signs. Street punks, crime, sleaze, dark dealings, and shadowy alleyways are common, but it's not all bad, and there are many legitimate businesses, bars, clubs, street food vendors, and small business enterprises that would be unable to thrive in the shark-eat-dog Corporate Territories. | The undercity is the sprawling region far below the Slab, beneath Raphite Towers, where the common folk live. It exists in perpetual twilight lit by street lights and neon signs. Street punks, crime, sleaze, dark dealings, and shadowy alleyways are common, but it's not all bad, and there are many legitimate businesses, bars, clubs, street food vendors, and small business enterprises that would be unable to thrive in the shark-eat-dog Corporate Territories. | ||