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===The Promenade=== | ===The Promenade=== | ||
The Promenade is a stretch of the Slab on the surface running parallel to the Singing Citadel, with the Arcoplex at one end. It is a rare open space in a city where public parks are a foreign concept. The beauty of the Citadel and the ice rings in the sky above make for picturesque scenery, if you ignore the pollution, cityscape, and heavy traffic. Many vendors and performers set up shop along this stretch of the Slab. It's a place to see and be seen. | The Promenade is a stretch of the Slab on the surface running parallel to the Singing Citadel, with the [[Litharge#The_Arcoplex|Arcoplex]] at one end and the Space Elevator at the other. It is a rare open space in a city where public parks are a foreign concept. The beauty of the Citadel and the ice rings in the sky above make for picturesque scenery, if you ignore the pollution, cityscape, and heavy traffic. Many vendors and performers set up shop along this stretch of the Slab. It's a place to see and be seen. | ||
'''The Space Elevator'''<br/> | |||
This superfreighter elevator connects the spaceport on the western side of the city to the [[Glisal Orbital Synergy Halo]] just beyond the planet's atmosphere. | |||
===Raphite Towers=== | ===Raphite Towers=== | ||
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'''The Phalanstery''' - Nath-el apartments. Row of buildings purchased and fused/grafted together by additional construction. Communal dwelling for Nath-el who can't find a place in the Hives.<br/> | '''The Phalanstery''' - Nath-el apartments. Row of buildings purchased and fused/grafted together by additional construction. Communal dwelling for Nath-el who can't find a place in the Hives.<br/> | ||
'''Braktul Block''' - a Tukkav apartment building. | '''Braktul Block''' - a Tukkav apartment building. | ||
===The Glittering Shores=== | |||
A vast swathe of painstakingly restored shoreline, white sands and picturesque cliffs beneath the foot of the Citadel above, the Glittering Shores offer clean air, clean water and sunshine for the enjoyment of the people of Litharge, courtesy of the Celestine Office of Cultural Affairs. Between the boardwalk of the Arcadeway and the Dreg End Pier, one may find a variety of souvenir shops, wine bars and other commercial ventures, including [[Fission]] and [[Fronds in Low Places]]. A highly exclusive property development offers luxury housing along the cliffs overlooking the ocean, for anyone interested in purchasing a luxury condo at a respectable premium. | |||
===The Corporate Territories=== | ===The Corporate Territories=== | ||
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'''Fullerene forges'''<br/> | '''Fullerene forges'''<br/> | ||
Fullerene is the colloquial name for manufacturing plants for molecules for nanomachines (eg. fullerenes and other carbon allotropes). These plants are responsible for a lot of small-particle air pollution, but their impact on the economy means that they somehow get away with it.<br/> | Fullerene is the colloquial name for manufacturing plants for molecules for nanomachines (eg. fullerenes and other carbon allotropes). These plants are responsible for a lot of small-particle air pollution, but their impact on the economy means that they somehow get away with it.<br/> | ||
===Scrapston=== | ===Scrapston=== | ||
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The Dregs are a place for those with nowhere better to go, but who haven't yet fallen between the cracks to end up in the Subnet: the working poor, failed entrepreneurs and hustlers, fringe-dwellers, addicts. They're also an excellent place to operate for anyone who doesn't want their business known: the criminal element, smugglers, dealers, data slicers, corps running unsanctioned business. | The Dregs are a place for those with nowhere better to go, but who haven't yet fallen between the cracks to end up in the Subnet: the working poor, failed entrepreneurs and hustlers, fringe-dwellers, addicts. They're also an excellent place to operate for anyone who doesn't want their business known: the criminal element, smugglers, dealers, data slicers, corps running unsanctioned business. | ||
===Dreg End Beach=== | |||
Where the garbage and refuse of Litharge spills down to the [[Glisalian Ocean]], the Dreg's End Beach curves along the footprint of the Dregs for as far as the eye can see, home to vermin, skulking [[trash crab]]s, and scavenging [[fishhook gull]]s. | |||
===Hyndoh Prison=== | ===Hyndoh Prison=== | ||