Cora Ultima
Cora Ultima is considered the capital of the known world as it has the most influence over all the other cities and villages. It is the home of the noble and famous faction the Charlemagne, who have ruled over Cora Ultima for centuries. It is strategically placed in the midst of enormous mountains that serve as walls and fortresses. Labyrinths within the mountains provide adequate escape routes, and the fertile soil keeps the city self sufficient when it comes to food and minerals.
City Streets
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The streets vary in width and cleanliness, but there's always something to see in passing. Military police make their patrols, high class citizens strut by on their way to do whatever the rich do, workers hurry on while keeping to the shadows. It can be dangerous. It can be safe. Depends where the road takes you.
The Subway
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The subway borders on the line between abandoned and fairly used. During the heyday of the war, it was confiscated by military personnel for transporting troops from place to place. The subway lines cover the entire underground of Cora Ultima. Some of the abandoned lines are used b the more brave citizens, or really daring kids, who wish to get from one area to another without being seen.
The Station
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Most of the mecha not in use docks here. The Station also features a test way for Echo Factory's newest products to be driven by prospect customers. It's a fairly large but dimly lit place, always filled with mechanics and pilots making repairs and checking the equipment.
Oro Apartments
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Middle and Upper class citizens live in the Oro Apartments: a specially segregated residential area up high on hills and away from the pollution and noise of everyday life and traffic in the city below. The only difference between the residences of Middle and Upper class apartments is the size of their allotted rooms and the furnishings within. Though some wish for their separate homes, the reason for apartments stemmed from the lack of time and resources to continue rebuilding individual homes every time they were destroyed in the war. The people are at least grateful they have shelter, which is more than can be said for some.
Traction 21 Cafe
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Traction 21 Cafe is a grungy little place made famous by its special brews. Most of their coffees are specially imported from Levengrad while its teas originate in Aesir Falls. Word is that the "secret ingredient" in their Unnamed Brew is native only to Principle Dursten, but that brings up thoughts of treason, so no one voices that thought too much. The cafe does rather well for itself despite its sketchy location, and the customers are loyal enough to help keep the place going.
The Drizzy Bar
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The Drizzy Bar is one of the more decrepit attractions, floating somewhere between the best places in the downtown area and the worst of places. Because of this, it attracts a wide variety of customers. There's always something new to be drunk, some new food to taste, music always plays, and the scene is always different every time you go.
Novette Keep
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Where the Queen, family, and other live.
The Throne Room
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The Queen and ultimate ruler of Cora Ultima spends much of her time here: the Throne Room; wether it is for ceremony, hearing appeals, or (for the most part) holding councils of war. The throne is on a raised platform flanked by two smaller ones: one for her heir and the other for her husband.
Echo Factory
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This is the world's most outstanding factory for mecha creation. Echo Factory can crank out a generous supply of machines at an alarming rate while maintaining the top notch quality that befits the growing orders of military and factions alike. Echo Factory has an outstanding reputation, haven beaten the other mecha producing factories at garnering the greatest esteem.
Menret Spire
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Menret Spire is many things, all terrible and beautiful in their own way. It is a grand library, a planetarium, an observatory, and a battlefield. This Spire has stood for decades as a place of knowledge and self expression. It has seen battles, withstood the test of time, and has drunk the blood of many men and women, young and old alike. History is melded into the stone, wood, and metal of its supports and structures. To this day, to honor that history, the Courtyard stands as the one place where people from all over the world are legally permitted to duel to the death, as people of long ago once did.
The Center
The Center features a wide variety of shops, restaurants, and other attractions, all set in one area of the city. It phases from rich, classy areas to dim, decrepit ones depending on where the different places are located. A lot of people come wander here in their spare time when they have bits to spend or fun times to sniff out.
The Zone
The Zone
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The majority of Cora Ultima's work force spends its time somewhere in the endless pits of the Zone. Full of factories, maintenance tunnels, and other unpleasant work places, it's a wonder all the people down here aren't dead of exhaustion or disease. Quarters are cramped, the pollution is barely filtered out enough, and conditions are quite severe. This is Cora Ultima's heart, and it does not rest. It cannot rest.
The Ghetto
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Not too far from the Zone's murky entrance, the ghetto has been built to house the poorest of the poor. Primarily filled with single males who are a part of the work force, the environment here is just a touch better than the actual Zone the ghetto was built over. The streets are dark and smelly, the buildings are mostly in disrepair, and addictions among the people are at an all time high. It's dangerous being out here at night, so don't wander alone and unarmed.