Neo Atlantia
Floating Island state on Corona
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Neo AtlantiaFloating Island state on Corona |
Floating city located
in the Bohr Strait between Gzeut and Quark on Corona.
Originally founded as New Atlantis in 1845 a.t., Neo Atlantia was an
unremarkable habitat until 2106 a.t., where the Godslist constructed a
large undersea computronium storage unit below Neo Atlantia and moved
their main archive to Corona as the first step in forming a new and
improved Grand List. The influx of researchers and administrators
changed the platform above from a single sleepy habitat into an
energetic hub of reporting, research and trade in transapient
information. This remained the case throughout the great Godslist
scandal, the legal and reputational battles, and the acquisition of the
Godslist by the Universalist Church in 2675. The Universalist
Church
decided not to move the main archive, and added sorely needed
computronium to the expanding list, as well as a few new facilities
requested by the Godslist's researchers. Since then, Neo
Atlantia has slowly expanded along with the Terragen civilisation, and
the growing number of transapients.
Currently the city is approximately ten kilometers in diameter,
consisting of more than 5000 separate floating platforms, held together
by a multitude of bridges and walkways. The very core of the city is
the eleven platforms holding the official Institute of the Godslist
Database, a series of buildings that have grown into a single mass over
time, in a harmonious display of various architectural styles. In the
outer core one can find a multitude of buildings, some dedicated to the
Godslist such as peripheral research institutes or toposophic
analysts, some dedicated to the Godslist's employees such as the
prestigious investigator clubs, and a multitude of restaurants, hotels
and other service buildings catering to employees and tourists alike.
The western rim of the city is dominated by the low, spacious houses of
the locals, many with private gardens and direct access to the canals
between the platforms. The eastern rim of the city seems more or less
like a single organic mass divided only by the canals, the platforms
here being the largest of the city. Tourists, amateur researchers, or
pilgrim godchasers can either rent apartments on the platforms closest
to the core, or move into the more spartan rooms that the Universalist
Church provides free of charge farther towards the rim.
Travel from the eastern rim to the core is usually either by foot in
the covered corridors of the biosculpted structures, or by the sub, the
local subsurface PRT
network. The locals of the western rim on the
other hand are more fond of personal water vehicles, though some have
built their home so that they have access to the sub. In the core,
travel is done in equal parts by foot, boat and the sub, which travels
up into most major buildings. If it is the small cafés and
street
performers that interest the visitor, the street can be reached
directly from sub stations located at the various plazas. The sub is a
local network of transparent maglev tunnels, connecting the entire city
beneath the surface of the sea. Individual sub cars are constantly
cycling around in the system, and can be called with the press of a
button, in most places resulting in a wait of less than five seconds
for a car. A standard sub car is constructed with seating for four
persons, though there are also larger cars in the system. The
transparent sub cars provide a beautiful view of the marine life
gathering around the artificial reef around the Godslist's computronium
storage facility. Local inhabitants using the sub usually have
personalized cars.
Travel to and from Neo Atlantia is usually performed by the maglev
lines to either Albertgrad or Delphi for speed and convenience.
However, the city has the facilities to support water or air transport
as well, and locals usually use either personal sailships or Atlantean
airships for casual travel.
