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=== Initial Construction === | === Initial Construction === | ||
Work on the city began in August of 3021. A large port was constructed first along the shores of the Eastern Sea, in order to facilitate the transport of building materials. Sedona district, the region of the city surrounding the port, was constructed first. Large amounts of temporary housing for construction workers was erected and moved as the city expanded upward towards the Sedona mountains. Ground was broken on Cyrene International Sky Harbor shortly after, with the airport being completed just a month and a half later. Work continued into late November, when construction began on the two major boulevards extending eastward into the planned Federal District. The tens of thousands of construction workers worked at a blistering pace until a workers strike caused work in Sedona District to falter and stall for around two weeks. | Work on the city began in August of 3021. A large port was constructed first along the shores of the Eastern Sea, in order to facilitate the transport of building materials. Sedona district, the region of the city surrounding the port, was constructed first. Large amounts of temporary housing for construction workers was erected and moved as the city expanded upward towards the Sedona mountains. Ground was broken on Cyrene International Sky Harbor shortly after, with the airport being completed just a month and a half later. Work continued into late November, when construction began on the two major boulevards extending eastward into the planned Federal District. The tens of thousands of construction workers worked at a blistering pace until a workers strike caused work in Sedona District to falter and stall for around two weeks. This workers strike mostly affected Heimat Construction, a subsidiary of Chisel Enterprises, who had been lowering wages and pushing workers to finish work below budget and ahead of schedule. | ||
=== Later Construction === | === Later Construction === | ||
After two weeks of stalled construction, Heimat Construction bended to the worker's demands and raised wages significantly, with the condition that the work had to continue at the same pace as before. The employees relented, both satisfied by the greatly increased wages and threatened by Heimat's proposed move towards completely automated construction during the strike. The entire ordeal costed Heimat Construction, however. After the strike, they were no longer the dominant construction company in Cyrene, with Relient Construction, a fast-growing competitor, receiving several contracts for the Federal District. | |||
Over three months, a massive dam was constructed around the bay of Cyrene, completely separating it from the rest of the Eastern Ocean. Once finished, the bay began to be used as a coolant reservoir for the Antov L. Akimov nuclear power plant. Over a period of three weeks the water in the bay was drained until it was at an acceptable depth of seven meters deep. The water was boiled directly into steam by the power plant, while the salt was returned into the bay. This left huge salt dredges on the coastline of the bay, giving the coast its characteristic white look. The salinity of the bay is an estimated 700% the salinity of the rest of the Eastern Ocean. This makes it almost impossible to drown in the bay, and also makes the water completely undrinkable and unsuitable for filtration. | |||
After the construction of the dam, otherwise known as the Great Oceanic Dam, work started in earnest on the giant governmental buildings in the Federal district. The Volkshalle, one of the largest buildings by internal volume to ever be created, went up in an astonishing one month. Other buildings followed suit, with the Federal district becoming operable in just three months. | |||
=== Present Day === | |||
In present day, construction has begun on the Arabelle district, with corporate skyscrapers beginning to form an imposing skyline to the south of the Federal District, along the bay. The Canaries district and Venturna district have not yet been begun. | |||
=== Districts === | === Districts === | ||
Revision as of 13:24, 23 February 2022
Overview
Cyrene is a large city located on the shores of the Eastern Sea and surrounding the Bay of Cyrene. The capital city of the Republic of Paxem, Cyrene is one of the most populated cities on the Doggerland bank, and currently operates the largest port on the continent. It is famous for its governmental district, vibrant downtown area, large skyline, and electricity-generating seawall.
Inception
Originally, the city was designed by architects Antonin Kaldwin and Julia Meynora as a replacement capital for the Neu Corporate Republik after the planned destruction of Novenæ by Florian Steinbauer. Florian Steinbauer had a significant hand in the project's design as well, especially the federal sector of the city, where the large, imposing buildings reflected his obsession with power and status. In a book published by Julia Meynora after the war, she reported that Steinbauer stated "It needs to intimidate. It needs to show the rest of the universe that we're a force to be reckoned with."
After the end of the war and the defeat of the NCR, the plans for the capital were discovered in two locations - a room adjacent to Florian Steinbauer's office at the Chisel Enterprises regional headquarters in Novenæ, and within Julia Meynora's office in Neu Wiltshire. These plans were quickly requisitioned and studied by the newly formed Paxemese government, who was already preparing to construct a new capital due to the extensive damage and rumblings for independence in Novenæ.
Initial Construction
Work on the city began in August of 3021. A large port was constructed first along the shores of the Eastern Sea, in order to facilitate the transport of building materials. Sedona district, the region of the city surrounding the port, was constructed first. Large amounts of temporary housing for construction workers was erected and moved as the city expanded upward towards the Sedona mountains. Ground was broken on Cyrene International Sky Harbor shortly after, with the airport being completed just a month and a half later. Work continued into late November, when construction began on the two major boulevards extending eastward into the planned Federal District. The tens of thousands of construction workers worked at a blistering pace until a workers strike caused work in Sedona District to falter and stall for around two weeks. This workers strike mostly affected Heimat Construction, a subsidiary of Chisel Enterprises, who had been lowering wages and pushing workers to finish work below budget and ahead of schedule.
Later Construction
After two weeks of stalled construction, Heimat Construction bended to the worker's demands and raised wages significantly, with the condition that the work had to continue at the same pace as before. The employees relented, both satisfied by the greatly increased wages and threatened by Heimat's proposed move towards completely automated construction during the strike. The entire ordeal costed Heimat Construction, however. After the strike, they were no longer the dominant construction company in Cyrene, with Relient Construction, a fast-growing competitor, receiving several contracts for the Federal District.
Over three months, a massive dam was constructed around the bay of Cyrene, completely separating it from the rest of the Eastern Ocean. Once finished, the bay began to be used as a coolant reservoir for the Antov L. Akimov nuclear power plant. Over a period of three weeks the water in the bay was drained until it was at an acceptable depth of seven meters deep. The water was boiled directly into steam by the power plant, while the salt was returned into the bay. This left huge salt dredges on the coastline of the bay, giving the coast its characteristic white look. The salinity of the bay is an estimated 700% the salinity of the rest of the Eastern Ocean. This makes it almost impossible to drown in the bay, and also makes the water completely undrinkable and unsuitable for filtration.
After the construction of the dam, otherwise known as the Great Oceanic Dam, work started in earnest on the giant governmental buildings in the Federal district. The Volkshalle, one of the largest buildings by internal volume to ever be created, went up in an astonishing one month. Other buildings followed suit, with the Federal district becoming operable in just three months.
Present Day
In present day, construction has begun on the Arabelle district, with corporate skyscrapers beginning to form an imposing skyline to the south of the Federal District, along the bay. The Canaries district and Venturna district have not yet been begun.
Districts
Arabelle District
Canareis District
Federal District
Sedona District
Venturna District
Geography
Notable Landmarks
Demographics
Relationship to Dependencies