Locations in Mage

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Vancouver

Technocratic Union Aligned

Schroedinger, Inc.-Void Engineer front which has a technology park off on a small island heavily defended by laser bears. Technocratic base is apparently under the helipad, although it may have moved in the intervening year.

Sleeper

Edgewater Casino-Probably the unluckiest casino to exist, the Edgewater Casino featured in Season 1 as ex-Iterator Reynolds cleaned house in high-stakes games of chance via a combination of his Statistician training and ADEI usage. Tempus Spatium was not done with destroying its financial viability though, as two seasons later, Elizabeth Allegheny cleaned it out again of a hundred thousand dollars, and then, possessed by a Umbrood, caused significant property damage via razor-edged cards and spirit goons. What she did not wreck, the Technocracy did by fastroping commandos with assault rifles into the premises.

Winnipeg

Indian Posse

Ethnic Slums-full of IP goons. Who knows where they are now?

Chicago

Traditions Aligned

Chicago Public Library - Holds the personal library of Radiamos bani Gethseme and his node; recently a gate to the Cantidus Cathedral of the Celestial Chorus was formed here, which is a massive Gothic Cathedral (over twenty stories high) which is acting as the base for the Traditions campaign in Chicago.

The Cubby Bear - Legendary sports bar located across the street from the Wrigley Field node, run by the Ecstatics. Common places for distraught Cubs fans to drown their sorrows. Contains more hope and faith than the average cathedral.

Technocratic Union Aligned

Bonaparte Intelligence & Operations Coordination Construct-NWO Operation Headquarters in Chicago. Was successfully assaulted by Cara, Westin, Mari, and most of the Chicago Chantry, resulting in the rescue of Master Ondayo and the deaths of seven Enlightened Technocrats, one of them senior as well as significant disruption to their activities.

Great Lakes Naval Base- Operational Headquarters for Castar, or "Charles Starborn". Attacking it is considered highly suicidal and not recommended at this time.

UIC Medical Research Campus - Home of the sadistic Dr. Pannian, a evil laboratory worth of Umbrella corporation.

Known Nodes

Great Chicago Fire Initiation Point - The Great Chicago Fire was the catastrophe that changed the landscape of Chicago. Currently occupied by a golden sculpture of a flame outside the Chicago Fire Department Academy. Fiery entropic resonance - Perfect for Mari-Chan!

Soldier Field / The United Center / U.S. Cellular Field - Chicago is a devoted sports town. From Da Bears to the Sox-Cubs rivalry, the status of the local teams is a constant topic and a great way to start a conversation across class lines. Devotion / Sports Resonance.

Navy Pier - a story of an urban renewal project that succeeded, Navy Pier went from a bunch of warehouses to a bustling tourist trap that gets a good amount of local traffic as well. Touristy dynamic resonance. Cook County Hospital - Long the hospital of last resort, and the place where the discarded remnants of society and/or most gunshot victims arrive to get help from a beleaguered staff, it was replaced by Stroger Hospital, built next door by Cook County Chairman John Stroger, who was succeeded by his son. (Monarchy is alive and well) Medical Entropic resonance.

State & Madison - the origin (0,0) for the Chicago Street Grid. Cartographic Static Resonance

The Loop - the elevated train tracks that define Chicago's downtown and serve as the junction point for all the L trains. Powerful node watched carefully by agents of the Technocracy

UIC Nodes - One of the technocracy's triumphs was shifting the resonance of the Hull House Node to the Chicago Circle Node, which is now Static and Academic. Just to the south is one of Kerrin's top achievements - the relocation and readjustment of the Maxwell Street node from a Traditions Jazz / Black Culture Dynamic resonance to a local center of commerce (near Clinton & Roosevelt) with Static Resonance. This is in addition to the nodes under tight control near the Medical Research Campus.

26th & Pulaski - Center of the 26th Street Market and the Little Village Hispanic community. Commercial Dynamic Resonance.

South Works - Old decaying industrial area on the southern lakefront, walled off from the public. Industrial Entropic Resonance.

The Water Tower - The only structure to survive the Chicago fire in a wide radius, and now surrounded by the high end shopping district. A powerful Commercial node, this is usually the local Syndicate VPOs personal node.

Japan

Technocratic Union Aligned

Aramaki Building-Headquarters of Strike Force Zero. Presumably just like "Top Techno WebRadio", some Technocrat had a sense of humor when naming this building. Contains Japan's premier special police unit, who are in way over their heads.