Editing The City (section)

==History==

===Background===
Had no humans for a while.
===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
A portal that had been made to send some [[Travelers|lost people]] back to [[Earth Bet|their earth]]. It was switched to this Earth, Gimel, and explored by multiple parties.<ref>The government had sent people inside, and Tattletale had followed suit.  It was technically her property, they had no evidence it was anything but the curiosity of an invested businessperson, and they hadn’t complained. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/18 Excerpt] from [[Imago 21.4]]</ref>

[[Sons of Bitch|Settlers]] were sent in,<ref>[[Drone 23.4]]</ref> this helped spur [[Brockton Bay]]s economic redevelopment.

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
More settlers came in. New Brockton was developed.
===[[Gold Morning]]===
At the end of the event most of the [[North America]]n population was moved into Earth Gimel. As such refugee camps were everywhere.
===Post-[[Gold Morning]]===
The area that would become the city quickly filled up with refugees and buildings, development was greatly aided thanks to decades of behind the scenes work from various [[Cauldron|established]] and [[Tattletale|newly established]] parties, interested in [[Accord|social]] and [[The Number Man|economic]] development.<ref name=WR> I know some people have taken issue with ‘the city’.  There’s a segment of the fanbase that’s rooted in military sci-fi and hard sci-fi, and they’re intrigued by the idea of what it takes to get a post-apocalyptic society going.  I could have and should have telegraphed it better, but I think anyone that’s read my past serials knows that logistics and especially numbers are not my strength.  It was unfortunately never going to be the story I wanted to tell.  I personally felt and feel that having powers like The Number Man, Accord, and prep-work done over years and decades by forces like Tattletale and Cauldron explained it enough.  That the city sat on an unstable foundation and lacked identity in places was intentional, and was tied to the fact it went without a name, but I don’t think this was sufficiently telegraphed and I know some were frustrated with it when Worm had more ‘realism’. - [https://wildbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/ward-off-a-retrospective-on-a-sequel/ Ward Retrospective]</ref>
===[[Glow-worm]]===
Connections and some degree of trade with other parallel Earths were established two years after the event. [[Earth Cheit]] started providing prefab construction supplies and workforce, [[Shin]] - intermediary materials, and corner worlds as [[Earth N]] were tapped for their raw materials.<ref>I had a sense of which materials had come from where, with a lot of the prefab building segments having come from Cheit, a lot of crude materials from Shin, and outright raw materials from Earth N - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/04/23/black-13-7/ Excerpt] from [[Black 13.7]]</ref>

There was a immense and unparalleled construction boom, though for some reason it was made gold.<ref>It was a second chance for humanity as a whole, and they’d gone and screwed it up from the start by coloring the city ''gold'', of all colors. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/09/11 Excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.1]]</ref>

===Early-[[Ward]]===
Labor protests became more and more common.

Some places like [[Cedar Point]] completely stopped construction, due to disputes like this.<ref>It took me twenty minutes to reach the next.  The area was slow to wake up, which was a surprise, given the amount of construction sites I could see from above.  Usually the work started first thing.<br><br>It was a nice slice of city, with a view of the water, tall buildings, shiny, modern, with nice, large houses, but it was only halfway erected.    There were cars in driveways, but there wasn’t much life.<br><br>I flew low, stopping at one of the gates to a construction site for a taller building.<br><br>Laminated sheets had been put up on the gates.<br>

:''Construction suspended until we’re given what we’re owed.''

<br>The same was on display in other places, with laminated sheets of paper and graffiti.  Some of it was angrier. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/30 Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.7]]</ref>
===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]===
Long-standing tension produced by the infamous [[Fallen]] sect eventually boiled over into [[Mathers Compound Assault|violent conflict]], which culminated in the sabotage of existing multidimensional portals by unknown conspirators.

This incident added another critical strain to The City, increasing cases of riots and looting.

Blocks near portals are getting abandoned. Cell coverage and blackouts are getting worse, main roads are disrupted.<ref>[[Torch 7.5]]</ref>

[[Jeanne Wynn]] of [[Mortari]] intends to assume a leadership position over The City, once all other competitors drop from the race. She eventually succeeded in the election and may use it as a stepping stone to greater positions of political power.

Refugee processing station suffered from open paramilitary attack, resulting in a heavy loss of lives among volunteers and refugees.<ref>[[Interlude 7.y II]]</ref> According to [[Defiant]] and [[Dragon]] at this point the City was under constant, covert assault from [[Earth Cheit]] and [[Teacher]] agents.<ref>[[Beacon 8.1]]</ref>

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
[[Teacher]] stripped any security from computer networks, which led to temporary shutdown of services.<ref>[[Black 13.11]]</ref>

[[Deader]] and [[Goner]], [[Barrow]], and [[The Lords of the Pit]] attempt to anchor themselves in desolated blocks near central portals.<ref>“The second war is over the portal-wracked areas in the heart of the city.  Those of you who are more used to working over there will recognize the names.  Deader and Goner operate from a corner world much as we’re operating from the Bunker.  Barrow is a corner world, in a manner of speaking.  The Lords of the Pit have the villains of the Pitstop under their thumb.  We think the best use of resources would be to put Advance Guard on this.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/05/21/breaking-14-2/ Excerpt] from [[Breaking 14.2]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
[[Ingenue]] and her boys hide somewhere in the region, as well as some Teachers' soldiers.<ref name="16.1II"/>

After [[The Wardens]] captured [[Teacher]]'s tech and data The City was slated to mass evacuation due to inevitable dimensional collapse of the region. This only fueled public unrest.<ref name="16.1II">[[From Within 16.1]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
[[Contessa]] made [[The Ice Breaks|a mistake]], dooming The City.<ref name="II17.y">[[Sundown 17.y]]</ref> Around three-fifths of the city were consumed by the dimensional rift.<ref>The Mayor motioned toward a screen, that same overhead view from before.  Now it showed the damage that spanned three-fifths of the city, which itself more or less spanned everything between New York and Boston and New York and New Brockton Bay.  Shadows from the dust that had reached the sky above the city cast it in a noticeably darker tint, as though it were night. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/11/12/interlude-17-z-sundown/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.z]]</ref> Luckily, at that point the evacuation of The City was mostly finished, leaving only tens of thousands stragglers.<ref>“How many people are still in the city?” he asked.<br/><br/>“Thousands.  Tens of thousands,” Citrine said, from the end of the table. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/11/12/interlude-17-z-sundown/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.z]]</ref>

Abandoned blocks of the City became a playground for [[Titans]] and a war-zone for capes and civilians.

[[The Machine Army]] entered the City thanks to [[Auger]] Titan deciding to use it as a distraction.<ref name="II18.z">[[Radiation 18.z]]</ref>

[[Sleeper]] made a short-time visit to the City.

=== Ward Epilogue ===
The ruins of the City were being reclaimed and repopulated by the capes and civilians willing to work with them.<ref>The city was being patched together.  In a way, without the civilians there, it was easier to do the necessary work.  The cracks were being paved over, and where they weren’t in a position to do the paving, they had quick-deploy bridges criss-crossing over the gaps like sutures.  Buildings were actively being knocked down if they were hazardous, and the ones that were stable were being supported and added to.<br/><br/>Here and there, there were the scavenger camps.  Organized, with the option for people to buy in, quickly sell, and then walk away with cash or whatever treasure they managed to dig up.  There were similar projects with tree planting, farming, and setting up houses in the corner worlds… which weren’t corners anymore. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/04/21/last-20-e4/Excerpt] from [[Last 20.e4]]</ref> Sveta proposes Perpetuity as the City's new name.<ref>“Could call the city forever,” Sveta murmured, her eyes still closed.  “Eternal City.  Perpetuity.”

“I kind of like Perpetuity, but that might be the beer talking,” Rain said.  “Do you think we could push for it, or something like it?”

“I think it’d be good,” Victoria said, smiling a little, her face lit by the fire in what was near total darkness, otherwise.  “A reminder that we press on, no matter what.  That there’s always a way forward.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/05/02/last-20-end/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.end|Last – 20.end]]</ref>
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