Editing Docks

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| teams       = [[ABB]]
| location    = [[Brockton Bay]]
| inhabitants = 
| web serial = [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-1-gestation/1-03/ Gestation 1.03]
}}The '''Docks''' was a region of [[Brockton Bay]] located west of the [[Boardwalk]]<ref name="1.03">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-1-gestation/1-03/ Gestation 1.03]</ref> in the north end of the city<ref name="6.8">I hand picked you Undersiders because I needed allies who were comfortable being situated in the North end, the Docks, the Boardwalk, the Trainyard, the outskirts to the North. - [[Tangle 6.8]]</ref> and the east.<ref name="3.1e1">In Brockton Bay,
going east took you to one of two places. You either ended up at the Docks, or you ended up at the Boardwalk.
 - [[Agitation 3.1]]</ref> The south end of the Docks bordered [[Downtown]].<ref>The meeting place was at the south end of the
Docks, near the border to the downtown area, and it was closer in appearance to the refurbished, ramshackle
building where I'd reunited with the Undersiders than anything else. - [[Parasite 10.6]]</ref>

==Description==
Despite the name, much of the Docks were located away from the water,<ref name="1.03"/> although there were some actual docks as well as run-down beaches that tourists didn't frequent.<ref name="5.10e1">It was still early afternoon, so the beach was deserted, and it wasn’t the sort of beach that saw much tourist use anyways.  A concrete wall separated the beach from the roadside above us, and a yawning hole with the rusty remains of what had once been a grate marked the exit of the various storm drains beneath the Docks.  Trash, rotted leaves and one or two needles had filtered down to the sand below the drain. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/hive-5-10/ Excerpt] from [[Hive 5.10]]</ref> A good amount of the area consisted of abandoned factories, warehouses, and garages.<ref name="3.2"/> The southwest end had many residential areas, schools, small businesses, and restaurants,<ref name="I15e1"/> while the middle ground between Downtown and the Docks was a mix of quaint housing and stone buildings.<ref name="15.2e1">Shatterbird descended from some distant point high above us, landing in the middle of the College, Regent’s territory.  It was the middle ground between Downtown and the Docks, and the buildings were a mix of quaint housing and stone buildings.  Or they had been.  Most were ruins now. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/colony-15-2/ Excerpt] from [[Colony 15.2]]
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The Docks were generally more run-down than Downtown, with the quality of buildings declining steeply as one progressed deeper into the Docks.<ref name="1.03"/> The area was afflicted by urban decay, with most of the city infrastructure failing to be maintained.<ref name="2.7"/> The similarly-colored buildings appeared large and boxy<ref>It was the sort of street you saw often enough in the Docks. Large buildings lined either side, like giant boxes made of concrete or brick. - [[Extermination 8.4]]</ref> and were said to blend together, making the area difficult to navigate.<ref name="3.2">The abandoned factories, warehouses and garages of the Docks all blended into one another very quickly.  The colors of the building exteriors weren’t different enough from one another to make buildings recognizable, and the people or piles of garbage that I had been unconsciously noting my previous visit had all shifted locations or been replaced.  I found myself glad for the artistic graffiti and the row of weed-entangled power lines that I could use as landmarks.  I did not want to get lost.  Not here. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/agitation-3-2/ Excerpt] from [[Agitation 3.2]]</ref> Numerous buildings in the Docks lacked electrical power.<ref name="1.03"/>

There were cramped tenements located in the Docks, with ten or twelve families sharing a single bathroom and shower.<ref name="6.1">[[Tangle 6.1]]</ref> There were enough warehouses and apartments in the area for even the most destitute to find shelter. It was considered advisable to avoid the area, as the area had a reputation for criminals and gang members.<ref name="3.1">Because most areas of the Docks were not the sort of place that you just breezed through, given the vagrants, gang members and general crime, I stuck to main roads leading past the Docks and to the Boardwalk.  It was usually close to seven by the time I got to the bridge that went over Lord Street.  From there, it was a block to the Boardwalk. [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/agitation-3-1/ Excerpt] from [[Agitation 3.1]]</ref> The people living in the Docks were used to paying protection money to the [[ABB]], and it was known as "the go to place if you want to buy black market".<ref name="I2">[[Interlude 2]]</ref>

Ironically, the buildings of the Docks survived the [[Battle against Leviathan]] unusually well,<ref name="8.5e1">The area we were entering had been further from the heroes with the forcefields, where waves hadn't had their impact softened or diverted by the the PHQ's forcefield or the larger, heavier, blockier structures of the Docks. - [[Extermination 8.5]]</ref><ref>"Brockton Bay doesn't, or didn't, have many that you could strictly call homeless, as there were so many abandoned buildings to squat in. When the Endbringer attacked, he chose the area with many of these buildings."<br><br> "I think I remember, yeah. The area where the fight started didn't exactly look upscale."<br><br>"The sad irony of this is that the defending parahumans protected that area, while other locations were leveled by the tidal waves. That area, known to locals as the Docks, was not under the control of any organized crime or villain organization even before the attack. After the battle's conclusion, it was swiftly occupied by the Merchants and growing numbers of their followers, and is now one of the areas with reliable shelter." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/cell-9-1/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref> although the water and power infrastructure was hit hard.<ref>Leviathan had arrived in the Docks, and his destruction of the city's water infrastructure and power had hit that part of the city hardest. - [[Prey 14.11]]</ref>

The [[Protectorate ENE Headquarters]] was visible from almost every part of the Docks.<ref name="1.03"/>

==Notable Locations==
The [[Trainyard]] was located in the Docks, opposite the [[Boardwalk]]. It contained a number of abandoned boxcars, as well as a train station that was still occasionally visited by trains. There was a storage facility a few blocks away, where [[Bakuda vs. The Undersiders|Bakuda fought the Undersiders]].<ref name="4.5">[[Shell 4.5]]</ref>

The [[Undersiders]] located their base in the Docks in an abandoned Redmond Welding factory building.<ref name="2.7"/> [[Bitch]] maintained an improvised dog shelter there that was destroyed by [[Purity]].<ref name="7.7">[[Buzz 7.7]]</ref> When they began seizing territory, [[Grue]] claimed the southwest end of the Docks bordering [[Crater Lake]],<ref name="I15e1">His territory was marked out in black marker. Southwest end of the Docks. Lots of residential areas, lots of schools, small businesses, restaurants. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/interlude-15-donation-bonus-2/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15 (Donation Bonus 2)]]</ref><ref>•  Grue – Western end of the city, from the docks to the lake downtown.  Almost a nonentity, but he’s apparently dealt with some people who tried to set up shop.  Pick where you stay carefully, cuz there’s areas with power and water, areas without, and it doesn’t change much day to day.  Three stars. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/interlude-19-y/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 19 (Donation Bonus 2)]]</ref> [[Regent]] claimed the middle ground between the Docks and [[Downtown]],<ref name="15.2e1"/> and [[Skitter]] claimed the areas of the Docks surrounding her core territory of the [[Boardwalk]].<ref>I nodded, and we ventured out into my territory.<br><br>All around us, the Boardwalk and what had been the shadier parts of the Docks were coming together.  New streets, new sidewalks, new buildings.  There were more people out and about than there had been just ten or fifteen minutes ago, and everyone present was getting ready to work or even starting early.  Building something as a community. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/chrysalis-20-1/ Excerpt] from [[Chrysalis 20.1]]</ref>

[[Coil]] bought out numerous locations in the Docks as part of his overarching plan to control the city. He planned to buy more as his plan progressed.<ref>“There are scarce few who are in a position to impede me, as I make my play, and I’m not only speaking of capes.  I’ve quietly been purchasing properties throughout the Docks and will aggressively purchase more in the final stages of my plan...” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/tangle-6-8/ Excerpt] from [[Tangle 6.8]]</ref>

[[Taylor]] and [[Danny Hebert]] lived on the periphery of the Docks.<ref name="2.7"> [[Insinuation 2.7]]</ref>

[[Chariot]] lived in a brick tenement building in the Docks.<ref>[[Sentinel 9.4]]</ref>

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