City Center (CC) has the administrative headquarters of the Port Fontaine police department as well as the Port Fontaine Emergency Management crisis center. Ostensibly all of the police in the city operate under the auspices of the PFPD, but in practice most administrative tasks fall through local precincts with oversight from CC.
The only exception to this are the Blue Sanction, a threat response team comprised of Metahumans, a pair of Mutants, and a team of scientists. Blue Sanction only gets deployed in situations that threaten more than one burrough or are obviously powered in their origin. They are a curious mix of powered operatives and non-powered police experts.
Diplomatic Hub
CC has four distinct embassies from a curious mix of unusual powers. These are considered by their governments to be the primary embassy, with a smaller satellite embassy in D.C. They share a row along 93rd street from Halon to Jordian, and have their own private security provided by their home powers.
The House of Sorrow is the official embassy for the Fallor, an alien species who originate in a distant arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The Fallor made contact in 1993, after the appearance of Metahumans in the population. They are a curious species, always wearing hard encounter suits when in public and their building has a self contained atmosphere that is not typically of the oxygen-nitrogen mixture of earth. What exactly they want is a mystery that has driven more than one conspiracy theorist mad.
The House of Dreams is a spire composed of hard light energy constructs that is occupied by the Gindi. The Gindi are an amalgamated life form composed of myriad energy types. Without a physical form of their own, they often take hosts to interact with other life forms. Most hosts are inanimate objects (they have a fondness for pop culture statuary), but they have demonstrated an ability to possess a living host. The few hosts who have been through this experience report a state of vivid dreaming, and this has an almost narcotic effect.
The House of the Deep is a small embassy for the denizens of an undersea species of humanoids that call themselves the Speakers of the Waves. Thought to be the inspiration for stories of Atlantis and other aquatic humanoids, the Speakers of the Waves maintain a tenuous link with the surface world to protest the treatment of living creatures in the oceans of the world. They are a curious people, more concerned with the state of the world in most cases than the people who live on it.
The House of the Undying is the newest embassy established in 2005. The Undying are a mysterious branch of Metahumanity that come from another reality in the multiverse. The Undying maintain a very small embassy, with usually only two or three in residence at a time. They make up for their lack of numbers with a staff of advanced androids and artificial intelligence networks.
The Heart of the City
Centered around Jordian and 94th, the City Center public administration complex is in many ways the heart of the city. The PAC houses the city administration offices, the courthouses (both federal and county), a small police precinct, and a host of other civic functionaries. The health department operates out of the same complex.
There are several federal agencies that also have offices in the PAC. The FBI, the DEA, and several other law enforcement agencies are housed here. The CDC also maintains an office in the PAC. The federal government’s involvement with the city is limited to City Center (aside from the Prison complex in Callow’s Field), but they have deep roots.
Compared to other burroughs, City Center has relatively limited space for housing, but it’s vertical housing blocks accommodate most of the people who work there. It also has a host of amenities for the people who spend their time in CC, including a host of shopping centers, restaurants, and night spots. It makes the most of its limited space and mass transit options are almost universally used by people in the burrough.
Life in the Burrough
CC is a burrough that has the most sense of control of all the neighborhoods. It doesn’t have the frantic pace of Dexton Reach, nor does it have the desperate energy of Callow’s Field. It feels like a place that has the rest of the system clocked. No one is in any particular hurry, but they aren’t messing around. The system is a trusted friend, and most of the citizens roll with the system.
In most cases, the system works. Mass transit systems run on time, the legal system works the way it’s supposed to, and all of the subsystems work the way they are supposed to. Minor disruptions happen from time to time, but the system does a reasonable job of self correcting. CC is much more utilitarian in its outlook on things, and the people who work (and the few who live) here take a fairly practical view. Things happen because they are supposed to happen, and the system works.
Points of Interest
The Port Fontaine Public Administration Complex
The center of civil authority in Port Fontaine, the PAC is an all encompassing complex with offices devoted to city management, judicial proceedings, and emergency management. It houses local, state, and federal agencies of a dozen different departments across a complex that spans a dozen buildings. Blue Sanction is also headquartered within the PAC.
The Yancy Bridge
The largest of the bridges that connects City Center to the other burroughs, the Yancy bridge is a massive double structure that accommodates hundreds of thousands of cars and busses every day. Most traffic flowing in and out of Franklin to CC comes across this bridge and its attendant parking structures. It also serves as a bus depot and the first subway system terminal that connects to the rest of the network.
The Heart of the City
Centered around Jordian and 94th, the City Center public administration complex is in many ways the heart of the city. The PAC houses the city administration offices, the courthouses (both federal and county), a small police precinct, and a host of other civic functionaries. The health department operates out of the same complex.
There are several federal agencies that also have offices in the PAC. The FBI, the DEA, and several other law enforcement agencies are housed here. The CDC also maintains an office in the PAC. The federal government’s involvement with the city is limited to City Center (aside from the Prison complex in Callow’s Field), but they have deep roots.
Compared to other burroughs, City Center has relatively limited space for housing, but it’s vertical housing blocks accommodate most of the people who work there. It also has a host of amenities for the people who spend their time in CC, including a host of shopping centers, restaurants, and night spots. It makes the most of its limited space and mass transit options are almost universally used by people in the burrough.
Life in the Burrough
CC is a burrough that has the most sense of control of all the neighborhoods. It doesn’t have the frantic pace of Dexton Reach, nor does it have the desperate energy of Callow’s Field. It feels like a place that has the rest of the system clocked. No one is in any particular hurry, but they aren’t messing around. The system is a trusted friend, and most of the citizens roll with the system.
In most cases, the system works. Mass transit systems run on time, the legal system works the way it’s supposed to, and all of the subsystems work the way they are supposed to. Minor disruptions happen from time to time, but the system does a reasonable job of self correcting. CC is much more utilitarian in its outlook on things, and the people who work (and the few who live) here take a fairly practical view. Things happen because they are supposed to happen, and the system works.
Points of Interest
The Port Fontaine Public Administration Complex
The center of civil authority in Port Fontaine, the PAC is an all encompassing complex with offices devoted to city management, judicial proceedings, and emergency management. It houses local, state, and federal agencies of a dozen different departments across a complex that spans a dozen buildings. Blue Sanction is also headquartered within the PAC.
The Yancy Bridge
The largest of the bridges that connects City Center to the other burroughs, the Yancy bridge is a massive double structure that accommodates hundreds of thousands of cars and busses every day. Most traffic flowing in and out of Franklin to CC comes across this bridge and its attendant parking structures. It also serves as a bus depot and the first subway system terminal that connects to the rest of the network.
City Center Comics
The largest comic store in City Center is an interesting gathering point for a couple of different reasons. Set in the middle of a small mercantile block with a couple of antique stores and a local burger joint, this is a frequent destination of both the Gindi and one of the Undying. The Gindi (usually through the form of a friendly host) are always visiting the shop to pick up new action figures and statues to serve as hosts. Wiki, the most frequently encountered Undying spends new comic book day perusing every new title that comes into the store and usually ends up buying at least one of everything. Because of these two interesting visitors, C cubed is the most popular shop in the city.
The largest comic store in City Center is an interesting gathering point for a couple of different reasons. Set in the middle of a small mercantile block with a couple of antique stores and a local burger joint, this is a frequent destination of both the Gindi and one of the Undying. The Gindi (usually through the form of a friendly host) are always visiting the shop to pick up new action figures and statues to serve as hosts. Wiki, the most frequently encountered Undying spends new comic book day perusing every new title that comes into the store and usually ends up buying at least one of everything. Because of these two interesting visitors, C cubed is the most popular shop in the city.
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