Republic of Shagrin

[Moshi 61]

MARCH 1, 20XX   7:23AM

NOME, ALASKA

 

[unspecified generic man] Nothing can possibly ruin a day like this!

 

(rumbling in distance)

 

What was that…?

 

(loud crunching noise from nearby church)

 

EARTHQUAKE!!!

 

 

A few days later, a land expedition was sent from Fairbanks to take a look at what had happened, with a severe storm with extensive cloud cover raging in the Bering Sea. The following is a summary of what they saw.

§         Tsunami damage was visible everywhere along the coast.

§         Nome still existed, but barely, and is probably the only surviving American settlement along Norton Sound.

§         Several volcanoes’ eruptions were felt (during the expedition) from the direction of the Aleutian Islands.

§         A warm ocean current was found to be flowing north not far from the coast.

§         A rough estimate of 800 square miles of land was newly discovered approximately 150 miles northwest of Bethel.

The government, aware that the ensuing economic depression would not contribute to the recession these several years, proposed a huge project. It was called:

[Moshi 61]

UPDATE ONE

A team of explorers were set out to survey the area, and coupled with LANDSAT; they were able to make a 3D topographic “sc4region” render of the area named Shagrin.

The first ships:

Lots of yada-yada-yada and several months later, Shagrin was on its way to becoming a metropolis.

City Highlights so far:

Central park and SWW(Shagrin water works)reservoir

Sunken highway turnpike

 

And to sum it all up, a Nite Shot:

(it’ll get better, I promise)

[DanTso 0]

SWEEETTT region man!!!

wow...

waiting for more..

Dan =)

[Sunil 3]

Ahahah

At first I thoguht that news post was real but then I realized this was in the Cj section

Looking good

[Filasimo 1]

nice CJ moshi cant wait for more love the newspaper design

[jacqulina 162]

great start nice region,exellent beginning i like the story,wonderfull pics

[crazychickensc12 84]

whoa, sweet start to this CJ, very nice region there and awesome start on development!! can'tt wait for more!!

[Alfred.Jones 2]

Awesome work Moshi I really like it so far. Keep it up mate

[Archangel9 28]

Wow cool storyline i like the city so far, keep the updates comin

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Cool start!

[football_fever 6]

I like the freeway walls a lot. It'll be interesting to see where this goes

[RushHourFreak 1]

Great start!!. The region is awesome!, those buildings and snowscapped peaks are sweet.

I am looking forward to more of your work

RHF

[bat 6]

Great start! Looking forward to more!

bat

[Zelgadis 638]

"It'll get better," you said.

What? How could you make it better?

ISF

[jacqulina 162]

happy new year my friend,looking forward to more of your work

[Hawkeye9 0]

very nice start, looking forward to future updates.

                        HAPPY NEW YEAR 

[Goin2Chicago 4]

awesome region. and about the story, i'm glad you put the yada yada because sometimes the long storys get a little borring. lol. can't wait for more!

[Moshi 61]

UPDATE ONE POINT SEVEN FIVE (individual replies will be to the end of updates/teasers from now on)

WASHINGTON DC- It was discovered that, up to this point, Shagrin’s commercial development was all sponsored to the government’s fishy “super demand act”, and not only that, the government was spending hundreds of billions of tax dollars on it. The president made a short apology and the super demand act was no more.

Thus, the impact on Shagrin was great:

Before, and

After (with the mayor’s electronic planner). Less repetition! Skyscrapers stand out! The demand isn’t too low providing suburbs are virtually nonexistent! But still a long way from a metropolis

 

Anyhow, Shagrin is currently working on America’s first serious high speed rail system attempt.

And the Shagrin/West Alaska International Airport:

The runways are mostly complete, but

Developers are stumped. Someone help!

 

Last but (hopefully) not least, a nite shot:

Thanks!

 

REPLIES

Dantso:            Glad you liked it! Hope this update is good enough for you

Sunil:               Hehe Thanks

Filasimo:            The newspaper may make a comeback…

Jacqulina:            Thanks Congratulations for the trixie as well

Crazychickensc12:   Glad you liked the development More is on its way!

Alfred.Jones:            Thank you!

Archangel9:            Thanks They are

Schulmanator:          

Football_Fever:        The freeways did take some time getting used to hehe

RushHourFreak:       Thank you! I know the buildings are way too repetitive, I’ll try to fix that

Bat:            Hehe Thanks!

Zelgadis:            It can’t possibly get any better, can it

Jacqulina:            Happy new year!

Hawkeye9:            Don’t worry I’ll update

Goin2Chicago:         LOL I thought that too

 

That’s about it… (wipes sweat trickling down forehead)

Oh, and if anyone is good at RMIP, please feel free to post a link to a screenshot of it. Those developers do need help

[DanTso 0]

every thing is good for me ^^

like the sea airport, i think its kindof to long ... but BIG...is BETTER =D

keep it up!

Dan =)

[Camedia 0]

Nice start! Nice region! Nice square ish downtown area

No really, I can't wait to see how your region develop's. Looking at... well everything it'll be great!

Nice runway too, aren't you going to build another one?

edit: HAPPY NEWYEAR

[jacqulina 162]

thanks my friend for the congrats and the new year wishes. excellent update i love the pics the two night ones are so beautifull,excellent layout and planning,nice job with the airport so far,coming on really nicely

[nanumea 0]

I'll be looking forward to see more of the city!

My own airport, Sokhumi International (rwy 2400 m, read more about how I lay out airports below)

But about the airport: Never forget that they eat space! Not just the runway length, but terminals, maintenance, hangars and so on needs huge amount of free space. I myself shortens the runway length when I make airports (pretending the tiles are 24x24 m. instead of 16x16 m.). You must first decide between a major interational airport (rwy 3000+; B747, B777, A340), airport serving mainline aircrafts (rwy ca. 2000 m; B737, A320, MD-80) or regional airport (rwy ca. 1000 m takes Dash 8-Q300 and smaller, rwy 1500 m. takes Dash 8-Q400, BAe 146-200/Avro RJ85 [the regional jet in SC], A318).

You seem to have settled on the regional airport with long runways; see the map of London City Airport for how to build an airport in a crowded location. You can also read about what types of aircrafts that are allowed at LCY.

[Zelgadis 638]

Good work on the airport. I just hope that no planes miss the runway and end up in the ocean.

Oh, and is that HSR in Alaska?  You're a brave man. 

ISF

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

MOSHI u said u were gonna have a cj and u did wow it looks awsome cant wait for more!!

[mjig_dudy 11]

nice looking airport you have there, very realistic

[Filasimo 1]

awesome CJ moshi i love your skyline shots

[fledder200 5]

wow....i love that airport shot!!!

the highway is amazing!!!

Love it!

[Cjah 15]

Amazin all around...killer airport and downtown!

The region is insane!

[Moshi 61]

OH NO! 'TIS GRIDDY!!!

I'll remember to turn it off someday

[Porter 68]

Cool stuff moshi. You're a strange one (almond), but you great at buildin a city. Looking forward to more!