Mille Cieux

[bbfan02 23]

Fantastic airport! I like the layout of your roads and some of those buildings look nice.

-bbfan02-

[fern244 1]

I love it! Definately some potemital here! Welcome to the community and merry christmas!

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Nice work and pics, and on the airport!

[Cleaner475 150]

nice construction pic, I love the roundabout and city walls, neat air[port too, this is a great start and the flag is gorgeous,

Richard

[Zelgadis 638]

I think a cargo terminal would be very nice.

Also, I do recommend a rock mod. The default Maxis textures looks rather like... mud.

A very pretty, unique airport so far!

ISF

[omgitsacamera 0]

REPLIES:

sims co.: thanks!

edmonton_stinks: well, the GA hub took up the space between terminal 1 and the runway, so nothing is there now except grass.

suplado!: thanks!

nottheboss: thanks! it seems to be paying off with the metro system.

bbfan02: thanks, but all the building credit goes to the people who made those awesome BAT's you see.

fern244: thanks for the welcome! merry christmas and a happy new year too.

mike the mayor: thank you!

cleaner475: lol i loved roundabouts during my times in europe, esp. on a tour bus.

zelgadis: thanks! and about the mod; which one?

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5. Shattered

Transport Milles Cieux has unveiled a new advert campaign to attract more visitors to the intermodal terminal and increase ridership in the metro.

A few changes. Terminal 1 has been rebuilt following a gas leak a few months ago. No one was harmed due to the fire suppressants in there. It is now directly connected to Terminal 2. The PRT was upgraded during this time, and new bypass tracks for SkyRailPersonal and express trains. The new personal service utilises pods instead of regular tram stock, and is a pay service. Also, the old access road and barrier was demolished and a new avenue was put in its place.

After a close race, prop 36 was accepted and a new GA hub was built. Trying to keep its old buildings, the sound barrier has been replaced with walls that are the same style as the ones near the ring road. The congestion charge was also defeated.

To alleviate some stress at the Intermodal Terminal, a new station, Westbahnhof (West Station) / Cathedral Square has been built.

While digging the foundation for yet another tower, a fairly intact series of walls was discovered. The new skyscraper project was quickly scrapped and all monies put in to restore the old fortress, and put the mayor's house and other houses in the compound. There is a lottery held each year to move a few lucky families into those houses.

Next to the fort, these two blocks look like they have been imported directly from Paris. These house some government offices and data centres.

A new railway line, the NICC, the Northbound InterCity Corridor, with a ICmk4 speeding along towards Westbahnhof.

I will be away from th--

[Zelgadis 638]

Boom! Whee!

More!

ISF

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, that surprised me! Mass evacuations! Great effect!

-bbfan02-

[owenluby 1]

Cool pics! Keep 'em coming!

wen

[bighaben 0]

Great update! Best yet! Love the work around your airport, and the live TV broadcast was a really nice touch to spruce up the disaster, can't wait to see more, completely unexpected.

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Aaaagh! What just happened?!

I like the update but it was kind of overshadowed by the massive explosion. Mille Cieux is under attack!!

[GlobalHaze 1]

Nice city. It's nice to see that someone other than me still uses lots of maxis.

[jacqulina 162]

wow very nice great effects my friend looking great.

happy christmas

[sims co. 0]

Cool stuff! That tramline is great!

[omgitsacamera 0]

Hey everyone,

I'm working on an update tonight so all replies will be there. But here is a teaser for today.

And a 2 second clip.

http://omgitsacamera.smugmug.com/gallery/3987085#235625493-A-LB

[bbfan02 23]

Nice news flash there. The riot is very creative.

-bbfan02-

[omgitsacamera 0]

ACHTUNG! LONG UPDATE!

ALSO DEATHLY IMPORTANTlease note that here and in all future posts, i invert the place numbers/decimal points i.e. 186.000,01 instead of 186,000.01

I haven't finished replies yet, ill get those up.

6. Cleansing the filth.

Before I go any further, below is a map of the region.

Monde Infini

Official Names: United People's Republic of Monde Infini or Confederation of People's Republics of Monde Infini.

Type of Goverment, Loose confederation of communist states, BUT, technically an oligarchy since the elite of the state control the country.

Ruling Party: The Unified Workers Elite of Monde Infini

Military: Army, Navy, Air Rocket Forces, Gendarmerie, Workers Protection force (similar to the Revolutionary Guard in Iran) (combined strength= 250.000 persons)

Capital: Presumably Guerriere

Population: (est. 500.000)

Languages: French, English

Motto: Pour l'unité, le pays, les personnes et là-bas. (For unity, country, people and beyond.)

Kingdom of Bristol

Offical Name: Commonwealth of Bristol

Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy

Monarch: King John the 3rd

Head of State: Prime Minister Joyce Eaton (DSPB)

Military: Royal Land Forces (Army), Royal Marine Guard (Navy), Royal Air Arm (Air Force), Royal Elite Guard (Marines) (combined strength: 200,000 persons)

Capital: Dartford

Population: (est. 800,000 persons)

Languages: English, French

Motto: Notre Volonté (Our Will)

Alliance

Type of Government: Tight Coalition of Free States, similar to EU and NATO.

Chairman of Alliance: Mayor Max Evans of Les Herbiers (cycled every few months)

Military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines. (combined strength; 200,000 persons)

Capitals: Mille Cieux (Economic and Parliment), Montmorillion (Judiciary) Les Herbiers (executive)

Population (est. 1 million)

Languages: English, French, German

Motto: Our World is Our Future

The Boroughs

Official Name: United Boroughs of the Midlands

Type of Government: Socialist Democracy, Temporary Protected State of the Alliance.

Capital: Hillsborough (Executive), Milleborough (Judiciary), Marborough-on-Sea (Congress)

Head of State: Governor Adam Sebastien

Military: Protected by Alliance Forces

Popluation (est. 70,000+)

Languages: English

Motto: Learning from the past, Working towards the future.

I will get to the independent states (Bundesland  Frei, the Midlands, Krobia) when the time warrants it.

Monde Infini by way of Bundesland Frei repeatedly invaded Allliance lands to grab their industrial lands. It failed. This set off a massive mutual war between the two sides. It lasted until recent times, when Bristol and the three independent states brokered peace. After that, the Alliance prospered, and so did the other states, while Monde Infini set about isolation during this time. Now, ever since the bombing inside neutral Bristol territory, tensions are building up in the region.

12th July, Poissons-Sur-Mer, Monde Infini, broadcast by RTMC, Radio-Television Mille Cieux.

A week after the Bristol Incident.

Riots are still occuring near the Bridge to Lower Dartford, where anti-government protesters are attempting to either incite a revolution or attempt to get to Lower Dartford, where the government is accepting them to asylum. There are conflicting reports that the Military Police of the state i

[bbfan02 23]

Great overview of all the sections! And nice backround on all of them too! Looking forward to more.

-bbfan02-

[suplado! 23]

wow -- the region view looks cool!! also like the small background information about those areas....

[bighaben 0]

Great update, things are going to crazy...if you don't mind I'm just going to become a refugee and move over here....ahh that's better, now I can enjoy this CJ without being blown up!

I'm rooting for the Alliance. *Holds up a little flag.*

[crazyyaya 4]

Whoa, awesome effect, really suprised me. Great work here.

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Now that's conflict! DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN

[omgitsacamera 0]

(super belated) Replies:

zelgadis: lol, they were hard to capture, glad you enjoyed.

bbfan02: thanks so much for your support!

ownluby: thanks! more after this.

bighaben: thanks! just trying something new. and say, how did you manage to get into the country early? we have a line-cutter here!

globalhaze: they are good in moderation, when 4+ buildings show up in a bad fashion, i demolish it.

jacquilina: thanks!

sims co: lol i went through so many crashes to get to a good tram line, now the problem is that my new rolling stock's textures are messed up.

suplado: thanks!

crazyyaya: thanks!

edmonton_stinks: first of many.

7. War and Peace

The situation in the region is tense after a delicate cease-fire was signed between the rioters (henceforth known as the Salvation of Monde Liberite Front, the SMLF.) and the government. We will be monitoring the cease fire. The explosion in Dartford has been matched to the one that was used against the SMLF and the Monde Infini government has yet to take responsibility for the attack. If this happens, the Alliance and Bristol will be forced to cut off all land, sea, and air routes into Monde Infini, effectively isolating the country.

this live feed shows the only link MI has to the free world, full of refugees getting out, and aid workers coming, escorted by IFV's and tanks. MI has closed the bridge to anyone wishing to leave the country after the last car to legally leave, an overloaded Ford Transit van, Licence Plate 021 CNT 870, trailed by a Worker's Protection Force Type 45 IFV. The government says the closure to refugees is to "allow more aid workers and materiel in." No word on a reopening date.

This sign has been put up in front of the Cathedral and the West Train Station. It calls on the citizens of both the Alliance and Bristol, and to a lesser extent the other 3 countries, to stand together to end the Monde Infini Regime and to help those who are affected. The number there is the moderate estimated number of peoples killed in Dartford, and Poissons-Sur-Mer.

Ever since the start of the situation, european-esque rowhouses have become all the rage here. It is unique because it's not like you have everything furnished from the government and you can just be a lazy slob, no, it makes people work for their house, it is not just a hand-out. It has been a boom to Transport Mille Cieux, most of the people take the Metro or the bus and its annual income is well over that generated from taxes from business. (they enjoy a low tax rate, but do require to be nearly transparent in their practices.)

Also new here is a concept dubbed SkyFarm. This allows people who live in skyscrapers to have their own patch of land in a tower and grow their own food. The government is working to have at least a few square meters for every household/family in the city.

The next update (probably tomm. or after the new year) will mostly focus on the Boroughs. Here are a couple of teaser shots.

Sorry for my GLR stock to look like a TV test screen thing. The creator has still not gotten back to me yet about that.

[jacqulina 162]

very nice work my friend excellent pics

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Nice shots. The rowhouses are great and cool use of the vertical farms.

So what direction is this CJ going in? Is it going to be political conflict and city development?