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Aridill (After The Gold Rush) Take 2

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"Hold playback." DaVinci Brown spat at the A.I. "That's pretty awful."

"The acting may be bad and the writing worse, but it is historically accurate.  There was an unexplained series of tremors recorded in 197 that the planetologist went to investigate." The A.I. replied.

"Really, what did she find?"

"Nothing."

"So it was normal tectonic activity?"

"No, she found no evidence of any geological activity at all.  The only unusual thing she found was a slight elevation in local humidity.  She wrote in her jounal at the time that she found it very puzzling, but the question of what occured was never answered."

"Well, just que up the report again and show me what this Arid Hill looks like now."

"Actually, the name of the city was shortened to Aridill in 195. Accessing..."

The north end of the city is anchored by the Sanderran Mercantile exchange,

 

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while the mid-town skyline is dominated by the Inter-System shipping building, built in 196, and its twin which was constructed four years later.

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The central business district extends along the ridge line all the way to the south slope of Teksax Hill.

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Residential buildings occupy most of the lower slopes, with upper class condos near the canal.

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The bulk of Aridill's population lives on the city's southwest side.

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Aridill also boasts the planet's first Advanced Commonwealth Medical Center.

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"What's that at the southern end of the city?" Brown inquired.
"A replica of the Sphinx from ancient Earth. It was constructed to commemorate the Commonwealth Bicentennial."

"But what's on its head? Is it wearing a hat of some sort?"

 

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"Ah, no.  It appears to be some sort of lawn ornament, probably left there as a prank by one of the university students.  Midway between Aridill and East Speedwell is Sanderra-Commonwealth University:

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Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming

Saying Something about a queen

There were children singing and drummers drumming

And the archer spit the tree

There was a fanfare blowing to the sun

That floated on the breeze

We got Mother Nature on the run in the Nineteen Seventies

Look at Mother Nature on the run in hte Nineteen Seventies

-N. Young

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Wow! I love how big this city has become! Does the game really put gnomes on the sphinx or did you photoshop it?

Anyway good job!

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Thanks Sky Guy.  The gnome is one of the easter eggs hidden in the game, he'll often appear in, at or on top of landmarks.  He used to appear quite frequently in my cities, in fact I named  a spinoff cj in the old CJ Forum after him.  This is the first time he's appeared in Sanderra, though, so I was pretty excited to see him.

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The Gnome from the Amazing race?it does look like the gnome from travelocity nice canals and good job! 

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I'm not familiar with the Amazing Race, and I don't think it is a specific reference to Travelocity's Gnome as that ad campaign and SC4 came out around the same time.  Rather I believe it is related to the 'Travelling Gnome' phenomenon in general, in which someone would steal a Garden Gnome and photograph it at famous landmarks before returning it.  The prank started in the mid 1980's, with one of the earliest recorded occurances coming from Australia, in the Sydney Morning Herald of September 24, 1986: 'An Eastern suburbs gnome-owner was distressed when she discovered her gnome had been stolen at the weekend. A note was found in its place: "Dear mum, couldn't stand the solitude any longer. Gone off to see the world. Don't be worried, I'll be back soon. Love Bilbo xxx."'


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