====== Ramiva City – Capital Habitation Complex of Ramiva ====== ===== Overview ===== Ramiva City is the planet’s largest sealed habitation arcology, carved from the vast, abandoned **Harridan Open-Cut Mine** — once the crown jewel of **Ling-Standard Products’** mineral extraction on Ramiva. Centuries ago, it began as an extensive open-pit operation, but as deeper and more hazardous shafts were bored into the tainted crust, surface living was abandoned entirely. Over generations, the mine became a sprawling underground city. The flat, wind-scoured surface above the city still bears the scars of industrial extraction — slag fields, abandoned conveyors, and the skeletons of gantry cranes — now dominated by the Imperial-controlled **Downport** and two other key surface installations. ===== Surface Features ===== ==== The Imperial Knight’s Residence ==== * **Occupant:** Sir Garrent Hale Veyrin, Imperial Knight of the Third Imperium, sworn to Marquis Calvon Terik dar-Trin. * **Function:** Oversees all operations at both the Highport and the Downport, acting as Imperial steward for all port traffic and customs. * **Description:** A TL–12+ fortified dome complex with private docking pads, a dedicated fusion power feed, and full Imperial security complement. Its polished surfaces, Imperial banners, and manicured interior gardens are a stark contrast to the barren wasteland outside. * **Reputation:** Respected for efficiency but seen as detached from local life; his loyalty is to the Imperium first, Ramiva second. ==== The Old LSP Headquarters ==== * **History:** Headquarters for Ling-Standard Products during the height of mining operations. When LSP pulled out, the Directorate converted the structure into its central administrative hub. * **Current Use:** Now serves as the **Administrative Center for the Concord Government**. Still bears the faded LSP logo under peeling Directorate-era paint. * **Note:** High Speaker Kaelen Varn Derrazi chooses to live deep underground among the people, rejecting the surface complex’s association with corporate and Directorate elitism. ===== Underground City ===== * **Location:** 250–300 meters below the Harridan pit floor, accessed by maglev personnel lines and heavy freight elevators. * **Structure:** - **Civic Core:** Central government offices, Concord Assembly, news broadcast centers, and Derrazi’s modest residence. - **The Midbelly:** Main habitation blocks, worker commons, and market galleries. Crowded but vibrant, strung with improvised lighting and colorful cloth screens. - **Old Shafts:** Decommissioned mine access tunnels repurposed as storage, smuggling routes, and Preservation Bloc hideaways. Poorly lit, often unpatrolled, and dangerous.