Work Resumes on Renraku Arcology After Setbacks
Installation of Increased Security Measures Stalled Work on Chronically Behind-Schedule Landmark
February 25th, 2057
Seattle, UCAS: This morning saw construction crews returning to the as yet unfinished 305th floor of the Renraku Arcology. After the mysterious disappearance of a Renraku cargo helicopter shortly after lifting off from the Arcology's 300th floor cargo heliport structure, work on the structure was put on hold while an investigation took place. With the conclusion of the investigation, and the addition of new security measures on incoming and outgoing air traffic from the Arcology's upper levels, work has resumed on final two floors of Renraku's signature landmark.
Of course, news of setbacks and work on the Renraku Arcology is hardly new. Under construction since 2039, the huge, truncated pyramid now rises nearly one thousand meters into the sky above the waterfront and stretches more than ten huge city blocks on each side. Construction has employed tens of thousands of Seattlites and Renraku corporate citizens. Though still unfinished, the familiar edifice is almost fully operational, housing over 80,000 Renraku workers, as well as incorporating shopping malls, nightclub districts, hospitals, schools, internal transportation, food production, its own nuclear power plant, and even Renraku Seattle's main manufacturing facilities, and the massive mainframe computers that run SEASource, the foundation of the Seattle public matrix. Essentially, the grand structure is a city within the city.
Of course, the aim is for it to be more than that. When completed, the arcology will be self-sufficient fortress. Renraku America President, Sherman Huang, who personally oversees both the the AAA megacorp's interests in North America and the construction of the Arcology, has seen to it that the completed structure will be more than self-sufficient; it will be impregnable.
"The SCIRE (Self-Contained Industrial-Residential Environment) is the largest arcology in the world, and when in lock-down mode, it will be able to withstand even a nuclear bombardment," Huang told Newsfax. "All needs are seen to within the SCIRE, and safety and security are assured. In the future, Renraku citizens will be born, work, and die within its mighty walls, never needing to leave. Arcologies like the SCIRE could be built in even the most inhospitable places, and assure productive living and working inside, even if the world outside falls to chaos. In short, the Renraku Arcology is not only the future of Renraku, but very likely the future of life on Earth."
Despite Huang's claims and the already impressive 90% operational capacity of this, the world's largest arcology, the fact remains that work on the monumental structure is now almost three years behind schedule. Unforeseen construction woes, weather problems, and now security measures have all conspired to keep the the completion date of Renraku's pride and joy a fluctuating thing. Originally scheduled for completion in the summer of '54, that date was pushed back to December of '56. With that deadline come and gone, Huang now declares that the structure will be complete and fully operational by July 2058.
9 comments:
I've lived in Seattle since '45, and I have to say, while the Arcology is impressive, the 'Renraku Zombies' drive me nuts. Folks come in to the metroplex from around the world, and they just go downtown and stare up at the Arc. It's fraggin' nuts. They'll just stop in a crosswalk and frag Gridguide for the entire sector because they're just lookin' at the damn thing.
Don't forget the visiting Japanacorpers taking pictures of it! And try getting reservations for the Eye of the Needle restaurant when Renraku is having some kind of conference in Seattle. All the high ups reserve tables at the Eye so they can look at the arcology while they eat and spin.
Born, live, and die in the same building without ever needing to step outside? Yarf-o-rama.
The new club in there... what's it called? Not Tre Magna, or the Omnibus rip-off, but that retro 20's joint? Chill like a waterjet stream!
Anyone know if they dredged the Great Wheel from it's grave at the bottom of the Bay? I hear they're gonna have some sort of indoor amusement park, and the wheel's gonna be on some really stream lifters that juts it out over the ledge to give VIPs serious view of the waterfront.
I got action on the over/under of Ivar Starbucks franchulates in there at 16 1/2. Find me on Shadowland, before the point moves!
Lifting a 50 year old relic from a bygone era and bolting it to a lift-system? Sounds like a way for VIPs to have a very public "accident"
You drek-brained idiots. The arcology? Does no one see this for what it is? Look familiar to anyone. Say, the Aztec ziggurats? You know like the ones they used to march poor souls up before they cut out their hearts! And you're all walking into the fire with smiles on! Amusement parks? Clubs? Try human sacrifice and the raising of dark gods! A copter vanished in thin air people!
Believe!
Umm... They do that up at the Aztechnology pyramid on Capital Hill. At the Renraku Arcology, they sacrifice human dignity at the alter of consumerism and corporate comformism.
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