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Is based on the Skycity 1000 Building. See : Image and Wikipedia article.
The tower is built in a circular valley with sheer cliff walls reaching almost 200 m in height. The landscape around the tower is broken and there are numerous clefts in the cliff that can be used to approach the tower with stealth.
Each level is roughly bowl shaped, with a radius of 175 m (lowest level) ~ 125 m (topmost level) and each floor has a height of 60 m with an additional 20 m height (for a total of 80 m) of open space with only support columns interupting the view. There are 10 floors above ground. A track was designed to run around the circumference of each level as a means to quickly and easily move people around. The main vertical elevators are in the support columns. In the center of each level is an area for a park. Each level is it's own separate city-block type area, with space designed for shops, offices and plenty of apartments in multi-tiered structures. The average building is three to five storeys high, with the taller ones reaching 7 to 8 storeys in height. This is the arrangement that the UNG engineers who built the tower envisioned for it. The surface of the ceiling contained most of the atmospheric processors; all of which were removed when the UNS pulled out of the planet. The layout of the tower is known to be the following:
| Floor | Pirates Era | UNG Era |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Completely destroyed | In the process of being rebuilt to serve as central support for the dome above. |
| 9 | Virtually destroyed | Rebuilt with offices and construction facilities for level 10. |
| 8 | Mecha hangar, weapons storage and repair level | TBA |
| 7 | Pirating spoils storage level | TBA |
| 6 | Pirating spoils spill-over storage level | TBA |
| 5 | abandoned | TBA |
| 4 | abandoned | TBA |
| 3 | Starship hangar level, repair facilities, meeting rooms, offices and "guest" rooms. Storage depot and repair facility for the Anti-UN that occasionally stopover and trade with the Pirates; big door on one side: 80 x 80 m. | Starship hangar level, repair facilities, meeting rooms, offices and guest rooms. Storage depot and repair facility for Bolognese Frigate (or smaller) sized ships; big door on one side: 80 x 80 m. |
| 2 | Level of the prisoners and secondary guest level | TBA |
| 1 | abandoned | TBA |
| Ground | destroyed by fire | TBA |
| Sub 1 | abandoned | TBA |
| Sub 2 | minimal size, abandoned | TBA |
| Sub 3 | minimal size, abandoned | TBA |
| Sub 4 | minimal size, abandoned save for: Neo-Zeon, home of some rogues that the Pirates either didn't know or care about. Have access caves dug out from their sub-level | minimal size, abandoned save for: Neo-Zeon, home of some rogues that the Pirates either didn't know or care about. Have access caves dug out from their sub-level |
| Sub 5 | minimal size, abandoned | TBA |
| Sub 6 | minimal size, abandoned | TBA |
| Sub 7 | minimal size, abandoned | TBA |
| Sub 8 | Engineering level for monitoring geo-energy extraction machinery | TBA |
Note: each level is roughly bowl shaped, with a radius of 175 (base) ~ 125 (top) m and a height of 60 m (10 floors). There is an additional 20 m height (for a total of 80 m) of open space with only support columns. A track (unused except for on the palace level) runs around the circumference of each level. In the center of each level is a park. Every level, save for the palace, is dry with no plant life whatsoever to speak of.
Proposed Final view of the Einstien Colony Ship docked to the top of the Terraforming TowerCurrent plans for the Terraforming Tower and LV-426 are to turn it into a UN Marines and UN Intelligence base of considerable size. Plans include the establishment of mining facilities, advanced weapons and vehicles testing ranges and a supply depot. To assist in the role of supply and support, an orbiting space station is under construction.