FLOATING CITY
The city is the only structure of a metropolis in the air. The other structures in the sky are
these, but they are not near the city.
There are six zones within the city. The
center of city (Sector 001) is its own zone and contains the offices of the top authorities. There is also a famous
undercity plaza. Almost everything in the Floating City is synthetic/artificial. There isn't that much green going on here. There's more green on the World Below. However, the trash is processed or dumped down into the World Below. The security levels in the sectors vary. The lab sector, Sector 003, run by the authorities has higher security. While many people work there, they usually live in another sector. Dr. Parr is one such example. The other sectors are a mix of residential and business.
See here for more reference picturesThe technology in
Floating City includes hovercrafts, flying versions of cars in addition to the usual technology available on present day Earth. However, these hovercrafts cannot fly as high as airplanes. There are designated routes marked by holographics images for the hovercrafts.
Floating City is a technologically advanced city that lacked the green of the natural world. You can barely see the sun behind all the metal towers and levels of the city. Floating City has different zones, and in each zone, there were multiple floors. Obviously, the richer people, the people who could afford to have the views lived toward the top while the people who lived in the lower levels could barely see the sky from all the roads and buildings above them. It was also common for the rich to have better spaces and condos to the side and edge of the city so they could get better views too of the outside world.
There was typically a dome or shield around the City at all times. Obviously, there were physical barriers besides the shield at the sides of the city to prevent people from walking straight off.
The only ways from World Below to Floating City is..by flight or by use of the secret Sky elevator which is directly below Floating City and links to Floating City from World Below. This is invisible.
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Current Situation
The Authorities and the Resistance are battling over the right to have robots for all. The Authorities want to keep it for the rich, but the Resistance wants it for all. The tide currently has shifted slightly. Now, some of the Resistance wants robots to be free on their own terms instead of humans. Meanwhile, the special AI has not yet been found. The Authorities want the Resistance shut down permanently and are also searching for the "weapon of mass destruction" robot that Dr. Parr built for them.
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People/Items of Interest
Floating City Resistance : The Resistance is a movement in the city against the authorities trying to allow the robots to be used for everyone and not just the richest. Because the authorities want the technology for themselves, they don’t like the Resistance. In addition, some in the Resistance feel that robots have a right to “live” or “be different.” These people know next to nothing about the World Below
Floating City Authorities : These people run the city and keep robots out of the reach of those they don't feel deserve them. Ironically, much of the authority's enforcement is done by robots (these robots obviously don't have AI). The leaders know of the World Below, but think of the World Below as a lower level than even the poorest on Floating City. No one else knows much about the World Below.
Robotics Anonymous : This small factor may come into play LATER. These are made up of robots of any side. Somehow, even though these robots don't have AI, these robots eventually decide they are being treated as slaves and want to be free. These are part of robots sent to track down and kill Resistance and people complaining such as the poor and whoever else.
Dr. Armand Orion Parr is currently a 30 year old head scientist of AI and Robot Development for the Authories, although he is under house arrest. Armand is arguably the father of AI. He is under house arrest because a robot he was commissioned to design for the government, which was supposed to be a weapon of mass destruction, has gone missing. Armand gave the robot a fully conscious AI, capable of deciding and learning what should be done which is something that has never existed because it is too difficult to make work, and clearly, humans want some kind of control over the robots.
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File No. 1087Robot Prototype: ZD. Battle type.
ID Number: 01X (secretly named L3TO...has an Amaya type personality)
Specification: Weapon of Mass Destruction and secretly has a fully functional advanced AI. Armand secretly shoved a certain stone as power source into the robot.
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File Name: Robots
Contents: There are many types of robots. They may be classified based on function such as soldier, repair, construction, support, musician, etc. Some may be attuned to deal with certain elements. For example, a fire robot will be attuned to dealing with very high temperatures and may be used to rescue people from fires or weld tools.
Most robots do not have AI. However Dr. Parr has experimented with AI. As a result, there are now a few with AI from Dr. Parr's research...or research people stole from him. The robots with AI are all humanoid types.
Robots are usually referred to by their serial number of just shortened version of it if it's too complicated. They don't really have human names, but sometimes people do randomly think of one for them because the serial number is too hard to remember.
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File Name: Elemental Stone
Contents: The Elemental Stone is similar to the Philosopher's Stone. This stone is a myth and is supposed to be an endless supply of energy and power. People are obviously constantly looking for this. There are rumors that it is in Floating City. At some point, rumors are going to fly that it is with the secret Amaya bot.