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The SCIRE is a truncated rectangular pyramid, approximately {{convert|1000|m|ft}}<ref name="height" /> tall with a footprint of {{convert|800 × 900|m|mi}}<ref name="footprint" /> and a rooftop measuring {{convert|600 × 700|m|mi}}. | The SCIRE is a truncated rectangular pyramid, approximately {{convert|1000|m|ft}}<ref name="height" /> tall with a footprint of {{convert|800 × 900|m|mi}}<ref name="footprint" /> and a rooftop measuring {{convert|600 × 700|m|mi}}. | ||
==Basement Levels== | ==Basement Levels== | ||
* '''B21''' — Reactor Level — | * '''B21''' — Reactor Level — Each of the three fission plants on this level has sufficient capacity to cover 70% of the Arcology's entire power needs. | ||
<div style="width:50%; float:left; margin-right: 20px">{{SC|Per agreement, Renraku only operates one at a time. They purchase any underage from the metroplex utility grid, who in turn contracts out to Shiawase Atomics. Everybody gets a cut.}}{{SC|There's actually nothing stopping | <div style="width:50%; float:left; margin-right: 20px">{{SC|Per agreement, Renraku only operates one at a time. They purchase any underage from the metroplex utility grid, who in turn contracts out to Shiawase Atomics. Everybody gets a cut.}}{{SC|There's actually nothing stopping Renraku from severing the Arcology from the grid — that agreement is a "gentleman's agreement" for lack of a better description. Renraku is a {{Category|AAA-rated Prime Megacorporation}} with full extraterritoriality. The whole point of the SCIRE is that nobody can make them do anything.}}</div> | ||
* '''B20''' — Emergency Headquarters and Command Center | * '''B20''' — Emergency Headquarters and Command Center — Four express elevator shafts lead from select locations on floors 200 and above down to this level. | ||
* '''B18-19''' — Frozen Food Storage | * '''B18-19''' — Frozen Food Storage | ||
* '''B16-17''' — Aquaculture — | * '''B16-17''' — Aquaculture — Renraku's "sea farmers" use the massive tanks on this floor grow fish, crustaceans, and other aquatic life for food. Escorted tour groups do visit these floors. | ||
* '''B13-15''' — Water Filtration and Recycling | * '''B13-15''' — Water Filtration and Recycling — Huge tanks treat all the Arcology's waste, recycling as much as possible. What cannot be recycled is flushed into the {{wp|Puget Sound}}, much to the dismay of the metroplex government and the {{srw|Salish-Sidhe Council}}. | ||
* '''B12''' — Security Training Center | * '''B12''' — Security Training Center | ||
* '''B11''' — Software Testing and Packaging | * '''B11''' — Software Testing and Packaging | ||
Revision as of 16:32, 31 October 2022
The SCIRE is a truncated rectangular pyramid, approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft)[1] tall with a footprint of 800 m × 900 m (0.50 mi × 0.56 mi)[2] and a rooftop measuring 600 m × 700 m (0.37 mi × 0.43 mi).
Basement Levels
- B21 — Reactor Level — Each of the three fission plants on this level has sufficient capacity to cover 70% of the Arcology's entire power needs.
Per agreement, Renraku only operates one at a time. They purchase any underage from the metroplex utility grid, who in turn contracts out to Shiawase Atomics. Everybody gets a cut.
Anonymous
There's actually nothing stopping Renraku from severing the Arcology from the grid — that agreement is a "gentleman's agreement" for lack of a better description. Renraku is a AAA-rated Prime Megacorporation with full extraterritoriality. The whole point of the SCIRE is that nobody can make them do anything.
Anonymous
- B20 — Emergency Headquarters and Command Center — Four express elevator shafts lead from select locations on floors 200 and above down to this level.
- B18-19 — Frozen Food Storage
- B16-17 — Aquaculture — Renraku's "sea farmers" use the massive tanks on this floor grow fish, crustaceans, and other aquatic life for food. Escorted tour groups do visit these floors.
- B13-15 — Water Filtration and Recycling — Huge tanks treat all the Arcology's waste, recycling as much as possible. What cannot be recycled is flushed into the Puget Sound, much to the dismay of the metroplex government and the Salish-Sidhe Council.
- B12 — Security Training Center
- B11 — Software Testing and Packaging
- B9-10 — Computer Product Storage — These floors are filled with creates of hardware, packaged software, and parts. The warehouse is designed to be serviced by drones (such as autonomous, omnidirectional pallet jacks) and has very little space for people to move around.
- B7-8 — Host Hardware Manufacturing — This floor manufactures server-scale, enterprise-class hardware.
- B2-6 — Parking Garages
- B5 — The arcology's metrobus terminal is on the eastern end of this floor.
- B2 — On- and off-rams for Intercity 5 are on this floor.
- B1 — Mall Service Tunnels & Sea Freight Loading Docks
Public Access Levels
- 1-5 — Renraku Mall (Open to the Public)
- 1 — Entrance & Ground Floor — There are only a few dozen stores on this floor. Most of the space is taken by the FunZone amusement park, a forest of live tropical plants, a small zoo and aquarium, a swimming pool, and a permanent circus.
- 2-5 — Renraku Mall Stores — Floor 3 also includes the arcology's monorail station.
- 6 — Club Quarter (exterior faces, open to the public) and Mall Offices (inner core). The exterior of this level includes a dozen helicopter pads, three on each face of the structure, to accommodate the helicopters and other VTOL craft of the metroplex's glitteratti.
Corporate Levels
- 7-20 — Blue-Collar Residential Floors
- 10 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 21 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 22 — Electronics Manufacturing
- 23-30 — Corporate Offices — Some of these spaces are rented out to smaller corporations, though space within the arcology is considered prestigious and comes with an appropriate premium.
- 31-50 — Middle-class Housing
- 31 — Premium housing units for middle-class employees; the units along the perimeter of this floor have outdoor gardens and other facilities.
- 40 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 51 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 52 — Personal Computer Equipment Manufacturing
- 53-70 — Blue-Collar Residential Floors
- 60 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 71 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 72 — Cybernetics Research and Manufacturing
- 73-80 — Renraku Corporate Offices
- 81-100 — Middle-class Housing
- 90 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 101 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 102 — Software Development Labs
- 103-120 — Blue-Collar Residential Floors
- 110 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 121 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 122 — Trideo & Simsense Research, Design, and Manfuacturing
- 123-130 — Renraku Corporate Offices
- 131-150 — Middle-class Housing
- 140 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 151 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 152 — Mainframe Hardware Manufacturing and Software Integration
- 153-170 — Blue-Collar Residential Floors
- 160 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 171 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 172 — Computer Systems Manufacturing
- 173-180 — Renraku Corporate Offices — This section of the arcology features a significant number of mainframe compute nodes.
- 181-200 — Middle-class Housing
- 190 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
Elite Levels (Restricted Access)
- 201 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 202 — Computer Research, Development, and Assembly
- 203-212 — Thaumaturgical Research Labs, Libraries, and Corporate Magician Residences
- 203, 206, 209, 212 — Include labs dedicated to paranormal creature research.
- 213-230 — Renraku Corporate Offices — This section of the arcology features a significant number of mainframe compute nodes.
- 231-250 — Executive Housing
- 240 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 251 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 252-253 — Microtronics Assembly and Manufacturing — Includes both drones and custom cybernetics.
- 254-280 — Executive Housing
- 259 — Private Residence of Arcology Director Hiroshi Ushida — While not the highest floor in the facility, as some people might expect, it is one of the most lavishly furnished sections of the arcology and dedicated solely to his personal use.
- 260 — Hospital Facility, serving the residents of the surrounding floors.
- 281 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 282-290 — Renraku University — This as yet uncompleted facility is planned to become the premier higher educational facility in North America.
- 291-300 — Executive Housing
Luxury Penthouses (Restricted Access)
- 301 — Hydroponic Gardens, Aqua Culture, Food Storage, Waste Processing
- 302-303 — Skyline Spa & Recreational Fitness Center
- 304-310 — Offices of the Board of Directors
- 311 — Security Center & Air Traffic Control
- 312-320 — Luxury Housing — The exterior residences of these floors have private helipads and small hangars.
- 312 — Private Residence of Arcology Head of Security Tadashi Marushige.
- Rooftop — Decorative Gardens & Helicopter Landing Pads
References
- ↑ It should be closer to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) based on Burj Khalifa's 163 floors and 605 m (1,985 ft) top-floor height (not including the spire and antenna masts). Each floor of Burj Khalifa is approximiately 3.7 m (12 ft), while the Arcology's floors are only 3.2 m (10 ft). To be fair, nobody had built anything so tall when FASA was writing the original Seattle Sourcebook back in 1990.
- ↑ 0.72 km2 (180 acres), equivalent to approximately 40 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.