Editing Paradise City:Urban Geography (section)

=THE WASTES=

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Fort Williams is a large army base lying approximately twenty-five miles to the west of Paradise City.  The base serves many purposes, but is most famous as a place where new recruits receive basic training.  Recruits come from all over the US, though almost half of the soldiers come from Paradise itself.   AWOL soldiers seeking to hide from the army naturally gravitate to the city, where there are plenty of places to hide.  Local wasteland gangs occasionally seek reputation by “buzzing” the base, driving by and discharging their weapons.  They then try to disappear into the desert before military helicopters armed with machine guns shred them.

“Home Base” is the nickname given to Eastside CityPol’s Triumph Fields Station, an outpost of law a few miles east of the city.  The station was built to protect drivers approaching the city from the wasteland gangs.  While the station only helps drivers for the last few miles of their dangerous journey, it is a welcome relief for those who are being pursued.  The station projects four powerful searchlights up into the smog to guide drivers, although the lights are often not visible on windy days.