Centura is a city and is the oldest settlement known on Etchnion. It is currently the fourth largest city in the sector behind The City of Commack.
History[]
Centura was founded on a Jungle penninsula called Ursan. The first building built in the area was a house built in a large jungle tree by John Pennington on the southermost point of the penninsula, so that it would be easlily noticed by people passing by on boat. Later two settlers known as Rex and Mr. VazDrae settled in the area and were welcomed by the large house in the tree with supplies and a place to rest. VazDrae spotted an island off the east coast of the Ursan Penninsula, and decided to build a home on it.
Later a Route construction began. Route 1 was established thoughout the Ursan Penninsula, which connected to another region called Senja, and continued to travel north.
An idea of a town on the Southern area of the Ursan Peninsula was pointed out. Construction began by the tree in which the house was in began. They began to clear many of the jungle trees and a few buildings were built. Later, however, it was decided that TNT would be an easier and faster path to clear out the area. It cleared a large area and took some of the original buildings. The land was then flattened and some of the older buildings covered up, and some can been seen in the "Under The City" section under the downtown area of Centura. Later, the first true home was built in what is now the downtown of Centura.
A view of Centura Tower from above.
Centura began to rapidly expand onto the rest of the peninsula. An idea was to break Ursan off from the main land was brought up and was carried out with TNT, making it Ursan Island. However, the land was recently restored, connecting the island back to the main land, which is where the current neighbourhood of Camden exists.
Skyscraper Boom[]
The first skyscraper ever built was The Gold Tower. This was soon followed by The Reyida Tower. This started what is known as the Skyscraper Boom. Many high-rises were built simply because everyone wanted to build the next big tower, and as tall as they can. Many were built without tenants or any company needing them for office space. Such as the construction of the "Psilos Tower" which was the tallest building ever built, but was empty and was considered ugly. This boom spread to other communities as well. Addison has a few high-rises, some have been re-purposed today, a few sit empty. The neighbouring City of Vetriver also saw it too, with a few tall buildings but were later purposed, as well as the skyscraper evolved into different and more useful styles in Vetriver. Most of the skyscrapers in Centura were small and were not very useful. This lead to the demise of 4 skyscraper in Centura, the only city of have lost skyscrapers. The first to be demolished was the Psilos Tower, which had no tenants and seen as a waste. The second building was the VazDrae Tower. VDC moved their offices to a much larger suburban tower in Commack, and VDC removed the building to make way for future development. This lead to the adjacent small high-rise next to the VazDrae Tower to be purchased and torn down by Image Properties, to make way for the new Centura Plaza Tower. And the 4th building was the Eclipse View Residential Tower, which was the current tallest building in Etchnion. But it suffered from design flaws, no tenants and was again seen as ugly. It was demolished and the new Centura City Hall stands in its place today. A 5th tower is slated for demolition, the Trenton Tower, an old brick high-rise. It has design flaws and is small, Trenton Reality moved their offices into the Centura Tower, and the building sits empty currently.
Noteable Features[]
- Pennington Tree
- Centura Tower
- Gold Tower
- Centura Arena
- Original LeWick's Burgers & Fries
- Route 1 Freeway
Neighbourhoods[]
Centura is made up of several neighbourhoods, they include:
Suburbs[]
- Helvalon - Centura's newest and only suburb.
Transportation[]
Centura is served by rail with the RTA Subway system, with three stops in Centura:
- Spawn Island Station
- Centura Central Station
- Woodcrest Station
Centura is connected to the Route 1 Expressway with several exits, including Centura Ave and Reyida Ave.
Centura is also served by one VTA System Station, connecting Centura by rail to Vetriver. Station in Camden.
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