Still No Water... But We Have A Bridge!

Back when Off World was founded, there was just no way to know what the future might hold. An ancient and desolate planet in an unremarkable corner of the universe, Off World was a long shot for even those hardy souls who first dared to drink water from thawed ice that was frozen millions of years ago. Well, that ice has now become the lifeblood of a world rich in it, and as the water begins to flow into the vast Blue Dream Reservoir, the dreams of turning it into wealth is nearing reality. Off World Ice and Mining has announced that they will begin operations as soon as the road builders finish the first leg of the Off World East Mountain Ridge Parkway. But they aren’t the only ones coming for dinner. Several more mining operations are expected to take up the jobs of mining, thawing and refining the ice. Not only that, but there are other ice reserves in the southern Off World sectors that are as yet untapped that could spring to life at any time.


Eastern bridge landing and the entrance to Off World
Planetary Defense Command inside of Mount Deckard.


Bridge landing and beginning of Mountain Ridge Parkway.

So, how does one get to the ice? The 2700+ foot Abiego Bridge now spans the Blue Dream Reservoir basin, beginning at the eastern end of Icon Highway and landing at the base of Mount Deckard and the entrance to the Off World Planetary Defense Command Center buried deep within. From there, the Mountain Ridge Parkway goes north and south and will eventually link the entire Cold Mountains Range.

Water where, here?

What happens if you build a bridge and no water comes? This is the question being asked by a number of upstanding (and otherwise) Off Worlders watching the construction of the new bridge at the eastern end of Icon Highway. “That’s a right nice bridge but there ain’t a drop of water underneath of it!” commented former Earthling, Royce Pervy. Royce came here looking for work as a full-time cad in Paradise City but finds himself still unemployed due to the large number of undesirables that call the old mine pit home. So he stands, watching each day as the work on the bridge goes on, hoping the foreman will call for a professional bum from the crowd of would-be laborers. “It’s kind of depressing on top of everything else.” Royce continues. It seems his ex-wife soaked him for most everything he owned, including his 1965 Ford F-100 short bed pickup truck that was his home. “She took my truck, my radio and my dadburn dog! That old hound was my best friend and my blanket too!” Asked if he had any other talents besides making a general nuisance of himself, Pervy replied “I can pull my teeth out and suck my lips in, like this!” Impressive. He and many of the Paradise City irregulars can be found along the future banks of… whatever they decide to call the lake, once filled with as-yet unseen water… that the unnamed bridge will eventually go over… in the direction of the assumed mountain chain in the East.


Bridge approach.


From the towers.

Huge Project Undertaken in the East

A massive municipal works project has begun in the east that will eventually link Icon Highway to the eastern mountains via a suspension bridge that will be over 2,700 feet long. Along with the bridge will also be built a high-endurance sea wall that will eventually enclose an area to be flooded, roughly 5 miles in length and to a depth of nearly 50 feet. The project is a result of plans to open the vast ice reserves in the eastern mountains to mining that will in turn create the large body of water to be contained. The water reservoir will be drawn from to create hydrogen fuel, oxygen and drinking water for Off World as well as exports to a number of other locations.


The project has already yielded the first span of the retaining wall in the north sector with foundations being readied in the southern reaches.




The road approach and threshold is nearly complete with the bridge anchors currently under construction.

Command Center Notes Increase in Radiation Spikes

This is an info message:

Command Center on April 1 has issued a radiation warning as the Red Dwarf has spiked a wave that will reach Off World sometime tonight. All citizens are asked to stay indoors and monitor bot activity