Westgate District
Westgate District
The crowded streets of the Westgate District will seem familiar to many of the more independently-minded who frequent the more colorful regions of the 'Verse.Some of the business establishments in the Westgate District
- Chen’s Throat Emporium
- Sloan & Sons Wholesale
- Remuda Livery Stables (operated by Ulysses Roanhorse)
- Pony Express Messenger Service (operated out of the Remuda Livery Services, Joanie Roanhorse)
- Now Want Want Dim Sum Palace & Entertainment Parlour (owner/operator Sarafina Mbitsini)
- Odynova Children's Workhome (owner/operator Alexeyevna Yakovlena)
Mata Hari Memorial Park
Set on the far western edge of the Westgate District, is the site of a notorious disaster. Back in 2356, a large transport ship named the Mata Hari crashed during landing, killing everyone on aboard and thousands on the ground when a bustling tenement/business neighbor was destroyed in the resulting inferno. The Mata Hari Memorial Park grew up from the devastation. It is approximately 900 acres in size (that’s about 400 city blocks), and although overgrown, marginally maintained and prone of illegal street merchants and squatters, is a much beloved landmark and tourist attraction. The park is literally a green oasis of open spaces and groves, with a central reservoir/lake, bridle trails, landscaped lawns, a natural amphitheater, tai chi square, and much more. By tradition, the place is considered neutral territory by the various powerful gangs of Eavesdown Docks, and it is also well patrolled by Alliance law enforcement.Useful Westgate District details (more pending):
- Berth 808D-12 West is just down the street from the Now Want Want; there is a fish & chips shop across the thoroughfare from it.
- There is a ped-tram at the corner of Astor and Tsai, within walking distance of the Now Want Want
He walked fast, weaving his way through the slower foot traffic and avoiding a bike-cab as he looked for clashing neon colors of the Now Want Want as his landmark. He spotted it with some relief—he was much more familiar with the Northgate side of the docks, where Badger's operation was nestled among the scattering of Blue Sun leasings, spacer dives and sleepovers, the trader’s guild mothballed port office, fly-by-night outfitters, and the never-reliable Honest Austin's scrapyard. Sully had ventured back into that familiar territory today, seeking out his favorite finder, Leroy Li Brown, who was always happy to pay for guns, with or without Alliance papers to back them. Brown had met him for drinks at Chen’s Throat Emporium—and had been particularly impressed with the KS80 Lightweight Carbon Assault Rifle Sully had had to offer. Sully and his business contact had both parted happy men, and Sully was pretty certain Captain Cooper would be pleased as well, when he handed over the thick bundle of Penglai Federal Reserve script he had earned for her.
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