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| − | Located on the corner of Memorial Avenue and Defiance Street, the venue took up the entire bottom floor of a three-story building five blocks from the spaceport, and featured a cracked ''[[Catapult]]'' [[BattleMech]] canopy rumored to be from a [[Word of Blake]] 'Mech mounted over the main doors. It was an open, bright place, with light wood dominating the décor. Monitors are mounted at strategic locations allowing patrons to watch anything from Mech fights to soap operas.<ref name=STOBTM1/><ref>'' | + | Located on the corner of Memorial Avenue and Defiance Street, the venue took up the entire bottom floor of a three-story building five blocks from the spaceport, and featured a cracked ''[[Catapult]]'' [[BattleMech]] canopy rumored to be from a [[Word of Blake]] 'Mech mounted over the main doors. It was an open, bright place, with light wood dominating the décor. Monitors are mounted at strategic locations allowing patrons to watch anything from Mech fights to soap operas.<ref name=STOBTM1/><ref>''Vengeance Games'', Part 1, Section II</ref> |
==The Memory Wall== | ==The Memory Wall== | ||
Revision as of 21:30, 15 May 2022
 | This article needs to be updated with material from 'Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Giving Up, Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Razor's Edge of Opportunity, Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Red Wraith, Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Shadows of the Past'. Once these titles clear the Moratorium period, or if they already have, please consider revisiting this article and updating it with the new material. |
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Overview
Located on the corner of Memorial Avenue and Defiance Street, the venue took up the entire bottom floor of a three-story building five blocks from the spaceport, and featured a cracked Catapult BattleMech canopy rumored to be from a Word of Blake 'Mech mounted over the main doors. It was an open, bright place, with light wood dominating the décor. Monitors are mounted at strategic locations allowing patrons to watch anything from Mech fights to soap operas.[1][2]
The Memory Wall
One of The Cracked Canopy's most notable features is the "Memory Wall" that displays mementos of victories and defeats during the Jihad both on Solaris VII and elsewhere, to serve as a remembrance of those lost. Either hanging or sitting on small shelves attached to the wall, each enshrined object has a story to tell and anybody is allowed to place an item on the wall as long as it is inorganic and non-Blakist.[1]
- Numerous framed photos of either MechWarriors, other soldiers or groups of civilians.
- Plaques with engraved names.
- Many unit patches.
- Various religious symbols.
- Various Armor pieces displaying insigina of various military units and Solaris Stables current and past.
- A broken katana hung next to a still intact claymore.
- A framed three paned picture featuring a Waco Rangers unit patch, a photo featuring Manny Totske, Ariadne Sherbow, Parker LaBelle and Hector Shirotan and an armor piece engraved with "Waco Rangers. 3007-3058 - Blind Arrogance Killed Us."[1]
Employees
- Leo - general manager who frequently speaks with patrons with items that end up on the "Memory Wall".[1]
- Sedge - Day bartender circa 3090.[1]
- Ms. Silver - The Cracked Canopy's unseen owner.[1]
Notes
The Cracked Canopy was first introduced as a framing device for the Tales from the Cracked Canopy series in the Shrapnel magazine, a spiritual successor to the Tales of the Cobalt Coil from the BattleTechnology magazine. The individual stories usually revolve around an item on the "Memory Wall" and its background story as narrated by the patron who donates the item to the wall, usually within a framework story narrated in the first person by bar manager Leo.