The Dam
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The Dam Arena is located in the Equatus continent, in the Blauflüsse Valley. It is one of the Solaris VII's many small arenas.[1]
History[edit]
The Dam was a dirty ugly venue. A fifteen-meter concrete wall had been laid across the path of the Blauflüsse. On one side of the wall, the river had overflowed its bank, swallowing the brush-land of the river valley for ten kilometers in all directions and making a picturesque blue lake.
The arena was a mix of scraggly brush growing out of rocky earth and baked mud that had once been river bottom. The dam itself was ugly, too. It was discolored with black scorch marks where lasers had marked its surface and pits where autocannon rounds had gouged out chunks of ferrocrete.[1]
The Arena[edit]
Circa 3056 the dam had been scheduled for demolition and an enterprising promoter had staged a 'Mech battle in its shadow. The promoter got a free venue, and the local authorities thought they would get a free head start on the demolition. Unfortunately, the dam proved to be a tougher nut to crack than anyone expected.
Constructed of ferrocrete blocks five meters thick, it was easily able to withstand the stray shot (the contestants weren’t shooting at the dam after all, but at each other). And so another fight was scheduled for the venue and another one after that, and still the dam did not fall. It turned out that fans liked the venue–the monster looming in the background, the promise of destruction never quite fulfilled. Eventually the idea of blowing the dam was abandoned. It was too valuable as an arena to destroy.
The dam's electrical generators easily throwing off the 'Mech's MAD gear, and IR usually didn't fare much better. The brushland was a sun-baked hell, easily exceeding 34ºC. The entire landscape ended up showing up on the thermal scan as a fuzzy green patch, except for the black circle that was the lake beyond the dam. Usually MechWarriors are left only with the option of a manual search.
The dam's wall was blown in 3064 when Michael Pitgar arranged it so it looked like the dam's destruction was a natural byproduct of the 'Mech battle between Laura Kidane and David Singh.[1]
Facilities[edit]
A Fight Complex located in the Hoch Estate was the place were interviews with the Media were done. It was also the place were MechWarriors relaxed prior and after the matches.[1]
Seating[edit]
Unknown.