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The Patchwork arena Map
The Patchwork was one of the several arenas present on the Solaris Games, gladiatorial BattleMech fights which take place on Solaris VII. It is located on Xolara "district" of Solaris City.[1]
History[edit]
The Patchwork began life as part of the lush family estate of the Hartford family, owners of HartfordCo Industries. Thanks to the wealth born of a large number of Star League Defense Force parts contracts, during the Star League era the estate was a shining jewel, the garden filled with exotic flora collected throughout the Inner Sphere, beautiful stone walls surrounding it to keep out the curious and uninvited. The fall of the Star League and the Succession Wars that followed led to the decline of both HartfordCo Industries and the estate, the family's mansion covered with vines as their neglected gardens grew thick and heavy, the estate's centerpiece carp ponds becoming nothing but murky mud holes. As years became decades and centuries, those who knew of the Hartford family feared the estate would eventually be abandoned to rot.[2]
When Jimmie Hartford, the 78-year-old resident of the mansion and heir to the Hartford estate used the last of the family's money to convert the Hartford Gardens into a Class 4 BattleMech arena[2], he did only reconstruct one piece of the full estate. The Patchwork was part of that estate, located on the far side of it, near an abandoned construction site for a planned zoo.
The Arena[edit]
The Patchwork arena is a large open field of grass with several gravel patches here and there that makes navigating through it difficulty. It has been described as a fun and challenging venue.[1]
Seating[edit]
Unknown.