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City Thirty-Two
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"The Futurist City"
City Thirty-Two is a Combine urban center located in Rome, Italy. The city resides a sparse population of native Italian civilians divided into six allocated districts around the perimeter of the capital. The nexus is established on the Roman Forum where a network of communication cables are rested on the old marble pillars surrounding the forum. The city houses several garrisons of metropolitan police forces tasked to ensure security and order within the city limits.
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storyBefore the annexation by the Combine Empire, Rome's history is filled with artistic and political wonders that shaped modern society. The Roman Empire had risen and fell numerous times but was one of the first empires to conquer almost all of western Europe. The country of Italy served as an enemy to the Allied Powers in World War II and was defeated in 1943 following the death of Benito Mussolini.
The United States like Germany and Japan have kept a watchful eye over Italy and protected the sovereign nation from foreign aggression during the Cold War. It's military presence aided the country's growth and popularity as a southwestern nation.
In 2001, the entire Italian peninsula was devastated by the portal storms as a consequence of the Black Mesa Incident. Hostile Xenian wildlife devastated the natural landscape and oceans surrounding Italy. Civilians that resided in the countryside were forced to evacuate to the cities in order to be safe and secure from the growing crisis of alien fauna. Food and supplies dwindled as the native creatures were slain by vicious antlions and leeches in the coast as well as colonies of headcrabs, zombies, and bull squids from the city limits.
Eventually, the Combine Empire invaded Earth with the beginning of "The Seven Hour War". Italy's local military aided by the U.S. military stationed within the country were swiftly defeated by the enemy's synthetic forces. The remnants of the country's military was conscripted by the Combine to maintain local order and establish the now City Thirty-Two.
By early 2005 with the construction of City Thirty-Two complete, The Combine set to establish an experimental weather station that would influence the seasons and tides of the peninsula. The draining of the landscape's natural resources led to a series of violent earthquakes that shattered and destroyed many regional cities as well as The Vatican State.
In late 2006, A rebellion spiraled by the annexed forces of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have captured District Six, the furthest district away from City Thirty-Two. The remnant organization now dubbed as the "Sky Soldiers" by astounded settlers. The former conscripts attempted to enact their liberation and destroy the experimental weather controller which has become the powerhouse of the Combine's control of entire Italian peninsula. Unfortunately the resistance was defeated after forty-seven days of guerilla warfare and it's remnants spread throughout the peninsula in order to regroup and replenish. The rebellion still houses a small network of agents spread throughout the districts to gain support and intel on their next attack but it has been over a decade since the first uprising and many believe the organization has been wiped out. The local City Administration tightens their grip immensely over the districts utilizing the uprising as their reason to attain further control of the peninsula.
In 2008, with most of the surrounding regions outside City 32 and its sister districts devastated from continuous tectonic shifts of earthquakes. The City Administration established an Archaeological Branch to scavenge, recover, and "restore" artifacts of Roman history buried within the debris of the affected cities. Unbeknownst to many, The Combine seeks to recover these artifacts in the attempt to destroy or warp the history of Rome and the idea of "civilization" to suit the prospects of the New World. There are some groups that attempt to discover and hide the artifacts from the Combine or sell them onto the black market to the highest bidder. This effort continues today where many artifacts are still missing and areas still unexplored due to the hostile threat of weather and fauna.
The "Weather Controller" is stationed in the outskirts of City Thirty Two and near the old city turned black-site called Pisa. A project designed by the Combine originally to implement control over Earth's weather patterns for further resource extraction. Fortunately the Weather Controller's design is only effective on landscapes with surrounding oceans that regulate a consistent wind and temperature cycle thus hindering the project from successful implementation in more mountainous and inland locations. Deeming the project a localized failure. Nonetheless the Weather Controller's purpose breeds success in restricting the movement of Xenian wildlife, dissidents, and culling potential uprisings. The site is cloaked by an ever continuing tropical storm that has destroyed the surrounding buildings, roads, and landscapes of Pisa. A lone network of tunnels guarded by smart barriers, auto turrets, and the Combine's most elite transhumant soldiers reside to protect the installation from attack.
The city stands as one of the safest and most secured strongholds in mainland Italy. The constant shifting weather aided by the weather control project has turned the country into a dark and gloomy shadow of its' former self. Be careful to venture outside the city limits.
The current City Administrator Silvio Casto has established his experimental cultural recreation in City Thirty-Two. The Roman-Futurism experiment has been ongoing for the past several years and was deemed a success in redesigning old Roman culture to suit the interests of the Combine Empire. Administrator Casto has planned to expand his cultural revolution throughout the world. He has most recently been seen at City Twenty-Four announcing his project while contending to the border dispute of the Alps against City Thirteen in Paris, France. Unfortunately his project was disputed and rejected by the Administrator of City Twenty-Four. In anger, Administrator Casto vowed to introduce sanctions as tensions between Rome and Geneva rise.
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