Post by Star Fall on Jul 28, 2017 3:36:48 GMT
Kingsmeet Central Station!pR.BaFF/uk 12 Oct 2015 8:40:09 AM No.41107948>>41108491>>41110703>>41110741
>Transportation across the continent comes in many forms, whether it be by land, sea or air. Large airships flew from city to city, boats of all shapes and sizes drifted through the rivers and oceans, but the most popular method to get around by a large margin was the train system. Once Magitek became a reliable method of fuel, Termina saw fit to increase its wealth by the commissioning of a vast transport network via which the kingdom could quickly ship goods from one town to another, in secure and safe cargo containers. Though this was it's originally intended purpose, in the modern age there are far more people than goods travelling around this way and, thanks to the cheap sustainability of the service, it's also the cheapest method for people to do so, outside of purchasing their own vehicle.
>Kingsmeet Central Station was by far one of the grandest. Given that the city sat in what could easily be considered the 'center of the continent', most if not all intercontinental goods and travelers came through here. There were thirteen platforms, eight dedicated to passenger travel in the incredibly large central hall and another five that led into dedicated goods warehouses. The sheer amount and value of the stock passing through those buildings meant they were the most secure buildings in the entire city, protected by high-ranking knights of the Royal Guard who were outfitted with the best equipment possible, all of which made the regular city guard pale in comparison. If a problem were to erupt in the passenger station, the Royal Guard Knights wouldn't be more than a minute away.
>The safest place in all of Kingsmeet, one might say. Well, I've another term for it - the busiest.
>Absolutely nothing beats out the amount of hustle and bustle you'll encounter in this place. Minstrels in the corridors, hastily-built and sometimes illegally placed market stands that would quickly get shut down, people from all places and all towns arriving, waiting for their changeover and heading off again. Licenced merchants could make an absolute killing here, which is why the licences to market were so expensive, and also why the number of illegal market stalls was so high - set up here for around an hour and you'd make out with enough to pay the fine and feed your family for a month!
>It was also because of places like these that mercenary guilds got most of their work. Traders would arrive with stock at the warehouses and look to transport it to nearby villages, needing hire-on-location protection from a trusted source. Given that licenced guilds followed code and would be punished severely if they didn't, that made them far more reliable than more ideal-oriented soldiers like those in the in the military or Knight institutions. But you're not here looking for work today, no - you're looking to board a train.
>And what a train it is. Commissioned two years ago by Prince Klaus of Terminian High Nobility, it still remains the fastest engine Alaestus has ever built. Though the countries have a tense relationship, neither can hope to ignore the other's expertise, and Prince Klaus threw so much money at the idea that the universities in Kantarus simply couldn't let it be. 'The Flash', they called it, painted in striking Terminian Red and lined with golden hues, its top speed rivals that of even Magitek Speedsters on an open stretch of track.
>'It can't possibly go that fast!' they cried, 'It'll topple as soon as it hits a corner!', but the naysayers soon held their tongues when Alaestus revealed their latest technical marvel they had simply called the 'Momentum Stabiliser'. By using various instruments to detect the momentum of the train and attaching them to a secondary crystal engine, the train could automatically adjust a set of weights next to each wheel in order to help counteract the force exerted during a fast turn, enabling a cruising corner speed of double that accomplished by other trains. Though the technology has spread into other vehicles since that time, The Flash still remains the Fastest Train Alive - or, er, fastest train currently in commissioned service that is, because trains can't be alive, that would be silly.
>Nevertheless, this Crystal-to-Steam Engine waits for you to board with your tickets, assuming you can all arrive before it leaves whilst wading through the impossible crowds towards the right platform!
>Transportation across the continent comes in many forms, whether it be by land, sea or air. Large airships flew from city to city, boats of all shapes and sizes drifted through the rivers and oceans, but the most popular method to get around by a large margin was the train system. Once Magitek became a reliable method of fuel, Termina saw fit to increase its wealth by the commissioning of a vast transport network via which the kingdom could quickly ship goods from one town to another, in secure and safe cargo containers. Though this was it's originally intended purpose, in the modern age there are far more people than goods travelling around this way and, thanks to the cheap sustainability of the service, it's also the cheapest method for people to do so, outside of purchasing their own vehicle.
>Kingsmeet Central Station was by far one of the grandest. Given that the city sat in what could easily be considered the 'center of the continent', most if not all intercontinental goods and travelers came through here. There were thirteen platforms, eight dedicated to passenger travel in the incredibly large central hall and another five that led into dedicated goods warehouses. The sheer amount and value of the stock passing through those buildings meant they were the most secure buildings in the entire city, protected by high-ranking knights of the Royal Guard who were outfitted with the best equipment possible, all of which made the regular city guard pale in comparison. If a problem were to erupt in the passenger station, the Royal Guard Knights wouldn't be more than a minute away.
>The safest place in all of Kingsmeet, one might say. Well, I've another term for it - the busiest.
>Absolutely nothing beats out the amount of hustle and bustle you'll encounter in this place. Minstrels in the corridors, hastily-built and sometimes illegally placed market stands that would quickly get shut down, people from all places and all towns arriving, waiting for their changeover and heading off again. Licenced merchants could make an absolute killing here, which is why the licences to market were so expensive, and also why the number of illegal market stalls was so high - set up here for around an hour and you'd make out with enough to pay the fine and feed your family for a month!
>It was also because of places like these that mercenary guilds got most of their work. Traders would arrive with stock at the warehouses and look to transport it to nearby villages, needing hire-on-location protection from a trusted source. Given that licenced guilds followed code and would be punished severely if they didn't, that made them far more reliable than more ideal-oriented soldiers like those in the in the military or Knight institutions. But you're not here looking for work today, no - you're looking to board a train.
>And what a train it is. Commissioned two years ago by Prince Klaus of Terminian High Nobility, it still remains the fastest engine Alaestus has ever built. Though the countries have a tense relationship, neither can hope to ignore the other's expertise, and Prince Klaus threw so much money at the idea that the universities in Kantarus simply couldn't let it be. 'The Flash', they called it, painted in striking Terminian Red and lined with golden hues, its top speed rivals that of even Magitek Speedsters on an open stretch of track.
>'It can't possibly go that fast!' they cried, 'It'll topple as soon as it hits a corner!', but the naysayers soon held their tongues when Alaestus revealed their latest technical marvel they had simply called the 'Momentum Stabiliser'. By using various instruments to detect the momentum of the train and attaching them to a secondary crystal engine, the train could automatically adjust a set of weights next to each wheel in order to help counteract the force exerted during a fast turn, enabling a cruising corner speed of double that accomplished by other trains. Though the technology has spread into other vehicles since that time, The Flash still remains the Fastest Train Alive - or, er, fastest train currently in commissioned service that is, because trains can't be alive, that would be silly.
>Nevertheless, this Crystal-to-Steam Engine waits for you to board with your tickets, assuming you can all arrive before it leaves whilst wading through the impossible crowds towards the right platform!
