Edge of town

New Albion is expanding. There's no shortage of people keen to move. You just can't beat that 'new Compartment smell'!

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[Foreboding orchestral music]
[Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
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[Music]
[Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory)]
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This is New Albion on Mars
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New Albion is expanding.
The 'edge of town' looks just like the rest of
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the colony, except rush hour seems
much busier than the rest of the working day.
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Early in the morning, construction workers
travel to the outer-most inhabited Way.
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There, they pass through service ducts into
a newly commissioned but otherwise empty Way.
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Construction material and equipment is moved in
through industrial compartments.
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Through the working day, the new compartments
are slowly transformed into new real estate.
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They will become new
conurbations, light industrial areas, farms,
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and conservation areas.
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Street food and refreshment vendors are
also present during the day.
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As work nears completion, evening tours are
arranged for prospective
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inhabitants of newly-finished compartments.
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Our building constraints dictate that new Ways are
very similar to existing ones,
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but there's no shortage of people keen to move.
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You just can't beat that 'new Compartment smell'!
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[Dissonant clashing orchestral music]
[Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
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[orchestral music continues]