Planet:Capricaerón/Caprica City

Caprica City is the largest and most influential city in the Cyrannus Galaxy and is the epicenter of democracy, culture and tourism.

The City is split up into many districts such as Old Caprica and the Government Center Plaza, where the senate of the United Republic of Cyrannus meets and discusses the problems and issues of the nation.

The city is home to over 24 million people, who live comfortably in the city limits.

Overview


Caprica City is the greatest city on the greatest of the Twelve Colonies. It is a beautiful metropolis, which is becoming larger and more unique as citizens from other empires come to live in the land of freedom and equality.

The huge glass skyscrapers are actually relatively new, and the area of new Caprica is where the city was founded and remains the location of most of the banks, including the Bank of Cyrannus, which supples all of the colonies of the URC with its currency.

Transportation
The city transporting can be split into four categories, pedestrian, metro-rails, aerial traffic and ground traffic.

Large areas of the city have been pedestrianized since the Intercolonial Wars, which rendered large sections of the city in ruins. The cities walkways is dominated by both natives an tourists.

Metro-rails, are one of the fastest ways to travel around the city. Stations are located both below ground and over the city streets. Public confidence in the metro-rails reached an all time low, during a terrorist attack on the city over 40 years ago. Luckily it has regained confidence in recent years.

Aerial and ground traffic is probably the most common mode of transportation in Caprica City, most if not all citizens own either a hover car and speeders.

Sea View District
The Sea View section of Caprica City is located on a river that bisects the Colonial capital. This neighborhood's main attraction was the Riverwalk Market, an open-air bazaar full of vendor stands selling fresh fruit, construction materials and other goods. Various types of citizens congregated in this zone, from businessmen to shoppers and construction workers. Various landscaped gardens and reflecting pools occupied the unused land between the market and complex. Behind the market complex, a few of Caprica City's trademark silver office towers can be seen.

City Center Plaza
The city center is a neighborhood in Old Caprica which contains the highest density of skyscrapers, occupation parks and hi-tech industries. Since all city traffic was airborne, the city center had no paved roads. Instead, the spaces between the buildings were occupied by a system of walkways, steps, plazas, gardens and water features. This provided the perfect municipal commons area where citizens could jog, take infants out for walks, play with friends or simply take a pleasant afternoon stroll.

Colonial Island
Colonial Island sits in the middle of the Civic Lake, across the East River from Old Caprica. It was here that the senate meet, the president lives and the hustle and bustle of the politics of Cyrannus meets it's epicenter. In the middle of the island lies the Presidential Pyramid which is currently home to the President. Colonial Island is where Caprica City was first founded and remains the epicenter of the city.