Campaign:Equinoctial/NewAuburn

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RAWK_LAWBSTAR fictional town in Washington County Maine for Equinoctial.

New Auburn

Founded as a mining town a year before the outbreak of World War 2 when prospector and geologist Eugene Auburn discovered a rich ore deposit of iron, nickel, and copper beneath the local mountains; the smattering of mica only helped to sell the site. During the war years New Auburn saw rapid growth as many of the industries that were integral to America's war effort set up to exploit the area's mineral wealth and ease of shipping from Eason bay, allowing from almost everything to be set up on site.

After the war, the arms manufacturers slowly shifted toward more peacetime manufacturing, allowing the town to continue to a full fledged city that would eventually rival the Portland area in population. Incorporating the old fishing town of Pendleton in the mid 70s and Wendel Cove during its eastward expansion in the late 80's. Today New Auburn has a population of approximately 325,000 people.

Auburn Hills

Located on the foot hills of Mount Askaskwi, Auburn Hills is the site for most of New Auburn's mining activity. Majority of the mines are underground and make use of shaft mining techniques to dig deep into the Earth leaving much of the surface of the area only marginally impacted save for the surface facilities, warehouses, train yards, and other such businesses that help support the mining operations. There are a few open pit mines and quaries and even a few adits as well as numerous closed tunnels whose numbers seem to grow ever year.

Auburn Industrial District

The Auburn Industrial District was the original backbone of the city along with the mines, home to numerous factories and mills that helped supply Allied forces on the European front during World War II during the city's infancy and has always been known for its notoriously bad water contamination issues. Now the Industrial district is home to a mix of rampant urban decay with dots of thriving industries that managed to roll and adapt with the times such as Basilisk Armory Munitions and the Monolith Technology Corporation. Fortunately many of the old steel and smelting mills survive with some degree of success thanks to the constant output of the mines.

Lobster Islands

Not exactly part of the city per se, the Lobster Islands are a collection of islands a couple miles south out in the bay and are known for the sizable of quantity of lobsters that dwell in the area. There isn't much on the islands save for a few uninhabited rickety old harbors and cabins that date from decades back when the island was used as fishing outpost. The area is the subject of a local legend amongst the area: supposedly the area is inhabited by a cryptid known as the Maine Lobsterman that attacks and drives out anyone who enters the area. The legend is taken seriously by most of New Auburn's fishermen, as those who go there usually suffer some mishap or damage to their boats which is proof enough to most people.

Lumina Park

Lumina Park is the city's primary shopping and entertainment district with a healthy mix of upscale housing and business districts along with a smattering of parks. Lumina park centers around Lumina Lake where the largest concentration of theaters, restaurants, stages, bars, shopping arcades, and other such diversions resides, all neatly planned out around the Lumina Municipal Park. The business parks and centers tend to be on the west side of the neighborhood nearest Downtown while residential areas tend to be closer to Warrenton. Lumina Park also contains a number of marinas where the affluent keep their boats and is the city's connection to Pebon Island, either via ferry or the Siguan Bridge.

Pebon Park

The island New Auburn's primier park, with the vast majority of the island unmolested by human development save for the Pebon Park Bridge and small amount of development on the northern tip. The top third of the island contain more traditional park spaces such as sporting areas, playgrounds, amenities, and gardens while the remainder of the park is generally untouched save for hiking and bicycle trails and the sporadic cabins, campgrounds, and the like. The shore of the island is dotted with docks. moslty just simple wooden ones to allow for boat access at various points, however there is the Siguan Marina located near the Siguan bridge that connects it to the mainland where a majority of recreational vessals are kept.

Wendel Cove

Prior to New Auburn, Wendel Cove was a sleepy fishing town nestled in the picturesque. After the war when New Auburns growth took off, the town became a destination for the well off of New Auburn to retreat to and relax and remained the quiet getaway up until it was annexed by the city in the 80s. Wendel Cove still maintains much of its old picturesque atmosphere along with more modern additions and amenities. The area is home to several well to do middle class neighborhoods, tourist hot spots, coastal attractions, and several bustling marinas.

Wharton Industrial District

Unlike the Auburn Industrial District, the Wharton Industrial District is mainly comprised of light industry, though there still are some heavy industries that have facilities in the area that take full advantage of the closer access to the proximity of the shipping facilities in the harbor. There are also a smattering of office parks looking to take advantage of the lower property values. While a step above the Auburn Industrial District in terms of quality, it's still on the lower end as is the norm for industrial parks.