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Solaris VII is not a mission
so much as an opportunity—an opportunity for you to make some serious C-Bills
fast. Ever thought of yourself as the gladiator type? If you’re in need of
cash, or if you just like fighting for the sake of fighting and don’t mind
thousands of rabid fans cheering you—or jeering you—you’re going
to like Solaris VII. Choose between three arenas, the Factory, the Jungle, and the
most infamous of them all, the Coliseum.
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Montenegro
Sector, Solaris City
 This
arena's battlefield is enclosed by mammoth metal walls often festooned with graffiti
and advertisements. A holocast lighting system that keeps every section well-lit
and visible to the numerous camera posts. Within these walls a vast sprawl of heavy
industrial machines and reinforced earthworks has been crafted into a multilevel
battlefield. For some matches molten slag pits are added. The arena is roughly square,
measuring roughly 1000 meters to a side. The overall visual impression of the arena
is a blend of earthworks and metal. Tall industrial walls create maze-like environments.
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Aka Steiner
Stadium
Silesia Sector, Solaris City
 This
classic open-air design was built in painstaking detail on the architectural style
of ancient Rome. Its headline feature, unique among all stadiums, is its detonator
grid and ferroglass shielding which allows for live viewing of the battles. Unlike
the other arenas the Coliseum uses little in the way of battlefield cover and obstacles.
At most a few columns or pillars are raised from the arena floor depending on the
class of match about to be fought. Unlike the Factory and Jungle which portray the
‘Mech fights as techno extravaganzas reminiscent of ancient Las Vegas, the
Coliseum portrays the conflicts as high class sport for refined people of substance.
The ornate walls are free of gaudy advertisements and in place of holocast overhead
lighting it boasts only the open sky. It is considered the most prestigious of venues
for ‘Mech combat on Solaris. It is roughly oval (angular section are used
on each end) measuring 1500 by 1000 meters.
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Cathay Sector,
Solaris City
 This
indoor arena provides stark contrasts in its battlefield. Tropical flora is cultivated
and sustained in a sort of high tech greenhouse fashion. The arena obstacles are
laid out in appealing patterns, giving the effect of a mammoth, indoor Japanese
rock garden. Waterworks irrigate the arena with small geysers and simulated springs
of various size. Contrasting the lush vegetation that fills the arena are the same
metallic walls that enclose the Factory and the numerous camera towers. Large Concrete
walls are also periodically placed within the arena to provide more sustainable
cover than the vegetation provides, and increase aesthetic appeal where needed.
It shares the holocast lighting system that illuminates the Factory arena. It is
roughly square, about 1500 meters to a side.
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