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City Defense System

City Defense Towers · Defense Towers

Automated tower network defending Larracos, torn down tower by tower and finally rendered inert.

Story so far

The City Defense System towers of Larracos fire nonstop into the crowd below, targeting Carl's own people. Each tower is powered by a crystal, and the mob takes them out one at a time: a fire lance tower tumbles away to Big Tina's roar, and Elle's fairies spiral down to shoot out another tower's crystal.

The system dies wholesale when the War Mage Rebellion abandons the Throne Room of Team Retribution. A system message announces that the throne room has been abandoned and the City Defense system has gone inert, confirming that control of the throne room is what powers the towers.

Appearance

Towers topped with crystals, including fire lance variants, firing continuously until destroyed.

Role

The city's automated artillery, tied to throne room control.

Relationships

Larracos — The city it defends
Throne Room of Team Retribution — Control of it powers the system; abandonment makes it inert
Elle — Her fairies destroy tower crystals
Sources — 12 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 4
  • Larracos's built-in weaponry, handed to whichever team controls the throne room.
Chapter 11
  • Network of great jewels mounted atop the towers of Larracos by fairies, lighting each tower with protective power.
Chapter 12
  • Larracos's defensive apparatus that Arief says will stop invaders from simply jumping down the funnel's center.
Chapter 13
  • Larracos's defensive apparatus, controlled through the NPC controlling system now held by Ferdinand.
Chapter 16
  • The city's layered defensive apparatus, including the giant diggers and apparently the buildings themselves.
Chapter 19
  • The AI-created defensive apparatus protecting Larracos, which the Posse hopes to replicate for Shanty Town.
Chapter 27
  • The half-circle shield covering the FUPA grounds, holding against non-magical stones but not against chemicals.
Chapter 78
  • Larracos's tower network, handed to whichever team holds a throne room during the Peeling.
Chapter 81
  • Larracos's protected tower network, minutes from activating under war mage control.
Chapter 82
  • Larracos's automated tower grid, powering up to target crawlers on a thirteen-minute countdown.
Chapter 83
  • Larracos's 100+ automated defensive towers, triggered citywide by Carl's bombing of the Piccadilly.
Chapter 89
  • Automated tower network defending Larracos, torn down tower by tower and finally rendered inert.
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