Building the world headquarters of the O.N.E was the most costly construction project of all time.
City Proper
The city of Babylon is a thriving Mecca of buildings, cultures and persons- consisting of every manner of service and pleasure known to man. Nothing in history -- whether the hanging gardens of Nebuchadnezzar, the court of Kublai Khan, the pyramids of the pharoahs, or the lavish splendor of the Roman Empire -- compares to Babylon. Full grown trees have been imported at great expense to line the broad boulevards. There are graceful fountains, statuary, beautiful hanging gardens and immense public parks.
Most of the public buildings are constructed of gleaming white marble.
Venusian Society of Global Love
Located right on the edge of the Palatial complex- so close, the Venusians claim to be on the Palace Complex- a highly ornate building of the city's finest: well-polished and well-priced individuals skilled in all manner of 'entertainment.' Highly selective and screened. Office of the Director located with a lovely view of the Palace and Temple.
Cupid Center of Global Love
Catering to the 'lower priced' end of entertaining, located on the center of the downtown area of the city. Fairly selective- but since all manner of individuals deserve to be 'entertained', it is fairly loose in requirements. Consists of pricing levels- from the most mundane to those that were rejected from the Venusian Society for some minor flaw or another. Major user/contributor and locator of 'subjects' for the Global Slave Trade.
Nightcrawler Entertainment Complex
Massive 24-hour complex catering to any and all manner of entertainment- ranging from the benign to the most exotic. Affiliated with the Society of Global Love. Includes a full-service bar and grill, 4-level dance club, casinos and games of chance, a bloodsport arena... just to name a few.
Baal-Poer Building for Global Relations
Common International meeting area within the city- for mundane business that does not involve the god or the Regional Potentates (which is located in the Palace).
Risen One Medical Center
Clinic affiliate to the major Medical Center (SCRPMC). Located in the center of the city proper, a five story building, dealing mostly with 'minor affectations and local diseases'. Close contact with the Cupid Center. Performs local abortions... for a fee. Intention is to sell the infant to local brokers versus abortion.
Has in-patient ability- if you have enough nicks. Insurance is dead- it's the Mark and cash up front. Survival of the fittest reigns: The god much prefers the loyal old, infirm and disabled to serve in his eternal kingdom... not dragging down society.
Ammon-Ra Center of Celestial Management
Houses the largest telescope created on earth, to monitor the heavens at all times. Fully staffed with the most astute astrological and astronomical minds, as well as several staff memebers with training in Extraterrestrial Contact. Ready with all manner of weaponry to be used in the event of an asteroid approaching earth and a hotline to the Beast’s office secretary. Located on the highest point in the city.
Resurrection International
Formerly Ben-Guieron International Airport, catering to New Babylon, Tel-Aviv and surrounding areas.
New Babylonian Museum of Antiquities
Formerly housed all manner of gathered treasures from around the world- now utterly gutted and being renovated to honor only the Beast.
Global Planning and Treatment Center
City planning and Sanitation, houses the local offices and administrative functions of the city.
Miscellaneous
In addition to the normal minutiae of stores, restaurants and 'normal' city establishments, there are scattered throughout the city, an unimaginable abundance of nightclubs, lower priced 'houses of ill-repute', Herbal shops, Drug dens, Offices of Slave brokers & Auction houses, and the like.
Palatial Complex
Consists of approximately five square miles of Palace Offices, high level officer apartments, the expansive Courtyards and Gardens, the Coliseum, and of course, The Global Palace itself. The palace and grounds designed for the leader of the world are the rival of the royal palace of France at Versailles.
Adjoins the Temple Complex with an enclosed, private glass walkway through the Royal Gardens. Select buildings are connected through a raised walkway of tempered glass tunnels, some a half mile or more above the earth that offers an unequaled vision of the city far below.
Global Palace
Triple security- Palace guards, front desk, and instantaneous Mark verification scanners installed in all outer doorway panels.... just to get inside.
Eighteen-story building- the tallest in Babylon, with the Beast's office taking nearly the entire 18th floor, with only the Reverend's office sharing the space in the far west corner- for easy access. Accessed only by a secured elevator opening at the hallway outside the outer office- and constantly guarded by Palace Security Peace-Keepers.
The god's outer office is expansive, with a plush waiting area, and a fully serviced and accessible desk for his secretary. His inner office is enormous and opulent, with wall to wall mirrors with an expansive desk and high ceilings of clear glass. On sunny days, the glare is blinding. The carpet is wine colored and the fixtures and decor is pure gold.
Adjoining this office is a smaller dressing room and a 'private' area. In the far west corner, lies the far less opulent and smaller- but still large- office of his secon. A smaller outer office with his personal secretary, and a richly decorated, dark wood inner office with symbols of his position adorning the walls and shelves.
The floor below houses the inner and outer offices of the Intelligence Director, Security Chief, and High level Palace Officers and Officials. The offices of ______________ are located on this floor, with their respective secretaries for handling scheduling and minutiae as needed.
Various Palace Security offices, expansive monitoring banks, security checkpoints, computer access terminals and an expansive library, occupy the remaining floors. The ground level is tastefully decorated with gardens, artwork, statuary and the like- with the glorious and infamous Atrium opening up with a full view of the Royal Memorial Square, where a half-sized golden statue of the god stands amidst flowering bushes and trees, over a reflecting pool (North-East of the Palace grounds- connects with the Temple grounds).
In a highly secured room in the bowels of the Palace is the supercomputer known as 'The Beast'. Miles beneath the Palace lies the 'old sector'- the stony remnants of what is commonly believed to be the dungeon and remnants of the 'Old City of Babylon'- with the city built atop the ruins. Commonly called 'The Catacombs' or 'The Cats'- it is an eight cell prison housing those doomed to meet a most excruciating fate at the god's (or his minions') hands. Secure elevator entrance accessed only by handprint and retinal scan, along with the requisite Mark- or by a secure code that is changed at least once a day. The elevator is constantly under video and audio surveillance both at the Cat level and the floor level.
In front of the elevator is a moderate-sized office of the Head of Security- a specially designated individual assigned by the god himself and afforded the honor and responsibility of maintaining the O.N.E's most hated enemies. The only phone access and toilet is located in this locked-down office, which also offers the only amenities for the guards on duty. At least three guards are always on duty. The only light source within the Cats is located in that small area above the elevator and office.
Though the interior looks to be old, crumbling, dank and oppressive— resembling a dungeon of ancient times, it is an illusion. For beyond the old stone, intensive monitors are housed and the outside has been fortified by cement, steel and a deep underground moat isolating it from anything around it- and making escape and rescue utterly impossible.
Outside the steel bar cell doors in the far back, extending between the last two cells, and within each of the 12x12 cells along the walls are long wooden benches. The floor is covered with rotting muck, hay and mud- and the remains of 'guests' long forgotten. "In the Cats, no one can hear you scream”
Palatial Apartment
Personal apartment for the god only- connected to the Palace itself by a secured elevator with code panel/bio scanner and Mark verification.
Shiva Global Apartments
Housing the god's most trusted and high-ranking officers, Palace officials, and honored visiting guests. Elaborate, plush and richly adorned- and highly secured- only the most blessed by the god reside here. Connected directly to the Palace through a walkway on floor six. Located roughly a block or so away from the South Entrance to the Palace Mark verification and bio-scans for entry.
Floor 1 is Administration, Security offices, Registration/Information Desk and so forth
Floors 2-7 are designated for Ensigns to Majors, and visiting officials as needed
Floors 8-12 are designated for Colonels to Senior Commanders
Osiris Building of Scientific Regeneration
Beautiful building of Scientific Biological Study- housing the Meditation Botanical and Hanging Gardens (Floor 10- top floor)- perfectly situated to gain the most of the sunlight pouring through the Garden glass. Connected to the Palace proper on the tenth floor to the North-facing side.
Home of the top secret, relocated Global Cloning Facility (basement- secured pass, Mark verification checkpoint, bio scan). Deep underground are tunnels connecting the Palace to the Global Cloning Facility Centers and apartments- where the clones are grown, matured and indoctrinated.
Isis Building of Research and Development
Connected to the Osiris on the Palatial Complex, the home of Global Research Facility. Bio-cultural-physical-chemical research with studies performed. Center for biological warfare and chemical agents and their antidotes. Housing top level and brilliant minds of GC scientific genius- provided with unlimited funding for their studies and research.
Highly secured and monitored. With subsidiary facility for 'on-site studies' located deep underground and closer to the Medical Facility.
Royal Palatial Medical Center
Located just north of the Osiris-Isis, a sprawling complex that extends into the city itself. Houses the god's personal medical staff. Services the Palatial and Temple Complexes, and the surrounding city patrons, if they can cover the bill.
Highly advanced technology and state-of-the-art procedures common. Level 4 Trauma Center- highly competitive employment. Secured areas for the god's personal staff and/or high-ranking prisoners available. Underground and secret elevators are located throughout the Medical-Research Triad- for the secret disposal of medical waste.
Entertainment Coliseum-Palace Courtyard
Outdoor amphitheater & coliseum, with associated manicured Courtyard, elaborately decorated by a variety of statues of the god, in different poses. Used for outdoor celebrations, festivities, and the occasional execution.
Located on the far North-East aspect of the Palatial Complex, in full view of the beauty of the rolling hills and the fertile land along the Tigris.
Palatial Airport
Used by Palace staff and Officials only. Houses the Phoenix and the Condor, among others.
Miscellaneous
Scattered tastefully throughout are gardens, fountains, plazas and mediation areas.
Temple Complex
Connected to the Palatial Complex by a private, glass walkway accessible only by the god and those he deems worthy, leads directly to the Temple itself, right inside the Inner Court and right outside the housing of the Holy of Holies. Consists of buildings for the glorification of the god and the massive 'living' statue that breathes perpetual smoke. Blends smoothly into the Palatial Complex with gardens and landscaping.
A re-creation of the Temple of Solomon, according to ancient manuscripts, blueprints and schematics- a one built on the site of the former Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Consists of an expansive Outer Court for all worshipers (Seekers) & a more secured Inner Court for Priests and those dedicated to the service of the god (Adorers & Devout)- and the sacrifices.
On the first level is the towering gold & obsidian statue of the god, rising above a linear reflecting pool, perpetually breathing dark smoke- and reported to speak and move on occasion.
The statue is a gigantic figure of a man draped in a toga. His left hand is resting possessively on a giant globe, his right hand is raised with the palm upright. The red dot in the center of the palm radiates light and heat like a glowing ember of coal. The statue is bigger, grander, and more sophisticated than the other statues that have been placed in temples around the world. The creators of this remarkable system have spared no expense. They have incorporated technologies beyond anything previously known to science. The statue represents the stunning culmination of a three-year crash program by a dozen of the world's leading experts in cybernetic andromorphology. Of course, the world was told nothing of the technology. The statue, after all, is held forth as the embodiment of the spirit of the god. Their great creation is equipped with sensors that make the apparatus seem so lifelike that it even appears to be breathing. Its eyes move, the lids open and close naturally, and the pupils of the eyes dilate in response to changing light, precisely as human eyes will do. Its head can turn and nod, its mouth can mouth, and its arm and head motions are fully computerized to simulate human actions. Every motion is fluid and lifelike. Nothing about this amazing creation seems artificial.
What observers find to be most remarkable about the statue is that it could and seemingly think and reason, carry on conversations, and coordinate all of its bodily motions in perfect harmony with the thoughts being expressed. Typically, the False Prophet will stand before the lifeless statue. Then he will make an incantation and call for his lord to enter the statue and give it life. Every word spoken by the statue is believed to be divine.
On either side of the Statue lay the Mark application centers & several LEFs. On the second level, lay the sacrificial containment areas- a tethering area for the animals, and a plush waiting area of white for the human.
Right before lay a raised dais and a stone table where the sacrifices were performed. The entire front of the Temple itself were stairs that led to the Temple Porch & Balcony, where the god sat with his select staff to watch the sacrifices. Behind the Porch is the most sacred Holy of Holies and the Veil- where he has sacrificed many a pig on the altar his throne is placed for intimate court.
Covered balconies atop the sacrificial preparation buildings allow selected worshipers can watch the festivities. Surrounding the entire complex- except where broken by the private passageway- are ornate walls of precious stones, entered only at set guarded gates.
Anubis Sanctuary
Housing of the human sacrificial offerings, dedicated to the service and care of the Temple staff until the monthly Day of Sacrifice & Adoration. Beautifully decorated with a fully trained staff of care-givers, & well guarded. Located just outside the Temple.
Rama-Shiva Center of Global Enlightenment
On the edge of the Temple levels, housing the various Priests, Priestesses, Reverends and Temple personnel, with specialized mediation centers and 'esoteric practice' areas. Dormitories for those fostering into the faith.