Las Vegas

Las Vegas is a so-called 'military city' of the Velconum Empire. The majority of the city's inhabitants are either military reserves, weapons technology researchers or family of Imperial military members stationed in one of several bases and testing sites throughout the Mojave Desert. It is located in close proximity to New Angeles, separated only by the Death Valley industrial sprawl.
== History ==
Las Vegas was once known for its entertainment, specifically the various casinos that drew visitors across the Americas and beyond. Vegas was the primary reason the People's Reform Faction seized control of and disabled the nearby Hoover Dam. The PRF aimed to show the rich and privileged that without the common people's everyday work, their luxurious lifestyles could not be sustained. 
The city was heavily reliant on the power produced by the dam and its entertainment establishments quickly failed when the dam was shut down. As the America-PRF war stretched on and on with possession of the dam frequently switching hands (and with the PRF constantly sabotaging the dam while it was held by the Americans), Vegas slowly became one of many ghost cities across America in this age. 
When the Age of Avarice came about, the dam was re-powered, and Vegas fell under the control of the Navarro Arms corporation. The leadership of Navarro Arms turned the fancy casinos and resorts into their own private palaces. By the time General Dahak crushed Navarro Arms' merceary army and reached the city, it had once again become a centre of opulence. 
Dahak ordered the city completely razed. The Dead Men used the casino structures for target practice, bombarding Navarro Arms' palaces to dust with their executives locked inside. The Velconi then constructed a new city from the ground up, this one dedicated to order and discipline rather than hedonism. Dahak left many of Navarro Arms' facilities in the Mojave intact and re-purposed them into the Velconum Empire's weapons development labs. The rebuilt Las Vegas became the main site of housing for those who worked in the various desert installations. 
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