Macmar Island Resort

The Macmar Island Resort, often referred to simply as the Macmar Resort, the Rex Project or Site A, was a formally unnamed safari theme park, zoo and luxury island hotel development created & operated by the Gen II Corporation on Macmar Island, a remote island off the west coast of Ummarnu. The park's main attraction would be its many dinosaur specimens, alongside other prehistoric animals that had been cloned at Gen II's various facilities, first at the resort itself before the majority of genetic cloning would be moved to their facilities on Kuzakhvesungar three years later. While the resort had planned to be opened by the end of 948 ACA, a catastrophic incident in late 945 resulted in the company abandoning the resort while it was still in relatively early stages of development - hence why the park was never given a formal name.
The park went through various iterations to reach the position it was in prior to its abandonment. Originally envisioned as a regular zoo on the mainland, this idea would be abandoned after the Voyage of the West in 937 revealed many remote tropical islands that had been untouched by humanity for centuries, and were perfect for John Pitchardson Rex's vision of the perfect prehistoric resort. Development of the park would be initially stunted by the requirement for a large allocation of land for cloning the assets for the park, and as a result Gen II would purchase an island in the Malkkengarun to hold most of their genetics laboratories. The park was scheduled to open with just a few original attractions, with new attractions being added after opening in two-year intervals, including marine and pterosaur specimens.
In the aftermath of the Macmar Incident in 945, the park was completely abandoned, and the island subsequently became a restricted area in 949. Many parts of the park's infrastructure were partially or severely damaged during the incident. All travel to the island was completely banned, as well as monitoring of the dinosaurs on the island. As a result, the status of much of the park's infrastructure & assets in the modern day is largely unknown, with only assumptions based off Gen II studies prior to the island being restricted to estimate what could have happened since the island was left to its own devices.
== Development ==
Upon the first stones being laid in Luyander of 938 ACA, the park was designed to be expanded in stages. Much of the island's western side would be left completely untouched, largely due to the marshy conditions on that side of the island not being ideal for building infrastructure. As a result, initial development would be allocated to the middle of the island, with the Main Complex being constructed first as the park's operational nerve centre between 938 & 940 ACA. In late 940 ACA, much of the genetics lab, which prior to this point had been its own collection of buildings, was torn down and moved to the new Site B Compound on Kuzakhvesungar, which completed construction the following year after the island was bought off the Zashit people. The land that the former Genetics Lab sat upon would be allocated for future attractions such as the Aviary. Some dinosaurs would still be bred in the new Genetics Lab, which was built as an expansion of the back of the Discovery Centre, but the majority of the specimens would be bred from that point forward on the second island before being moved into the park.
At the time of the park's abandonment in 945, much of the park's initial attractions were either reaching the end of their construction or had been completed. According to Gen II data from around the time of the incident, a few of the attractions planned in 'Phase II' of the island resort had already began construction, and plans were being drawn up for future expansions into the western half of the island as part of Phases III & IV. Some exhibits originally planned to be included upon opening were pushed back to Phase II due to issues with their populations.
== Attractions & Facilities ==
=== Main Complex & Discovery Centre ===
The park was to be centred around the Main Complex, a collection of buildings surrounding a small walled lagoon. The Main Complex was itself centred around the Discovery Centre, a large super-complex that held the majority of the park's operational centres. It was the hub of all activity in the park. Inside the Discovery Centre was a large pavilion with a Manothronax skeleton, the Control Room, a large cafeteria on the second floor, apartment housing available for the over 300 staff workers (as well as guests), a rotating movie room, a gift shop, and the new Genetics Lab, which was built as an extension out of the back of the Discovery Centre. A garage and the beginning of the Park Tour are also located in outhouses that are connected to the Discovery Centre.
Around the Discovery Centre was a collection of Safari Lodges and shops opposite the building across the lagoon at the middle of the Main Complex. An airship tour was under construction west of the Discovery Centre, however was not finished prior to the incident, and was planned to open during Phase II of the resort. To the east of the Discovery Centre was a sprawling golf course, and the Main Complex was connected to the Guest Dock by a paved road that was later planned to be added to the Park Tour's track. An emergency bunker was also constructed next to the Discovery Centre for use by park staff; it is unknown whether or not any emergency bunkers for guest use had been planned. 
=== Macmar Island Park Tour ===
The Park Tour was the main attraction of the Macmar Resort, and took up roughly 85% of the park's total land area. All of the paddocks that had been constructed by 945 ACA were connected to the Park Tour. The path the Tour took was comprised of the primary road, which took the tour vehicles around all of the paddocks, and the secondary road (which were not fully completed at the time of the incident) would have used to take shortcuts through the tour route or to take the tour vehicles to locations that were not attached directly to the tour. The tour vehicles used in the Park Tour was a greatly modified version of the 943 Fjord Model J Deluxe, and were remotely operated from the Discovery Centre. They travelled at a relatively slow pace, and it would have taken an estimate 5 hours for the tour vehicles to take a complete tour of the track that was in place at the time of the incident. The Park Tour also served a secondary purpose as the artery of travel throughout the park, being accompanied by multiple service roads that took shortcuts in between and into exhibits & staff buildings spread out around the park. Service roads were excluded from the possible tracks that the tour vehicles could have taken. 
==== Parvopod Paddock ====
The parvopod paddock housed all of the carnivorous dinosaurs belonging to the family Parvopoda, as well as other small carnivores. This included Dilophosaurus, Venetodon and Parvusaurus, and would have later likely included species such as Poterantosaurus. It was the smallest paddock by surface area. Due to a poor design, the sight lines from the tour track provided little to no visibility into the exhibit, due to the fact that most of the exhibit was located in a depression behind a layer of dense foliage. As a result, sightings of its inhabitants at the fence-line occurred very rarely. 
==== Macronarian Paddock ====
The macronarian paddock housed all of the dinosaurs belonging to the herbivorous family Macronaria, mainly the large herds of Ashuratitan. The paddock was the largest in the park, and despite its large size had little to no biodiversity in terms of the specimens it held. Future additions would have included other Macronaria such as the Chelotitan & Camarasaurus. The majority of the paddock was open plains and rolling hills, broken up occasionally by collections of dense forest that stuck out from the landscape, and tall grasses that lined their outskirts. The grass in the paddock sometimes grew extremely tall due to a lack of surface-level grazers to maintain it, resulting in Gen II being forced to sink money into having the paddock periodically mowed in areas close to the tour track to enhance visibility.
==== Venetopod Paddock ====
The venetopod paddock housed all of the dinosaurs belonging to the carnivorous family Venetopoda. This would have included species such as the Allosaurus, Poterantosaurus and Veleravenatrix. Formerly called the Aeroraptor Paddock, the resident Aeroraptors were removed from the paddock after various issues with them attacking park workers. They would be moved to the specially-designed Aeroraptor Holding Pen in 944 ACA.
==== Ceratosaur Paddock ====
The ceratosaur paddock housed all of the dinosaurs belonging to the family Ceratosauria. This included only the family's namesake, Ceratosaurus, at the time of the park's abandonment. The paddock was especially marshy, with multiple peat bogs existing across the exhibit. It was also densely forested, with only a few artificial sightlines being in place to see into the exhibit from the fence-line. No additional species were planned to be added to the exhibit in later iterations of the park, and Gen II documents suggested renaming the paddock to the 'Ceratosaurus Paddock' prior to the park's fall.
==== Ornithopod Paddock ====
The ornithopod paddock housed all of the herbivorous dinosaurs belonging to the Ornithomimid family. This included just Ammosaura at the time of the incident, however future additions were to include other ornithomimids and bipedal herbivores such as Ornitholestes. The paddock was mostly open plains, with very little tree cover, and the grass was exceptionally thin as a result of grazing by the Ammosaura specimens. The Ornithopod Paddock was originally planned to house all of the Ornithopoda specimens, however this was later split into two paddocks. The Ornithopod was the central focus of the Jungle River Cruise. The boundary between the two Ornithopoda paddocks housed the domed Ornithopod Centre, which served as a stopping point on the park tour and an information centre on the park's most commonly found genera.
==== Andisaurus Paddock ====
The andisaur paddock was the first species-specific exhibit in the park, housing a single specimen of the large carnivore Andisaurus. This paddock served as one of the main attractions of the Park Tour, with a Viewing Platform extending into the paddock from the fence-line. The fence surrounding the Andisaurus paddock was significantly higher than the other fences in the park, and used a much thicker electrical wiring as part of the extensive defensive measures designed to keep the Andisaurus away from park guests. The paddock was built around a very deep land depression that resembled a crater, which was densely forested with the exception of the area surrounding the fence-line, which was on a thin flat area, and a watering hole at the bottom of the depression. The dense forestry, lack of sightlines from the fence-line and the at-the-time unknown nocturnal behaviours of the Andisaurus made it so it was rarely ever seen, to the point where even park staff joked and speculated that the dinosaur was dead.
==== Panoplophorid Paddock ====
The panoplophorid paddock housed all of the dinosaurs belonging to the family Panoplohoria, as well as other medium-sized herbivores. This only included Petavrosaurus and Nanosaurus at the time of the incident, however in the future would have included Lophophorosaurus, Hesperosaurus and Euoplocephalus, among others. The paddock was significantly smaller than other herbivorous exhibits, largely due to the fact that the boundary between it and the Ornithopod Paddock was drawn arbitrarily to split the original Ornithopod Paddock in two, and did not take into account the amount of land required to maintain the amount of specimens that would be in that one exhibit. The paddock was similar to the Ornithopod Paddock in its appearance & overall landscape, with slightly more trees scattered around its plains.
==== Ceratopsian Paddock ====
The ceratopsian paddock housed all of the herbivorous dinosaurs belonging to the family Ceratopsia. This only housed Thesceloceratops specimens at the incident, however future additions such as Leucoplocetitan were planned to be implemented into the exhibit prior to initial opening. The exhibit was characterised by its low foliage, such as shrubs, flowering plants and bushes that provided a perfect sightline over much of the paddock from the Ceratopsian Centre & Safari Lodge, located on either side of a deep ravine that flows out towards the island's north coast. 
==== Diplodocid Paddock ====
The diplodocid paddock housed all of the tall grazing species of the family Diplodocinae. The exhibit housed all other large herbivores on the island at the time of the incident, including Ummarnutitan and Nashabetisaurus. The exhibit was the only one to be completely finished at the time of the park's abandonment, with all of the species & facilities that would be in the exhibit at the time of opening having been placed. This included the Gentle Giants lookout post, where feeders attached to the top of the viewing tower allowed the visitors to get close-up view of the giant herbivores.
==== Torvodontosaurus Paddock ====
The torvodontosaur paddock housed the singular Torvodontosaurus specimen present on the island. The Torvodontosaurus had been the newest addition to the park at the time of the incident, however was already causing many issues, resulting in Gen II considering replacing the dinosaur with a group of Manothronax shortly before the park's abandonment.
==== Undesignated Paddocks ====
Two undesignated plots of land were planned for paddocks either side of the Ceratopsian Paddock, but were yet to be occupied or even finish construction on much of their fencing at the time of the incident. A viewing tower had been constructed for one of the exhibits.
=== Jungle River Cruise ===
The Jungle River Cruise was planned to be function similar to the Park Tour, only taking the visitors through a specific part of the Ornithopod Paddock to give them an up-close look at the Ammosaura at their one place to drink water from.
=== Aviary & Marine Facilities ===
As part of the expansions for 'Phase II' of the park, both avian & marine facilities were under construction at the time of the park's collapse, with multiple pterosaurs and marine reptiles planned for implementation after the park's opening in 948 ACA. These species included Geosternbergia, Thalassosaurus and eventually Aequor - although it was likely this addition would not happen until after 'Phase II'. The practicality of these exhibits is unknown due to their construction only being in their early stages by 945, being mostly hollow shells that were yet to be equipped with the equipment to function as holding pens. The Marine Facility, upon completion, would be the largest building in the park, outsizing even the ginormous Discovery Centre. 
=== Guest Dock ===
The Guest Dock was located in the edge of the Main Complex, along the island's north coast. It was built to take in the park's guests upon opening. It was rarely used by park staff during construction.
=== Operational Plants and Maintenance Bunker ===
Two power plants, a geothermal processing plant and a hydroelectric power plant, were present in the park in the Main Complex & Macronarian Paddock respectively; these two power plants fed the central power grid, whereas only the geothermal processing plant fed the auxiliary grid for a designated period of time. A water treatment plant was operated at the mouth of the oceanic inlet that held the Marine Facility, which curated all of the water to be used at the park's various facilities. The central power grid was operated through the Maintenance Bunker, located at the southeastern edge of the Main Complex. A second operational bunker was under construction in the southwest of the park at the time of the incident, however was not hooked up to the central power grid at that time.
=== Utility Docks ===
The Utility Docks, also referred to as the East Dock, was a large collection of smaller docks located at the very top of the island, along the east coast. This dock would see the majority of the park's imports, and all staff activity flowed through here as a vital artery of park activity. The East Dock was the first thing constructed on the island, and gradually evolved into the hub of all of the incoming shipments from the Malkkengarun, including dinosaur shipments. Unlike the Guest Dock, which would remain safe during storms, the positioning of the East Dock meant that the stormy weather would make it dangerous to remain docked there, meaning that all ships have to leave the port in advance of any incoming storms, and can only return once the waters surrounding the island have settled. The East Dock was the only facility that resided outside of the park's perimeter fencing.
== Specimens ==
Gen II's prehistoric specimens were the central attractions at the Macmar Resort. The following is a list of all dinosaurs included in or planned to be included in the park at some point after opening.
Species Name 	Population Size
(according to 944/45 Report)	Population Size
(according to park records,
updated Pikuavis of 945*)	Location
Aeroraptor 	17 	21 	Aeroraptor Holding Pen
Andisaurus 	1 	1 	Andisaurus Paddock
Ammosaura 	22 	23 	Ornithopod Paddock
Ashuratitan 	5 	5 	Macronarian Paddock
(one temp. housed at Genetics Lab)
Ceratosaurus 	6***	9 	Ceratosaur Paddock
Dilophosaurus 	4 	5 	Parvopod Paddock
Parvusaurus 	22 	45 	Parvopod Paddock
Petavrosaurus 	3 	4 	Panoplophorid Paddock
Nanosaurus 	9 	9 	Panoplophorid Paddock
Nashabetisaurus 	6 	6 	Diplodocid Paddock
Ummarnutitan 	8 	4** 	Diplodocid Paddock
Thesceloceratops	18 	20 	Ceratopsian Paddock
Torvodontosaurus	1 	1 	Torvodontosaurus Paddock
Venetodon 	7 	9 	Parvopod Paddock
Manothronax 	0
(3 planned for implementation)	4 	None (stowaways on cargo vessel)
Total Specimens:	129 	174*	
# *Park's remote tracking system's range was expanded in experimentation during the guest inspection, revealed new specimens that had not been accounted for due to uncontrolled breeding.
# **Four specimens were taken back to Kuzakhvesungar as part of experimentation & study programs, as well as to prevent the outbreak of Entropomorphia that had began in the Ummarnutitan herd from spreading.
# ***Originally two specimens were reported in the 944/45 Report, however 4 new specimens were imported shortly afterwards, resulting in the revised version stating that there were 6 Ceratosaurus specimens.
=== Specimens scheduled to be added in Phases II-IV ===
* Aequor - genetic code 19% completed 
* Allosaurus - genetic code 56% completed 
* Audalosuchus - 2 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar*
* Axotatitan - 4 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar
* Brontosaurus - genetic code 12% completed 
* Camarasaurus - 5 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar
* Camptocercotitan - genetic code 4% completed 
* Chelotitan - genetic code 43% completed 
* Dimorphodon - genetic code 67% completed 
* Diplodocus - genetic code 9% completed 
* Durocephalosaurus - 3 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar 
* Euoplocephalus - 5 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar 
* Geosternbergia - 12 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar
* Hesperosaurus - genetic code 55% completed 
* Leucoplocetitan - genetic code 77% completed 
* Lophophorosaurus - 8 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar
* Manothronax - 5 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar
* Megalonoctes - genetic code 98% completed 
* Ornitholestes - 9 specimens living on Kuzakhvesungar
* Poterantosaurus - genetic code 42% completed 
* Pteranodon - genetic code 78% completed 
* Thalassosaurus - genetic code 31% completed 
* Torodon - genetic code 94% completed 
* Veleravenatrix - genetic code 11% completed 
*all specimens 'living on Kuzakhvesungar' had been recorded prior to the time of the Site B Incident.
== Abandonment & Fate ==
More information: Macmar Incident
Following the Macmar Incident and the deaths of much of the park's senior staff in late 945 ACA, the unfinished resort and its live assets would be abandoned and left to fend for themselves. Their dependency on Entophomia supplements that was believed to keep them alive, in accordance to Dr. Dil's genetic modifications (referred to as the 'Entophomia Dependency') would be proven a dysfunctional failsafe, as the herbivorous dinosaurs could continue getting their daily requirements of Entophomia through grazing and the carnivores could get their daily doses by eating the herbivores. This meant that the dinosaur population boomed in the aftermath of the Macmar Incident. 
During clean-up efforts by Gen II the following year, nature had already began to reclaim much of the park; the Main Complex had been largely consumed by new tree growth, as well as various mosses & moulds. The tracks that led around the park had began to fade, with the grasses gradually reclaiming them. The dirt track service roads had almost completely disappeared, and many of the wooden signs that pointed around the park had been destroyed or swallowed by the undergrowth. The Main Complex remained recognisable, despite a few of the damaged structures having crumbled and some of the thatched roofs having been blown away. Most of the windows inside the Discovery Centre had been destroyed, the majority of the building having been trashed by scampering dinosaurs exploring what was left behind. Many of the metal fences were rusting and getting weaker, and the concrete fence posts were beginning to crumble under environmental pressures.
Little is known of the condition of the Macmar Resort after the permanent restriction of the island in 949 ACA, although estimates have been made based off the rate of deterioration of its sister facility of Kuzakhvesungar, which was constructed in a similar way. If the Macmar facility has deteriorated as quickly as Kuzakhvesungar's has, very little of the infrastructure on the island would still be standing in the modern day, let alone visible from the air. It is believed that only the remains of the Discovery Centre, the Aviary, and a few other smaller buildings would likely by all that is left of the Macmar Resort, although the truth is entirely unknown.
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