Lunaterra

Lunaterra is a city on Earth, it was founded in 2714 and became the first capital of the planet. The city makes its first appearance in Dawn.

## Geographic position

Lunaterra is located at the northernmost edge of the Cradle of Lunaterra, in a small valley within the cage range mountains. Although it is not explicitly told where exactly the Lunaterra and its Cradle are on Earth, it seems to be located in the boreal forest in Canada, in the eastern part of the country, probably somewhere in Labrador. It's not known why the Lunaregnum Empire established their planetary capital on a remote and unpopulated part of Earth. One possibility is that they wanted to keep the potentially survived Elite Soldier under surveillance, knowing their ship crashed in the region.

## Layout and Appearance

### Colonial Period

Lunaterra was already a large city during the Lunar occupation. It spanned a considerable part of the valley. At the end of the Lunar occupation of the planet, the city had an enormously powerful shield generator which could cover most of the city in a large dome shield, protecting it from attacks. Because of that, the city had a small circular concrete wall which formed the physical foundation of the shield. This wall did not fully enclosed the city. Small parts of the city along with most of its suburbs, were located on the outside.

### Post Colonial Period

Following the series' transition from a dieselpunk aesthetic to a cyberpunk setting in the seventeen year time lapse between Overthrow and Green Darkness, the city's dull grey metallic appearance shifted towards that of glass, concrete and neon lights. The city is much larger in Green Darkness than in Dawn/Overthrow. The city in that time extended all the way up to the slopes of the surrounding mountains. The part of the city enclosed in the concrete wall was then referred as the inner city. Octavian noted that the collapse of the shield liberated the city, in a architectural way, in the sense that without being forced to be be confined beneath a dome shield, the city could have massively tall building and could expand in surface area.

The concrete wall was left in ruin, half destroyed and entirely covered in graffiti. It had a symbolic resemblance to the Berlin Wall. At this point, the wall had no concrete use.

The Lunaterra portrayed in Green Darkness was built on two layers: the ground layer, reserved for automobiles, freight trains and shipment reception. The upper layer was built on concrete walkways. It was reserved for pedestrians, small vehicles like bicycles and scooters, and storefronts.

## Post Colonialism

Lunaterra was considered a 'City of Light' in Green Darkness. In the last few pages of Overthrow, it was mentioned that it was the seat of Victoria Silverheart's leadership, who could no longer rule from Argerive because of security reasons. The Coalition of Free World assured her protection in exchange for continued cooperation. The negotiations and work that led to the decolonization of the Victorian Fields after the collapse of the Lunaregnum Empire happened mostly in Lunaterra, as it was the capital of the short lived transitional government of Earth at this time. The city was considered a shining beacon of a better future. Many people from former Lunar colonies settled down in the city's inner circle. The city had hundreds of different consulates from much of the different states that formed after the collapse of the Lunaregnum Empire.