Astral V

The Dragon Egg Shrine at Astral V

**Astral V** (sometimes stylized as **aV**) is an underground base built by Astral on TGF's 1.18 reset. It was designed primarily by sigma\_turbine and was constructed with the help of other groups such as Deggers and GENC.

## Conception

Astral V started out as a personal project by sigma that was expanded to include members of Astral. It took heavy inspiration from older bases and towns such as Gentry Island, Superiority, and Astral 1.5. It has been described as "HIVBase but good" due to similarities in concept and style.

The base was supposed to feature many more rooms (some of which were designed in creative) but the timing of base construction did not allow for completion before the end of reset. Some planned rooms included a farming sector, an overworld-based nether hub, a zoo, a theater, a dining hall, and a proper storage system.

## Layout

The base features a circular central area with four quadrants, each featuring a mini biome. In the center of this room lies and end portal. Each biome section has a pool with a vertical shaft above, intended for riptide trident use. On the other end of the shafts lies a dome-roofed nether portal room. On each side of the central room there are hallways into the main outer halls. These halls resemble a large square around the central area, but also have passages that diagonally cut off the corners. The diagonal sections display armor stands and have another vertical riptide shaft that leads to the upper halls, which are empty. Each side the base has wall colors corresponding to the cardinal directions - north is red, west is blue, south is green, and east is yellow, like the Nether Hub. The outer halls have five openings each, to which rooms connect to. The size and shape of rooms is non-standard.

## Rooms

Astral V was intended to be a functional yet cozy base in terms of technical equipment and structures, but some rooms were postponed and eventually discarded due to upcoming reset. The rooms that did get built are as follows:

### Beacon Control Room

This is one of the smallest rooms in aV. It has many levers that remotely control beacons. It sits on the middle of the west side of the base.

### Living Quarters

One of the largest rooms in aV. It is located on the northwest corner of the base, and extends out to beacon range. It has 24 small rooms which people could live in. At the end of reset, only a few rooms were inhabited. Close to the center is a functional chessboard.

### Mapart Room

This room sits directly on the north side of the base and has a dome ceiling. It features almost all maparts of the reset as well as a 11x11 map of the area surrounding Astral V. The room is chock-full of cats bred by WinterStars.

### Soccer Field

This room sits to the north of the mapart room, and has two secret lever entrances using the halls on the side. Each entrance plays a small noteblock jingle when opened. The field is a medium size soccer field and a small bleacher area behind glass. A functional game of soccer could be played using a slimeball cosmetic.

### Carpet Duper Room

Perhaps one of the more functional rooms in the base. It features carpet dupers in all colors and a 48-color gradient beacon array on the opposite wall. It extends past beacon range and connects to the north part of the northeast hall corner.

### Dragon Egg Shrine

One of the more beautiful rooms, with a dome-shaped ceiling and blue highlights. It features a redesigned degg shrine borrowed from Opportunity. The dragon egg inside the shrine is the authentic degg. On the south side of the room is a block of bedrock, obtained through [censored] means. It connects to the east side of the northeast corner junction.

### Jukebox Room

The smallest room in aV. It has a small jacuzzi and chests with a full set of music discs. It sits just to the south of the degg room, on the east side of the base.

### Villager Hall

The last room built before reset. It is currently devoid of villagers, but had it been stocked it would have had every book trade. It connects to the center of the east side.