Mont Pennet Exclusion Zone

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The **Mont Pennet Exclusion Zone** ( **Abbr.**  ***MPEZ***) is a large-scale exclusion zone that exist in the continent of Albion on Hyperion. It sits upon what was once the eastern portions of Mont Pennet (now New Pennet), which suffered from radiation exposure as a result of the accidental impact of the carrier CFASC *Charybdis* in the Gulf of Pennet. This impact, which occurred in 2626, dispersed a large degree of radiation as a result of the damage to its torch engines; the *Charybdis* was originally intended to be decommissioned in the East Scrapyards under a contract between a local shipbreaking corporation and the Coalition Forces Authority.

Although the seawall that enclosed the Gulf of Pennet prevented the bulk of radioactive material from leaking out into the oceans of Hyperion, the subsequent tsunami that hit the coast dispersed highly-radioactive water throughout its coastal streets, irradiating countless miles of beachfront and sending the entire city into a state of emergency. Alongside the spread of radiation sickness as a result of the contaminated streets and tap water, the arrival of irradiated rain from the gulf further inundated the city with radiation, leading the Planetary Republic of Hyperion to declare a city-wide evacuation and containment of Mont Pennet.

By the end of 2627, the Hyperion Police Department, Hyperian Guard, and elements of the Interstellar Coalition Terrestrial Army were able to establish a large-scale cordon around the evacuated remains of Mont Pennet as a means to prevent looting and widescale anarchy from spreading to the nearby locations of unaffected New Pennet, New Lunes, The Moor, and Masay Harbor. By 2630, the massive Mont Pennet Exclusion Wall was built with help from the Chen Wu Corporation, effectively blocking off any access of the MPEZ to the outside world with exception to government checkpoints.

As of the modern day, the MPEZ is a total anarchic zone, with lingering hotspots of radiation within its municipal sewer networks and portions of the Gulf of Pennet itself. Even though entry or exit to and from the MPEZ is guarded by various Hyperian security elements and hired private security firms, it is still possible to venture in and out either through bribery or through the finding of a new route inwards from underground. Since the Hyperian government only rarely does security patrols inside of the exclusion zone itself, many criminal elements have called the exclusion zone home, directly ruling territories without any real opposition other than opponent groups. Still, others that venture in do so to scavenge, or to provide aid and a means of escape for the residents still stuck inside. Most people in Mont Pennet live in Radium Town, a makeshift shantytown raised above the radioactive sea that enjoys a high population as a result of being a primary scavenger base and "neutral zone" for gangs in the MPEZ.

The Hyperian Government has stated that it does not currently have the capabilities to clean, reconstruct, and reinforce security within the exclusion zone proper as a result of general planetary rises in crime and a sag in the economy. However, it has stated by the beginning of the 28th century that plans would begin to be made in regards to a "reclamation process".

## Sublocations

* Radium Town
* Albion Center
* Hotel Hathor
* CFASC *Charybdis* (wreck)
* East Mont Pennet Scrapyard
* West Mont Pennet Scrapyard
* The Anchor's Inn
* Cathedral of the Holy Grace of Christ Resplendent
* 126 Atlas Way
* Molier Hospital
* Alpha Gate
* Bravo Gate
* Charlie Gate
* Delta Gate
* Echo Gate
* Foxtrot Gate